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The cricket on the hearth : a fairy tale of home
The cricket on the hearth : a fairy tale of home
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The cricket on the hearth : a fairy tale of home

Date1846
Alternate Title
Cricket on the hearth
Format
Notes
Actually originally published on December 20, 1845. Cf. Smith, W.E. Charles Dickens in the original cloth, II, p. 43. Osborne copy: navy blue full calf, edges gilt; gilt border on upper and lower covers; ornate gilt on spine with flower motif, raised bands; maroon endpapers. Original burgundy cloth covers and spine (pictorial gilt upper cover and spine) bound into the leather binding at the end of volume. The frontispiece, pictorial engraved added t.-p., and 12 text illustrations are engraved by Joseph Swain, Edward and George Dalziel, and others, after Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield, John Leech, and Sir Edwin Landseer; Publisher's advertisements (2 unnumbered pages) "New edition of Oliver Twist" and "Mr. Dickens's Works" follow page 174. The third in a series of five "Christmas books" published from 1843 to 1848.
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DimensionsCover size: 17 cm x 11 cm (6 11/16 in. x 4 5/16 in.)
Language
ProvenanceGift of William Barker
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131137031118D