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DICKENS, CHARLES
The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1846. First Edition, second state (as usual) of the advertisement for Oliver Twist. Eckel, pages 119-120; Podeschi, page 91; Smith, II, 6. Small 8vo, original blind-stamped red cloth, gilt decorations and lettering, a.e.g. Extra pictorial title-page & 13 plates after sketches by John Leech, Richard Doyle, Daniel Maclise, et al. ¶ The third of Dickens' Christmas books. Ownership stamp on the front free endpaper of Rev. Dr. Donald Sage Mackay, the renowned orator of New York City who gave the famous sermon entitled "Does God Care?," first delivered on April 22, 1906, in response to the destruction of San Francisco by earthquake and fire. This address was reprinted as recently as 2001 in an anthology of great American speeches and has often been cited in connection with the events of September 11, 2001. Edges lightly rubbed; wear at upper joints; front hinge tender; but overall a bright, attractive copy.
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