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[Lamb, Charles-- Excessively Rare King and Queen of Hearts, Lamb's First Book for Children] The King and Queen of Hearts, Showing how notably the Queen made her Tarts and how scurvily the Knave stole them away: with other particulars belonging thereunto
by [Lamb, Charles]
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
[London]: [Thos. Hodgkins], 1805. 16mo. (11.7 x 9.4 cm, leaves) 16 pp. Three-quarter 19th Century calf with attractive marbled paper with gilt decorative ruling, title and date gilt-lettered on spine. Printed on facing versos and rectos, with 15 exquisite and colorful hand-colored engravings (including title vignette). Considered to be Lamb's first book for children and one of the earliest published by William Godwin, who used Thomas Hodgkins as his agent. The poem is one of the rarest children's books of this period, seldom turning up in the marketplace. See Osborne p.100. Edges close-trimmed with some loss to headlines and to final lines of text (including loss of imprint), closed tear at gutter of last 4 leaves repaired with archival tape, [B3] with lower outer corner torn away resulting in loss of text (1.8 x 5 cm at largest point), second and third leaves bound out of order, lacking original wrappers.
Details
- Bookseller
- Nudelman Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6340
- Title
- [Lamb, Charles-- Excessively Rare King and Queen of Hearts, Lamb's First Book for Children] The King and Queen of Hearts, Showing how notably the Queen made her Tarts and how scurvily the Knave stole them away: with other particulars belonging thereunto
- Author
- [Lamb, Charles]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- [Thos. Hodgkins]
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Date Published
- 1805
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Nudelman Rare Books
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Seattle, Washington
About Nudelman Rare Books
Specializing in Fine Bindings By Noted Bookbinders; High Spots and Inscribed Copies of Important 19th-20th Century English and American Literature; Autograph Letters and Manuscripts; Fine Press Books; Unusual and Rare Children's and Illustrated; Art Nouveau; Pre-Raphaelite Poetry and Associations; Jugendstil, Wiener Werkstatte; 1890's.Long-standing rare book dealer established in 1979, in Seattle, Washington specializing in the highest quality fine and rare books, primarily from the 18th through 20th Centuries. We value your patronage and would love to have you join our mailing list where we offer illustrated catalogs twice a year by PDF (with copious photos of content). All books are guaranteed as described, and returnable within 7 days for any reason. By Appointment Only.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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- Wrappers
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Leaves
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