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Price: US$423.31 + shipping
Description: Half titles, fronts & plates by George Cruikshank; sl. spotting or browning to plates. Uncut in orig. purple-brown cloth, imprints at tails of spines vols II & III (not vol. I); vols II & III carefully recased. A mixed set of the second edition; vol. II is dated 1838, the other two volumes 1839.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.
Price: US$1026.21 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Richard Bentley, 1838, first edition in book form, first impression, with the suppressed 'Fireside' plate and the author named as "Boz" on all title pages. Three volumes, small octavos (18cm or 7 inches tall) bound in half leather with marbled boards. Good condition. Re-backed with green paper title labels, marbled paper scuffed, board ends and edges bumped. Volume I has 2 leaves supplied in facsimile (pp 23-24 and pp 265-266) and has 8 plates (of 9). Volume II lacks the free endpaper, has 2 leaves with repaired edges and one plate with some touches of colour, and has 7 plates as called for. Volume III has 6 plates (of 8), including the suppressed Fireside plate. One plate has a touch of colour and a corner torn off, with repair. The plates are variously browned as is usual with this edition. Pages throughout have marks and foxing especially where they lie against a plate, and there are small closed tears and some repairs. Please look carefully at the photos. The book is priced with the condition taken into account. More photos are available on request
Seller: Ellis and Co., Shrewsbury, SALOP, United Kingdom
Price: US$1450.00 + shipping
Description: Brown linen boards with gilt lettering on the spine; 315 pp; illustrations. CONTAINS RARE, UNAPPROVED "Fireside Chat" Illustration by George Cruikshank, and the replacement illustration, "Rose Maylie and Oliver," bound in later editions, is laid-in. This an extremely rare, first-edition copy of "Oliver Twist," which contains the Cruikshank illustration, "Fireside Chat," which Dickens did not approve and had replaced. This illustration was replaced by Cruikshanks's "Rose Maylie and Oliver," in later editions; this is laid-in. This copy was published under Charles Dickens' pseudonym, "Boz." Amazing, rare opportunity to acquire a piece of literary history. Fair (Boards are heavily worn all over; spine strip is detached; back cover is detached; inner hinge is broken; personal library sticker on inside front cover; pages are untrimmed; text block edges are darkened; pages are heavily age-toned as expected, and foxed)
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 3 volumes. First issue of the 1st edition. 12mo., [Vol.1]331; [Vol.2] 307; [Vol.3] 315pp., illustrated with 24 frontispieces and plates. Bound in full morocco, with boards single lined in gilt. The six compartment spines are decorated with a five leaf flower in each compartment, and title and volume number in gilt. Edge dentelles. a.e.g. Tips very lightly rubbed. Spines sunned, with joints lightly rubbed. Some loss of gilt to the spine's lettering. New paste downs and added end papers. Each volume's title page, and volume 1's half title page have been stamped with an oval stamp. These stamps show signs of having been attempted to be erased. It is my belief, when coupled with the new paste downs and end papers, that this set was formerly an ex-library set, with an attempt to remove all library markings. Each volume contains a laid in slip showing it was "Purchased at The Old Curiosity Shop; Immortalized by Charles Dickens.", probably in the 1980's. Generally very clean internally, with an occasional blemish or bit of foxing. While very likely an ex-library set, it is still Very Good, in an attractive full leather binding. **** Dicken's second novel. Issue points for first printing: ' By "BOZ" on each volume's title page. The reverse of the half-title leaf from volume one advertises Dickens's new work, BARNABY RUDGE. The presence of "Fireside Plate" in volume 3, indicates a first issue of the first edition. The plate was cancelled in later issues. Note: The three volume set was released before the serial edition was completed.****.
Seller: Frey Fine Books, Rougemont, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition of Dicken's second novel in publishers blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt to spine. Second issue Vol I , with the title-page authorship credit to Charles Dickens (instead of "Boz") and with the "church" version of the final plate (instead of the "fireside"). Presumed first issue of Vol II with "Boz" (not Dickens) identified as author on title page. First issue of volume III with "pilaster" instead of "pier" or "pedestal" on page 164. Spines slightly cocked, and front hinge revealed in volumes I and III. Some loss at spine ends. One plate in Vol I sprung. All collate as required. An unsophisticated trio showing its natural, uniform age.
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$2795.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Half-Leather. First edition, first issue in three volumes with the Boz titlepage and the Fireside plate. Illustrated with 24 etched plates by George Cruikshank. R ebound in modern dark half green morocco bindings over marbled paper covered boards. Raised spines with leather spine labels. New end-papers and bound with half-title in volume I only, lacks half titl e in volume II, [not called for in volume III.] As usual in rebound copies, does not contain list of illustrations page or publishers csatalog. Internally all textual points for first issue called for by Smith. All frontispeices and titles in volume I and II show moderate foxing. In addition one plate in volume I, and 3 plates in volume III are moderately foxed, with the last two plates in volume III, [including the Fireside plate] heavily foxed. Else all plates and text clean with only sporadic incidental marginal foxing. Overall quite a clean copy, as most are found with plates badly browned . Bindings are as new and housed in custom made cloth covered slipcase with the following in gilt lettering on back: "Oliver Twist"/by/Boz/3 vols./First edition/1838. A near fine set of a very desirable title. Sadlier 696; Smith I, 4.
Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books, Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$3091.10 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: pp: [iv][1]2-331 [3]; [iv][1]2-307; [iv][1]2-315. THE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Three mismatched bindings. Volumes I and II are bound in dark green leather over marbled boards with raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration to the spine. Volume III is bound in full blue leather with elaborate gilt decoration to the top board, gilt trim, red and gold title piece. 'Twist' first appeared in serial form in Bentley's Miscellany beginning February, 1837. The final issue was in March, 1839. There was no installment in June, 1837 due to the death of Mary Hogarth. The three volume set was published in September, 1838, six months before the final monthly part. There were reportedly only 528 copies printed. George Cruikshank illustrated the monthly parts and these illustrations were used for the triple decker. The final 'fireside' plate in Volume III was considered to be of poor standard and was suppressed at the request of Dickens. It was replaced with the 'Rose, Maylie and Oliver' plate. This issue has the second plate. Each of the three volumes have 'Boz' listed as the author on the title page. In spite of the variant binding, this is a near fine set with no sign of foxing. Volumes I and II have small ownership stickers on the front paste downs and previous owner's name on the reverse of the front endpapers. Volume III, with no half-title page, has a Dickens bookplate laid in.
Seller: MAPLE RIDGE BOOKS, UXBRIDGE, ON, Canada
Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.
Price: US$3195.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Title page cites "Boz" as author, 3 volumes with 24 engraved plates by Cruikshank, including the scarce and vital Fireside Plate. This set is bound in fine contemporary black calf, over marbled boards. Sunken panels picked out in gilt to the spine, and red morocco title labels. Volume 1, page 45 torn. First edition, first issue, with Boz title-pages and the Fireside plate. Bentley decided to publish Oliver in book form before serialization was complete, and Cruikshank had to complete the last few plates in a hurry. Dickens did not see them until the eve of publication and disliked the final Fireside plate. Cruikshank designed a replacement, the Church plate, but early copies went out without it. Dickens had also decided that he would no longer be known as "Boz"; again this decision was too late for the earliest copies, those published between 9 and 16 November
Seller: Sam Barcelo, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist. Richard Bentley, 1838.
Price: US$3200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens. Richard Bentley, London. 1838 first UK edition first issue, with Boz as author to title pages; half-titles to vols. 1 and 2, 23 (of 24) etched plates by George Cruikshank, with the rare supressed fireside plate to vol. III, lacking advertisement leaf before title of vol. III and the two advert leaves at end of Vol. I, some spotting as usual, bookplate of W. Douro Hoare, contemporary owner's inscription to each vol. dated November 1838, contemporary half calf Sotheby's sale 21st April 1972, lot 288, inserted lot slip refers. Rare true first edition set of one of Dickens' most endurable classics.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands
Price: US$3206.90 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First Edition, Second Issue with Charles Dickens on the title pages (originally Boz in the first state) and without the Fireside plate, now replaced with the Church plate. Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress. In Three Volumes. Vol. I. [II. III.] London: Richard Bentley, 1838. Rebound in green half leather volumes. First edition, later issue, with the title-page author stated as "Charles Dickens" instead of "Boz" and without the "Fireside" version of the final plate. Three octavo volumes (approximately 8 x 5 inches; 20.2 x 13.1cm.). Volumes I and III in twelves (gathering of twelve pages), volume II in eights (gathering of eight pages). Walter E Smith wrote an authoritative bibliography on all of Dickens works and these volumes have been compared to his collation: Vol I [iv], [1], 2-331pp; 9 plates including the frontispiece; colophon Printed by Samuel Bentley to the final printed page; Vol II [iv], [1], 2-307, [308]pp, on page 151, line 3, a gap between the ru and nning, and Chapter XXIX printed XXVIX), 7 plates including the frontispiece, signatures B-U in gatherings of 8, X in gathering of 2; colophon Whiting, Beaufort House, Strand; Vol III [ii], [1], 2-315pp; 8 plates including the frontispiece; colophon Printed by Samuel Bentley. Collation is as follows: Vol I A2 (lacking A1 half title), B-O (gatherings of 12), P 1-10, lacking P11 and P12 (the advertisements). $1-2 and 5 are signed with Vol I printed on the first page of each new signature. Vol II A2 (lacking A1 half title), B-U (gatherings of 8), X (gathering of 3 including the final blank), $1-2 (-X2) are signed, Vol II is printed on the first page of each new signature. Vol III A2 (lacking A1 advertisement), B-F (gatherings of 12), G (gathering of 2), H-P (gatherings of 12). B5 to E5 signed incorrectly B3 to E3 as called for in Smiths collation. $1-2 and 5 signed apart from G2 and F5. Vol III is printed on the first page of each new signature as called for. Lacking the half title to Vol III as called for. Twenty-four inserted plates by George Cruikshank (Vol I 9, Vol II 7, Vol III 8). Dickens landmark second novel. For this novel, Dickens's first in the standard three-volume form, Bentley divided the printing task between two firms: Volume I was printed in a twelvemo format by Samuel Bentley; Volume II in octavo format by Whiting; and Volume III preliminaries and signatures A-F and probably G by Whiting with the remaining text by Samuel Bentley, again in twelvemo format. The three-decker publication date was 9 November 1838, and within a week, at Dickens's insistence, the title-pages were changed to include his name, and the "Church" version of the final plate replaced the "Fireside" ("Rose Maylie and Oliver") version which denotes the true first printing and is not present in this volume. Provenance: bookplate for Frederick Collins Williams. Approximately 8 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gently rubbed and worn, raised bands, gilt titles and gilt lined compartments. Joints very good condition rubbed and worn. Corners very good condition rubbed and worn. Boards very good condition half leather and buckram cloth boards. Page edges good condition darkened. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition. Paste downs very good condition marbled, bookplate to each Vol. End papers very good condition marbled, subsequent end papers tanned and foxed. Title good condition tanned with minor foxing and marks. Pages good condition tanned with minor foxing, folded pages. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1838 Binding: Hardback
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles; Cruikshank, George [Illustrations]. Oliver Twist. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.
Price: US$3500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first issue with Boz listed as the author on all title pages, and with the Fireside plate as the final plate in Volume III. Bound in early three-quarter leather over marbled paper, all edges marbled. Spines darkened, with cracking and repairs evident on the third volume, hinges rubbed. Pages toned, plates are browned and foxed. A lovely set.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.
Price: US$3527.59 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The first edition, second issue, of Charles Dickens' best known novel, an illustrated work with the original George Cruikshank plates. First edition, second issue, 'Charles Dickens' attributed as the author to the title pages, and with 'Church' plate in Volume 3, replacing the cancelled 'Fireside' plate, and 'pilaster' for 'pier' or 'pedestal' to page 164 Volume III.Complete in three volumes.Volume I illustrated with a frontispiece, and eight plates.Volume II illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates.Volume III illustrated with a frontispiece, and seven plates.Collated, lacking one plate, 'Mr. Bumble Degraded in the Eyes of the Paupers'.Bound without half-titles to Volumes I and II, Volume III was issued without half-title, and bound without adverts.As with Dickens' other works, 'Oliver Twist' was first serialised, from February 1837 to April 1839 in 'Bentley's Miscellany'.'Oliver Twist' is Dickens' best known novel, an exploration of child labour, domestic violence, and street children in Victorian England.Illustrated by George Cruikshank. In a half morocco binding with cloth to the boards.Externally, a little rubbed. Crack to the head of the front joint of Volume I, with a small amount of loss. Minor bumping to the extremities. Some light marks to the boards and spine. A small amount of loss of leather to the head of the rear board of Volume I. Front hinge of Volumes I and III are starting but firm. Bookseller's label to the front paste downs. Internally, Volume III is firmly bound. Volume II is generally firmly bound, Volume I is generally firmly bound, page 153/154 and plate facing page 152 working loose. Pages are a little age-toned with some spots, spotting heavier to the plates. Bound without adverts, half-titles, and one plate to Volume II. Very Good
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
DICKENS, Charles. Oliver Twist (vols. I-III). London, Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1838.
Price: US$4168.98 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. Three volumes. Pp. 331; 307; 315, with advertisements, illustrated. Original publishers cloth with spine title: Oliver Twist. Boz. Vol I [III]. London. Bentley. Clean and well preserved, largely untrimmed, minor spine repair, in box. FIRST EDITION, Third Issue, the Charles Dickens Issue. With the 24 etchings on steel by George Cruikshank. Copies of the Boz-issue (i.e. First Edition, 1st and 2nd issues) are now much more readily available than either the Charles Dickens-issue or the Second Edition (Tillotson p. xlviii). Eckel p. 59-63.
Seller: Sokol Books Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist. Richard Bentley, 1838.
Price: US$4409.64 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist. London, Richard Bentley, 1838. 3 volumi in-8°, legati in piena pelle rossa, dorsi a nervi con tassello e fregi in oro, piani con riquadro e una grande bordura aurea. Vol. I: (4), 331, (5) pp. e 9 tavole f.t. Vol. II: (4), 307, (1) pp. e 9 tavole f.t. Vol. III: (2), 313, (1) pp. e 8 tavole f.t. Tutte le tavole sono incise in litografia da George Cruikshank (1792-1878), famoso artista inglese. Bellissimo esemplare della rara edizione originale. Houfe, Diction. of British book illustrators, p. 273. Manca al Lowndes.
Seller: Libreria Brighenti, Bologna, BO, Italy
Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist. Richard Bentley and Son, London, 1838.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: London, Richard Bentley, 1838., 1838. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE [with dotted cloth and wider blind stamped arabesque decoration rather than the ribbed cloth variant]. 3 vols., 8vo. Illustrated with 24 plates by Cruikshank. Bound in original publisher's professionally recased ribbed cloth titled in gilt to spine and decorated in blind. Recased, endpapers renewed. With half titles and ads in each volume, this set has the rare suppressed Fireside Plate at page 313 in volume 3. The original cloth is bright, only minute fading and the text is tight and fine, internally fox free, clean, with old royal bookplate laid with early London book sellers catalogue slip laid in. All encased in cloth folders and all mounted in a fine morocco slipcase signed by the late Alan Grace of Cambridge uk. A fine set.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$4600.00 + shipping
Description: 3 volumes. 7.25 x 4.5, full gilt ruled crushed gold morocco with raised bands; aeg, SIGNED BINDINGS BY BAYNTUN-RIVIERE, 331 pp; 307 pp, 315 pp, covers with very minor wear, hinges a little loose, pp with some tonign and scattered finger soil else a nicely bound set of the FIRST ED with "arter" on p 318 (I), "he admournfully" on p 50 (II), "XXVI" on p 118 (II), etc. Contains the "fireside" plate at the end of volume III.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress.. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.
