Lot 986
  • 986

Lamb, Charles

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Lamb, Charles
  • Six Works in Eight Volumes
  • printed books
John Woodvil. A Tragedy. London: G. & J. Robinson, 1802. 8vo. Original pink boards. Provenance: Catherine Hutton (contemporary presentation inscription — with Mary Lamb. Tales from Shakespear. Designed for the Use of Young Persons.  London: Thomas Hodgkins, 1807.  2 vols., 8vo. Contemporary half red morocco gilt. Provenance: Mrs. Atkinson (gift inscription, 19 April 1808); Georgette Capully (signature, 1918). acquisition: Ximines, 2006. — A Book explaining the Ranks and Dignities of British Society. Intended Chiefly for the Instruction of Young Persons. London: Tabart and Co., 1809. 8vo. Half red morocco gilt. acquisition: 2006 — Elia. Essays which have appeared under that name in the London Magazine. London: Taylor & Hessey, 1923.  8vo. Boards. Provenance: A. Edward Newton (bookplate); Sotheby's New York, 5 June 2001, lot 150. acquisition: James Cummins — Satan in Search of a Wife; with the whole process of His Courtship and Marriage, and Who Danced at the Wedding.  London: Edward Moxon, 1831. 8vo. Red morocco gilt (front cover detached). Provenance: William Crampton (bookplate); Robert Hoe (bookplate); Mrs. J. Insley Blair (bookplate; Sotheby's New York, 3 December 2004, lot 189 [part]). acquisition: James Cummins — Elia. Frst Series [with] Last Essays of Elia.  London: Edward Moxon, 1835, 1833.  2 vols., 8vo.  Original drab boards. Provenance: J. M. Gutch, lifelong friend of Lamb (with Gutch's annotations).

Condition

As described in catalogue entry.
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