CRICKET On The HEARTH. A Fairy Tale of Home, in Three Chirps. Boston Museum. Saturday Evening, March 22, 1879.
Boston: 1879. 1st printing (presumed). Single sheet folded once to make four pages. Engraved headpiece, and small engravings in text for ads. 11-7/8" x 9". Printed self wrappers. Now housed in a clear archival mylar sleeve. Slight age-toning to paper; bit of fore-edge rash to top half of bill, overall VG. Item #44932
Apparently this play a crowd favorite at the Boston Museum, for Bolton records earlier performances in 1877 & 1878 [cf. CH 80 & 83].
Price: $275.00
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