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1823CHL001London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey 1823 First edition first issue published without the half-title with the publisher's single-line Fleet Street address to the tile page lacking publisher's terminal advertisements. Finely bound in full navy morocco with five raised bands to the spine decorative gilt stamping to the spine bands and compartments spine lettered in gilt boards ruled in gilt all edges gilt elaborate gilt turn-ins maroon coated endpapers. Very good or better with some light wear and rubbing to the extremities a hint of toning to the spine front hinge tender with some wear front hinge repaired bright and fresh pages. A clean copy of the scarce first issue in a lovely morocco binding. Elia is a collection of Lamb's popular essays each of which was originally published in London Magazine. Specifically it includes "The South-Sea House" "Christ's Hospital Five and Thirty Years Ago" "Dream-Children; A Reverie" and "Modern Gallantry" among others. Lamb a long-time clerk for the British East India Company began writing essays under the pseudonym "Elia" which he derived from a former colleague's surname. Lamb wrote in a colloquial and conversational style that made his essays beloved by his Edwardian and Victorian readers. Additionally Lamb included many of his friends and family in his writing loosely disguised by initials and pseudonyms. Mary Lamb Charles' sister and co-author of the popular Tales from Shakespeare 1807 appears as "Cousin Bridget." This first collection of Lamb's essays was complemented with a second volume in 1833 entitled The Last Essays of Elia: Being a Sequel to Essays Published under that Name. Interestingly while the American edition of the first collection published by Carey Lea and Carey in Philadelphia was preceded by this first British edition by five years the American issue of the second collection preceded its British counterpart; less restricted by copyright laws in the United States the American publishers were able to issue both Elia volumes simultaneously in 1828. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. London: Printed for Taylor and Hessey hardcover
183330756London: Taylor and Hessey - Edward Moxon 1833. Hardcover. First Edition First Issue of "Elia" and its sequel "The Last Essays of Elia." 4.5 x 7.25in. 341pp.; xii. 283pp. Bound by Riviere & Sons in full crushed morocco with gilt ruling. Spine with 5 raised bands and 6 decorated compartments. Morocco labels with gilt titling. Text-block edges and dentelles are gilt. Marbled endpapers. Both volumes are in NEAR FINE condition showing marginal hints of shelf rubbing along the extremities otherwise remain Fine/As New. An exceptionally maintained pairing in fine bindings. As pictured. Taylor and Hessey - Edward Moxon hardcover
18893608London: David Stott 1889. 12mo. Two Volumes. Attractive Arts & Crafts style binding by Miss Florence Leicester inscribed in pencil at back of volume 1 “bound by Miss Florence Leicester and signed in gilt pallet on rear dentelle: “19- F-M-L- 02 in crushed tan morocco with shamrock and petal design flowers and vines on both covers i.e. repeated four times gilt-ruled dentelles and spines with similar motif. Large paper edition; one of one hundred copies unnumbered. White endpapers with ruled dentelles featuring shamrocks in each corner. All edges gilt. With the bookplate of Alonzo Weston Kimball noted collector of rare books and fine art. Little is known about Florence Leicester except to say that she was very accomplished and no doubt studied under one of the major bookbinders in London at the turn of the century. Some light rubbing and spine slightly faded. Very small closed crack to the top of the front hinge on vol. II. Only 100 Copies Printed. Both volumes and contents near fine. David Stott unknown
