Lot 76
Dickens (Charles) The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home, first edition, Bradbury and Evans, 1846
Estimate: £500 - 700
Description
Dickens (Charles) The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home, first edition, second state with three-line italic heading for advertisement f. at rear, engraved frontispiece, additional title and illustrations by Maclise, Doyle, Stanfield & Leech, Bradbury and Evans, original pictorial cloth, slight fading and small ink spots to spine, minor bumping to spine tips and corners, a sharp, near-fine example overall, g.e., Bradbury & Evans, 1846.
Description
Dickens (Charles) The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home, first edition, second state with three-line italic heading for advertisement f. at rear, engraved frontispiece, additional title and illustrations by Maclise, Doyle, Stanfield & Leech, Bradbury and Evans, original pictorial cloth, slight fading and small ink spots to spine, minor bumping to spine tips and corners, a sharp, near-fine example overall, g.e., Bradbury & Evans, 1846.
