Dickens, Charles [1812 - 1870]. 'Boz'. OLIVER TWIST. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. 1840. Salmon-colored cloth-backed drab boards, with printed paper title label to spine. [ix] - xii, 13 - 212 [= 204] pp. Text double column. Illustrated with two facing plates ["Oliver amazed..." & "Oliver asking for more"], inserted at front prior to t.p. 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". Signed in both sixes & fours sewn in 6s. Some wear & staining to binding. Usual bit of foxing. Faint period po signatures to ffep. A VG copy.

Rare early US editon of this Dickens classic: not in Edgar & Vail, Gimbel, nor VanderPoel with OCLC showing but 1 institutional holding [Harvard].