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Macdonald W. Poems Plays and Rosamund Gray (The Works of Charles Lamb) (Volume 5). J.M. Dent & Sons, 1903.

Price: US$3.26 + shipping

Condition: Poor

Description: Volume 5. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:

Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom

Macdonald, W (ed). The Essays of Elia (The Works of Charles Lamb) (Volume 1). J.M. Dent & Sons, 1903.

Price: US$3.26 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Volume 1. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:

Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom

Lamb, Charles. The Last Essays of Elia. [VolumeTwo of The Works of Charles Lamb]. J.M.Dent & Sons, London, 1903.

Price: US$5.85 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Top edges gilt. Illustrated. Rather worn.

Seller: Dyfi Valley Bookshop, Machynlleth, POWYS, United Kingdom

Lamb Charles. Critical Essays. J.M. Dent, London, 1903.

Price: US$7.80 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Tissue-guarded frontispiece and 26 other plates; Volume 3 of "The Works of Charles Lamb" edited by William Macdonald, with a 12 page preface and 46 pages of notes by the editor; Hardback: quarter blue cloth elaborately decorated in gilt on beige boards, top board decorated in gilt, top edge gilt, title-page printed in red and black; Stain to head of spine, top board and prelims marked by old damp, previous owner's name to front free end-paper, g.

Seller: Bookfare, Ambleside, United Kingdom

Lamb, Charles. Letters Of Charles Lamb Volume Two 2 [The Works of Charles Lamb in Twelve Volumes Vol. XII]. J.M.Dent & Sons, 1903.

Price: US$7.85 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: lii, 388pp illustrated by Herbert railton. blue cloth spine cream cloth boards. gilt top edge. A couple of previous owner's bookplates. Very good.

Seller: Karl Eynon Books Ltd, tywyn, United Kingdom

William macdonald. The works of Charles Lamb Volume I; The Essays of Elia. J.M. Dent and sons, 1903.

Price: US$8.13 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Second Hand, covers are considerably worn,edge of pages maybe sun damaged contents complete. No.1 BESTSELLERS - great prices, friendly customer service â€" all orders are dispatched next working day.

Seller: Bestsellersuk, Hereford, United Kingdom

Charles Lamb. Edited with Introduction by William MacDonald.. The Works of Charles Lamb. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets Selected By Charles Lamb. VOLUME TWO ONLY.. J.M.Dent & Co, London, UK., 1903.

Price: US$13.00 + shipping

Description: This is the first edition of this edition. Brown spotted fore'edges. Mild foxing (brown marks) in places on pages in the book. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾"

Seller: J J Basset Books, bassettbooks, bookfarm.co.uk, Peter Tavy, United Kingdom

Lamb, Charles. Essays and Sketches. [Volume IV of The Works of Charles Lamb]. J.M.Dent & Sons, 1903.

Price: US$13.08 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: xx, 306pp illustrated by Charles E. Brock. blue cloth spine cream cloth boards. gilt top edge. A couple of previous owner's bookplates. Very good.

Seller: Karl Eynon Books Ltd, tywyn, United Kingdom

Thackeray, William Makepeace.. Denis Duval, Lovel the Widower.. J. M. Dent & Co., London, 1903.

Price: US$15.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: From the set, The Prose Works of William Makepeace Thackeray. Scarce edition. Also contains The Wolves and the Lambs, Little Travels and Road-Side Sketches. Edited by Walter Jerrold, illustrated by Charles E. Brock. 446 pages, top edge gilt, brown and tan decorative title page, front hinge starting at bottom. Frontispiece with tissue, engraving of Thackeray from a pencil sketch by Count D'Orsay. Tiny bookstore label on fep, F. Loeser & Co. Brooklyn. Uncut edges, some spotting and foxing throughout. Owner's name neatly inked on fep. Slightly misshapen, water staining along bottom inch has affected covers and decorative endpapers. Tan cloth boards, gilt-stamped cover and spine.

