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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
1848424555Bath N.Y.: R.L. Underhill & Co 1848. Hardcover. Very Good. American edition. 12mo. 165 2pp. Woodcut illustrations handcolored. Leather-grained paper over boards with morocco spine label gilt. Crown chipped to just below the top of the text block modest foxing overall general wear about very good. R.L. Underhill & Co hardcover
1886FB642 (1 to 6) /4A<p>Navy calf spine and corners blue marbled boards. Gilt banding titles and emblems on spine.</p><p>A superb set <strong>Charles Lamb</strong> 10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834 was an English essayist poet and antiquarian best known for his <em>Essays of Elia</em> and for the children's book <em>Tales from Shakespeare</em> co-authored with his sister Mary Lamb 1764–1847. Friends with such literary luminaries as Samuel Taylor Coleridge Robert Southey William Wordsworth and William Hazlitt Lamb was at the centre of a major literary circle in England. He has been referred to by E. V. Lucas his principal biographer as "the most lovable figure in English literature". Lamb's first publication was the inclusion of four sonnets in Coleridge's <em>Poems on Various Subjects</em> published in 1796 by Joseph Cottle. The sonnets were significantly influenced by the poems of Burns and the sonnets of William Bowles a largely forgotten poet of the late 18th century. Lamb's poems garnered little attention and are seldom read today. As he himself came to realise he was a much more talented prose stylist than poet. Indeed one of the most celebrated poets of the day—William Wordsworth—wrote to John Scott as early as 1815 that Lamb "writes prose exquisitely"—and this was five years before Lamb began <em>The</em> <em>Essays of Elia</em> for which he is now most famous. Notwithstanding Lamb's contributions to Coleridge's second edition of the <em>Poems on Various Subjects</em> showed significant growth as a poet. These poems included <em>The Tomb of Douglas</em> and <em>A Vision of Repentance</em>. Because of a temporary falling out with Coleridge Lamb's poems were to be excluded in the third edition of the <em>Poems </em>though as it turned out a third edition never emerged. Instead Coleridge's next publication was the monumentally influential <em>Lyrical Ballads</em> co-published with Wordsworth. Lamb on the other hand published a book entitled Blank Verse with Charles Lloyd the mentally unstable son of the founder of Lloyds Bank. Lamb's most famous poem was written at this time and entitled <em>The Old Familiar Faces</em>. Like most of Lamb's poems it is unabashedly sentimental and perhaps for this reason it is still remembered and widely read today being often included in anthologies of British and Romantic period poetry. Of particular interest to Lambarians is the opening verse of the original version of <em>The Old Familiar Faces</em> which is concerned with Lamb's mother whom Mary Lamb killed. It was a verse that Lamb chose to remove from the edition of his Collected Work published in 1818: I had a mother but she died and left me Died prematurely in a day of horrors – All all are gone the old familiar faces. In the final years of the 18th century Lamb began to work on prose first in a novella entitled <em>Rosamund Gray</em> which tells the story of a young girl whose character is thought to be based on Ann Simmons an early love interest. Although the story is not particularly successful as a narrative because of Lamb's poor sense of plot it was well thought of by Lamb's contemporaries and led Shelley to observe "what a lovely thing is <em>Rosamund Gray</em>! How much knowledge of the sweetest part of our nature in it!" Quoted in Barnett page 50 In the first years of the 19th century Lamb began a fruitful literary cooperation with his sister Mary. Together they wrote at least three books for William Godwin's Juvenile Library. The most successful of these was <em>Tales From Shakespeare</em> which ran through two editions for Godwin and has been published dozens of times in countless editions ever since. The book contains artful prose summaries of some of Shakespeare's most well-loved works. According to Lamb he worked primarily on Shakespeare's tragedies while Mary focused mainly on the comedies. Lamb's essay "On the Tragedies of Shakespeare Considered with Reference to their Fitness for Stage Representation" which was originally published in the <em>Reflector</em> in 