THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH.

Bradbury and Evans, 1846

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Year of publication

1846

Place of printing

London

Author

Dickens

Publishers

Bradbury and Evans

Edition

FIRST EDITION. THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH was third in Dickens’

Languages

English

First edition

Yes

Description

First Edition, complete with the half-title and the Oliver Twist advertisement at the end. Complete with 14 engraved illustrations including a fine frontispiece and title-page, by John Leech, R. Doyle and others. 12mo, handsomely bound in full dark green crushed levant morocco by the French binder S. David showing the refinement and delicacy associated with the best traditional bindings of the ages. The spine with raised bands, one compartment lettered in gilt, fine French marbled endleaves, binding edges gilt tooled, the turnovers with gilt roll tooling at the borders surrounding triple gilt fillet rules surrounding another roll tooled inner border gilt, all edges gilt, the original cloth covers bound in at the front and rear. [viii], 174, [2] ads. pp. A very fine copy, tight, clean and beautifully preserved, the spine panel mellowed to honey-green as is normal.