[DICKENS, CHARLES.] Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz." 24 etched plates by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. 2 leaves of publisher's ads at end of Volume 1 and one at beginning of Volume 3. 3 volumes. 12mo, original reddish- brown cloth, spines

[DICKENS, CHARLES.] Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz." 24 etched plates by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. 2 leaves of publisher's ads at end of Volume 1 and one at beginning of Volume 3. 3 volumes. 12mo, original reddish- brown cloth, spines faded, ends worn, covers spotted, expertly recased; scattered foxing, marginally affecting some plates; cloth folding case. London, 1838 E3000-4000 FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, FIRST ISSUE. Without the Volume 1 plate list found in some copies. "Dickens's fiction was written to be illustrated, and Cruikshank's etchings for this novel are simply incomparable"-Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England 116. Cohn 239; Smith (1982) I, 4.