The Old Curiosity Shop (1866)
Description
The Old Curiosity Shop (1866)
by Charles Dickens
Full Title: Works of Charles Dickens. The Old Curiosity Shop.
7 x 4 ½. In English. Published by Hurd and Houghton, New York, 1866. Household Edition. Part of a larger set, but complete story in three volumes. Tan calf over boards. Save for minor shelf wear shown on edges and lightly bumped corners, a FINE SET all around. Eye popping marbleized covers, pastedowns and edges in superb condition. Frontispiece opposite the title page (separated by tissue paper) to each volume. The text, to include pastedowns and end papers, with no ownership markings, foxing, staining or even browning. NO SIGN OF USE, text block, perhaps, seldom opened. One of the cleanliest 19th copies on any subject, by any publisher, we have ever seen. Illustrations by F.O.C. Darley and John Gilbert. An incredible find of an early edition of Dickens. (The image of the author we included on our website is NOT in the book.)
In “The Old Curiosity Shop,” Nell, an orphan, lives with her grandfather in his antique shop. Although she is very much loved by her grandfather, Nell, a pre-teen, leads a lonely existence and has very few companions her own age. Secretly obsessed with ensuring that Nell does not die in poverty, her grandfather turns to gambling in a misguided effort to make money. But he has little luck and becomes heavily indebted and loses the store. Nell and her grandfather are driven onto the streets. As they wander through Victorian England, they meet different and peculiar characters, like puppeteers, the ambitious owner of a wax museum, who calls itself the "Marquise", a dog trainer, and an iron smith. After many adventures and difficulties, they arrive in quiet town, where they are helped by an old man referred to as the "Bachelor". Everything now seems to be going well, but Nell, sad and lonely, starts spending all her time in the village cemetery, which is the only place she seems at ease.
Price: $295
Shipping: FREE via USPS Priority Mail
Inventory Number: 38123
Questions? E-mail cliffordsrarebooks@gmail.com or call Eric @ (619) 550-6119
.