Lamb Charles Ainger (270 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. Volume 5. Wear to inner front hinge. Bookplate on ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. No Jacket. Bookplate on ffep.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. edge worn covers, spine faded and scuffed, inner hinge cracking, bookplate, library blindstamp on title page,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. De luxe. Good cloth covers lightly worn, tanned/discolored, paper spine plate edge worn with small scratches. Front hinge cracked, else binding tight and pages clean and very good. Two black and white portraits of Lamb. Limited edition - only 1,000 copies printed. No date.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co. DATE/EDITION: 1888, vol 1 stated First Edition March 1888, reprinted September 1888; vol 2 reprinted 1888 and 1891. Both state newly arranged with additions BINDING: Hardbound in 2 volumes, maroon cloth with gold lettering on the spines, 343 and 377 pages with ads at the rear of vol. 2 DUST JACKET: No jackets BOOK CONDITION: Small bookplates affixed inside the front covers, free end paper missing from volume one, one signature loose in volume one but bindings are tight and covers secure on both books. Clear lettering on both spines. Age toning to volumes but overall condition is good plus. Clean and unmarked text. DESCRIPTION: Frontispiece engraving of Lamb with tissue guard in volume 1.

Hard Cover. Condition: good-. Vol IV of 12-vol "The Life and Works of Charles Lamb," which was limited to 1,000 printings. Frontis etching of Mary Lamb & other b/w pls.; intro by Ainger, dated 1878; marbled paper boards; top edge gilt; burgundy leather corners & spine; backstrip missing, taped with red library tape; hinges cracked. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. maroon c w/gilt titles; 221 pages; lite wear at top/bottom spine; some lite pencil lines.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Significantly worn exterior; text block has light age toning and waving, as well as slightly shaken spine, but is readable. 368 pages. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. spine ends and fore corners worn, hinges starting, otherwise clean and sound, firm binding.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

hardcover. Condition: Good. volume 1 only. full calf cover with gilt decoration shows minor wear, rubbing, joints starting. pages lightly tanned and foxed.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This is a small format hardback book (approx. 6" x 4"). The book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and wear. The text pages are generally clean, though there is some light generalized toning / yellowing. "Charles Lamb (10 February 1775 27 December 1834) was an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, co-authored with his sister, Mary Lamb (17641847). Friends with such literary luminaries as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth and William Hazlitt, Lamb was at the centre of a major literary circle in England. He has been referred to by E. V. Lucas, his principal biographer, as "the most lovable figure in English literature". ".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. New York, no publication date stated, c. 1930; gray cloth covered boards; blue corners and spine; mild shelf wear; text block edges marbled; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 341 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. New York, no publication date stated, c. 1930; gray cloth covered boards; blue corners and spine; mild shelf wear; text block edges marbled; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 270 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 3rd Printing. Cloth. 2 Volume set. Spine ends rubbed on both volumes.; Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2 volumes complete. 1888 edition. Dark red cloth cover with gold lettering. Covers a bit rubbed. Not ex-library books, but there is a one word name on 1st page of each. Vol 1 has a few pages pushed in a bit on the base. **NO International and NO Expedited shipping available for this large, heavy book/ set.**.

Condition: Good. Cover is worn, scuffed and scraped from use with some small marks to the textblock and covers from use. Edges of the cover are worn.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; Tenth Printing. 10th Printing (1904) of the First edition of 1878. Dates of all previous printings given on copyright page. Printed by R. Clarke, Edinburgh. (xvii, 377pages, 4 page of ads in rear, all advertising the Golden Treasury Series, dated "10.12.04") Very good minus in royal blue cloth with gilt titles on spine, and gilt "GTS" lozenge on front board; edgewear and scuffing to head and tail of spine, gutters and corners, two 1/4 inch drip spots on front board; tidemark on bottom corner of front endpaper, frontis and tissue guard (about one inch by one inch, not affecting text; text is unmarked. Literature. ; Golden Treasury Series; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 368 pages.

Condition: Very Good. 1st edition. Cloth, VG. xiv+411pp+4pp publishers catalogue, only the first 90pp are open the remaining pages un-opened, cloth a little rubbed & spne sunned, stamped 'Presentation Copy' to the title, a nice copy. A collection of the less common of Lamb's writings along with his stories for children which was originally published in 1809 with the title "Mrs. Leicester's School : The Histories Of Several Young Ladies, Related By Themselves". 500 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. The Life and Works of Charles Lamb in Twelve Volumes; Volume V. Edition de Luxe. Publisher's brown leather binding with gilt stamping on front board and gilt titles on spine. Boards with solid edges and gently rubbed corners. Spine sunned and gently rubbed. Tight binding. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. Otherwise, interior bright and clean. A beautiful copy. Photographs available upon request. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾.

Hard Cover. Condition: vg. blue cover with beautiful gilt decorations & lettering front & spine; 428pp; no publication date; top edge gilt; prev. owner's name on first page; b/w plates with tissue guards; silk ribbon place-marker. Hardcover.

Hard Cover. Condition: vg. blue cover with lovely gilt decoration & lettering front & spine; top edge gilt; silk ribbon place-marker; 428pp; b/w frontis & plates with printed tissue guards; prev. owner's name on free front endpage. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.