Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1937. Hardcover. Spine and cover edges darkened from the sun, minor shelfwear to the extremeties, leather spine label has two large chips but does not obscure the titling, uncut edges tanned a bit, gilt partially worn away from top edge, else very good clean & sound condition / without dust jacket as published. Unnumbered limited edition to 877 copies. 593pp., Majority of Illustrations by Cattermole and Phiz. Yellow cloth binding with leather label to spine with gilt titling. Top edge gilt with others uncut.

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Bookseller: J. Hood, Booksellers, inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 205279
Title: The Nonesuch Dickens: The Old Curiosity Shop
Author: Dickens, Charles
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Spine and cover edges darkened from the sun, minor shelfwear to the extremeties, leather spine label has two large chips but doe
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: The Nonesuch Press
Place of Publication: Bloomsbury
Date Published: 1937

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About J. Hood, Booksellers, inc.

J. Hood, Booksellers, established 1974, specializes in scholarly books in all subject areas, with large holdings in the sciences, art, philosophy, medieval & renaissance studies, the social sciences and the humanities. We currently have 48,000 volumes in stock and sell exclusively on the internet. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. Owners: Gloria & John Hood

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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...
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...
Shelfwear: Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
Spine Label: The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...