The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home

Dickens, Charles

Published by Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York, 1846

About this Item

Probable 1st edition of this Dickens short story. Includes newspaper clipping about sale of Dickens reading copy of this short story. Binding is sewn, holding the pages of the story together; brown paper covers are detached, dirty and chipped; overall edges are rough. Horizontal creasing shows that it had been folded in half at some point. Chapbook is wrapped in advertisement for the next book-dividend of the Book-Of-The-Month Club, Inc. The small type used for story is crisp and clear; text has some pencil in margins; foxing scattered throughout. 32 pp + 16 pp of publ catalog. 6 x 9.5 inches. Seller Inventory # 003818

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of ...

Publisher: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, New York

Publication Date: 1846

Binding: Pamphlet

Condition: Fair