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1868626831868. 1868 Lamb Charles THE ESSAYS OF ELIA AND ELIANA A New Edition London: Bell & Daldy 1868 512pp frontis portrait engraving 8vo polished calf raised bands gilt marbled epages and outer edges of textblock Contemporary bookplate on front pastedown minor scuffing and rubbing on edges some foxing on epages near fine copy overall. unknown
1888132206280032Pafraets Book Company 1888-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Binding is tight hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Pafraets Book Company unknown
188800316BALLADS OF BOOKS Longmans Green 1888 first edition a bright vg/near fine copy with contributions by Ben Jonson Robert Herrick Robert Burns Sir Walter Scott Charles Lamb Leigh Hunt Austin Dobson Edmund Gosse Rober Louis Stevenson Henry Wadust-wrapper orth Longfellow et.al. Longmans Green unknown
1888AL2243New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1888. Hardcover. Good. The Temple Edition 1888. Illustrated with original etchings. Three-quarters leather with five raised bands on spine and marbled page edges. Text clean and unmarked. An owner's name on front endpaper. Binding still strong. Exterior has a fair amount of shelfwear mostly along edges. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available! G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
1888022134New York and Chicago: A. S. Barnes & Company 1888. This is the original March 1888 first edition -- NOT print on demand or a modern reprint. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Good condition. Light soil/wear to the cover. NO owner's name or bookplate. Illustrated with tissue-guarded plate. Pages are clean and unmarked. Bound in the original printed paper covers. . First Edition. Softcover. Good condition. 7.5" wide by 9.75" tall. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. A. S. Barnes & Company Paperback
1813ALEX361Robert Desilver Philadelphia: . 1813 pp. xxi 1-130 Engraved frontis. Foxed. Browned but not brittle. 24mo. 145 mm. Title continues: 'And Her Descendants Near Four Hundred Years. Now Dedicated To Master Samuel Irelaunde And Patrick Lyon'. Binding broken text good. James White 1775-1820 was an English advertising agent author and lifelong friend of Charles Lamb. White developed a fascination with the character of Falstaff and was even known to dress up and go about 'in character'. This led to him writing and publishing this his only known book in 1796. For Charles Lamb's supposed part in the book: Cf. L.S. Livingston's and J.C. Thomson's Bibliographies of the writings of Charles and Mary Lamb. First American Edition. Scarce. S&S/AI 30526. 1st Edition. Robert Desilver, Philadelphia: . unknown
188662251fWilliam Paterson 1886-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1885 edition published by William Paterson Edinburgh not Glasgow. Tooled leather and gilt binding corners. With eight etchings by R. Swain Gifford James D. Smillie Charles A. Platt and F. S. Church. Moderate wear at edges corners; back cover edge with 1" of abrasion to boards. Hinges strong; interior unmarked. William Paterson hardcover
188312001London & New York: George Routledge and Sons 1883. Hardcover. Good. Dark red cloth decorated in bright gilt and black knight riding a steed on front cover with battle flags & shield gilt dull on spine with shields & flags binding a bit soiled with light edge-wear tight 8 1/2 x 6 inches. Frontispiece engraving lacks the tissue guard foxing to engraving & title page. Twelve additional full-page plates plus in-text engravings chapter head & tail pieces. vi. 378 clean pages; text is very good. Front end papers with thin tidemark in the top margin. Well-developed and informative accounts of Charlemagne William the Conqueror Frederic Barbarossa Richard Coeur de Lion Edward I. Robert Bruce Henry V. Francis I. Henri IV. Gustavus Adolphus Charles XII. of Sweden and Fredric the Great.Lady Caroline Lamb 1785-1828 Anglo-Irish aristocrat and novelist the wife of William Lamb Chief Secretary for Ireland 1827-1828 and British Prime Minister 1834-1841. Lady Lamb was notorious for her affair with Lord Byron which ended in spectacular scandal. Her most famous work Glenarvon includes characters based upon herself and her lover. "She was a member of the very highest of the immensely privileged aristocratic class. She knew the Prince of Wales. She was presented to the queens of France and Italy and as a child told Edward Gibbon the author of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire that his face was so ugly it had frightened her puppy. Thus began the reputation for outrageous behaviour which followed Caroline the rest of her life." - Malcolm Paul Douglass The Literary Encyclopedia. George Routledge and Sons hardcover
