The Cricket on the Hearth a Tale of Home by Charles Dickens, Illustrated by C. E. Brock Published by Published by J M Dent, London and New York, 1906 Binding: Hardcover Edition: First thus. 171 pages, vignette title page, with colour frontispiece and 7 plates, 9 black & white in text illustration A very good copy with London Country Council School prize label dated 1909 on inside front cover.. This edition, with wonderful Brock illustrations is very scarce.