Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist - 1838

Oliver Twist, second edition, same year as the first edition’s release. 1838, the year it was published. Charles Dickens was still going by Boz at the time, as shown in the photos.

Boz was the pseudonym used by the famous English writer Charles Dickens at the beginning of his career. It is indeed with this name that he signed the first edition of his second novel, Oliver Twist, published in 1838.

The nickname derives from Augustus, Dickens’s younger brother. Charles playfully called him "Moses" (in honor of a character in The Vicar of Wakefield); the child’s nasal pronunciation transformed the name into "Boses," which was later shortened to the monosyllable "Boz."

The novel initially appeared between 1837 and 1839 in Bentley's Miscellany, a magazine of which Dickens was the first editor, always signing as "Boz".
The first edition in volume: The very first copies of the book bore the imprint "By Boz" on the title page.
Shortly after the first printing (November 1838), Dickens decided to abandon the pseudonym and asked that his real name, Charles Dickens, be indicated in the subsequent editions.

A novel in pristine condition, considering it is almost 200 years since its publication.
Rich in very interesting illustrations full of detail, the work of the great George Cruikshank.
Page count exceeding 900.
Ownership signature on the first pages of each volume.