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MRS. LEICESTER'S SCHOOL, or The History of Several Young Ladies, Related by Themselves.
by LAMB, Mary and Charles.:
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, printed for M.J. Godwin at the Juvenile Library no. 41 Skinner-Street, 1809.. FIRST EDITION 1809. WITH THE RARE 2 LEAVES OF ADVERTS AT REAR WHICH ARE OFTEN MISSING. 12mo, approximately 170 x 100 mm, 6½ x 4 inches, engraved frontispiece, pages: viii, 9-179, followed by 5 pages of adverts, bound in full crushed green morocco by F. Bedford (his name on first pastedown), gilt lettering and floral decoration to spine, triple gilt rules to edges of covers, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Spine evenly faded, tip of top corner of title page professionally repaired, pale age-browning to a few pages, slightest soiling to margin edges of title and following page (see attached images), pale offset to title page from engraving, a very good attractive copy, with the scarce extra 2 advertisement leaves at end often missing. See: Renee Roff, A Bibliography of the Writings of Charles and Mary Lamb, page 84-87; "Only three pieces were by Charles and the other by Mary"; Gumuchian, page 259, No. 3600; The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books 1476-1910, Volume 2, page 905. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47472
- Title
- MRS. LEICESTER'S SCHOOL, or The History of Several Young Ladies, Related by Themselves.
- Author
- LAMB, Mary and Charles.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- London, printed for M.J. Godwin at the Juvenile Library no. 41 Skinner-Street, 1809.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- early childrens books nineteenth books juvenile library school stories for young ladies
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
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- Gilt
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- Morocco
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