[Dickens, Charles]. Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz", 3 volumes, 1st edition in book form, 1st issue, London: Richard Bentley 1838, half-titles to volumes 1 and 2, 24 etched plates by George Cruikshank bound without the 4 pp. advertisements in volume 1, the inserted list of illustrations noted in some copies, and the initial advertisement leaf in volume 3 (no half-title called for), marginal oxidisation to plates, imprints cropped, offsetting, a few other spots and marks, contemporary half calf, rubbed, labels chipped, 8vo (18.8 x 11.2 cm) (Qty: 3) Cf. Smith I 4. With the first-issue title-pages (authorship credited to "Boz" rather than Dickens), and the 'Fireside' plate in the third volume, suppressed in the second issue.
[Dickens, Charles]. Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz", 3 volumes, 1st edition in book form, 1st issue, London: Richard Bentley 1838, half-titles to volumes 1 and 2, 24 etched plates by George Cruikshank bound without the 4 pp. advertisements in volume 1, the inserted list of illustrations noted in some copies, and the initial advertisement leaf in volume 3 (no half-title called for), marginal oxidisation to plates, imprints cropped, offsetting, a few other spots and marks, contemporary half calf, rubbed, labels chipped, 8vo (18.8 x 11.2 cm) (Qty: 3) Cf. Smith I 4. With the first-issue title-pages (authorship credited to "Boz" rather than Dickens), and the 'Fireside' plate in the third volume, suppressed in the second issue.
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