1811 with the title "On Garrick and Acting; and the Plays of Shakspeare considered with reference to their fitness for Stage Representation" has often been taken as the ultimate Romantic dismissal of the theatre. In the essay Lamb argues that Shakespeare should be read rather than performed in order to protect Shakespeare from butchering by mass commercial performances. While the essay certainly criticises contemporary stage practice it also develops a more complex reflection on the possibility of representing Shakespearean dramas: Shakespeare's dramas are for Lamb the object of a complex cognitive process that does not require sensible data but only imaginative elements that are suggestively elicited by words. In the altered state of consciousness that the dreamlike experience of reading stands for Lamb can see Shakespeare's own conceptions mentally materialized. Besides contributing to Shakespeare's reception with his and his sister's book <em>Tales From Shakespeare</em> Lamb also contributed to the recovery of acquaintance with Shakespeare's contemporaries. Accelerating the increasing interest of the time in the older writers and building for himself a reputation as an antiquarian in 1808 Lamb compiled a collection of extracts from the old dramatists <em>Specimens of the English Dramatic Poets Who Lived About the Time of Shakespeare</em>. This also contained critical "characters" of the old writers which added to the flow of significant literary criticism primarily of Shakespeare and his contemporaries from Lamb's pen. Immersion in seventeenth-century authors such as Robert Burton and Sir Thomas Browne also changed the way Lamb wrote adding a distinct flavour to his writing style. Lamb's friend the essayist William Hazlitt thus characterised him: "Mr. Lamb . does not march boldly along with the crowd . He prefers <em>bye-ways</em> to <em>highways</em>. When the full tide of human life pours along to some festive show to some pageant of a day Elia would stand on one side to look over an old bookstall or stroll down some deserted pathway in search of a pensive description over a tottering doorway or some quaint device in architecture illustrative of embryo art and ancient manners. Mr. Lamb has the very soul of an antiquarian ." Although he did not write his first Elia essay until 1820 Lamb's gradual perfection of the essay form for which he eventually became famous began as early as 1811 in a series of open letters to Leigh Hunt's <em>Reflector</em>. The most famous of these early essays is "The Londoner" in which Lamb famously derides the contemporary fascination with nature and the countryside. He would continue to fine-tune his craft experimenting with different essayistic voices and personae for the better part of the next quarter century.</p> John Slark. hardcover
1888835P65London: Macmillan and Co 1888-89. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated. A uniformly bound set of the works of Charles Lamb including Alfred Aigner's brilliant biography on Lamb. In five volumes.A collection of the works of Charles Lamb alongside Alfred Aigner's insightful biography on Lamb for which the author is best known.Charles Lamb was a popular antiquarian and essayist known for his work 'Tales from Shakespeare' which he co-authored with his sister.'Lamb's Letters' Volume I and II 'Poems Plays & Essays' 'Essays of Elia' and Aigner's biography 'Charles Lamb'.Illustrated with a frontispiece to Volume I of 'Letters'. Both volumes of 'Letters' are a reprint of September 1888.With introductions and notes by Alfred Ainger.Bookplate of Henry W. Ryland to the front paste down of 'Charles Lamb' and 'Essays of Elia' and to the recto of the front endpaper of both volumes of 'Letters' and 'Poems Plays & Essays'. Bookplate of Alfred Mellor Watkin to the front paste down of both volumes of 'Letters' and 'Poems Plays & Essays'. Watkin was a Liberal politician and a railway engineer and inspector. In a half morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally smart. Light rubbing to the joints and extremities spines are a little faded. Very light rubbing to the boards. Light bumping to the extremities. Bookplate to the front paste downs and to the recto of the front endpaper of both volumes of 'Letters' and 'Poems Plays & Essays'. Light spots to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Macmillan and Co hardcover
