Final Memorials of Charles Lamb Consisiting Chiefly of His Letters Not before Published, with Sketches of Some of His Companions
by Talfourd, Thomas Noon
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
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About This Item
London: Edward Moxon. Fair with no dust jacket. 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. Half-leather, raised bands, marbled boards, titled in gilt, TEG, marbled endpages, ribbon marker. Ex-college library with minimal library markings (bookplates to fep and ffep, each volume, and pencilled number at rear, no other library markings. ) Tipped into volume 2 is a letter written/signed by Talfourd. Each volume has a frontis portrait with tissue. The boards of each volume are cleanly detached and included. They show minor rubbing. The contents are tight and crisp. ; Vol. 1 & 2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .
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- curtis paul books inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19976
- Title
- Final Memorials of Charles Lamb Consisiting Chiefly of His Letters Not before Published, with Sketches of Some of His Companions
- Author
- Talfourd, Thomas Noon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Edward Moxon
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1848
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Jacket
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