Lot 63
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[DICKENS, C.]. Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz." London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 3 vols., 8o. Original reddish-brown horizontally-ribbed cloth with an arabesque design stamped in blind on sides, spines gilt-lettered but without Bentley's imprint at bottom, uncut, bookseller's ticket of King of Brighton at inside front cover of each vol. (ends of spines and fore-corners worn, wear at outer joints of vols. 1 & 3, front inner hinge of vol. 1 tender, the other vols. shaken, spines faded); brown cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION, Eckel's First Issue with the "Boz" title-pages and the "Fireside" plate facing p. 313 in vol. 3, Carter's Binding Variant A, Smith's Issue a, without the list of plates at the beginning of vol. 1 found in some copies, advertisement leaf at front of vol. 3. Frontispiece in each volume and 21 etched plates after George Cruikshank. Eckel, pp. 59-63; Smith 4; Sadleir 696; Carter, Binding Variants, pp. 107-8; and More Binding Variants, p. 7. (3)

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[DICKENS, C.]. Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz." London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 3 vols., 8o. Original reddish-brown horizontally-ribbed cloth with an arabesque design stamped in blind on sides, spines gilt-lettered but without Bentley's imprint at bottom, uncut, bookseller's ticket of King of Brighton at inside front cover of each vol. (ends of spines and fore-corners worn, wear at outer joints of vols. 1 & 3, front inner hinge of vol. 1 tender, the other vols. shaken, spines faded); brown cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION, Eckel's First Issue with the "Boz" title-pages and the "Fireside" plate facing p. 313 in vol. 3, Carter's Binding Variant A, Smith's Issue a, without the list of plates at the beginning of vol. 1 found in some copies, advertisement leaf at front of vol. 3. Frontispiece in each volume and 21 etched plates after George Cruikshank. Eckel, pp. 59-63; Smith 4; Sadleir 696; Carter, Binding Variants, pp. 107-8; and More Binding Variants, p. 7. (3)