John Woodvil

To Which are Added, Fragments of Burton, The Author of The Anatomy of Melancholy.

LAMB, Charles

LAMB, Charles John Woodvil To Which are Added, Fragments of Burton, The Author of The Anatomy of Melancholy.

G & J Robinson, 1802.

First edition. Finely bound by Sangoski & Sutcliffe in full olive morocco with a geometric design to covers of intertwining gilt rules about four circular, floral devices with small red morocco inlays. Raised bands and gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt. A near fine copy with a faded spine.

Lamb's first play, of which Southey wrote, "will please you by the exquisite beauty of its poetry, and provoke you by the exquisite silliness of its story." Also the first appearance in print of his sister Mary, who contributed a poem, "Helen."

PROVENANCE: John Whipple Frothingham (1878-1935, noted American book collector, bookplate to front endpaper);

Stock ID: 35491

£850.00

Add to bag Add to favourites Make an enquiry

Browse related books

Last Poems

BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett

£400.00

Thackeray

[THACKERAY, William Makepeace] / TROLLOPE, Anthony

£225.00

Thackeray

[THACKERAY, William Makepeace] / TAYLOR, Theodore

£175.00

The Works

SURTEES, Robert Smith

£3,500.00

The Kicklebury's on the Rhine

TITMARSH, M.A. / [THACKERAY, William Makepeace]

£30.00

The Lazy Minstrel

ASHBY-STERRY, Joseph

£35.00

Poems

KEATS, John

£47,500.00

A Woman of No Importance

WILDE, Oscar

£6,500.00

Dealings With the Firm of Dombey and Son

DICKENS, Charles

£750.00

Terminations

JAMES, Henry

£5,000.00

Cunning Murrell

MORRISON,Arthur

£650.00

To London Town

MORRISON,Arthur

£95.00

Scenes of Clerical Life

ELIOT, George

£15,000.00

The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq

FIELDING, Henry

£1,500.00

The Hall and the Hamlet

HOWITT, William

£175.00

Songs of the Late Charles Dibdin

DIBDIN, T.

£45.00

The Newcomes

THACKERAY, William Makepeace

£45.00

Notes From My Pipe

RAYNER, George Herbert

£25.00

Ninety-Three

HUGO, Victor

£1,250.00

Notre-Dame De Paris

HUGO, Victor

£45,000.00