Lot 1357 , Dickens, Charles - The Cricket on the Hearth. A fairy tale of home. First Edition. engraved pictorial and printed titles, frontis. and 12 text engravings (by Leech, Doyle, Maclise et al); original blind decorated and gil

° Dickens, Charles - The Cricket on the Hearth. A fairy tale of home. First Edition. engraved pictorial and printed titles, frontis. and 12 text engravings (by Leech, Doyle, Maclise et al); original blind decorated and gilt pictorial & lettered red cloth, ge. and cream e/ps., sm.8vo. printed and published for the Author, by Bradbury and Evans, 1846 (i.e. December, 1845)
£120-160

Condition:
Slight wear head / tail spine, front inner hinge cracked, clean copy. (7), 174pp. (incl. half title) and advert leaf. contemp. ownership half title verso and early (1859) on front free e/p. Smith (Pt.2) 6 - most of the noted flaws, e.g. unnumbered pp.54, 114, 173; p.iv - comma missing after Evans; p.82 - single quote only; p.105 - bold 'in'; p.119 - her's; p.172 - close spacing (etc.) advert leaf 2nd state). E/ps. with pale yellow coating