London: B. Pollock/J. Redington, (ca. 1860s-80s). Later issue. Comprising 23 hand-colored plates, loose as issued, with six sheets depicting characters, 13 sheets depicting scenes, one sheet depicting a set piece, and three sheets depicting theatre wings (14 with B. Pollock imprint, nine with J. Redington imprint). Sheets toned, scattered wear and chipping along edges. With 16mo text booklet Pollock's Juvenile Drama. Oliver Twist...Adapted Only For Pollock's Characters and Scenes (London: At His Wholesale and Retail Print and Tinsel Warehouse, no date); 16 pp. Original self-wrappers. In green cloth fall-down-back box. Gimbel C35; Suzannet E35

Scarce toy theater set for Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist. Benjamin Pollock (1856-1937) was born in Hoxton, London, and married Eliza Redington, daughter of John Redington, proprietor of John Redington's Theatrical Warehouse. Specializing in prints and toy set pieces, Redington first published this following the release of Oliver Twist, in 1838, issuing it until his death, in 1874. Following Redington's death, Pollock continued the business--as Benjamin Pollock's Toy Shop--with his wife for the next sixty years, and reissued this toy under his own imprint.