_Price._ Sotheby’s, 1888 [calf gilt], £2, 10_s._ Hitchman’s, 1890
[boards, uncut], 21_s._ Sotheran’s [calf, by Bedford], £3 10_s._
Pearson’s, 1889 [boards, uncut], £1 5_s._ Scribner & Welford, $25.00
[calf].
1818.
[18]
_Title_: THE | WORKS | OF | CHARLES LAMB. | IN TWO VOLUMES. | vol I |
(vol II) | London: | Printed for C. and J. Ollier, | Vere-street,
Bond-street | 1818. 2 vols 16mo
_Collation_: Vol. I. Title, 1 page. pp. ix. 1 unnumbered page. pp. 291.
Vol. II. Title, 1 page, Contents, 1 unnumbered page, Inscription, 1
unnumbered page. pp. 259. Advertisement, 2 pages. Size 6⅞ × 4⅛.
_Note._ The dedication is to Coleridge, and in it Lamb says: “My
friend Lloyd and myself came into our first battle (authorship is a
sort of warfare) under cover of the great Ajax.” There are two
different issues of this date, one on thicker paper and a trifle
taller than the other.
_Price._ Sotheby’s, 1887 [half calf], £1 5_s._ [calf, uncut], £2.
Sotheran [original boards, with book label of Wm. Hazlitt], £5 5_s._
Sotheby’s, 1889 [original boards], £2 10_s._ J. Pearson, 1889 [original
boards, uncut], £4 4_s._ Scribner & Welford [original boards, uncut],
$25.00.
1823.
[19]
_Title_: ELIA. | Essays which have appeared under that signature | in
the | London Magazine. | London: | Printed for Taylor and Hessey, | 93,
Fleet Street, | and 13, Waterloo Place. | 1823. 12mo
_Collation_: Bastard Title, 1 page, Title, 1 page, Contents, 2
unnumbered pages, pp. 341. Size 7¾ × 5.
_Note._ These Essays were contributed mainly to the _London
Magazine_ between August, 1820, and October, 1822.
_Price._ Sotheby’s, 1887 [calf], £1. [Elia and Last Essays together]
Sotheby’s, 1888 [russia, uncut], £11 15_s._
1825-6.
[20]
_Title_: THE | EVERY-DAY BOOK: | or, the | GUIDE TO THE YEAR; | relating
the | Popular Amusements, | Sports, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and
Events, | incident to | the 365 Days | in past and present Times; |
being | A Series of 5000 Anecdotes and Facts; | forming | a History of
the Year, | A calendar of the Seasons, | and | a chronological
Dictionary of the Almanac; | with a variety of | important and diverting
information, | for daily use and Entertainment, | Compiled from
authentic sources | by William Hone | [Quotation from Herrick] |
Illustrated by Numerous Engravings | London: | Printed for William Hone,
45, Ludgate Hill, | (to be published every Saturday, price Threepence,)
| and sold by All booksellers in Town and Country. | 1825. 2 vols. 8vo.
_Collation_: Vol. I. Title, 1 page, Double Title, 1 page, Explanatory
Address, 1 page, Dedication, 1 unnumbered page. Preface, 1 unnumbered
page, Illustration, “Bona Dea,” 1 page. pp. 852. Vol. II. Frontispiece,
1 page, Title, 1 page, Dedication, 1 page, Preface, 1 unnumbered page.
pp. viii. pp. 832. General Index, 19 pages.
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