DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846 [but 1845].
Sale 855 - Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection
Mar 19, 2021
10:00AM CT
Online / Chicago
Estimate
$200 -
$300
Sold for $281
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Lot Description
DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846 [but 1845].
8vo (164 x 102 mm). Half-title, engraved frontispiece, engraved title, 12 illustrations by Leech, Doyle, Stanfield, Maclise and Landseer, 2-pp. publisher's advertisement at end (second state). 20th-century red calf gilt, tan morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for J.W. Robinson Company (spine slightly sunned, some light wear to joints and corners); original cloth bound in. Provenance: J.W. Robinson Co. (bookseller's label).
FIRST EDITION, second state, with the publisher's advertisement leaf for a new edition of Oliver Twist at end in the second state. Although the title-page is dated 1846, The Cricket on the Hearth was published on December 20, 1845. Eckel, p.119; Sadleir 685; Smith I:6.
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