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Oliver Twist Charles Dickens Richard Bentley
Drama
Classic
Crime Fiction
Historical Fiction
Gothic
1838 First Edition
USD$13,500

Description

London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition. First issue with Boz listed as the author on all title pages, and with the Fireside plate as the final plate in Volume III. [i-iv], [1]2-331[1, blank[, [4 ads]; [i-iv], [1]2-307[308]; [i-iv], [1]2-315[316] (no half-title called for in Vol. III.). Twenty-four inserted plates by George Cruikshank. Bound in publisher's primary original reddish-brown cloth decorated in blind arabesque pattern on on front cover with spine ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Near Fine with slight fading to spines, cloth lightly marked. Several previous owner names and bookplates to front and rear pastedowns. Rear inner hinge of Volume I started at top. Spine cloth of Volume III partially split along rear joint and large corner of rear free endpaper has been filled in, otherwise free of restoration work. A fantastic set or one of Dickens' best-known works, in the original cloth.

About Oliver Twist

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.

Identifying the First Edition of Oliver Twist

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.