Dickens, Oliver Twist, 1846, "New Edition, Revised and Corrected"

DICKENS, CHARLES

The Adventures of Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy’s Progress. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1846

8vo (222 x 138mm.), "New Edition, Revised and Corrected", half-title, 24 etched plates by George Cruikshank, publisher’s brown cloth with garland in gilt on upper cover and in blind on lower cover, spine pictorial gilt, collector’s chemise and blue morocco backed slipcase, plates generally offset with browning to edges, contents recased, edges slightly bumped, upper joint weak at head, joints cracked, spine faded

As noted by Smith, the first single volume edition of Oliver Twist was published - whilst the ten monthly parts were still being issued - on 26 September 1846. Eckel notes that the price of the monthly parts was 10 shillings, but "that of the bound volume 11 shillings".

REFERENCE:

Smith, p. 37; Eckel, p. 63