Signed book: The Adventures of Oliver Twist. First single-volume edition. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. Hardcover bound in three quarter morocco gilt, 5.75 x 8.75, 311 pages. An ALS by illustrator George Cruikshank is affixed to the first free end page by old toned tape, April 22, 1868, in part: "I have to beg the favour of your attendance at my house on next Friday." All 24 of Cruikshank's illustration plates are present in the volume; the first, "Oliver asking for more," is bound in as a frontispiece rather than facing page 9. Autographic condition: very good to fine, with old toned tape to perimeter of the letter. Book condition: VG/None, with edgewear and rubbing to spine and corners, and cracked hinges.
Dickens's second novel, Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress, first ran as a serial from 1837 to 1839. The "New Edition, Revised and Corrected," was then issued again in monthly parts from January to October 1846, while the first single-volume edition was released on September 26, 1846. A desirable example of one of the most famous and popular Dickensian tales, enhanced by the autograph of its illustrator.
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