Beschreibung
A smart complete set of this limited edition de luxe series of works by Charles Lamb, with the author's life. Complete in twelve volumes. Edition de Luxe. Limited to six hundred and seventy-five copies. The life and works of Charles Lamb, an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian who was at the centre of a major literary circle in England with friends including: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, and William Wordsworth. Lamb has been referred to by Edward Verrall Lucas, one of his principal biographers, as "the most lovable figure in English literature". Edited with an introduction and notes to the texts by Alfred Ainger, an English biographer and critic. This set includes: Volume I, The Essays of Elia, 1899. Volume II, The Last Essays of Elia, 1899. Volume III, Poems Plays and Miscellaneous Essays Volume I, 1899. Volume IV, Poems Plays and Miscellaneous Essays Volume I, 1899. Volume V, Mrs. Leicester's School and Other Writings in Prose and Verse Volume I, 1899. Volume VI, Mrs. Leicester's School and Other Writings in Prose and Verse Volume I, 1899. Volume VII, Tales from Shakespeare, 1900. Co-authored with his sister Mary Lamb, an English writer. Volume VIII, Charles Lamb, 1900. Written by Alfred Ainger. With a portrait frontispiece, collated complete. Volume IX, The Letters of Charles Lamb Newly Arranged with Additions Volume I, 1900. Volume X, The Letters of Charles Lamb Newly Arranged with Additions Volume II, 1900. Volume XI, The Letters of Charles Lamb Newly Arranged with Additions Volume III, 1900. Volume XII, The Letters of Charles Lamb Newly Arranged with Additions Volume IV, 1900. Bound by Pretoria. In the original half brown calf binding with cloth boards. Externally, smart with minor rubbing to the extremities and the odd mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting, predominantly to the first and last few pages, with the odd handling mark. Bound by Pretoria. Very Good Indeed. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 896T18
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