{"product_id":"the-cricket-on-the-hearth-by-charles-dickens-1st-edition-thus","title":"The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens — 1st Edition Thus","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication:\u003c\/b\u003e London, J.M. Dent \u0026amp; Co., 1905\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"6\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting:\u003c\/b\u003e 8vo, pp. viii, 172.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"7\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report: \u003c\/b\u003eVery Good. The original cream cloth binding remains remarkably bright and well-preserved, a scarce feat for this delicately coloured material which traditionally attracts heavy dust-soiling and staining. The olive-green and gilt Art Nouveau stamping to the boards and spine is unrubbed and vibrant, with only the slightest softening to the spine ends and sharp, unbumped corners. The text block is tight and square. The top edge gilt is mildly dulled, whilst the deckled fore and bottom edges show expected, yet minor, dust-soiling. Internally, the pages are crisp and largely free from the foxing that typically plagues this edition, featuring bright, clean plates and retaining a supple feel throughout. A highly attractive, superior example.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"8\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"8\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note: \u003c\/b\u003eThis volume marks the 'First Edition Thus' featuring the charming artwork of Charles Edmund (C.E.) Brock. A highly regarded line artist of the era, Brock provided eight vivid colour lithographs, including a handsome frontispiece, and nine black-and-white drawings that beautifully capture the sentimental, Victorian warmth of Dickens's prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"9\"\u003eIssued as part of a uniform series of Dickens's Christmas Books in the early twentieth century, these volumes were typically bound in heavily decorated cream cloth (and occasionally vellum), lavishly stamped with an Arts and Crafts pattern of cherubim and flora. Due to the pale nature of the binding, surviving copies on the open market are frequently marred by severe handling wear, toning, and foxing, making a copy in such a bright and unblemished state highly desirable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003eThe book is presented in a remarkably clean internal state, completely free of any previous ownership signatures, bookplates, binders' stamps, or contemporary gift inscriptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003eFirst published in 1845, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"32\"\u003eThe Cricket on the Hearth: A Tale of Home\u003c\/i\u003e is the third of Charles Dickens's five celebrated Christmas novellas. The story revolves around the modest, happy home of John Peerybingle, a carrier, and his young wife, Dot. A chirping cricket on their hearth acts as a guardian angel to the family, watching over them as their domestic bliss is threatened by misunderstandings and the arrival of a mysterious, disguised stranger. Less overtly supernatural than \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"487\"\u003eA Christmas Carol\u003c\/i\u003e, this heartwarming, highly sentimental novella celebrates the sanctity of the Victorian home, the power of forgiveness, and the enduring magic of the holiday season.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54303158108499,"sku":"4475","price":115.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260623_133826.jpg?v=1784024219","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/the-cricket-on-the-hearth-by-charles-dickens-1st-edition-thus","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}