The Old Curiosity Shop (Everyman's Library #173) by DICKENS, Charles - 1912

London / New York: Everyman's Library - J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1912. Hardcover. An Everyman's Library reprint edition of the novel by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) which was first published serially beginning in 1840. Per David Perdue, this novel ". . .tells the story of Nelly Trent and her grandfather as they wander the English countryside, north of London, trying to evade Daniel Quilp, probably Dickens' most evil villain." With an introduction by G. K. Chesterton. Entry 173 in Everyman's Library fiction series, edited by Ernest Rhys. --- In flatback binding style 1, full carmine cloth-covered boards with Reginald Knowles-designed gilt spine titling & decorations, blindstamped J. M. Dent vignette to front cover, brown topstain and fancy Knowles woodcut art at title page & frontis. Lacks the dust jacket. --- With light sunning to spine, Berkeley, Calif. bookseller rubberstampings to front and rear endpapers, discreet Oakland bookseller label to rear paste-down, and lightly tanned leaves, otherwise a clean, tightly bound copy.; 16mo (6 to 7 in. tall); xvi, 541 pages .