[TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE]. TALES FROM SHAKSPEARE, Designed for the Use of Young Persons. By Charles Lamb. (2 volumes).
by (Shakespeare, William). Lamb, Charles and Mary
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About This Item
First American edition.
RARE. [Shaw & Shoemaker 28900]; [Rosenbach 476]; [Welch 744, locates the following copies: PP (Free Library of Philadelphia, Rosenbach Collection); MH (Harvard University); MA (American Antiquarian Society, volume 1 only); NN (New York Public Library, lacks the first volume's half-title); PPL (Library Company of Philadelphia)].
Printed by J. Maxwell, this work contains 6 pieces by Charles Lamb and 14 by Mary Lamb.
"It has been the general sentiment that the style in which these Tales are written, is not so precisely adapted for the amusement of mere children, as for an acceptable and improving present to young ladies advancing to the state of womanhood. They therefore now offer to the public an edition prepared with suitable elegance...." - [Quoted from the Advertisement to this edition].
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- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
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- 96763
- Title
- [TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE]. TALES FROM SHAKSPEARE, Designed for the Use of Young Persons. By Charles Lamb. (2 volumes).
- Author
- (Shakespeare, William). Lamb, Charles and Mary
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Philadelphia and New York: Published by Bradford and Inskeep; and Inskeep and Bradford, 1813.
- Date Published
- 1813.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHILDREN'S BOOKS; ILLUSTRATED; CHARLES LAMB; MARY LAMB; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE; TALES FROM SHAKSPEARE; DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF YOUNG PERSONS; SET; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; FRONTISPIECE; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION; RARE; LEATHER
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