Search Results: the old curiosity shop and reprinted by charles dickens

Porter & Coates, 506 yellowing pages, scruffed red cloth with black ltrs and decorative black stamping, brown endpapers, shelf soiled edges, corners/edges/and head-heel of spine are bumped/fraying/and worn, page 3 torn loose with hinge broken, spine is loose but only attached at ffep,. Universe Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No DJ. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Porter & Coates, 506 yellowing pages, scruffed red cloth with black ltrs and decorative design, brown endpapers, shelf soiled edges, corners/edges/and head-heel of spine are bumped/fraying/and worn, ffep is torn loose from inside front cover otherwise text is tight, tear on bfep at spine, water staining on lower edges and corner not reaching nor affecting text, pencil writing on bfep and bep.. Universe Edition. Hardcover. G/No DJ. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Rand McNally & Company yellowing pages, scruffed navy cloth with faded gilt ltrs and red border, shelf soiled edges, corners/edges/and head-heel of spine are bumped/fraying/and worn, hinge is broken at ffep, tear on bfep at spine.. Unknown. Hardcover. Fair/No DJ. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall.

Belford, Clarke & Co, 1885. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Two volumes in one. In stamped green cloth with gilt decorations on spine. Hinges are sound. Light wear to cloth. .

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Philadelphia, PA: Porter & Coates. Alta Edition. Hardcover. Good. Red and black decorative boards; front and back hinges cracked. Moderate shelf and handling wear; fraying on head/heel of spine. Brown end papers; pages yellowing from age. 506pp.

Porter & Coates, 1992. unbound. Bueno. Porter & Coates. Philadelphia s/f. Tela editorial. 19x13. 506 pp. Cubiertas algo deslucidas. Ingles.

Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop complete in three volumes; volume 3 also contains his stories. Part of Sheldon's "Works of Charles Dickens. Household Edition." One B&W illustration in each volume with tipped-in protective tissue. Black cloth (faded) with gilt lettering and publisher medallion on spine; gilt medallion on front.FON on FFEP of each volume.Covers are faded, stained, and bumped, with fraying on the of spines. Pages are age tanned with occasional stains and chipping. Some interior cracking.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: The Bibliophilist Society Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, some light shelf wear, corners are gently bumped and rubbed, overall a very crisp and clean used copy! Extremely tight binding. Wonderfully well-preserved! Very very rare and hard-to-find! Half-Leather (spine and corners) with green marbled boards and gilt lettering on the spine. Gilt upper outer page edges as well. Green marbled endpapers. Extremely scarce. No publishers date (looks to be late 19th century). One of sixteen very rare volumes. Exceptionally well-cared for. This volume contains 671 unmarked and uncreased historical pages nicely enhanced by historic black and white illustrations. Beautifully done. "In April, 1840, I issued the first number of a new weekly publication, price threepence, called Master Humphrey's Clock. It was intended to consist, for the most part, of detached papers, but was to include one continuous story, to be resumed, from time to time,… Read More

NY:: Pollard & Moss,. Very Good. 1885. Hardcover. Two volumes bound as one. With illustrations. A relatively early reprint edition. Thick octavo, bound in decorated green cloth with gilt lettering and design on the spine, floral pattern endpapers. Very good. .

Gebbie & Company , Publishing. G+. 1893. Later Printing. Hardcover. Rating book good plus HOWEVER covers are not. SPINE IS COMPLETELY GONE. Covers are in very good condition otherwise making for an easy rebind. FEP has 21/2 x 33/4 simple b/w paper pasteup showing library ownership and presented by Mrs. H. Drummer. Because spine is missing front cover is completely separated and rear is literally hanging by a thread. Endpapers are a bit damaged at hinge. Due date and card holder on rear end free page. ; One of 16 volumes. Artists' Japan Edition number 6 of 1,000. Other reprinted pieces included. Steel photogravure illustrations from original designs by Barnard. Rated GOOD PLUS however covers are not. Brown covers with leather spine and spillover. Gold braided detail where leather and cloth meet. Beautiful all edge gilt (AED) . Text is clean and tight despite cover condition. Frontispiece is in beautiful color detail entitled 'Little Nell and Her Grandfather'. Frontispiece is… Read More

New York: G.W. Carleton & Co., Publishers, 1876. Reprint. Hardcover. Good to Very Good. 14 vol. [7], viii-xiv, [1], 16-766, [2], [1]-5 (pages of publisher's advertisements, [1], [1] (page of publisher's advertisements), [1]; [5], 6-808, [5] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [3]; [7], viii, [1], 10-821, [1], [6] (pages of publisher's advertisements); [7], 8-833, [1], [1], 2-4, [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2]; [7], 8-832, [1]-4, [3] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [1]; [5], 6-840, [2]; 8 - [7], 8-800, [1]-4 (pages of publisher's advertisements, [2]; [5], 6-789, [2], [2] (pages of publisher's advertisements) [2]; [7], 8-800 [1]-4 (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2]; [5], 6-824, [1], 2-4 (pages of publisher's advertisements) [2]; [5], 6-799, [1], [4] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2]; [5], 6-796, [1]-4, [3] (pages of publisher's advertisements), [3]; [9], 10-823, [1], [1]-4 (pages of publisher's advertisements), [2]; [5], 6-803, [3]; 20 - [5], 6-724, [1]-4, [3]… Read More

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1867. Hardcover. Good. 10 Volumes, sold together. Likely incomplete as a set. Ticknor & Fields, 1867-1868 illustrated editions. Blue cloth bindings with "The [Dickens's signature] Edition" in gilt on front board, gilt titling on spine. Full page illustrated plates by Cruikshank, Leech, Phiz, and others (16 in the Christmas Books/Boz vol., 10 in three others, eight in the rest). All volumes in good condition. A few partial separations/gaps between signature, but bindings on the whole are firm and fully intact; gilt titling/decoration remains bright and bold; light to moderate amount of wear to edges of boards, some fraying of cloth at spine ends; very faint dust smudging to cloth, some very minor toning to spines. A handsome group for your shelves, featuring (most of) his classic works. Due to the size/weight of this set extra charges will apply for international and/or expedited shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons/Champan & Hall, 1897. The Gadshill edition. Hardcover. Very good+. 38 volume set! Red cloth boards with gilt stamped titles, octavos, various paginations, illustrated in b&w. Books show some toning to some spines, wear to spines that includes some small tears to ends and small scuff to cloth on one volume (Little Dorrit I), faint soil and rubbing, bindings tight, a few pencil signatures to front endpapers, otherwise texts clean and unmarked with gentle toning throughout, top edges gilt with mild dust. THIS LARGE, HEAVY SET WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING FEES.

, between 240-437 pages to each volume illustrated frontispieces and illustrations throughout, very heavy set that may require extra shipping overseas

New York: Hurst & Co., 122 Nassau St., [1904]. Fifteen vols. Approx. 14,000 pp. Frntsps. each vol., numerous plates and illusts. Uniformly bound in publisher’s three-quarter brown calf over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, elaborately gilt decorated spines, brown & blk & gilt morocco spine labels, marbled fore-edges (mnr rubbng, some mnr soilng to the foot of spines, toned paper as usual for Hurst), still an attractive and very nice set. First Hurst edition of Charles Dickens’ works, with illustrations. Of particular interest is the publisher’s calf binding which was quite unusual for Hurst & Company.

London: Chapman and Hall, [c.1890].. Nineteen volumes. 8vo. Uniformly bound in contemporary red half morocco over green cloth boards, spines with raised bands, gilt lettered direct to two panels, the other compartments with a gilt flower device, marbled endpapers. Numerous plates and illustrations in the text throughout by the likes of Cruikshank, Phiz etc., as per earlier editions. Uneven fading and marking to spines plus some general rubbing. An undated edition, likely stereotyped from previous editions, the bindings would appear to be from the either the 1880s and 1890s. Forster's Life and Pierce's Dictionary were both first published in 1872.