DICKENS CHARLES Oliver Twist; or The Parish Boys Progress

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DICKENS, CHARLES. Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. 3 volumes. 24 plates by George Cruikshank. Half-titles in volumes 1 and 2; 2-page advertisement at beginning of volume 3. 8vo, original russet cloth, covers blindstamped with arabesque design, spines gilt-titled, joints broken with some repairs, spines chipped, corners soft, overall moderate rubbing; plates foxed, heaviest to margins; John Waterhouse Halifax armorial bookplate and signature on front flyleaves. London: Richard Bentley, 1838

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first edition, corrected issue, with cancel titles showing Dickens rather than "Boz," and the first issue of volume 3 with "pilaster" unchanged on p. 164, but with the "Church" plate facing p. 313 rather than the offending "Fireside" plate ordered removed by Dickens. Cohn 239; Eckel p. 59; Gimble A27; Smith I:4.