first Edition in English
another photo-gravure portrait (of Sir Alfred Jones)
gilt school crest to front
Light rubbing to head of the spine
Tanning and light thumbing to pages
The Adventures of Oliver Twist; Or, the Parish Boy's Progress arte first Edition in EnglishLondon: Chapman and Hall, 1846. Third edition, revised and corrected, with 24 illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank. 8vo. pp. xii + 311; 24 plates, very foxed as always, especially to versos; one plate with marginal tear. Bound by D. Clarke, binder of Woburn, with his label at foot of the front pastedown, in contemporary half calf over marbled boards, edges and corners rubbed. Owner inscription to front endpaper, "R. N. Colville, Peterhouse".