342 THE BOOKS OF CHARLES LAMB [LAMB, CHARLES.] Original Letters, &c. of Sir John Falstaff and his Friends. (FRONTISPIECE PORTRAIT.) 12 mo, boards, entirely uncut. London: Printed for the author, 1796. $85.00 The First Edition. This book was joint production of Charles Lamb and his old school mate, James White. 342b ANOTHER COPY. 16mo, original printed boards. Philadelphia: Robert Desilver, 1813. $27.50 343 UNCUT AND IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS LAMB, CHARLES. Poems by S. T. Coleridge. . . To which are now added Poems, by Charles Lamb and Charles Lloyd. Small 8vo, original boards, uncut, enclosed in a handsome brown levant morocco solander case. London: 1797. $185.00 In this book Charles Lamb made his first literary appearance. IT IS EXCESSIVELY RARE IN THE ORIGINAL BOARDS WITH UNCUT EDGES. 344 [LAMB, CHARLES.] The Annual Anthology. (Edited by Robert Southey.) 2 vols., small 8vo, original boards, entirely uncut, in case. London: Printed by Biggs and Co., 1799 (and 1800). $55.00 Vol. I. contains the Poem "Living without God in the World." by CHARLES LAMB. Coleridge, Southey, Lloyd and others contributed to the Anthology. 344b ANOTHER COPY. LARGE PAPER. 8vo, marbled calf, gilt, marbled edges. 345 346 $75.00 ONE OF THE MOST CHARMING CHILDREN'S BOOKS LAMB, CHARLES, AND MARY. Mrs. Leicester's School: or, The History of Several Young Ladies, related by themselves. (FRONTISPIECE.) 12mo, full blue levant morocco, t. e. g., uncut. London: M. J. Godwin, 1809. $325.00 THE FIRST EDITION. Charles Lamb contributed: "The Witch Aunt," "First Time of Going to Church," and "The Sea Voyage"; the rest are by his sister Mary. See Illustration. LAMB, CHARLES. John Woodvil. A Tragedy. To which are added, Fragments of Burton, the author of The Anatomy of Melancholy. 12mo, original boards, entirely uncut. London: Printed by T. Plummer for G. and J. Robinson, 1802. $175.00 THE FIRST EDITION. Very rare in the original binding, uncut. MRS. LEICESTER'S SCHOOL. OR, THE HISTORY OF SEVERAL YOUNG LADIES, RELATED BY THEMSELVES. London: PRINTED FOR M. J. GODWIN, AT THE JUVENILE. LIBRARY, NO. 41, SKINNER-STREET. 1809. Facsimile of title page of No. 345 347 348 LAMB, CHARLES. The Works of Charles Lamb. 2 vols., 12mo, original cloth and labels, entirely uncut. London: Printed for C. and J. Ollier, 1818. $25.00 [LAMB, CHARLES.] The Poetical Recreations of The Champion and His Literary Correspondents (Edited by John Thelwall.) 8vo, original boards, entirely uncut, some leaves unopened. London: Champion Press, 1822. $60.00 THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION with half-title and advertisement of the Editors' School of Elocution. CHARLES LAMB'S, CONTRIBUTIONS number ten, all signed R. et R. PRESENTATION COPY OF THE "ESSAYS OF ELIA" 349 LAMB, CHARLES. Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. 8vo, original boards, uncut, enclosed in green levant morocco solander case by Riviere. London: 1823. THE FIRST ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION $1050.00 PRESENTATION COPY inscribed: "Charles Lloyd Jun'r, with Elia's best regards." Charles Lloyd was great friend of Lamb's; it was with him he made his first literary appearance. The Allis copy, with presentation inscription, brought $1325.00, although not as interesting as the above. 350 LAMB, CHARLES. Album Verses, with a Few Others. (Vignette.) 12mo, original boards and label, entirely uncut. London: Edward Moxon, 1830. THE FIRST EDITION. Very scarce. $17.50 351 [LAMB, CHARLES.] Satan in Search of a Wife: with the whole Process of his Courtship and Marriage, and who danced at the wedding. By an Eye Witness. (ILLUSTRATED.) 12mo, original paper wrappers. London: Edward Moxon, 1831. $57.50 THE FIRST EDITION. The Hoe copy in modern binding sold for $75.00. 