Price: US$4800.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue of Dickens' classic work. Octavo, three volumes, bound in three quarters leather, gilt titles to the spine, with 24 plates by George Cruikshank. In near fine condition. An exceptional example. "Dickens turned in Oliver Twist to the novel of crime and terror Some characters are drawn with humorous realism, but for the most part humor is dimmed by gloomy memories of the authors own neglected childhood and sensational scenes are shrouded in an atmosphere genuinely eerie and sinister That Dickens shared with his contemporaries the conviction that the novel should be an instrument of social reform is evident in Oliver Twist" (Baugh).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$4938.63 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, 1st issue. 3 vols. Occasional spotting to plates. Handsomely bound without half titles or ads in recent full dark green morocco, red morocco labels, spines gilt in compartments. a.e.g. v.g. Smith 4. The first issue, with 'Boz' and the subtitle 'The parish boy's progress' on the titlepage, and Cruikshank's 'Fireside' plate in vol. III.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$4950.00 + shipping
Description: Charles Dickens Unromantic Portrayal of Criminals and Their Sordid Lives DICKENS, Charles. Oliver Twist. By Charles Dickens. Author of "The Pickwick Papers" In Three Volumes. Vol. I. [II. III. ] London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition of Dickens' second novel. The "Charles Dickens" issue, with the title-page authorship credit to Charles Dickens instead of "Boz" and with the "Church" version of the final plate. First state of volume III with "pilaster" instead of "pier" or "pedestal" on page 164. Almost all the internal flaws according to Smith present. Three octavo volumes (7 15/16 x 4 7/8 inches; 202 x 124 mm.). Volumes I and III in twelves, volume II in eights. [iv], [1]2-331, [1, blank], [4, advertisements]; [iv], [1]2-307, [1, blank]; [iv], [1]2-315, [1, blank] pp. No half-title called for in Volume III. Twenty-four engraved plates by George Cruikshank. Small piece (3/4 x 3/8 inch) torn away from upper corner of second plate in volume II, repaired tear to top margin of following pages (61/62; E7). Original (Smith primary binding; Carter binding variant B) reddish brown fine-diaper cloth, front and back covers stamped in blind with an arabesque design, spines ruled in blind and lettered in gilt, original pale yellow coated endpapers. Some light foxing to plates as usual, some light occasional marginal soiling. Spine ends and inner hinges of volume three expertly and almost invisibly repaired, spines very slightly faded but gilt still bright. Armorial bookplate of Adrian Hoffman Joline on front paste-downs (bookplate for volume two removed). Housed in a quarter brown morocco clamshell case. An excellent and very attractive set. For this novel, Dickens's first in the standard three-volume form, Bentley divided the printing task between two firms: Volume I was printed in a twelvemo format by Samuel Bentley; Volume II in octavo format by Whiting; and Volume III preliminaries and signatures A-F and probably G by Whiting with the remaining text by Samuel Bentley, again in twelvemo format. The three-decker publication date was 9 November 1839, and within a week, at Dickens's insistence, the title-pages were changed to include his name, and the "Church" version of the final plate was substituted for the "Fireside" version. Smith I, 4. Oliver Twist, is the second novel by Charles Dickens, and was first published as a serial 1837-39. The story is of the orphan Oliver Twist, who starts his life in a workhouse and is then sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. He escapes from there and travels to London, where he meets the Artful Dodger, a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin. Oliver Twist is notable for its unromantic portrayal by Dickens of criminals and their sordid lives, as well as for exposing the cruel treatment of the many orphans in London in the mid-19th century. "My dear child,' said the old gentleman, moved by the warmth of Oliver's sudden appeal, 'you need not be afraid of my deserting you, unless you give me cause.' I never, never will, sir,' interposed Oliver." In this early example of the social novel, Dickens satirizes the hypocrisies of his time, including child labor, the recruitment of children as criminals, and the presence of street children. The novel may have been inspired by the story A Memoir of of Robert Blincoe, (1832), an orphan whose account of working as a child laborer in a cotton mill was widely read in the 1830s. It is likely that Dickens's own youthful experiences contributed as well. Oliver Twist has been the subject of numerous adaptations for various media, including a highly successful musical play, Oliver!, and the multiple Academy Award-winning 1968 motion picture which featured Mark Lester as Oliver, Jack Wild as the Artful Dodger, Ron Moody as Fagin and Oliver Reed as Bill Sykes.
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.
Dickens, Charles. OLIVER TWIST. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.
