The Letters of Charles Lamb to which are added those of his sister Mary Lamb. Edited by E. V. Lucas/The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb First Complete Edition.

Lamb, Charles & Mary & E. V. Lucas (editor).

Verlag: Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. & Metheun & Co. Ltd. "First Published in this Edition 1935." Made at the Temple Press, Letchworth in Great Britain., 1935

Three volumes; 6 in. x 8 ¾ in. x 1 ¾ in. (thick), Volume 1: frontispiece portrait (Charles Lamb in dress of a Venetian Senator by William Hazlitt); xliv, 431 pp.; Volume 2: frontispiece portrait of Charles Lamb (by G. F. Joseph); [4]pp., 467 pp.; Volume 3: frontispiece portrait of Charles & Mary Lamb (by F. Stephen Cary); [4]pp., 467 pp., including index. 1021 letters listed, published between 1796-1843. Dark brown cloth, with titling gilt on spines, top-edges gilt; unclipped, tan paper dustjackets printed in black & red. Former owner's printed book labels on front paste-down of each volume; earlier ink inscription on facing endpaper of volume one: Samuel Charles With love, 25th January 1936. A.G.C. Dustjacket spines and edges show some chipping, tears, browning to paper of dustjacket spines. Some scattered tan spotting to book fore-edges, endpapers, prelims., and to some page margins. "This is the first complete edition of the letters of Charles Lamb and Mary Lamb. Altogether these volumes contain over a thousand letters, some of them hitherto unpublished, and many of them never before assembled together." (Publisher's statement on the dustjacket panels). Weight: 7 lbs. Postage may be extra on this set. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-559372092

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Titel: The Letters of Charles Lamb to which are ...
Verlag: Published by J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. & Metheun & Co. Ltd. "First Published in this Edition 1935." Made at the Temple Press, Letchworth in Great Britain.
Erscheinungsdatum: 1935
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair
Auflage: 1st Edition