Seller: Monkey House Books, Miller Place, NY, U.S.A.

Charles Lamb. Poems, Plays and Rosamund Gray by Charles Lamb. J M Dent & Sons, 1903.

Price: US$15.59 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Volume 5 of this collection of Lamb's work. Cloth boards, with two small marks. End papers foxed, inscription of owner inside front. Other pages clean and good condition. Pages are rough cut.

Seller: Orb's Community Bookshop, Huntly, United Kingdom

Charles and Mary Lamb. The Works of Charles Lamb, Specimens of Dramatists vols 1 and 2. J.M.Dent, 1903.

Price: US$25.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1903. J.M.Dent. First Edition thus. Volumes 1 and 2. Very Good Condition books.

Seller: Mrs Middleton's Shop and the Rabbit Hole, Freshwater, United Kingdom

Charles and Mary Lamb. The Works of Charles Lamb Essays and Last Essays of Elia. J.M.Dent, 1903.

Price: US$25.99 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1903. J.M.Dent. First Edition thus. Vols 1 and 2. Very Good Condition books.

Seller: Mrs Middleton's Shop and the Rabbit Hole, Freshwater, United Kingdom

LAMB, CHARLES.MacDonald, William (Editor). Poems and Plays and Rosamund Gray. [Volume Five of The Works of Charles Lamb]. London : J.M. Dent, 1903.

Price: US$28.59 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: No. 51 of 200 copies for England (100 for America) of the large paper edition. xxviii, 427 pp., illustrated throughout. Quarter vellum over blue cloth, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Owner s bookplate on front paste-down, a very good bright largely unopened copy

Seller: David Strauss, FOLKINGHAM, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Charles Lamb. The Last Essays of Elia. J. M. Dent & Sons, London, 1903.

Price: US$28.59 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Handsome edition of Lamb's 1833 collection of essays. From the works of Charles Lamb Series with b/w illustrations by C. E. Brock. Quarter cloth binding with gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Fore edge rough cut. Rubbing to edges. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Contents clean and binding tight. Good+

Seller: AJ Scruffles, Leigh On Sea, ESSEX, United Kingdom

Lamb, Charles. The Works of Charles Lamb, Vol. 3:Critical Essays. J.m. Dent & co., London, 1903.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Light foxing of endpapers. Otherwise, clean and unmarked, in excellent condition. Beige cloth with aquamarine decorative spine. Edited by William Macdonald. 338 pages.

Seller: Yes Books, portland, ME, U.S.A.

Lamb Charles - MacDonald William Edited By. The Works of Charles Lamb Vol V - Poems, Plays and Rosamund Gray. J.M Dent, London, 1903.

Price: US$32.49 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Blue cloth spine over cream covers. Gilt titles and decoration to spine which is sunned. All page edges rough cut. Tissue guarded frontispiece and other illustrations by Brock. Internally very clean and bright . 427pp

Seller: Valuable Volumes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Lamb Charles. The Works Of Charles Lamb Vol V - Poems, Plays And Rosamund Gray. J, 1903.

Price: US$36.06 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 1903-01-01. J.M Dent. Hardcover. ACCEPTABLE No DJ. Edgewear. Rubbed. Inscription. Foxing. Loose pages.

Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom

Lamb, Charles (edited by William Macdonald). Letters of Charles Lamb - 2 Volumes. J.M. Dent & Co., London, 1903.

Price: US$63.03 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 1903. First edition thus. xv, 446pp.; lii, 388pp. There is a frontispiece portrait and many black and white illustrations in both volumes. Top edges gilt. Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was an 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 Lamb (1764-1847). He was a friend of many literary luminaries such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, William Wordsworth, and William Hazlitt, and was at the centre of a major literary circle in England. These two volumes contain 588 letters written between 1796 to 1834. They are the first two volumes of a twelve volume edition of the works of Charles Lamb, edited and with a preface by William Macdonald. The books are uniformly bound in the original tan cloth covered boards with a blue cloth spine and gold titling and decoration on the spines. The cases of the books are in very good condition with light shelf wear on the boards and a small scrape in the cloth near the top corner of the rear board on volume 1. The contents are tight and clean with browning to the endpapers. There is no inscription.

Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Lamb, Charles. Ed. by William MacDonald. Illus. by C. E. Brock.. The Works of Charles Lamb. (Vols. 1 & 2): The Essays & Last Essays of Elia.. J. M. Dent & Co., 1903.

Price: US$71.48 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: 2 vols. pub. 1905 & 1903. Illus. with plates, incl. frontis. to each vol. 8vo. orig. bds. Bds. and spines rubbed and marked, contents a little shaken, bookplate in each vol., else good. (Heavy item, will require extra postage).

Seller: Allsop Antiquarian Booksellers PBFA, Warwick, United Kingdom

Macdonald, William [edited with preface by]; Railton, Herbert [illustrations and portraits by]. The Works of Charles Lamb: Letters [2 Volumes]. J.M. Dent & Co, London, 1903.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo; G+; ivory vellum 1/4 bound spines with gilt text; special 2 volume set; reprints of volumes 11 and 12 from the 12 volume set; a particularly attractive and scarce edition; numbered, limited edition; this no. 145 of 200 of the English edition; blue cloth covered boards have mild wear; spine and edges show slight soiling due to handling; minor rubbing to edges; straight boards; gilt designs to spines; no jackets; textblock head edges gilt; exterior fore and tail edges have age toned modestly; these edges deckled; previous owners' bookplates to front pastedowns; some offsetting to endpapers; light foxing to few first and last pages, including frontispiece; slight defects to hinges to volume 1; frontispiece with tissue guard to each volume; interiors good otherwise; few uncut pages; ribbon markers; illustrated; pp 446+388; [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates] NOTE: Shelved in Room X, Case #2. 1358589. FP New Rockville Stock.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

Charles Lamb; William Macdonald [ed.]. Vols 2, 4, 6, and 11 from the Works of Charles Lamb. The Last Essays of Elia; Essays and Sketches; Tales from Shakespeare; Letters of Charles Lamb. J.M. Dent and Sons 1903-1921, London, 1903.

Price: US$97.47 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Four near fine volumes from the life and works of Charles Lamb Volumes 2, 4, 6, and 11 from the Works of Charles Lamb published by J.M. Dent and Sons. Includes Last Essays of Elia, Essays and Sketches, Tales from Shakespeare, and the first volume of Letters of Charles Lamb. All of the volumes are illustrated by C.E. Brock, and prefaced by William MacDonald, who provides a memoir of Lamb in volume 2. The conversational tone of the Lamb's essays made him particularly popular throughout the 19th century, and the Last Essays of Elia contain essays such as The Superannuated Man written the year before his death. Tales from Shakespeare is was written by Charles and his sister Mary, and although intended for young people, the stories retain Shakespearean language. In the final volume in this collection, the reader is given the opportunity to read the epistles between Lamb and his literary friends Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, William Wordsworth, and William Hazlitt. In half calf binding over cloth. Externally, excellent, with some minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean throughout. Near Fine

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

LAMB, Charles. The Essays of Elia. J.M. Dent, London, 1903.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Edited with a preface by William MacDonald. Frontispiece and 93 other illustrations throughout by Charles E. Brock, each one skillfully hand-colored. Extra Illustrated edition with 15 additional b/w plates inserted. 317 pages. Small 8vo, bound in older 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards; mostly faded to brown with dry joints starting to fail; gilt-decorated spine with raised bands; marbled endpapers, uncut edges, t.e.g. London: J.M. Dent, 1903. Internally a near fine clean copy, uncommon with colored illustrations. Volume one only (of 12), complete "Essays of Elia", from the Works of Charles Lamb.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

MACDONALD, William (Edits), Charles Lamb,. THE WORKS OF CHARLES LAMB. 12 VOLUMES.. J. M. Dent/ E. P. Dutton,, London & New York,, 1903.

