The Essays Of Elia

Henry Altemus, Philadelphia (1895), 1895. Henry Altemus, Philadelphia (1895). Green cloth, Silver design on front cover and silver lettering. Very Good/NO DJ. Evoked with rare sensuality, the minutiae of everyday life - a card game in "Mrs Battle's Opinions on Whist", the ritual of saying "Grace Before Meat", the perils of lending books in "The Two Races of… Saber más sobre este artículo

George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1923. Later Printing. Leather Binding. Very Good. 2 volumes, complete as issued. Attractively bound in 3/4 blue morocco over marbled boards by Bayntun of Bath, spines with raised bands and gilt titling and date, covers ruled in gilt, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers (some rubbing to leather and boards, small spot to… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: The F. M. Lupton Publishing Company, 1892. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4 3/4 x 7 1/4. The Bijou Series" No. 13, March 14, 1892. "Published Tri-Weekly, by subscription, per year, Thirty Dollars." 238 age toned pages, unmarked.

London: J. M. Dent & Co., , 1903.. A very good example.. Binding: contemporary quarter blue cloth over light cream cloth, title in gilt on flat spine, lower right section of the upper boards with the author’s initials in a decorative gilt device, top edges in gilt, side edges uncut. , Notes: Essays of Elia is a collection of… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York / London: G.P. Putnam & Son, 1883. Hardcover. Good+ (front hinge has grey cloth binding repair. lower section of back cover hinge/gutter splitting; both hinges firm. boards scuffed, stained & scratched; edge-worn. corners rubbed. spine ends rubbed & top worn. back lower corner appears to have glue repair.). brown cloth boards; hand-written replacement spine title plate.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1890. Part of the Putnam Knickerbocker Nugget series. Ilus. 2 vols. 12mo. Original blue gilt stamped cloth and blure boards. In blue cloth slipcase. Part of the Putnam Knickerbocker Nugget series. Ilus. 2 vols. 12mo. SARA ROOSEVELT'S SIGNED COPIES. From the library of Sara Delano Roosevelt, the mother of FDR, with… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: George Bell & Sons 1877. (Leather binding) 512pp. Very good, no dust jacket. A signed binding by Mudie in 3 / 4 red leather, marbled boards and raised bands on the spine. Marbled endpapers, portrait frontispiece, appendix. Previous owner inscriptions. Binding by Mudie. (Essays).

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1898. 3rd. hardback. Very good, dark blue leatherette lettered and decorated in gold on spine. Blindpressed owl on front; untrimmed pages unmarked and tight, gilt top edge, tanning on endpapers.. 18mo (170 x 100 / 6_"" x 4""). Part of the Temple Classics series (ed. Israel Gollancz), originally published the previous year… Saber más sobre este artículo

Two volume set. Three-quarter binding, covers as shown with this list are rubbed, bumped and scuffed. Marbled endpapers, head and tail bands. Gilt tops and rough-cut edges (edges are aged), sewn binding is firm. Previous owner name is written on blank page in the front matter in Volume 2. Your purchase helps our small public library.pi (O-M1)

London: Chapman and Hall Covers with French fillet borders, corner rondelles in gilt. All edges gilt. Spine with elaborate gilt designs, tan and black leather spine labels. Inner dentelles. Red marbled endpapers. SIGNED BINDING by Riviere and Sons. Frontispiece portrait of the author with tissue-guard. Owner's name in very small neat hand on a front preliminary page. Clean and… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York and Boston: C. T. Brainard Publishing Co., 1900 Deluxe edition, limited issue of 1,000 copies printed for subscribers, this copy being out of series and unnumbered. Finely bound by Brentano's in three-quarter contemporary style dark blue morocco ruled in gilt and light blue cloth, five raised bands to spine, stamped in gilt to spine, pale gray endpapers, top… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1905. Hardcover. Fine. Reprint. Fine in three-quarter crushed morocco. Signed publisher's binding. Fine. A very attractive volume.

Evoked with rare sensuality, the minutiae of everyday life – a card game in "Mrs Battle's Opinions on Whist", the ritual of saying "Grace Before Meat", the perils of lending books in "The Two Races of Men" – are all grist to his mill. Essays of Elia certainly lends itself to repeated reading, and when Lamb's popularity was at its… Saber más sobre este artículo

1911. LAMB, Charles. THE ESSAYS OF ELIA (THE LAST ESSAYS OF ELIA). With an Introduction by Augustine Birrell and Illustrations by Charles E. Brock. London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911 (1910). Later printing. Title-pages printed in brown and blue. Engraved frontispieces; line illustrations throughout text. Two octavo volumes uniformly bound by Riviere &… Saber más sobre este artículo

Essays of Eliais a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb (1775-1834), the English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary. Essays of Elia was first published in 1823, then a second volume came out in 1833. The personal and conversational tone of the… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: J.M. Dent, 1911. 8th. Hardcover. Near Fine. Charles E. Brock. Two Volume Set. xxii,291, xi,254 pages. Frontis drawing and numerous text illustrations by Charles Brock to each volume. Introduction by Augustine Birrell. Illustrated endpapers. Half leather over brown linen boards. Five raised bands with gilt deocrations and border rules. Title in gilt. Some light edgewear but overall… Saber más sobre este artículo

East Aurora: Roycroft. Very Good+. 1899. Softcover. Full suede/gilt with patterned silk doublures and yapp edges, rough cut page edges, ribbon marker. #759 of 970 copies signed by Elbert Hubbert to the limitation page. The suede is mildly soiled. The contents are near fine. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Signed by Associated .

Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1835. Name/date to front end paper. No other added marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. Clean very tight foxed pages with unmarked boards, rubbed leather corners and board edges. Ribbed leather spine with one compartment of spine strip missing although title present and intact. Front board hinge a little fragile. … Saber más sobre este artículo

Methuen London, 1902 Superb and vigorous illustrations by Garth Jones, in vignette and full page examples, decorate this attractive first printing of what is a first edition thus. The text block is gilt at the top trimmed edge, but the other two edges are ragged. The two colour title page has a frontispiece with plate mark. This is the most… Saber más sobre este artículo

The Old Greek Press. Very Good. 1907. Card Covers. Heavy cardboard decorative covers. Nutshell library series, edited by Sherwin Cody. Minor shelfwear, bumped corners. Previous owner's name on first blank page, otherwise clean. Frontispiece portrait of Lamb. Introduction provided on Lamb's life and work, not attributed to anyone. ; The Nutshell Library; 5.25 x 3.60 x… Saber más sobre este artículo