Nov 21, 2013 - Sale 2332

Sale 2332 - Lot 80

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
DICKENS, CHARLES. Oliver Twist. 3 volumes. Volumes 1 and 2 with half-titles, illustrated with 24 engraved plates by George Cruikshank. 8vo, contemporary full tan polished calf, triple-fillet gilt covers, spines gilt-tooled in compartments, morocco lettering pieces, spines and joints rubbed, vol. 1 with front cover detached and 1/2 inch chip to head of spine, gilt inner dentelles, by Zaehnsdorf. first edition, with original covers and spines bound at end of each volume. First Issue with authorship ascribed to "Boz" on title-pages and spines, the "Fireside" plate at p. 213 of volume 3. Lacking 2 pp. advertisements at front of volume 3, otherwise as called for. Eckel, pp. 59-62. London: Richard Bentley, 1838

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with--Hard Times. 8vo, bound separately in uniform calf, front cover detached, rear cover partially split. Original green cloth covers and spine bound in. First edition. Eckel, p. 131. London, 1854.