The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by John Leech, Richard Doyle, et al. London; Bradbury and Evans; MDCCCXLVI (1846).
FIRST EDITION of one of Dickens' most famous Christmas Books finely bound by Morrell.
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Edition Points: (as mentioned in Smith II.)
pp.iv, lacking comma after "Evans" in some copies only. (Present)
pp.10, line 7, "your's". (Present)
pp.79, line 5, there is a space in the word lucky following the l, thus reading "l ucky".
pp.82, line 11, there is a single quote before the word "Halloa", except for one copy. (Present)
pp.98, 3 lines up, "faultered". (Present)
pp.105, line 3, the i in "in" is large and bold. (Present)
pp.121, line 12, "controul". (Present)
pp.133, line 3, "stedfast". (Present)
First vs. Second State Advertisement:
The Advertisement for Oliver Twist in the first state has two lines of italic text, while the second state has three lines of italic text. - First State advertisement present here.
Full brown calf binding with red and brown tooled labels in compartments to the spine between raised bands, other compartments with decorative gilt. Binding rubbed and scuffed, some marks to extremities. Both boards attached with front joint and both hinges cracked, and rear joint starting, thus fragile, front board being partially detached. Shelf and edge wear. All page edges gilt with minor scratches. Binder's stamp to the reverso of the ffep. Edge toning to endpapers commensurate to the full leather binding. Text block extremely clean with edge toning and occasional foxing.