18086413London: Longman Hurst Rees and Orme 1808. First edition. Fine. A fine copy. Octavo 7 1/8 x 4 1/4 in; 181 x 108 mm. xii 484 pp. Designed and bound c. 1920 by Root & Son stamp-signed in full brown crushed morocco with double fillet and a secondary gilt-rolled frame with gilt corner-pieces and inlaid dots in green. Gilt decorated compartments top edge gilt.<br /> <br /> A delightful anthology of Elizabethan poets including Thomas Sackville Thomas Kyd Christopher Marlowe Thomas Decker Ben Jonson William Rowley John Fletcher and Francis Beaumont among many others. The texts were compiled by Charles Lamb who although he worked for the East India Company also published articles essays and poems. He was a good friend of Samuel Taylor Coleridge contributing sonnets to his publications and moved in a political literary circle that included Shelley Byron Hazlitt and Hunt Gertz. This copy has been artfully bound by Root & Son. The London-based firm of W. Root & Son was active in from the late-19th until the 1941 Blitz destroyed their premises. The bindery was known for both fine leather bindings trade bindings and sets. Here their talents are displayed with a "Jansenist Style" binding that was first popular in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries identifiable by a plain exterior and elaborately tooled doublures. Fine. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme unknown
187827896London: Richard Bentley & Son. As New. 1878. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - -- AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY- -- with a bonus offer-- . Richard Bentley & Son hardcover
1828304322Philadelphia: Carey Lea and Carey 1828. First edition. The American precedes the English issue of the Second Series. 230 2 pp. 2 vols. 12mo. Original printed yellow-coated boards pink linen spine with fine paper labeluncut. Scattered foxing throughout. Half crimson morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition. The American precedes the English issue of the Second Series. 230 2 pp. 2 vols. 12mo. This is an unauthorized edition. The true "Second Series" was not published in England until 1833 under the title of "The Last Essays of Elia." The editor of this present edition mistakenly included two essays by Bryan Waller Proctor and one by Allan Cunningham Roff. With a copy of the second American edition of the First Series. Roff p. 157; American Imprints 33813 CSmH; PPL. Provenance: Mrs. J. Insley Blair Blairhame bookplate; Sotheby's New York 3 December 2004; Robert S Pirie bookplate Carey, Lea and Carey unknown
1833232748London: Edward Moxon 1833. First edition first issue of the first series; first English edition of the second series. 2 341; xii 283 pp.; without the half-title in volume one; and without ad leaves in either. 2 vols. 8vo. Bound in full chestnut morocco gilt t.e.g. others uncut by Stikeman & Co. N.Y. Fine. First edition first issue of the first series; first English edition of the second series. 2 341; xii 283 pp.; without the half-title in volume one; and without ad leaves in either. 2 vols. 8vo. An irresistible copy of Lamb's classic essays. Grolier English 74; Tinker 1457 & 1458; Ashley III pp. 50 53; Livingston/Roff pp. 149ff 185ff Edward Moxon unknown
182853688Philadelphia: Carey Lea and Carey 1828. First American Edition First Printing. Original Boards. Very good. First American editions of both volumes and the first complete edition as the second volume was not published in England until 1833 the first American edition was unauthorized. The term "second edition" appears on the title page of volume I because the first edition had been published in London in 1823; all copies of the first American edition bear this "second edition" statement. Both volumes are in the original boards. Volume I is in blue unprinted boards with cream paper spine and spine label this appears to be a variant binding as most others we've seen were in yellow printed boards. Front outer joint partly cracked spine a bit cupped but an otherwise clean bright untrimmed copy; about very good. Volume II is very good or better in the publisher's yellow printed boards with red muslin spine and spine label. Mild wear to corners but a very sharp sound example. Occasional very light foxing to both volumes but much less so than usual. Both volumes bear the leather bookplates of Arthur M. Brown as well as another early 20th century bookplate. Volume I also has another bookplate and ownership signature both belonging to minor poet and Episcopal priest Charles West Thomson. It is likely that this set was married around the turn of the century. Housed in green cloth dust jackets with gilt spine titles and matching slipcases with green morocco edges. Very good. Hardcover. <br /> <br />The first collected editions of these much-loved essays by Charles Lamb which appeared in the London Magazine in the early 1820s. Those editions being highly ephemeral and difficult to obtain this partly pirated American edition represents the first reasonably obtainable complete edition of his collected essays. <br /> <br />Often found rebound or in rough condition this is an appealing set. <br /> <br/><br/> Carey, Lea and Carey hardcover
