Nov 10, 2016 - Sale 2430

Sale 2430 - Lot 79

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
DICKENS, CHARLES. Oliver Twist. 3 volumes. Half-titles in vols. I-II, etched frontispieces and plates by George Cruikshank, 4 pages advertisements at end of vol. I, 1 page advertisements at beginning of vol. II. 8vo, contemporary full tan calf by F. Bedford, gilt paneled, spines gilt in compartments with lettering pieces, top edges gilt, inner dentelles, front cover detached on vol. I, few mild stains to covers, light rubbing to spine tips. London: Richard Bentley, 1838

Additional Details

first edition, early issue, with vol. 3 containing the suppressed "Fireside" plate facing p. 313 and "pilaster" in two places on text of p. 164, and authorship ascribed to "Boz" on each title-page. Cohn 239; Eckel p. 59; Gimble A27; Smith I:4.