Dickens, Charles

Oliver Twist [First Edition]

Boz (Charles Dickens). George Cruikshank, illustrator. Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress, 3 Vols. London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition in book form, first issue, with "Boz" to title page and suppressed, "Fireside" plate facing page 313. 
Three octavo volumes. 331; 307; 315pp. Illustrated, with plates after drawings by George Cruikshank. Brown full leather, gilt-stamped titles to spines, marbled edges and endleaves.  
Spines and boards lightly rubbed and edgeworn; repair to spine head of volumes one; joints slightly overopened; "by C. Dickens" in pencil to title page; moderate toning, occasional page creases and thumbsoiling throughout; bookplates to front endleaves. very good. Item #2973

Price: $8,500.00