1sr Edition 1979. The Cricket on the Hearth - A Fairy Tale of Home is a facsimile reproduction made from the original manuscript in Dickens's hand, published as a limited edition of 250 copies hand-bound in full leather. Hand-bound in half leather. Each signed by Monica Dickens the great grand daughter of Charles Dickens. This being unnumbered. For the first time this important document is reproduced in facsimile enabling the reader to see the many deletions and alterations made by Dickens to the script. An introduction has been added by Andrew Sanders, and Verlyn Klinkenborg has contributed a note on the manuscript. Nine of the engravings from the first printed edition are included in this volume. Book is fine and very bright. Contents very good. Cloth slip case is very good.