Charles Dickens — Oliver Twist

Liverpool, The Proprietors of the Bon Marche , c1890. Paperback. An incredibly scarce Bon Marche penny edition of Charles Dickens' second novel, in the original wraps. Second edition - "Two hundred thousand" of the "B. M." (Bon Marche) edition, published at one penny. In the publisher's wraps. Contemporary sale slip laid down to front cover.Originally published as a serial from 1837 to 1839, Oliver Twist follows the eponymous orphan who, after being raised in a workhouse, escapes to London, where he meets a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin. From eminent Victorian novelist Charles Dickens, the author of a number of popular titles including Nicholas Nickleby, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations and The Old Curiosity Shop. In the publisher's wraps. Contemporary sale slip laid down to front cover. Externally, with dusting and spots to the wraps. Wear to the spine, with loss to the tail and open tears where wraps have come away to front hinge. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with scattered spotting to the first and last couple leaves. Good . Ill.: None. Good .