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The Old Curiosity Shop
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1907. Collins Illustrated Pocket Edition in red morocco-type leather binding, gilt edges to pages, and nine colour illustrations by Clayton Clark (Kyd). Spine has faded from red to a rusty brown colour, but gilt titles and floral decoration thereon are still bright. Some minor wear to spine ends and corners, and some rubbing to the outer edges, a tear to page 683-84, but with no loss to text, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this small leather-bound book. No publication date shown, but original owner's name and date (1910) on f/ep; also, there were 100 titles in the series by 1908, and the list on the last pages shows 72, so probably 1907. 696pp, 9 full-page colour illustrations . . Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Clarke, Clayton (Kyd). 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
Synopsis
The Old Curiosity Shop, what would become Charles Dickens’ fourth novel, was first published in 88 weekly installments in Dickens’ serial, Master Humphrey’s Clock, from April 1840 to February 1841. In a tale that survives the transcendence of time, The Old Curiosity Shop tells the story of thirteen-year-old Nell Trent and her grandfather who live in The Old Curiosity Shop, a small antique and gift store. The unnamed grandfather, desperate to leave Nell in good financial standing after his death, loses The Old Curiosity Shop to a gambling problem, forcing him and young Nell to wander the countryside.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012457
- Title
- The Old Curiosity Shop
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- Clarke, Clayton (Kyd)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Collins-Illustrated-pocket-classics, Clear-Type-press.leather-binding
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
JimsOldBooks
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Kirkwall, Orkney
About JimsOldBooks
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Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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