188984205London: Field & Tuer 1889. Reprint. hardcover. very good. With an Introd. by A.W.T. and 9 hand- colored illustrations. Sq. 12mo 1/2 vellum; lightly soiled. London: Field & Tuer 1889. Limited Edition. One of 500 copies signed by the publishers. A facsimile of the rare 1811 edition.<br/><br/> Field & Tuer unknown books
1889011324London: George Routledge & Sons 1889 scarce Victorian book on great historical warrior kings includes Charlemagne William the Conqueror Frederic Barbarossa Richard Coeur De Lion Edward I Robert Bruce Henry V Francis I Henri IV Gustavus Adolphus Charles XII of Sweden Frederic the Great red cloth with black yellow and gilt decoration spine leans slightly light soiling to lower board verso of frontis has long copperplate prize inscription to Walter Anderson of Charteris Bay School Banks Peninsula Canterbury New Zealand 378pp plates and illustrations in the text includes frontis with tissue guard Victorian stationers stamp to bottom of title page. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by A De Neuville. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. George Routledge & Sons hardcover
18891426London/NY: Field & Tuer The Leadenhall Press ./Scribner & Welford 1889. 1889. Good. Limited Edition of 500 Numbered Copies - Small quarto parchment-backed bluish-gray boards with parchment corners parchment stained & soiled; rubbed; titled in gilt on front cover. xii & 31pp. shaken; preliminaries & endpapers foxed. 1 B&W and 9 hand-colored plates and several textual illustrations. Good. <p>Limited edition of 500 numbered copies signed by the publishers Field & Tuer of the Leadenhall Press. A beautifully produced edition of Lamb's 1811 book with a fine woodcut facsimile of the original cover illustration printed on blue stock. London/NY: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, .../Scribner & Welford, 1889. hardcover
1880blb02744New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company 1880. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. Green silk covered boards with gilt decorated borders to front and gilt lettering to spine. Silk on spine has some loose threads and front edge rubbed to the board. All edges bright gilt. Endpapers decorated with flower patterned paper. Edited and with Introduction by the Rev. Alfred Ainger. 395pp. Thomas Y. Crowell Company hardcover
189125218London:: George Routledge and Sons ca. 1891. publisher's decorated blue cloth. Light use to the bright cloth at extremities; an attractive copy. 8vo. Illustrated in color. School prize volume with printed paper label on pastedown. George Routledge and Sons, hardcover
189936907Henry Altemus. Very Good-. 1899. Hardcover. No publication date but frontispiece has 1899 copyright date. Binding is solid. Pages are unmarked and only slightly aged except frontispiece page is much darker. Several b&w portraits of subject writers. Green cloth cover with gilt title and design and pastedown landscape decoration -- a little wear to edges and some rubbing to gilt. One small spot on spine like a burned spot . . Henry Altemus hardcover
18923453New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1892. Hardcover. Very Good . Number 130 of 150 copies of the limited edition. Nice clean tight copy. Top edge gilt others untrimmed. 1/4 brown leather over brown boards. Leather spine is a little worn and scuffed but no spits to seams or the spine. gilt lettering very bright uncut. Good book. <br/><br/> G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover
184877605Bath N.Y.:: R. L. Underhill & Co. 1848. . unusual original patterned floral-cloth with decorated printed paper label on spine. . 19th c. ink gift inscription; light foxing to preliminaries; plates with later coloring; spine label rubbed to illegibility but still rather attractive. 12mo. Six engraved plates with later hand-coloring in watercolor. R. L. Underhill & Co., hardcover
