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Lamb, Charles
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description
- The King and Queen of Hearts. Showing how notably the Queen made her Tarts and how scurvily the Knave stole them away, with other particulars belonging thereunto. London: for Thomas Hodgkins, 18 November 1805
- paper
16mo (5 1/2 x 4 in.; 140 x 102 mm). Vignette title, one page of text, and 14 illustrations with accompanying verse and caption printed on one side only, engraved throughout; some leaves soiled with marginal mends or inlaid, mend on last leaf entering blank part of image and affecting 3 words of text which are supplied in facsimile. Modern red half straight-grain morocco over marbled flexible boards; lacking printed wrappers. In a russet cloth slipcase.
With: another copy of the same, with 14 additional illustrations in proof form before letters; proof plates soiled on versos with a few minor mends, 1 proof plate provided in penwork facsimile ("And beat the Knave full sore"), 2 headlines cut away and 4 cropped. Later brown straight-grain morocco, double-fillet border, gilt-stamped title on spine, dentelles, gilt edges; joints and corners worn, lacking wrappers.
With: another copy of the same, with 14 additional illustrations in proof form before letters; proof plates soiled on versos with a few minor mends, 1 proof plate provided in penwork facsimile ("And beat the Knave full sore"), 2 headlines cut away and 4 cropped. Later brown straight-grain morocco, double-fillet border, gilt-stamped title on spine, dentelles, gilt edges; joints and corners worn, lacking wrappers.
Provenance
Iona & Peter Opie (bookplate and stamp in first copy); Justin Schiller (bookplate in second "proof" copy)
Literature
Cahoon, Children's Literature, 174; Roff / Livingston, Bibliography of ... Lamb (1979), pp. 53-59
Condition
see cataloguing
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Lamb's first book for children and one of the earliest published by William Godwin, who used Thomas Hodgkins as his agent. The poem is one of the rarest children's books of this period and is rarely found in the original wrappers (which are normally dated 1806 though 1805 does occur).