18231272931823. First Edition. LAMB Charles. Elia and Last Essays of Elia. London: Taylor and Hessey / Edward Moxon 1823 1833. Together two volumes. Octavo contemporary three-quarter tan calf gilt black morocco spine labels marbled boards; housed in a custom chemise and slipcase. $2000.First editions constituting the first collection in book form of all Lambs Elia Essays.""The prose essays under the signature of Elia form the most delightful section amongst Lamb's works They are carefully elaborated; yet never were works written in a higher defiance to the conventional pomp of style. A sly hit a happy pun a humorous combination lets the light into the intricacies of the subject Lamb gives an importance to every thing and sheds a grace over all"" Allibone 1050 1049. ""The first series of these popular Essays appeared in the London Magazine between August 1820 and October 1822; the second series between May 1823 and August 1825"" Lowndes 1300. Volume I with Taylor and Hessey imprint indicating first issue bound with advertisements in rear of both volumes. Half title in Volume II as issued. CBEL III:632. Scattered foxing to text expert restoration to joints and extremities of handsome contemporary bindings. hardcover
1809147994London: Tabart and Co. 1809. Second edition of this satirical work with beautiful color plates. Octodecimo contemporary calf bound in three-quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt ruling to the spine with 23 of 24 hand-colored plates with The Knight missing as is common for this title. In very good condition bookplate to the front pastedown and ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Charles Lamb 1775–1834 was an English essayist poet and writer best known for his works Essays of Elia and Tales from Shakespeare. Although primarily celebrated for his literary essays Lamb also ventured into social commentary as seen in his lesser-known work A Book Explaining the Ranks and Dignities of British Society 1811. The book offers a satirical yet insightful exploration of the various classes and social hierarchies in British society during the early 19th century. Written in a light and engaging style it critiques the class distinctions and often mocks the pretensions of the British aristocracy reflecting Lamb's sharp wit and social awareness. Tabart and Co. hardcover
1823260908London: Taylor & Hessey 1823. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. Short 8vos finely bound by Tout in full polished calf; ornate gilt-decorated spines with raised bands inner dentelles marbled endpapers a.e.g. London: Taylor and Hessey 1823 & London: Edward Moxon 1833. First editions<br/> <br/> The first volume has a scuff mark on the front cover and is a second issue with two addresses in the imprint.<br/> <br/> Taylor & Hessey unknown
1888151609Troy New York: Pafraets Book Company 1888. A handsome set The Edmonton Edition number 90 of 250 sets all attractively printed on hand-made paper and here handsomely bound. 12 vols octavo 231 x 148 mm. Illustrated throughout. Contemporary green morocco spines lettered in gilt gilt ornaments in compartments wide gilt frame to covers red morocco onlay to floral cornerpieces front covers with gilt supralibos of dragon above banner lettered "Tenebo" gilt turn-ins marbled endpapers top edges gilt others untrimmed. Spines sunned to brown some tips a little bumped else a fine set. unknown
1900ST14309Boston: R. H. Hinckley Company ca. 1900. Edmonton Edition. No. 56 OF 100 COPIES on Japanese vellum. 240 x 150 mm. 9 3/8 x 5 7/8". 12 volumes. <br/> HANDSOME DARK PURPLE CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT triple gilt-ruled border with sprays of flowers in each corner and along the sides raised bands compartments with gilt lettering and tooling top edge gilt RED MOROCCO DOUBLURES bordered in purple border featuring several gilt rules and scrolling gilt tools in panel corners red watered silk endpapers. With portrait frontispieces and numerous gravure plates. Limitation statement of first volume with the initials of the printer D. B. Updike of the Merrymount Press; flyleaf of each volume with morocco ex-libris of Francis Kettaneh. Extremities with the occasional tiny nick spines slightly sunned covers with a few negligible scratches a few pages with light thumbing in the margins but all of these blemishes trivial. A FINE SET INSIDE AND OUT.