188941502120014A. C. Armstrong 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good set of 6 hardcovers. 3/4 leather bindings with marbled paper covered boards marbled end papers and edges. Previous owner's bookplate on end papers pages are otherwise clean crisp and unmarked. Bindings are tight hinges strong. Covers show light rubbing and extremities are fraying. Titles: v.1 - The Essays of Elia v.2 - Poems Plays and Miscellaneous Essay v.3 - Mrs. Leicester's School v.4 - The Letters of Charles Lamb I v.5 - The Letters of Charles Lamb II v.6 - Tales from Shakespeare.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! A. C. Armstrong hardcover
188130311Thomas Y. Crowell. Good. 1881. Hardcover. "Five volumes in three." "Standard edition" on spine and "New edition" on title page. Binding is okay on all three volumes with Volume II being the weakest. Pages are unmarked but somewhat tanned especially in margins. A few small corner creases in Volume I. Brown cloth covers have a little wear mainly to spine tips but otherwise okay. Spine titles all legible. No dustjackets at issue. . Thomas Y. Crowell hardcover
1886309London: Macmillan & Co 1886-1891. VG/--. Minor shelfwear but overall in nice shape - good tight bindings. 3/4 navy calf - raised bands - marble endpapers. Set of 7 Vols. Includes Letters 1 & 21888/Poems-Plays & Essays1888/Mrs.Leicester's School1890/Essays of Elia1891 & biography by A. Ainger1891. Macmillan & Co hardcover
1818BOOKS254484London UK: Printed for C. and J. Ollier. G/No Dustjacket. 1818. First Edition. Leather. Poems sonnets blank verse essays letters. . 16mo. ix 291pp.; 259pp. Spine beautifully rebound with new endpapers corners chipped and blackened; has blank preliminary leaves and lacks ad in back of volume 2; some penciling with yellowed margins and occas. soiling . Printed for C. and J. Ollier hardcover
185723682Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird. Good with no dustjacket. 1857. Hardcover. The pages are very nice and clean and the book is very sound. Light foxing to the endpapers. The original cloth covers are very good- with some fading but the spine has cloth losses to the top and bottom. ; 656 pages ads. ; 8vo . Henry Carey Baird hardcover
181821262London: Printed for C. and J. Ollier Marchant printer; Reynell printer 1818. First Collected edition. 2 vols. Sm. 12mo. Contemporary half calf marbled boards red morocco labels. Joints cracked rubbed some chipping to head of spines and labels light browning of spotting of interiors. First Collected edition. 2 vols. Sm. 12mo. Includes some of Mary Lamb's poems. NCBEL 3:1224 Printed for C. and J. Ollier [Marchant printer; Reynell, printer] unknown
18387906New York: Harper & Brothers 1838. Original cloth covers w/ gilt title on spines. Bindings moderately soiled and stained w/ wear to extremities; spines sunned. Light foxing throughout both volumes. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper of Volume 1. Faint dampstains to several leaves of both volumes; darker stains to bottom corners and outer margins of several leaves in Volume 1. Vol. 1 illust. w/ a b/w frontispiece of Charles Lamb The Author of "Elia." Still a strong sturdy set; great reference books. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper & Brothers Hardcover
1889mon0000994167George Routledge and Sons 1889. Hardback. Very Good. in x in x in. Previous owners name in pen on FFEP. First edition first printing. Pages clean and bright no markings light wear to edges. Binding tight. George Routledge and Sons 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
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
1883015198Funk & Wagnalls. Bound in green cloth boards with gilt lettering and finance metaphors stamped into front blind-stamped decorative borders to front and back all edges gilt Numerous wood engraved portraits and views. Edge wear corners bumped ex libris stamps on first few pages library plate tipped in on copyright page. Spine has library number. Internally bright and fresh other than as mentioned. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1883. Funk & Wagnalls hardcover
188323255New York: Funk & Wagnalls Publishers 1883. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine. A lovely copy of the 1883 1st edition. Clean and Near Fine in its navy-blue cloth with just a touch of light wear to the spine ends. Brilliant gilt-design and titling along the front panel and beautiful decorative blindstamping along the borders. Internally very sharp as well with no writing or markings to speak of. Octavo all edges gilt dozens of wood-engraved portraits throughout. Truly a collector's copy. Funk & Wagnalls, Publishers unknown
