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Title: The Adventures of Oliver Twist; Or, The Parish Boy's Progress
Author: Dickens, Charles Description: [iii]-xii, 311, [1] pp. Illus. with 24 steel-etched plates by George Cruikshank. (8vo) 8¼x5¼, period half calf and marbled boards, black morocco lettering piece. First one volume edition in book form, possibly bound from the original parts.The first edition with the text substantially revised by Dickens. First published in 1838, a "second edition" in 1838-39, and a "third edition" in 1841, each in three volumes. The novel was then "revised and corrected" by Dickens for the 1846 issuance in ten serial parts and for this corresponding one-volume octavo edition. Heading: zzePlace Published: London Publisher: Bradbury & Evans Date Published: 1846 Condition reportExtremities rubbed, head of spine pulled, front joint split, hinges cracked; foxing; plates browned; else very good.
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