The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens Oxford Illustrated Dickens series Victorian Literature Literary gifts
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This is a near fine (almost like new) hardcover with dust jacket. 1987 Oxford University Press The Oxford Illustrated Dickens series. This copy is crisp and clean inside and out. Pages are white and bright, crisp and clean, and free of markings. Binding tight and straight. Hardcover boards under jacket are like new. Dust jacket clean and shiny. Crown octavo book size or 5" x 8" with 555 pages.
This is one of The Oxford Illustrated Dickens. The set was originally published in 1954 and reprinted in 1989. This collectible series is regarded as the most comprehensive illustrated Dickens. Each volume contains original illustrations, many of which appeared in the works first editions. The text is derived from the Charles Dickens Edition, revised by the author in the 1860's.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens was the authors 4th novel published in 1841. The tale follows Nell and her grandfather who reside in the Old Curiosity Shop. Due to her grandfathers gambling they are thrown into poverty and turmoil by an evil moneylender. The novel was so popular when published that reader in New York stormed the wharf when the final installment was delivered by ship. The novel was at that time published in a weekly serial and readers anxiously anticipated the final installment. Later, it was published in single book form.
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