"It is a tale that no one ever fully believes – a tale that never can be wholly true, but which, through some strange affinity with our own natures, is yet as near to truth as any that we can know on this side of the grave."
Note
"The Old Curiosity Shop" is a moving narrative that showcases Dickens' ability to evoke deep emotion and his concern for social issues. The story of Little Nell remains one of the most poignant in Dickens' literary canon.
Description
Deluxe three quarter bound in smooth, brown leather with marbled paper (blue paper with marbling in brown, white, blue, and green), pastedowns/end papers in same marbled paper, raised bands, gold titling on spine, brown sewn endbands (headband faded to cream), guilded edged textblock, 32 Illustrations. Leather & paper worn on edges, leather faded in some areas of front and back cover, a few scratches and stains on spine, endbands in good condition without any torn threads, some foxing at front and back of textblock but very little throughout.