<br/> <br/> This finely bound finely printed and strictly limited set includes the biography prose letters essays and poetry of "the prince of English essayists." According to Day Charles Lamb contributed to the essay form by concentrating on feeling rather than thought by projecting a fuller sense of self into the work and by imbuing his text with a poetic or lyrical quality. Lamb was also an accomplished poet writing in both rhyming and blank verse as well as a friend to many of the leading literary figures of the Romantic period--his correspondents include Wordsworth Southey Hazlitt and Coleridge whom he had known since childhood. Lamb's letters by turns witty and meditative reveal a life of intense reading and writing at a time when British literature was undergoing a radical transformation. Charles Lamb 1775-1834 was educated at Christ's Hospital and at 17 joined the East India House where he worked from 1792-1825. In 1796 Lamb's sister Mary stabbed and killed their mother with scissors in a fit of insanity. Charles took on her care as well as serving as sole support for a dying aunt and a prematurely senile father. Nonetheless Lamb and his sister were devoted to one another and lived long and productive lives publishing together the wildly popular "Tales from Shakespeare" 1807 and "Mrs. Leicester's School" 1809 both of which are included here. Though unsigned the bindings are extremely attractive and fittingly luxurious for the limited-edition contents--the thick gilt tooling luxurious doublures and red silk endpapers housing tactilely pleasing Japanese vellum make this set a delight both to have and to hold. R. H. Hinckley Company unknown
1833100377London: Edward Moxon 1835; 1833. Elia: "a new edition"; Last Essays: first edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Paper-covered boards uncut hand-lettered on spines; corners bumped a few repairs to bindings in custom red morocco-backed clamshell box. These two volumes were owned by John Matthew Gutch 1776-1861 Lamb's contemporary schoolfellow and lifelong friend and proprietor of "Felix Farley's Bristol Journal" in which some Lamb writing appeared. In Elia Gutch has transcribed on the verso of the title-page two poems each titled "To Elia" in praise of Lamb by Bernard Barton 1784-1849 known as the Quaker Poet and chiefly remembered as Lamb's friend. In Last Essays Gutch has annotated the Preface and Contents in pencil; laid in are four pages of his penciled notes "Notices of Elia in London Magazine" consisting of volume and page references to various works "Christ Hospital" "The Two Races of Men" "A Character of the Late Elia" etc. A fine association.PROVENANCE: John Matthew Gutch his annotations; Robert S Pirie bookplateREFERENCES: Roff 185 Edward Moxon hardcover
185658090New York: Derby & Jackson 1856. Signed on the first free end page in pencil with his ownership signature "J. A. Garfield Hiram Ohio Sept. 1856." Garfield's personal bookplate "Inter Folia Fructus Library of James A. Garfield" is affixed to the front pastedown. Housed in a custom half morocco chemise case. Rare and desirable from the library of the 20th President of the United States. At Geauga Academy which he attended from 1848 to 1850 Garfield learned academic subjects he had not previously had time for. He shone as a student and was especially interested in languages and elocution. Later Garfield graduated from Williams College in August 1856 as salutatorian giving an address at the commencement. Garfield biographer Ira Rutkow pointed out that the future president's years at Williams gave Garfield the opportunity to know and respect those of different social backgrounds and despite his origin as an unsophisticated Westerner he was liked and respected by socially conscious New Englanders. "In short" as Rutkow later wrote "Garfield had an extensive and positive first experience with the world outside the Western Reserve of Ohio." On his return to Ohio the degree from a prestigious Eastern school made Garfield a man of distinction. He returned to Hiram to teach at the Institute and in 1857 was made its president. He did not see education as a field that would realize his full potential. At Williams he had become more politically aware in the intensely anti-slavery atmosphere of the Massachusetts school and began to consider politics as a career. Derby & Jackson unknown