352 [LAMB, CHARLES.] Lloyd, Charles. Edmund Oliver, 2 vols., 12mo, original boards, entirely uncut, enclosed in dark red levant morocco solander case. Bristol (Eng.): Printed by Bulgin and Rosser, for Joseph Cotter, 1798. $90.00 THE FIRST EDITION: CONTAINING A DEDICATION TO HIS FRIEND CHARLES LAMB. 353 354 PRESENTATION COPY FROM CHARLES LAMB WITH A MOST DELIGHTFUL INSCRIPTION AND AN ORIGINAL UNPUBLISHED POEM LAMB, CHARLES. Threatre a l'Usage des Jeunes Personnes, par Madame la Comtesse de Genlis Paris: 1781. 4 vols., 12mo, old calf, enclosed in a levant morocco case by Sangorski and Sutcliff. $1200.00 PRESENTATION COPY from Charles Lamb to his friend, W. Hone, inscribed: "To my dear friend, W. Hone. Tryphina and Tryphosa greet you with me. Ch. Lamb, 9th May, 1823." On the first fly-title is the following verse in Lamb's handwriting: "Darkness away! I am the child of light; Of light and song, what will thou then with me? I am not thine. To wander with the winds. To roam through space." The inscription to Hone is of extreme interest, as in it he brings in his sister Mary and his adopted daughter Emma Isola, calling them Tryphina and Tryphosa. In a letter to Wm. Hone which is published in the "Letters of Charles Lamb," he makes use of the same terms, thus: "Tryphina and Tryphosa who the world calleth Mary and Emma greet you with me." A MANUSCRIPT ESSAY AND TWO AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LAMB, CHARLES. 1. A. L. S. ("S. T. P. Q."), 1 p., folio (1822), to the Editor of London Magazine, "To the Author of the Letters to a Young Gentleman, whose Education had been neglected (Thomas De Quincey)," II. A. L. S. (Elia), 1 p., folio (1822), to the Editor of the London Magazine. This letter is reprinted in Lamb's collected works. III. A. L. S. (C. Lamb), 1 p., folio (1822), to the Editor of the London Magazine. $2500.00 The first letter tells how the idea of the "Letter to an Old Gentleman" was evolved, and the other two treat of the publication of it. The article was suggested by De Quincey's Opium Eater and he mentions De Quincey in all three letters. Send Quinsey the proof, and let him judge of it. I will sacrifice it if he does not approve of it." Extremely interesting. 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 CHARACTERISTIC LETTERS OF CHARLES LAMB LAMB, CHARLES. A. L. S. 4 pp., 4to, Enfield, 15th Nov., '29, to Walter Wilson. $300.00 A sincere letter of praise to Wilson's Memoirs of the Life and Times of Daniel Defoe. It is more of an Essay on Defoe than an autograph letter. LAMB, CHARLES. A. L. S. 1 p., 8vo, to "Mr Ollier (his publisher), 1826. $150.00 An unpublished letter referring to one of the Essays printed in the New Monthly Magazine. LAMB, CHARLES. A. L. S., 1 p., 12mo, to Mr. Ollier. May 12, 1826. $165.00 An unpublished letter referring to the "Reminiscences of Jake Judkins," also 2 little proverbs yet unprinted on "Sulkiness" and "Crooked people, Lords." LAMB, CHARLES. A. L. S. "Elia." 1 p., 8vo, to John Wilson (the famous Scotch essayist). (1832.) $250.00 An interesting letter, apparently unpublished, sending a volume ("Last Essays of Elia?") and requesting a "scrap" "for our poor album." He also mentions that "Landor has sent her a sonnet from Florence." LAMB, CHARLES. A. L. S. 2 pp., 8vo, to Dr. W. (May, 1834). $187.50 One of the last letters written by Lamb, apparently unpublished, in which he praises Hood's "Tylny Hall" (published 1834). LANG, ANDREW. XXII and X XXXII. Ballades in Blue China. 12mo, original cloth, uncut. London: 1883. $35.00 PRESENTATION COPY inscribed: "Mr. MacAlister, with A. L'. best wishes (N.B. Fishing Ballade, p. 27)." AN INTERESTING ANDREW LANG MANUSCRIPT LANG, ANDREW. THE ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF "ANGLO-FRENCHISMS." 13 pp., 8vo, bound in full blue calf. $65.00 A very interesting MS., being criticisms of two French books about the Scotch: "Le Golf" and "Les Jacobites." THE FIRST EDITION OF LATIMER'S FAMOUS SERMONS The Hoe copy sold for $120.00. $75.00 |