The Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb; introduction by Ernest Rhys - 1890

U. S. A.: The Macmillan Company. The Macmillan Co. Published Aug. 1927. On Copyright, With Date (Mcmxxvii) 1927 On Title Page The Modern Readers' Series. Book Condition: Fair To Good. Blue Cloth Wrapped Boards With Gilt Letters In Square Design On Front And Spine. Some Wear On Board Corners And Light Wear On Edges. Pages A Lightly Tanned But Still Bright, Tightly Bound. Endsheets Have Faded Blue Design. Original Owners Name On Flyleaf Page. No Other Writing, No Underlining Or Marks. Clean Reading Copy. . Fair. Hardcover. 1927.

Grant Richards, 1901. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1901. Reprint. 382 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are clear with mild tanning and foxing. Minor cracking to gutters, but binding remains firm. Water staining to text-block edge. Rear hinge is cracked and loose from the text-block with exposed binding. Previous owner's pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Water stains to all surfaces, and small pink stains to rear board and spine. Visible crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Book has a slight forward lean.

The Classics Book Club, 1941. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1941. First edition thus. 280 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pages are heavily marked with intense tanning and minor foxing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Slight cracking to gutters. A few dog-eared corners. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Several minor dents to board edges. Slight sunning and creasing. Gilt is dulled and worn.

The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. 334 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with moderate foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Gresham Publishing, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Stated. 336 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are rough cut. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

Cassell & Company Ltd, 1907. Hardcover. Good. 1907. No Edition Stated. 337 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pencil marking to pages on occasion, with notes to front endpapers. Notable tanning to pages throughout. Rear hinge cracked. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Moderate tanning to spine.

New York, NY: John B. Alden, Publisher, 1885. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. G/none, used hc, 187pp. X-LIBRARY Emerald colored cloth over boards with gilt text on spine; edge wear with fraying and bumped tips. The usual library stamps and notations. Interior pages clean, unmarked; three pages are creased. Binding is tight..

Edward Moxon 1865, 1865. Paperback. Fair. New Edition [1833] G+.

Text from the Moxon 1836 editon. Century, 1902 reprint. HARDCOVER. Cover is soiled and edge worn. Top page ends guilt-edged and foxed. A blank front-end page has been clipped in the corner. Pages tanned. PENCIL MARKS FOUND ON A DOZEN PAGES, THEN ERASED. Stitched binding is intact. NOT ex-library.

Collins Clear-Type Press, 1111. Hardcover. Good. 444 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Book is in better condition than most examples of this age. Neat, clean, well bound pages with very minimal foxing, tanning and thumbing. Small inscriptions and neat labels may be present. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.