A Dissertation Upon ROAST PIG. An Essay By Charles Lamb
by Lamb, Charles
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Rochester: Leo Hart, 1932. Charles Lamb (1775-1834), certainly one of the finest of the English essayists, remains popular to this day. This famous humourous essay was one of the "Essays of Elia" published serially between 1820 and 1824. This is a Near Fine to Fine copy of the First Edition Thus, a strikingly-beautiful production, LIMITED to 950 copies and SIGNED by the illustrator, Wilfred Jones (1888-1968). Very scarce. Fancy decorated paper-covered boards, with a vellum spine. Printed on Okawara paper, a truly beautiful production with extraordinary illustrations. The slipcase has some minor shelfwear and some minor chips along the folds. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Illustrator. Limited/Numbered.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Illus. by Wilfred Jones.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001779
- Title
- A Dissertation Upon ROAST PIG. An Essay By Charles Lamb
- Author
- Lamb, Charles
- Illustrator
- Wilfred Jones
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- Limited/Numbered.
- Publisher
- Leo Hart
- Place of Publication
- Rochester
- Date Published
- 1932
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classic English Literature;
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Vellum
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