Price: US$370.37 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth spines over cream cloth boards, lettered gilt on spines. Volume 1. The essays of Elia -- Volume 2. Last essays of Elia -- Volume 3. Critical essays -- Volume 4. Essays and sketches -- Volume 5. Poems and plays -- Volume 6. Tales from Shakspeare -- Volume 7. Lamb, C. and M. Stories for children -- Volume 8. Lamb, C. and M. Poetry for children -- Volume 9 and 10. Specimens of dramatists -- Volume 11 and 12. Letters of Charles Lamb. Illustrations by C. E. Brock, Winifred Green, Charles Robinson, Herbert Railton. Very slight browning to endpapers, otherwise very good+.

Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United Kingdom

Lamb, Charles; ed. Macdonald, William. [Binding, Fine- "VAB"] Poems Plays and Rosamund Gray. J. M. Dent & Co, London, 1903.

Price: US$375.00 + shipping

Description: Attractively bound in full light brown crushed morocco by "VAB," signed on rear turn-in, "19 * VAB * 06. Covers feature matching gilt ruled borders with four square panels at each corner impressed with a dark brown background consisting of strap-work and Tudor rose. Spine with four similar design motifs. Very wide turn-ins with four gilt filet ruling and two corner designs impressed in dark brown on each turn-in. With portraits and other illustrations. TEG, others uncut. Fine.

Seller: Nudelman Rare Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.

Lamb, Charles; Macdonald, William [Editor] Illustrated by C.E. Brock. The Works of Charles Lamb in 12 Volumes. Published by J. M. Dent & Co and E.P.Dutton, London & New York, 1903.

Price: US$779.73 + shipping

Description: , Matching set of finely bound volumes comprising: Volume I The Essays of Elia; Volume II The Last Essays of Elia; Volume III Critical Essays; Volume IV Essays and Sketches; Volume V Poems, Plays and Rosamund Gray; Volume VI Tales from Shakespeare; Volume VII Stories for Children; Volume VIII Poetry for Children; Volume IX and X Specimens of English Dramatic Poets [2 volumes]; Volume XI and XII Letters [2 volumes]. No. 38 of a limited edition large paper set of 200 for the UK market. Some volumes have coloured frontispieces. Black and white plates and in text illustrations throughout Limited Edition , light bumping to corners and spines, some marking to vellum and cloth in places, rubbing to cloth at bottom of front board on Volume IX, bookplate to front free endpaper of volume I, gutter on volume I starting to crack but boards held, untrimmed edges, front hinge partly split on volume VI, foxing to endpapers, pages clean, very good condition , quarter vellum with blue cloth, gilt title and decoration to spines, gilt monogram to front boards, gilt top edges , octavo, 22 cm x 13 cm Hardback ISBN:

Seller: Keoghs Books, Skipton, United Kingdom

Lamb, Charles ; Macdonald, William [ed.]; Mary Lamb. The Works of Charles Lamb in Twelve Volumes. J. M. Dent & Co. 1903, London, 1903.

Price: US$779.73 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Twelve volumes each with c. 400 pages. Numbered limited edition, 200 sets for England, of which this is no. 101. Gilt decorated vellum spine over blue publisher's cloth. Author's gilt cipher to front boards. Top edges gilt and deckle edges. Very light wear to extremities, with light bumping and marking to a few volumes. Slight splitting at hinges. Foxing to endpapers and prelims, with some discolouration to some edges, otherwise internally clean. This is a heavy set and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 8vo. Limited Edition

Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom

Lamb, Charles. The Works of Charles Lamb. J.M. Dent & Co. and E.P. Dutton & Co., London and New York, 1903.

