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London: Richard Bentley 1839. 8vo. In 3 volumes complete. Second edition. 331, (4); 307; 315 pp. Publisher's original blind-stamped brown cloth. Gilt lettering to spines. Chipping & wear to spine ends with a short tear. Boards rubbed and marked. Yellow endpapers. With 24 full-page plates by George Cruikshank, as called for. Spotting & browning to plates and scattered spotting & staining throughout. Hinges split in volume 2 only. With 'Charles Dickens' as author on the title pages and 'Boz.' on the spines. An unsophisticated set of the second edition in the original cloth. The cloth binding is the same as that of the first edition. A Good set. . Good. Blind-stamped Cloth. Second Edition. 1839.

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.