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DICKENS, Charles. The Adventures of Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846.
8o (220 x 139 mm). Half-title. 24 steel-engraved plates by George Cruikshank (some occasional pale spotting). Bound from the original parts in early 20th-century polished calf gilt, top edges gilt, with the front and back wrappers to parts 1-10 bound in at end, along with the "Oliver Twist Advertiser" for parts 1 and 2 and the 1-leaf "New Weekly Periodical Original Music" in part 10, by Tout and Son (front joint partly split, small chip at head of spine, corners bumped). Provenance: Talbot (bookplate).
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION BOUND FROM THE ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS, with all the advertisements called for in Hatton & Cleaver: the "Oliver Twist Advertiser" in parts 1 and 2 and the single advertisement leaf on yellow paper in part 10. (See also previous lot.) Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 216-224; Yale/Gimbel A38.
8o (220 x 139 mm). Half-title. 24 steel-engraved plates by George Cruikshank (some occasional pale spotting). Bound from the original parts in early 20th-century polished calf gilt, top edges gilt, with the front and back wrappers to parts 1-10 bound in at end, along with the "Oliver Twist Advertiser" for parts 1 and 2 and the 1-leaf "New Weekly Periodical Original Music" in part 10, by Tout and Son (front joint partly split, small chip at head of spine, corners bumped). Provenance: Talbot (bookplate).
FIRST SEPARATE EDITION BOUND FROM THE ORIGINAL MONTHLY PARTS, with all the advertisements called for in Hatton & Cleaver: the "Oliver Twist Advertiser" in parts 1 and 2 and the single advertisement leaf on yellow paper in part 10. (See also previous lot.) Hatton & Cleaver, pp. 216-224; Yale/Gimbel A38.