Price: US$800.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: The Large-paper edition, limited to 200 sets for England and 100 sets for America. This is set number 100 of the American edition. Complete in twelve large octavo volumes in three-quarter brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards. Spines with gilt floral devices in compartments. Top edges gilt; others uncut. Color frontispieces in each volume, and illustrated throughout with full-page and vignette b/w drawings by C.E. Brock. Slight darkening at upper and lower spines, else a near-fine set, sumptuously produced.

Seller: The Literary Lion,Ltd., Thousand Oaks, CA, U.S.A.

Lamb, Charles. THE WORKS OF CHARLES LAMB (complete in 12 volumes limited Edition vellum bindings). J. M. Dent & Co., London, 1903.

Price: US$890.19 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: An excellent bright set. Limited to 200 sets for sale in England, 100 for sale in America. This is No. 168 of the English Edition. Publisher's blue cloth boards and vellum spines, gilt lettering and decoration to the spines, Charles Lamb mono graph in gilt tot he front boards, very good and clean. Top edges gilt, other edges uncut. Contents very good, just a little toning to the endpapers, no foxing, pages clean and crisp, many unopened. Each volume with a frontispiece plate, tissue guard and title page. Boookplate belonging to Nancy Douglass to all but one volume. A very good, just two have careful repairs to the front internal hinges. A bright set of this attractive edition. [Volume I The Essays of Elia; Volume II The Last Essays of Elia; Volume III Critical Essays; Volume IV Essays and Sketches; Volume V Poems, Plays and Rosamund Gray; Volume VI Tales from Shakespeare; Volume VII Stories for Children; Volume VIII Poetry for Children; Volume IX and X Specimens of English Dramatic Poets [2 volumes]; Volume XI and XII Letters [2 volumes]. Size: 8vo

Seller: LOE BOOKS, Launceston, United Kingdom

Charles Lamb, William Macdonald [ed.]. The Works of Charles Lamb. J. M. Dent & Co, London, 1903.

Price: US$1104.61 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Twelve very neat volumes of works by English essayist, Charles Lamb. Complete in twelve volumes. The collected works of Charles Lamb, an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian best known for his Essays of Elia and the children's book Tales from Shakespeare which he co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb. This collection includes: Essays of Elia. Illustrated with frontispiece and ninety-three images. Last Essays of Elia. Illustrated with frontispiece and seventy-two images. Critical Essays. Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty-four plates. Collated complete. Essays and Sketches. Illustrated with frontispiece and thirty-two images. Poems and Plays. Illustrated with frontispiece and eighteen illustrations, seven of which are plated. Collated complete. Tales from Shakespeare. Illustrated with frontispiece and thirty-two plates. Collated complete. Stories for Children. Illustrated with thirty-nine images for children, some of which are full-page. Poetry for Children. Illustrated with seventy-nine drawings for children, some of which are full-page. Specimens of Dramatists, in two volumes. Volume one is illustrated with frontispiece and ten plates, volume two is illustrated with frontispiece and nine plates. Collated complete. Letters, in two volumes. Volume one is Illustrated with frontispiece and twenty-three illustrations, sixteen of which are plated, and volume two is illustrated with frontispiece and twenty illustrations, 15 of which were plated. Collated complete. In the original quarter blue cloth with grey cloth boards. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Original unclipped dust wrappers mostly smart, with light chipping and the odd tear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Much of the text block remains unopened. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

Lamb, Charles. William Macdonald (ed).. The Works of Charles Lamb. In Twelve Volumes.. London, J.M.Dent., 1903.

Price: US$1837.64 + shipping

Description: Illustrated by C.E. Brock. Large-paper Edition. Limited to 200 sets for England and 100 sets for America. This is No. 25 of the English Edition. Bound in quarter vellum with blue cloth boards. Top edge gilt. Decorative gilt tooling to spine. Foxing to pastedowns. A stunning set.

Seller: Biblio Industries Alain Haezeleer, Stuttgart, Germany