[DICKENS, Charles]. Oliver Twist. Extracted from Bentley's Miscellany, volumes 1-5. [London: Richard Bentley], 1837-1839. FIRST EDITION.
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[DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870)]. Oliver Twist. Extracted from Bentley's Miscellany, volumes 1-5. [London: Richard Bentley], 1837-1839.
8vo (212 x 126 mm). 24 engraved plates by George Cruikshank. (Plates browned, some spotting.) 20th-century half black morocco gilt, green cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut, stamp-signed by Zaehnsdorf (front cover detached, rear hinge starting, some light wear). Provenance: George Jefferson Mersereau (bookplate); Charles MacA. Willcox (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, extracted from Bentley’s Miscellany, where it was first serialized between February 1837 through April 1839. Smith I:4, p. 36-37.
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