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Adventures of Oliver Twist
184669010London: Published for the Author by Bradbury & Evans 1846. CRUIKSHANK George. . The Adventures of Oliver Twist. or The Parish Boy's Progress. With twenty-four illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank. A new edition revised and corrected. London: Published for the Author by Bradbury & Evans 1846.<br> <br> Full Description:<br> <br> DICKENS Charles. The Adventures of Oliver Twist; or The Parish Boy's Progress. With twenty-four illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank. A new edition revised and corrected. London: Published for the Author by Bradbury & Evans 1846.<br> <br> First octavo one-volume edition. Octavo 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; 215 x 140 mm. xii 311 1 colophon pp. With twenty-four inserted plates including frontispiece. Half-title present.<br> <br> Half polished tan calf over tan cloth boards. Spine elaborately stamped in gilt. Spine with red and blue morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Front hinge cracked but firm. Inner hinge split but holding. Some rubbing to edges and corners. A marginal repair and a small hole to plate facing page 136. A dampstain to top edge of plates facing pages 192 204 212 ans 216 but not affecting image. Overall very good.<br> <br> Oliver was first published in book form in 1838 and appeared in a number of so-called editions until it was "extensively revised and appeared in ten monthly parts from January-October 1846. before it was published in one volume on September 26 1846" Smith 36-37. This printing was done from a copy of the 1841 edition. Cruikshank designed a new cover containing 11 scenes from the novel for the issue of this edition in parts and the plates from various three-volume editions were retouched and re-bitten by J. Findlay. Eckel 63. Smith 4 Note 5.<br> <br> Gimbel A39.<br> <br> HBS 69010.<br> <br> $1000. Published for the Author, by Bradbury & Evans unknown
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