Description: The Life, Letters, and Writings of Charles Lamb, 5 Volumes, The Enfield Edition, T. and A. Constable Ltd., London, n.d., c. 1900, 429pp, 438pp, 443pp, 444pp, 432pp, 487pp, cloth, 5.5 x 7.5", 12mo Fair condition. Complete set in publishers' red cloth. Wear and minor staining to boards. Minor bumping to tips. Titles in gilt on spines. Decorative borders in gilt on front boards. Top fore edges in gilt. Provenance in ink on front pastedown of vol. I. Sticker for Book Exchange, Norfolk & Va. Beach on flyleaf of all volumes. Frontispiece opposite title page of each volume. Illustrated title pages. No known marginalia. Toning and age-staining throughout textblocks. Due to a printing error, numerous pages across volumes II-VI have not been cut along fore edge so separation could cause damage. Permanent red silk bookmark in each volume. Illustrations throughout. Please see photos. Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 - 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (1764-1847). Lamb was friends with such literary luminaries as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth, and William Hazlitt, putting him at the center of a major literary circle in England. He has been referred fro by E.V. Lucas, his principal biographer, as "the most lovable figure in English literature". FORN-SHELF-0426-BB-2407-JC1034
Price: 100 USD
Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Binding: Cloth
Language: English
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Author: Charles Lamb
Publisher: T. and A. Constable Ltd.
Topic: Diaries & Correspondence
Subject: Biography & Autobiography
Original/Facsimile: Original
