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This case features illustrated editions of the second and third of Dickens’ Christmas books, The chimes and The cricket on the hearth.
Charles Dickens. The chimes. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1913?]
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Charles Dickens. The cricket on the hearth. Abridged by W.D. Fordyce. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1913.
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Dickens was the literary father figure of A.H. Reed, whose collection included several private press editions. The Limited Editions Club version illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was issued in 1931 in a run of 1500 copies.
Charles Dickens. The chimes. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: Limited Editions Club, 1931.
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The Golden Cockerel Press issued their edition of The cricket on the hearth with water-coloured illustrations by Hugh Thomson (1860-1920) in 1933, also in a run of 1500 copies.
Charles Dickens. The cricket on the hearth: a fairy tale of home. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1933.
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