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DICKENS, CHARLES. Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz." 3 volumes. 24 plates by George Cruikshank. Half-titles in volumes 1 and 2. 8vo, original reddish brown horizontally ribbed cloth; front and rear covers with arabesque blindstamp; spine titles gilt, mild soiling, corners bumped; hinges cracked on first and last vols., separating from textblock but still holding to cloth, bookplate to front free endpaper of vol. 1, contents generally clean with occasional smudging; preserved in individual chemises within full morocco slipcase. London: Richard Bentley, 1838
first edition, first issue in the original cloth with cancelled "Fireside" plate facing page 313 in third volume; and "Boz" credited as author on all title-pages. Carter's binding A with foot of spines blank; 4 pp. publisher's ads at end of vol. 1. Carter, Binding Variants p. 107; Cohn 239; Eckel p. 59; Gimble A27; Smith I:4.
