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LAMB, Charles (1775-1834). Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. London: Thomas Davison for Taylor and Hessey, 1823. -- The Last Essays of Elia. Being a sequel to essays published under that name. London: Bradbury and Evans for Edward Moxon, 1833. Together 2 volumes, 8 o and 12 o. (Both volumes without advertisements.) Early 20th-century morocco gilt, spines gilt, top edge gilt other uncut, by Stikeman. FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST ISSUE of the first volume. Ashley III, pp.50, 53; Grolier English 74; Roff/Livingston, pp. 149ff, 185ff.
LAMB, Charles (1775-1834). Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. London: Thomas Davison for Taylor and Hessey, 1823. -- The Last Essays of Elia. Being a sequel to essays published under that name. London: Bradbury and Evans for Edward Moxon, 1833. Together 2 volumes, 8 o and 12 o. (Both volumes without advertisements.) Early 20th-century morocco gilt, spines gilt, top edge gilt other uncut, by Stikeman. FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST ISSUE of the first volume. Ashley III, pp.50, 53; Grolier English 74; Roff/Livingston, pp. 149ff, 185ff. [LAMB, Charles]. Satan in Search of a Wife; with the Whole Process of his Courtship and Marriage, and Who Danced at the Wedding. London: Bradbury and Evans for Edward Moxon, 1831. 12 o (143 x 95 mm). 4 woodcut plates, including frontispiece. Later boards (rebacked); quarter morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION. Roff/Livingston, pp.183ff. (3)