The Adventures of Oliver Twist
by Dickens, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- About Fine/No Jacket (as issued)
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Chapman and Hall, 1862. Reprint. . Half-Leather. About Fine/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. George Cruikshank. Early Reprint Edition; Charles Dickens Works, Vol. Xii. Hard cover 8vo in marbled boards w/ 1/2 red leather at corners and spine w/5-ribs and gold titles, marbled page edges. About Fine. Tasteful book plate front pastedown, else Fine and unmarked. 438pp; illustrated by George Cruikshank.
Synopsis
The Adventures of Oliver Twist is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens. The book was initially published serially from February 1837 through April 1839 in Bentley’s Miscellany, a periodical edited by Dickens. In the classic rags-to-riches story, the orphan and escapee Oliver Twist must find his way through the criminal-filled streets of London.
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- Bookseller
- Basement Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040919
- Title
- The Adventures of Oliver Twist
- Author
- Dickens, Charles
- Illustrator
- George Cruikshank
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - About Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as issued)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chapman and Hall
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1862
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- FICTION BRITISH NINETEENTH CENTURY OLiVER TWIST FICTITIOUS CHARACTER
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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