Price: US$5000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Remarkably beautiful first issue of the first edition in book form of OLIVER TWIST, with the rare suppressed "Fireside" plate. Dickens's second novel, OLIVER TWIST, provided the author with an ideal canvas for his most furious and dazzling rages against injustice, against hypocrisy, against poverty, and against base corruption. At its center is the pure and put-upon Oliver, flung from the cruelty of the orphanarium into the viciousness of a den of thieves, surely the most virtuous and long-suffering of all shining Victorian child-saints - at least, of all those who survive the three-volume novels in which they find themselves - and around him orbit a selection some of the most memorable villains in English literature. The first edition in book form was published before the final installments had yet appeared in serial form, and consequently Dickens objected to Cruikshank's final illustration too late to prevent its inclusion in the first issue; his desired substitution was completed by November 16, 1838, along with certain modifications to the title page (Smith). This copy, while bearing all indications of the first issue, is distinguished by the additional inclusion of the later "Church" plate, likely added during its rebinding. A handsome copy. Three volumes, 8'' x 5''. Full 19th-century brown calf with red and green morocco spine labels and gilt decoration. Top edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Half-title page to vol. I, Barnaby Rudge advertisement on verso; half-title page to vol. II., "New Works of Fiction" etc. advertised on verso. Title page by "Boz" (Eckel). Podeschi (Gimbel) A27. List of Cruikshank's illustrations on single inserted leaf following the title leaf in vol. I with final plate, "Rose Maylie and Oliver," listed as facing page 313 (Smith). Original "Fireside" plate present, with substituted "Church" plate directly following (in addition to the 24 listed plates, for a total of 25). Small goatskin bookplates to vols. I and II front paste-downs. Modest rubbing to joints, with vol I. joint very slightly cracking at foot (still firm), else binding solid and bright. Interior with very little foxing or soil, exceptionally clean.
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$5361.94 + shipping
Description: FIRST EDITION, 1st issue. 3 vols. Half titles vols I & II, plates. Beautifully bound in early 20thC full tan calf by Henry Young & Sons, Liverpool, gilt spines, borders & dentelles, maroon & olive green morocco labels Booklabels of Frank Graham, Newcastle. a.e.g. A v.g. attractive copy. Smith I, 4. The first issue, with 'Boz' and the subtitle 'The parish boy's progress' on the titlepage, and Cruikshank's 'Fireside' plate in vol. III.
Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$6250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, first issue, with "Boz" listed as the author, and with the "Fireside" plate in vol. III; 3 volumes, 8vo; 24 etched plates by George Cruikshank; the binding on this copy has the Bentley imprint on the base of the spines, thought by Carter to be later than the binding without the Bentley imprint (although Smith found no "consistent association"); this copy does not contain the leaf, listing the illustrations after the title leaf in the first volume, but does contain the half-titles in volumes I and II; and the text exhibits all the textual flaws outlined by Smith; also with the required leaves of ads at the back of volume I, and the single leaf of ads preceding the title in vol. III. Excessive bookseller's notes in pencil on front endpapers and pastedowns, occasional light foxing, some darkening of the plates in the margins, some cracking and restoration to the rear joint on volume I, all three volumes rubbed and worn, the gilt lettering on spine a bit dull, but the bindings are sound and with no appreciable cracking at the spine ends. Carter, Binding Variants, p. 107 and More Binding Variants, p. 7; Sadlier 696; Smith I, 4; Wolff 1808.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles.. Oliver Twist by "Boz". In Three Volumes.. London, Richard Bentley 1838, 1838.
Price: US$7055.19 + shipping
Description: First Edition, first issue (with the author as "Boz" to title-page - within a week of publication copies began to be issued, at Dickens's insistence, with his name on the title-page), with the "Fireside" plate at the rear of Volume III common to the earliest copies). 24 plates by Cruikshank. Half-title present in Volumes I and II (not called-for in Vol. III). 8vo., 3 volumes handsomely bound by Bayntun in full tan single gilt line panelled morocco, boards with gilt portrait block of Dickens on upper boards and gilt facsimile Dickens signature on lower boards, spine panelled and lettered in gilt with gilt centre tools, all edges gilt. An attractive set. The "Fireside" plate was one of several illustrations by Cruikshank that were rushed to complete the book. Reviewing the plates before publication, Dickens objected to this illustration and ordered a new one prepared. Early copies have this original plate, as well as "Boz" on the title page, which also displeased the author. The book was published on November 9, 1838, and changes were made in copies prepared between the 9th and the 16th.
Seller: G. Heywood Hill Ltd ABA, London, United Kingdom
Charles Dickens, Boz. Oliver Twist or the Parish Boy's Progress. Richard Bentley, London UK, 1838.
Price: US$7119.33 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Three volumes of Oliver Twist with Boz on the title pages, not Charles Dickens and the fireside plate in volume 3. Bound with all half titles and advertisements as ref: Smith. Original diaper cloth with arabesque designs on the boards. Small bubbling of the edge of the front board and loss of two small spots on the spine of volume two. Amateur repairs to all three spines of the volumes. Taped repair to the hinge in volume one. Lightly browned contents with foxing most noticeable at front and rear pages.
Seller: Rare And Antique Books PBFA, Exeter, DEVON, United Kingdom
[DICKENS, Charles]. Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. , 1838.
Price: US$7150.00 + shipping
Description: [DICKENS, Charles]. Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz." Original blindstamped cloth. London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 3 Vols. First edition, first issue, with the "Fireside" plate in Vol. 3 and "Boz" on the title pages. Eckel, pp. 59-62. Smith 4. First issued in monthly installments in The Miscellany; Oliver Twist was issued in this 3-volume edition six months before the completion of the magazine publication. Cloth lightly faded and very slightly worn; spine ends and hinges professionally restored in vol. one, some light toning; else a very good copy in custom 1/2-blue morocco slipcase with chemises.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Earliest Edition of the First Issue, as Boz pseudonym. Contains the "Fireside Plate" facing p. 313 in Vol III; the list of plates at beginning of and publisher advertisements at end of Vol I. All original binding and boards in horizontally ribbed gilt chestnut cloth decorated in blind on both panels. Very neatly recased, very pretty and scarcely noticeable. Spine titling in gilt. Full edge gilt. Twenty-one etchings by George Cruikshank. Tissue-guarded frontispieces to each volume. Each volume preserved in chestnut cloth chemise folders with pressed gilt volume numbers on spines. Customized royal purple Morocco leather Solander box over marbled boards with raised bands and gilt spine titling on brown calf panels. 8vo. Near Fine. Pressed, not bumped, corners of boards. Penned signature, dated 1840, on title page, and light inscription on rear flyleaf of Vol. II; otherise no writing, marks, affixed bookplates, or foxing. Sporadic very small chips to some end pages but the binding is exceptionally tight and the pages are very clean. Chemise folders and slipcase are in Fine condition.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
Price: US$8979.33 + shipping
Description: A wonderful first edition, first issue set. Complete in three volumes. 'Fireside' plate opposite page 313 in Vol 3 as required. All volumesnbsp;with 'Boz' as the author to the title page (later issueseditions had Charles Dickens).nbsp;In the original ribbed cloth bindings, with gilt titles to the spine and arabesque cartouche to the boards.nbsp;A couple of light marks, minor shelf wear to the extremities but on the whole a nice, well preservednbsp;set. Original yellow endpapers to each. Previous owners neat inscription to the ffep of vol 2 amp; 3, and the front pastedown of vol 1.nbsp;The first two volumes bothnbsp;complete with the half titles,nbsp;volume three has the advertisement for Bentley's standard library as required. Contains 24 etched plates bynbsp;George Cruikshank. Plates with some foxing to the margins, but in good condition otherwise. Contents with very occasional light foxing but generally in nice clean condition. Bindings tight, with scarcely any cracking to the endpapers. An iconicnbsp;scarce set, particularly as the first issue and in such nice condition. Vol 1nbsp;331 4nbsp;ads.nbsp;Volnbsp;2 307pp Volnbsp;3 315ppnbsp;
Seller: St Marys Books And Prints, Stamford, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist.. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.
Price: US$9200.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, with "By Boz" to each title page and the "Rose Maylie" plate present. Octavo, three volumes, bound in full brown calf, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, triple ruled gilt to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, top edge gilt.ÂIn near fine condition with light rubbing. "Dickens turned in Oliver Twist to the novel of crime and terror Some characters are drawn with humorous realism, but for the most part humor is dimmed by gloomy memories of the authors own neglected childhood and sensational scenes are shrouded in an atmosphere genuinely eerie and sinister That Dickens shared with his contemporaries the conviction that the novel should be an instrument of social reform is evident in Oliver Twist" (Baugh).
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
DICKENS, Charles [Boz]. Oliver Twist. Richard Bentley, 1838.
Price: US$10000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED on a laid in paper bearing only Dickens' clear signature, First Edition of his immortal Oliver Twist, the first Victorian novel with a child protagonist. First published as a serial from 1837 to 1839 and released as a three-volume book on November 9, 1838 before the serialization ended. 3 vols. Volume one with the plate list inserted after title (not found in all copies); Bound in later 19th century 1/2 calf over marbled boards, with marbled page ends. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE in book form, meeting all points as per Eckel and Smith, including the later canceled "Fireside" plate in volume 3. Smith 1, 4; Eckel 59. Ownership inscription of Grace Pfeifer to front endpapers. In 2008, Christie's sold a signed first of Oliver Twist, inscribed directly to the book for $229,000. Book #Cv2105. $10,000. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.
