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Poetry for Children by Charles and Mary Lamb: To which are added Prince Dorus and some Uncollected Poems by Charles Lamb
by Lamb, Charles; Lamb, Mary; Shephard, Richard Herne (Edited, Prefaced and Annotated by)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Chatto and Windus, 1878. First Edition Thus . Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Faux leather. Red pebbled cloth. Five raised bands to spine with gilt titling and decoration. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Bound without publisher's catalogue. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Binding is worn, particularly to corners, joints and spine tips, but still attractive. Front hinge cracked between front blanks but both sets of endpapers are still intact and this is a solidly bound copy. Foxing to front blanks, half-title page, last page of Notes, and rear blanks. Contents clean from title page onwards, without bookplates, inscriptions or foxing, and with light marking to just a few pages. 'Poetry for Children' is a series of rhymed fables, stories, and moral precepts written for children by siblings Charles and Mary Lamb. The first edition of two small volumes published in 1809 is exceedingly rare and the work was not printed again until 1872. This 1878 edition is the first to include 'Prince Dorus' - the last of the Lambs' works for children, and some short poems by Charles Lamb that had previously been unpublished. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.
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- Bookseller
- Bath and West Books (PBFA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005959
- Title
- Poetry for Children by Charles and Mary Lamb: To which are added Prince Dorus and some Uncollected Poems by Charles Lamb
- Author
- Lamb, Charles; Lamb, Mary; Shephard, Richard Herne (Edited, Prefaced and Annotated by)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1878
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Keywords
- Children's; Poetry; Antiquarian & Fine Bindings; First Editions; Children's Verse; Charles and Mary Lamb
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Biblio member since 2009
Bath, Somerset
About Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Bath and West Books is an online/mail order business owned by Jo West and based just outside the city of Bath. I have been dealing in antiquarian and secondhand books since 2003 and I buy and sell books on a wide variety of subjects with particular interests in Literature and Poetry, The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Modern Firsts, History, Politics, Children's and Illustrated Books, Travel, Art, Fine Bindings, Literary Sets, the Folio Society and anything unusual and interesting. Please visit www.BathandWestBooks.co.uk for further information. You can also follow us at Twitter.com/BathWestBooks.
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