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Lamb, Charles. The Works Of Charles Lamb In Two Volumes., VOLUME ONE ONLY.. Printed For C, 1818.
Price: US$29.19 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1818-01-01. Printed For C. And J. Ollier. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE Full leather, front board missing, back board detached, marbled page edges and endpapers. Spine has only remnants of leather. Binding is still tight despite lack of boards. 6.5x4. 291pp.
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
Lamb, Charles.. THE WORKS OF CHARLES LAMB, VOLUME II (2).. C. and J. Ollier: London., 1818.
Price: US$74.75 + shipping
Description: 6.5 x 4 , full calf, 259 pp, edges worn, boards detached but present, text block sound, first thus.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First Collected edition. 2 vols. Sm. 12mo. Includes some of Mary Lamb's poems. NCBEL 3:1224 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
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Lamb, (Charles). The Works Of Charles Lamb,. C& J Ollier, 1818.
Price: US$282.32 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First edition in two volumes, raised bands on spine with black label and gilt lettering contemporary leather, Category: Poetry; For further info on this title, click on the "Ask Bookseller a Question" button directly underneath this listing. We will try to reply within two working days. Buyers from OUTSIDE of the UK are strongly recommended to make contact, to ask for an accurate shipping cost, BEFORE buying.
Seller: The Petersfield Bookshop, ABA, ILAB, Petersfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom
LAMB, Charles. The works of charles lamb. Printed for C. and J. Ollier, London, 1818.
Price: US$320.82 + shipping
Description: In two volumes. ix, [3], 291, [1]; [6], 259pp, [1]. Contemporary dark green half-calf, marbled paper boards, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled edges. Rubbed, wear to head of spines. Marbled endpapers, faded ink-stamps of a contemporary literary society to both titles, paper repair to fore-edge of Vol. II title page, scattered spotting. William St Clair's copy, with his distinctive pencilled ownership inscription and bibliographical notes to front blank fly-leaves of Vol. I. The first collected edition of essayist, critic and poet of the Romantic movement, Charles Lamb (1775-1834) including his trenchant defence of the genius behind Shakespeare's characters, 'On the Tragedies of Shakespeare'. William St Clair (1937-2021), British scholar and senior civil servant, notable as the author of The Godwins and the Shelleys, The Biography of a Family (1989) and The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period (2004). Jackson p.439. Size: 12mo
Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Price: US$320.82 + shipping
Description: The first collected edition in two volumes, small octavo (18 x 11cm). Published at 12s & dedicated to Coleridge. Vol, I, pp. ix,[3],291,[1],[2]; Vol. II, pp.[vi],259,[1],[2]. Original publisher's boards with printed labels, the first volume having being neatly recased, the second with the joints cracked and the label & spine a little chipped, the board edges on both volumes scuffed, but quite sound. The second volume with publisher's advert leaf dated June 1818 as called for, however, curiously, present in the first volume are 4pp of publisher's adverts dated 1834 not normally seen, indicating perhaps a later insertion, though Roff does mention seeing one copy with these leaves. Carter, in his 'Binding Variants' notes later issues from the 1830s isued in half and full cloth, so this copy would appear to be an anomaly. Some light foxing. Both volumes with MS ownership inscription for Buswell Park to front endpapers and on the rear paste-downs a small bookplate of Marion C. Walker. [Roff 135; Martin 18; Ashley Lib. III, 4; Carter 125]
Seller: Colin Page Books, Storrington, United Kingdom
LAMB, Charles.. The Works of.. C. and J. Ollier. London. First edition. 2 volumes. 8vo, 1818.
Price: US$384.98 + shipping
Description: pp. ix, (i), 291, (i); (vi), 259, (i) Imprint of Reynell, Printer, (ii) Advertisement leaf for June 1818. Later three-quarters morocco and cloth sides, all edges gilt, some marginal foxing in v.I and scarcely any in v.II, two of the raised bands in v.II with a tiny nick, a lovely set, complete with the Advertisement leaf in v.II, often discarded by the binder, a silk bookmark in each volume.