Seller: PEN ULTIMATE RARE BOOKS, Pine Plains, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$12827.62 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First Edition, First Issue with Boz on the title pages (replaced with Charles Dickens in later states) and with the Fireside plate (later replaced with the Church plate). WITH AN AUTHENTICATED SIGNED LETTER bound in a folder in the same style as the volumes from Dickens to Mrs [Georgiana] Morson, Matron of Uriana Cottage; AUTHENTICATED BY Dr Leon Litvack, THE Principal Editor of "THE CHARLES DICKENS LETTERS PROJECT" and Reader in Victorian Studies at The School of Arts, English and Languages at Queen's University, Belfast. The letter is unrelated to the volumes. Autograph letter signed ("Charles Dickens"), to Mrs [Georgiana] Morson, responding: "Yes, to both of your enquiries", 1 page, folded, very light dust-staining, 8vo, Tavistock House, 20 January 1853. From DICKENS TO THE MATRON OF URANIA COTTAGE, the home for 'fallen women' that he had established with Angela Burdett-Coutts at Shepherd's Bush, just outside London, and in which he took an active interest, often visiting several times a week. Georgiana Collin was born in Merton. She married James Morson, a doctor for St George's Hospital, in 1838. Shortly after their marriage, James Morson was appointed as Chief Medical Officer for the Brazilian National Mining Association. He died in 1848, leaving Georgiana with three children to provide for by her own efforts. In 1854, Morson would resign from her post as matron of Urania Cottage in order to marry George Wade Harrison, a printer and bookseller, and they settled in Sevenoaks. On 26 May 1846, Dickens wrote Burdett-Coutts a lengthy letter stating his desire to open an asylum for girls and women working in London's streets as prostitutes. The letter included planning for the asylum ranging from finding a property in London to a detailed process of rehabilitating fallen women. For example, Dickens suggests introducing a marks system and probationary period for asylum residents. Dickens located a home for the asylum originally named Urania Cottage in Shepherd's Bush, Middlesex in 1847. Georgiana Morson served as a dedicated matron of Urania Cottage from 1849 to 1854. In her book, Charles Dickens and the House of Fallen Women, Jenny Hartley describes how, "Georgiana Morson proved herself the best matron Urania ever had. she taught the girls to read and write, as well as all the household skills a servant needed. She presided over the dining table, and made mealtimes a social occasion the girls had not known before. They ate the good food she had taught them to cook and chattered about their future prospects." Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz." In Three Volumes. Vol. I. [II. III.] London: Richard Bentley, 1838. Rebound in three half leather volumes with a slipcase bound in the same style containing the letter. First edition, first issue, with the title-page author stated as "Boz" instead of Dickens and with the "Fireside" version of the final plate. Three octavo volumes (approximately 7 ¾ x 5 inches; 19.7 x 12.5 cm.). Volumes I and III in twelves (gathering of twelve pages), volume II in eights (gathering of 8 pages). Walter E Smith wrote an authoritative bibliography on all of Dickens works and these volumes have been compared to his collation: Vol I [ii Smith states iv this volume lacks the half title], [1], 2-331, [lacking 4 pages of advertisements as is often the case when books are rebound], all other first edition points are present save the Bentley imprint at the base of the 10 illustrations which have been trimmed historically; colophon Printed by Samuel Bentley to the final printed page; Vol II [ii Smith states iv this volume lacks the half title], [1], 2-307, [308]; all other first edition points are present (including for example, on page 151, line 3, a gap between the r and unning, and Chapter XXIX printed XXVIX) save 2 points and the Bentley imprint at the base of the illustrations which have been trimmed historically, 7 p
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom
Dickens, Charles; Cruikshank, George [Illustrations]. Oliver Twist. Richard Bentley, London, 1838.
Price: US$13500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. First issue with Boz listed as the author on all title pages, and with the Fireside plate as the final plate in Volume III. [i-iv], [1]2-331[1, blank[, [4 ads]; [i-iv], [1]2-307[308]; [i-iv], [1]2-315[316] (no half-title called for in Vol. III.). Twenty-four inserted plates by George Cruikshank. Bound in publisher's primary original reddish-brown cloth decorated in blind arabesque pattern on on front cover with spine ruled in blind and lettered in gilt. Near Fine with slight fading to spines, cloth lightly marked. Several previous owner names and bookplates to front and rear pastedowns. Rear inner hinge of Volume I started at top. Spine cloth of Volume III partially split along rear joint and large corner of rear free endpaper has been filled in, otherwise free of restoration work. A fantastic set or one of Dickens' best-known works, in the original cloth.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$17500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition; three volumes; first issue; with 'Boz' on the title pages and with the 'fireside' plate in volume three. Publisher's cloth; variant state binding with 'London/ Bentley' at the foot of the spines (according to Smith, not a point of any significance); some cloth fading, minor wear and spotting; slight ink marks on one title page; a very clean set with only occasional spots and foxing; in a custom quarter morocco slipcase with chemises. The "fireside" plate was one of several illustrations by Cruikshank that were rushed to complete the book. Reviewing the plates before publication, Dickens objected to this illustration and ordered a new one prepared. Early copies have this original plate, as well as "Boz" on the title page, which also displeased the author. The book was published on November 9, 1838, and changes were made in copies prepared between the 9th and the 16th. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$19241.42 + shipping