1883jd0141Funk & Wagnalls 1883. Used;Very Good. New York 1883; brown cloth covered boards; gold titles; corners and spine edges bumped with board slightly exposed at corners; edge wear; 8vo 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; all edges gilt; mild split at hinges; interior pages in very good condition; Interior is clean and unmarked; 95 pages. Funk & Wagnalls hardcover
188354257Funk & Wagnalls New York 1883. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. MARTHA J. LAMB. Wall Street in History New York: Funk & Wagnalls 1883. Tall thin octavo first edition pp. 95 red cloth boards with gilt lettering and finance metaphors stamped into front blind-stamped decorative borders to front and back all edges gilt illustrated ownership signature on a front blank. Covers the days when there were actual boiler rooms not the figurative scam operations and big shade trees on Wall Street. Condition of this book: Covers have small stains chips; spine discolored. Minor dampstain at top edge touches most leaves inoffensive with text unaffected. Overall good and sound. Size: Octavo standard book size. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Business Finance & Marketing; United States; 19th century; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54257. . Funk & Wagnalls hardcover
1838341920Philadelphia: Adam Waldie 1838. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. 4 iv 416pp. and issue numbers 1-26 of the weekly "Journal of Belles Lettres" bound in at the back: July 3–December 25 1838. Contemporary half-calf and marbled paper boards. Lacks the front board back board detached else good or better with some browning only to the pages of the weekly Journal at the back. Contains "Mrs. Leicester's School" by Mary Lamb sister and collaborator of Charles Lamb "Wedding Slippers" by Mary Mitford various lectures delivered before the Athenian Institute and Mercantile Library and popular literary works of the day. Adam Waldie hardcover
1890mon0000055561Book on Demand 1890-01-01. Paperback. Acceptable. in x in x in. 1890 edition with lavish gilded decorative outer boards some loosenessto inner binding title page removed and some intermittent spotting - collectable Book on Demand paperback
188188884Imprensa Nacional 1881. Softcover. Very good/No jacket. In six parts: 1574-1620- da Mina ao Cabo Negro segundo Garcia Mendes Catello Branco; 1620-1629-- Produccoes Commercio e Governo do Congo e de Angola segundo Manuel Vogardo Sotomaior Antonio Diniz Bento Banha Cardoso e Bessera Fajardo; 1607-- Estabelcimentos e Regates Portuguezes na Costa occidental de Africa por um Anonyo; 1593-1631-- Terras e Minas Africanas segundo Balthazar Rebello de Aragao; 1617-1622-- Benguella e Seu Sertao por un Anonymo; 1516-1619-- Escravos e Minas de Africa Segundo Diversos.Each pamphlet has some edgewear. In Portuguese. Imprensa Nacional unknown
188600284114Portland Maine: Printed By Order of the Alumni Association 1886 Green cloth Signed by Author on Fep. 14 pgs. Scarce. Signed by Authors. First Edition Ex Library. Cloth. Very Good. Printed By Order of the Alumni Association hardcover
1880367015London: R.T.S 1880. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Hinges starting. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Previous owner's inscription. Date suggested from previous owner's inscription. Physical description: 86 pages. Subjects: Conduct of life; Juvenile fiction. Juvenile literature. 19th century juvenile fiction; pictorial works. London: R.T.S hardcover
1900019736London: The Religious Tract Society 1900. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall The Religious Tract Society unknown
1843AQ31330London: James Burns 1843. 47pp 1. Numerous engraved vignettes in the text. Original publisher's pictorial salmon pink wrappers. Heavily rubbed without spine panel. Scattered spotting. A rare survival of a mid-nineteenth century edition of a charming book in verse intended for young children 'founded upon actual incidents and put together for the instruction of three little boys' first published in 1787. The narrative such as it is concerns a wren with a preternatural command of the English language observing and judging the behaviour of three boys whose pregnant mother is unable to supervise them. OCLC and COPAC together record copies of this edition at just three locations BL Cambridge and NLS. . 16mo. James Burns unknown
