DICKENS, Charles. The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home, London, Bradbury and Evans, 1846, 8°, FIRST EDITION, second issue, engraved frontispiece and title vignette by David Maclise and G. Dalziel (some light soiling), original red horizontal-ribbed cloth, pictorial gilt (some light soiling, corners bumped), g.e. [Eckel p. 119; Smith p. 41]; The Chimes. A Goblin Story, London, Chapman and Hall, 1845, 8°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, engraved frontispiece and additional title by David Maclise and F.P. Becker (some spotting), original red horizontal-ribbed cloth, pictorial gilt (v. worn), g.e; The Battle of Life. A Love Story, London, Bradbury & Evans, 1846, 8°, FIRST EDITION, second issue, engraved frontispiece and additional title by David Maclise and John Thompson (some marginal browning, some light soiling), original red horizontal-ribbed cloth, pictorial gilt (rubbed, front inner hinge split), g.e. [Eckel p. 121] (3)

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DICKENS, Charles. The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home, London, Bradbury and Evans, 1846, 8°, FIRST EDITION, second issue, engraved frontispiece and title vignette by David Maclise and G. Dalziel (some light soiling), original red horizontal-ribbed cloth, pictorial gilt (some light soiling, corners bumped), g.e. [Eckel p. 119; Smith p. 41]; The Chimes. A Goblin Story, London, Chapman and Hall, 1845, 8°, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, engraved frontispiece and additional title by David Maclise and F.P. Becker (some spotting), original red horizontal-ribbed cloth, pictorial gilt (v. worn), g.e; The Battle of Life. A Love Story, London, Bradbury & Evans, 1846, 8°, FIRST EDITION, second issue, engraved frontispiece and additional title by David Maclise and John Thompson (some marginal browning, some light soiling), original red horizontal-ribbed cloth, pictorial gilt (rubbed, front inner hinge split), g.e. [Eckel p. 121] (3)

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First issue of The Chimes, the additional title with "Chapman & Hall" centred and slightly curved in the cloud at the foot of the plate above the names of the artists. Second issue of The Battle of Life, the additional title with "A Love Story" etched in viny letters on a scroll. [Smith p. 34 & p. 62]

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