1896018992New York: A. S. Barnes Company 1896. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Three volumes. Red cloth gilt on top edges. A very good set the spine labels are a bit rubbed the spines somewhat sunned spine ends are somewhat frayed or rubbed and the corners of the covers are rubbed. No dust jackets. Interiors are clean and tight throughout. Illustrated with index. Martha J. Lamb 1829-1893 was an author editor and historian. She moved to New York City where in 1883 she purchased The Magazine of American History and became its editor. She was elected to membership in fifteen historical and learned societies in the United States and Europe. Constance Cary Harrison 1843-1920 was originally a southerner her husband was a private secretary to Jefferson Davis who moved to New York in 1866. Among many other accomplishments she persuaded her friend Emma Lazarus to donate a poem to the fundraising effort to pay for a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A. S. Barnes Company Hardcover
1879211498New York: D. Appleton and Company 1879. Hardcover. VG-. Front end paper detached and laid back in. Fraying to the cloth at head/tail of spine and more lightly at corners. Front board beginning to crack and a little loose but binding is still generally secure. Quarto. Hardcover. Full edge gilt. Beveled boards bound in brown cloth with gilt stamped titles and black/red illustrations. 256 pages : illustrations ; 27 x 22 cm. Plate from prominent medical historian inside reading "A Gift From the Library of Dr. Francis Randolph Packard 1870-1950 -- In the hope that future readers may share his love of books and their record of the priceless heritage of man's past nourished in him by his parents and his early association with Sir William Osler" D. Appleton and Company hardcover
1883SKU0000003449Tuttle and Co 1883-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. very gently used HC full-leather very minor shelf-wear along edges only binding clean and tight free of markings overall excellent condition Tuttle and Co hardcover
1890FB416 /4B<p>Tan cloth spine with gilt title. Blue patterned boards. Dimensions are for one volume.</p> David Stott. hardcover
1892321489London: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1892. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Softcover. Very Good in leatherbound wraps. Owner personalization inked on second front end page. Front hinge cracked. Small open tears on spine crown panel corners and rear panel side edge. Thomas Nelson & Sons unknown
1872339124London : Basil Montagu Pickering 1872. First edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Boards dust-toned. Some wear and tear to the spine bands and panel edges. Internally bright and clean. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 94 pages; 17 cm. Subjects: Natural history; Juvenile poetry. Mother and child; Juvenile poetry. Prayer; Juvenile poetry. Courage; Juvenile poetry. Kings and rulers; Juvenile poetry.Christian life; Juvenile poetry. Children Conduct of life; Juvenile poetry. Genre:Children's poetry - 1872.Juvenile works. Poetry. London : Basil Montagu Pickering hardcover
1889434774London : Field & Tuer 1889. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked vellum over paper-covered boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Limited signed and numbered edition. Physical description: xii 31 pages illustrations 20 cm. Subjects: Children Conduct of life; Juvenile poetry; Fairy poetry; Courtship; England 19th century. London : Field & Tuer hardcover
1862449821London : Edward Moxon 1862. New Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed as with age. New end-papers. Light foxing to prelims. Pages starting. Remains well-preserved overall. Book plate of 'Cefntilla'. Physical description; viii 436 p. ; 17 cm. London : Edward Moxon hardcover
1886859A41London: Bickers & Son 1886. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5". Not Stated . A bright copy of this anthology of celebrated prose pieces of the nineteenth century. Celebrative of leading prose pieces and authors of the nineteenth century featuring works from Washington Irving Charles Lamb Thomas de Quincey Lord Macaulay and others. Collated complete with twelve photographic plates. Portrait of Edward A Freeman loose but present previously taped in by owner to face p. 285 as called for. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Seen in both green and red variant priority is unknown. This is in green. In the original publisher's full cloth binding with gilt lettering and decorations to boards and spine. Externally very smart with light bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities. Minor mark to front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally very clean with only odd light spotting to odd leaf. Tape marks to inner gutter pp284-5. Very Good Bickers & Son hardcover