Description: First edition in book form, first issue, with "Boz" title pages and the "Fireside" plate, in original cloth. Oliver Twist was first published serially between February 1837 and April 1839 in Bentley's Miscellany, and in the present three-volume book by Richard Bentley in 1838 (six months before the initial serialization was complete). The novel remains one of the best-known of all works of English fiction. "Oliver Twist was originally conceived as a satire on the new poor law of 1834 which herded the destitute and the helpless into harshly run union workhouses, and which was perceived by Dickens as a monstrously unjust and inhumane piece of legislation (he was still fiercely attacking it in Our Mutual Friend in 1865). Once the scene shifted to London, however, Oliver Twist developed into a unique and compelling blend of a 'realistic' tale about thieves and prostitutes and a melodrama with strong metaphysical overtones. The pathos of little Oliver (the first of many such child figures in Dickens), the farcical comedy of the Bumbles, the sinister fascination of Fagin, the horror of Nancy's murder, and the powerful evocation of London's dark and labyrinthine criminal underworld, all helped to drive Dickens's popularity to new heights" (ODNB). Bentley rushed Oliver Twist out in book form before serialization was complete, forcing Cruikshank to hurry the last illustrations. Dickens disliked the final "Fireside" plate and asked Cruikshank for a new design, the "Church" plate. He also decided that he no longer wished to be styled "Boz". The first issue, as here, was published on 9 November; the second, with cancel titles, omitting the subtitle and giving Dickens's name as the author, and with the "Church" plate at the end, was issued on 16 November. This copy is in the horizontally ribbed cloth binding with an arabesque design measuring 135 x 70 mm. This is recorded by Smith as a binding variant (contrasting with a "fine-diaper cloth" and an arabesque design measuring 133 x 68 mm). Both bindings lack the publisher's imprint at the foot of the spine, as here. Eckel and Carter each regard the lack of the publisher's imprint as suggestive of early issue, and there is no known priority between the two bindings. The ownership inscriptions and bookplates identify this set from the Stucley family. Colonel Sir George Stucley (1812-1900), known as George Buck, the Conservative MP, married Lady Elizabeth O'Bryan, 4th daughter and co-heiress of William O'Brien, 2nd Marquess of Thomond, in 1835. Their eldest son, Lt.-Col. Sir William Lewis Stucley, 2nd Baronet (18361911) died without issue. Provenance: Elizabeth Rebecca Trotter (17751852), signature on the front free endpapers of vols. I and II as "The Marchioness of Thomond"); Lt. Colonel Stucley (1836-1911), armorial bookplate on front pastedowns. Eckel, pp. 59-62; Smith I, pp. 30-7. 3 volumes, octavo. Original reddish brown horizontally ribbed cloth, spines lettered in gilt, covers with arabesque design in blind, yellow endpapers, edges untrimmed. Housed in a custom brown morocco-backed folding box. Complete with 24 etched plates by George Cruikshank including the "Fireside" plate (facing p. 313 in vol. III), half-titles to vols. I and II as issued, publisher's advertisements at end of vol. I and beginning of vol. III. Ownership signatures to two volumes, armorial bookplates to all volumes. Spines a little sunned and slightly skewed, some light soiling, extremities a little worn, occasional minor splitting to joints, some foxing and browning, several plates with imprints cropped or shaved as usual, small abrasion to title page of vol. III: a very good set.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$20000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: DICKENS, CHARLES. (1812-1870). English novelist. Superb early, Autograph Letter Signed, ''Charles Dickens''. One full page, quarto. 48 Doughty Street, London, January 19, 1838 . To Thomas Lydely. Neatly inlaid into a larger leaf. Integral [on the verso], is a postal leaf, addressed and signed in full by Dickens. The 48 Doughty Street location from where this letter was written is important, and is now the CHARLES DICKENS MUSEUM, which was Dickens home from 1837 1839. Charles and his bride, Catherine, along with his sister-in-law Mary Hogarth, lived here a year after his marriage. It is the only surviving London house owned by Dickens, where he worked on his early tales. During this time, he would serialize Oliver Twist, to be first published in Bentley s Miscellany, a British monthly magazine, starting February 1837, through April 1839. Charles Dickens was its first editor. Oliver Twist first appeared in Bentley s as part of his serial ''The Mudfog Papers.'' In this letter to Thomas Lydely, of the Worcester Herald, in which Dickens has stricken the word Herald, and replaced it with Office , Dickens remarks on the ''Irish Tale,'' which was presumably at Bentley s, and alludes to plot details in upcoming issues of Oliver Twist. The letter in full: ''I write to you very briefly, to save the Post. I shall be very happy to avail myself of the Temptation which has only been delayed by a great press of matter, and which you will see at all in the March Number, [The introduction of Monks] unless something extraordinary should occur to prevent it. The 'Irish Tale' I should imagine must be at Bentley s. Depend on it that either his people or those at Peel s have made some mistake. It was returned to one or another place from here, but my brother shall enquire into it. I shall be glad to receive the refusal of your papers, and am, Very Truly Yours, Charles Dickens.'' Oliver Twist would be the only work published by Bentley s and because of disagreements with Richard Bentley, Dickens resigned his position as editor in February 1839. Bentley separately published Dicken s Oliver Twist the year this letter was written with the title ''Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy s Progress, by Boz.'' What the Irish Tale Dickens refers to here remains elusive. Letters written from this early period of Dickens life are almost unobtainable, and those with significant content and reference to his major writings at this time are even more so. Just an exceptional letter.
Seller: Gerard A.J. Stodolski, Inc. Autographs, Bedford, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$27500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. This book has the First issue point with the 'Fireside' plate and the author credited as 'Boz' to the title page. This copy is SIGNED by Charles Dickens on a laid in envelope. An attractive copy with light wear to the spine and edges. The bindings in all three books are tight, bound in the ORIGINAL publisher's cloth. The pages are clean with light discoloration. There is NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy of this (3) Volume First Edition SIGNED by the author. We buy Charles Dickens First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.