Estate / Collection: The Flower Family Collection
DICKENS, CHARLES.
The Cricket on the Hearth. A fairy tale of home. London: printed and published for the author by Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First edition, first (and only) issue. Three-quarters green morocco, rather crudely rebacked. 6 1/4 x 4 inches (16 x 10 cm); [vi], 174, [2] pp., lacking half-title and ads. Binding worn, rebacked as noted, a thoroughly read copy with finger-soiling, lacking the half-title and ads.
Offered with a copy of Little Dorrit, a later printing.
Estate / Collection: The Flower Family Collection
DICKENS, CHARLES.
The Cricket on the Hearth. A fairy tale of home. London: printed and published for the author by Bradbury and Evans, 1846. First edition, first (and only) issue. Three-quarters green morocco, rather crudely rebacked. 6 1/4 x 4 inches (16 x 10 cm); [vi], 174, [2] pp., lacking half-title and ads. Binding worn, rebacked as noted, a thoroughly read copy with finger-soiling, lacking the half-title and ads.
Offered with a copy of Little Dorrit, a later printing.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, Dec 16, 2022