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DICKENS, CHARLES.
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress.
3 vol-
umes. 24 plates by George Cruikshank. Half-titles in volumes 1 and 2; 2-page
advertisement at beginning of volume 3. 8vo, contemporary full navy morocco, French fil-
let covers, spines gilt ruled in compartments, all edges gilt, doublures, watered silk
endpapers, original cloth covers bound in to each volume (Carter’s B binding with imprint
at foot of spine), M. Louise Stowell bookplates, plates browned with occasional smudging.
London: Richard Bentley, 1838
[1,800/2,500]
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST ISSUE
,
with full title and “Boz” on the title page rather than Dickens.With
vol. 3 containing the “Fireside” plate facing p. 313 and “pilaster” in two places on text of p. 164.
Carter, BindingVariants p. 107; Cohn 239; Eckel p. 59; Gimble A27; Smith I:4.
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DICKENS, CHARLES.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club.
Half-title. 43 engraved plates (including engraved title; later state reading “Weller”) by R.
Seymour, R.W. Buss, and Hablot K. Browne [“Phiz”].Tall 8vo, original brown cloth, covers
stamped in blind with borders, spine gilt-titled, rebacked with original spine laid-down,
minor touch-ups to extremities; joints tender, plates consistently browned at margins with
images mostly clean, discreet booksellers label and J. Christian Bay bookplate on front
pastedown; preserved in cloth dust jacket and slipcase.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1837
[3,000/4,000]
FIRST EDITION
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EARLY ISSUE
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IN THE SCARCE ORIGINAL CLOTH
, with the points as follows: page
43, second paragraph below Chapter V, line 1 reads “ruined wall” in the singular; with the rare signa-
ture misprint on p. 261, reading X2; with signature “E” present on p. 25; and “holding” on p.260.
Grolier English 78; Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 3-88; Smith I:3.
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