Seller: Patrick Pollak Rare Books ABA ILAB, SOUTH BRENT, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$384.98 + shipping
Description: Two volumes, 8vo, pp. ix, [iii], 291, [1] colophon; [vi], 259, [1] colophon, [2] advertisements; original blue-green moiré cloth, original printed paper labels (labels worn, spines chipped especially at joints). First edition of Lamb's collected works, rather a premature collection, since he was to live until 1834 and had not yet published the Essays of Elia. The collection is dedicated to Coleridge, with an affectionate preface recalling that Lamb and Lloyd had first appeared in print 'under cover of the greater Ajax'. A peculiarity of this edition is that the two volumes were printed by different shops, using different typefaces. Ashley III p. 49. Wise cites a 'half title' in volume I, which appears to be the fly-title reading 'Poems', here placed - presumably correctly - immediately before the text.
Seller: Christopher Edwards ABA ILAB, Henley-on-Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$449.14 + shipping
Description: Two volumes, 8vo, pp. ix, [iii], 291, [1] colophon; [vi], 259, [1] colophon; later half morocco, spines lettered in gilt. First edition. The first collection of Lamb's works, including his poems, plays and essays, dedicated to S.T. Coleridge. Some poems of Mary Lamb's are also included in the first volume, not directly attributed but identified in the list of contents by being printed in italics.
Seller: Christopher Edwards ABA ILAB, Henley-on-Thames, OXON, United Kingdom
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Works of Charles Lamb, in Two Volumes, C. & J. Ollier, London, 1818, 6.75 x 4.25 , dark blue leather boards, 18mo. In good condition. Very nice! Boards are beautifully preserved with typical scuffing, light edge war. Corners are slightly rounded with minor loss. Joints exhibit light red rot. Gilt work on spine is faded, but intact. Paul Jennings Nowland ex-Libris plaque on front paste downs. End papers are more toned with moderate foxing. Text blocks are evenly toned minor foxing. Free of marginalia. Bindings are intact and secure. Books are covered in protective plastic dust jackets to prevent damage. Please see photos. Very rare first edition of Charles Lamb s collected works. A rather premature collection, since he was to live until 1834 and had not yet published the Essays of Elia. The collection is dedicated to Coleridge, with an affection preface recalling that Lamb and Lloyd had first appeared in print under cover of the greater Ajax. Its publication brought Lamb wide recognition. Included are some works, such as John Woodvil and Rosamund Gray , which had been long out of print, as well as several by Mary Lamb. *****COLL1818LMNK-FORN-0675 04/24 HKREVISION
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$513.31 + shipping
Description: , Volume I, ix, 291 pages; Volume II, [4], 259, [3] pages First Edition , light rubbing to corners, slight fading to boards, a little light wear to joints but binding firm, occasional foxing, very good condition , full speckled calf, five raised bands, gilt decorated compartments and title labels with gilt lettering to spine, gilt borders and edges to boards, gilt top edge , octavo, 17 cm x 11 cm Hardback ISBN:
Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Description: London, 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 .
Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.
LAMB, Charles [1775-1834].. The Works.. London: Printed For C. and J. Ollier, 1818., 1818.
Price: US$1067.76 + shipping
Description: 2 Volumes. small 8vo. pp. ix, [1]blank, [1 leaf], 291, [1]; 3 p.l., 259, [1]. lacking the advert leaf at the end of Vol. II. A very nice set, handsomely bound in full modern gilt-ruled bottle green morocco, all edges gilt (tiny nick to upper front joint of Vol. II & upper corners of Vol. I slightly knocked). First Edition. Dedicated to S.T.Coleridge, this collection of miscellaneous writings in verse and prose was gathered together by Lamb at the suggestion of the young bookseller Charles Ollier. Its publication brought Lamb wide recognition. Included are some works, such as 'John Woodvil' and 'Rosamund Gray', which had been long out of print, as well as well as several by Mary Lamb. NCBEL III 1224.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada