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NELSON DOUBLEDAY INC. Hardcover. B000X16OB0 Undated, but about early 1960s, Nelson Doubleday hardcover, book club edition A nice Very Good copy. . Very Good. 1961.

London: Chapman & Hall Ltd. Burgundy Boards. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cruickshank, George. 346pp. A super copy of this volume from The Universal Edition of The Works of Charles DIckens in 22 Volumes. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine. Illustrations throughout by George Cruikshank. No date - though a neat ink inscription to the front end paper is dated 1940. Light rubbing to the boards. Very fresh and clean and tight. A very good copy.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846.

London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition, first issue of Dickens' classic work with "Boz" title pages and the "Fireside" plate. Octavo, three volumes bound in three quarter leather over marbled boards, morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, all edges speckled red, illustrated with 24 plates by George Cruikshank. In very good condition. Text blocks trimmed, without half-titles or advertisements, or list of illustrations. "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 author’s 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).