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Pesten (Pest): Emich Gusztáv, 1843. First edition. Two parts in one volume. In contemporary half cloth. Marbled fore-edge. With five woodcut illustrations. Pages yellowed due to ageing. Overall in very good condition.. First edition. Two parts in one volume. In contemporary half cloth. Marbled fore-edge. With five woodcut illustrations. (6), 1-340.; (4), 1-373, (3) p. First Hungarian edition in this translation. Other translation is also from the same year (published by Hartleben.) .

Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress is Charles Dickens's second novel, and was first published as a serial from 1837 to 1839. The story centers on orphan Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. After escaping, Oliver travels to London, where he meets the 'Artful Dodger', a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin.

First editions of 'Oliver Twist' can be identified by their three volumes published by Richard Bentley in 1838, featuring 24 steel-engraved plates by George Cruikshank and no mention of the author’s name on the title page. Subsequent editions after Dickens’s death may also include his name as the author.