The Cricket on the Hearth. New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1846. 8vo. Original brown printed wrappers (separation at joint, a few small tears to spine); morocco slipcase. One of several American editions, this was published as number LV of Wiley and Putnam's Library of Choice Reading. Provenance: George Barr McCutcheon (bookplate, lot 92 in his 1926 sale). RARE. -- The Chimes: A Goblin Story. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1845. 12mo. Publisher's original blue cloth gilt. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- Dombey and Son. Boston: Bradbury and Guild, 1848. 8vo. Publisher's original black ripple-grain cloth, spine gilt; cloth folding case. Smith p. 260-270 ("Bradbury and Guild edition," binding variant B). -- The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1870. 8vo. Publisher's original green cloth, spine gilt (discreet spine repair); cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION, second issue. Smith p. 413 (binding variant A). -- Condition generally good. 

 

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