About this title: Charles Lamb, one of the most engaging personal essayists of all time, began publishing his Elia essays in the "London Magazine" in 1820; they were so immediately popular that a book-length collection was published in 1823. Inventing the persona of "Elia" allowed Lamb to be shockingly honest and to gain a playful distance for self-examination. The resulting essays touched upon a wide range of compelling subjects from the humorous "Dissertation upon Roast Pig" to the poignantly reflective "New Year's Eve". Yet collectively, they also comprise a fascinating personal memoir, veiled under the ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston. D.C.
Date Published: 1892
Description: Good- No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. 307pp. Blue cov. Sp ends, corners worn, bumped. A few pgs have not been separated at outer edge. A few penciled markings iinside covs and on frnt end paper. Frnt hinge is a bit weak. With an introduction by George E. Woodberry. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J.M. Dent & Co, London
Date Published: 1906
Description: Good + No DJ. 16mo = 6-7" 305pp. Dark blue boards are bumped and worn on top/bottom of spine and edges. Bookplate on front endpaper. Some pencil notations in margins throughout book-but minimal, pencil notations on back endpaper. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Many: Walter Scott, Many
Description: Good. No Jacket. Hard Back. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. X-Library with normal flaws. The hard cover has some shelf wear and soiling. The top outer edges of the pages has guilt............We are very careful when we list our books, but sometimes something minor may get by.. read more
Edition: New Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A. C. Armstrong & Son, New York
Date Published: 1884
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket. Green cloth with pasted on spine title; edges and exterior worn and rubbed; no jacket. Front hinge starting; mild foxing to first few pages, including frontispiece, tissue guard and title page; interior is clean and unmarked; 519 pages. read more
Binding: Full-Leather
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York
Description: Good. No Jacket. 24mo-over 5"-5¾" tall. 307, (4) pp. (no date) In red leather with gilt titles and decorations. The cover is scuffed and chipped at the extremities. The binding is secure and square, and the text is clean. read more
Edition: 12th printing
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Everyman/Dent/Dutton, London
Date Published: 1923
Description: Decorated endpapers. G, spine top chipped, spine browned, spine slightly loose, 328pp. +4ads Name & more on front endpapers & contents page, 3 or 4 pages have marginalia. read more
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