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TitleThe cricket on the hearth a fairy tale of homeIdentified ByLccn: 01000434Local: 1213622 NotePhysical details: ill.Illustrated by Daniel Maclise, Richard Doyle, Clarkson Stanfield, John Leech, and Edwin Landseer.Actually first published on December 20, 1845. Cf. Smith, W.E. Charles Dickens in the original cloth, II, p. 43.Added engraved t.p. is one of the two leaves of plates.The advertisement leaf (p. [1]-[2] at end) is known to exist in two states: in the first state, the advertisement on the recto has ten lines and no heading; in the second state, this advertisement has eleven lines and a heading. Cf. Smith, II, p. 39-40.For other textual variants due to the use of multiple stereotype plates simultaneously see Smith, II, p. 42-43; Podeschi, J.B. Dickens & Dickensiana, p. 93-95; and Carr, L. VanderPoel Dickens, p. 118-119.Dimensions18 cm.Extent[8], 174, [2] p., [2] leaves of platesProvision ActivityPublication: England 1846 Publication: London: Printed and published for the author by Bradbury and Evans; 1846 Responsibility Statementby Charles Dickens