Lamb, Charles

Tales from Shakespeare

Lamb, Charles and Mary · 1927 · Valley Books

$8.50 (€7.71 | £6.43 | ¥1,357)

John C. Winston Co. 323pp. 12 illustrations, 4 in color by Frank Godwin. Green cloth binding with color pastedown on front cover. Light wear, signature on endpaper dated 1927, Back hinge neatly repaired. Photos on request. Circa 1925 NY Very Good- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Tales from Shakespeare

Lamb, Charles and Mary · 1975 · Valley Books

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Weathervane Books 304pp. 12 color plates by Arthur Rackham. . Photos on request. Fine- NY Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

New Year's Eve

Lamb, Charles · 1923 · Valley Books

$6.00 (€5.44 | £4.54 | ¥958)

William Edwin Rudge Decorated paper boards with green cloth tape spine and panels. 15pp. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Title label on front cover. Slight wear, private bookplate. Cloth spine tape has been added-professional quality job. Photos on request. NY Very Good 12mo - over ...

Poems Plays and Miscellaneous Essays

Lamb, Charles · 1884 · Valley Books

$6.50 (€5.90 | £4.92 | ¥1,038)

MacMillan 408 pp., red cloth binding. Introduction and notes by Alfred Ainger. Light wear and soiling, spine color faded. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall London Good

Tales from Shakespeare

Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb · 1909 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.45 | ¥49,575)

London, The Temple Press, 1909. Cloth. The first Arthur Rackham illustrated edition of Charles and Mary Lamb's children's retelling of Shakespeare. The first Arthur Rackham illustrated edition of 'Tales from Shakespeare', a delightful children's book w...

The Essays of Elia, and, the Last Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb; Augustine Birrell · 1926 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.60 | $389.71 | ¥62,232)

London, J. M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1926. Leather. A striking Riviere bound set of Charles Lamb's complete 'Essays of Elia', a lovely set illustrated by Charles E. Brock. Complete in two volumes.Bound by Riviere.In a custom slipcase, in a very good condition.'Es...

Specimens of English Dramatic Poets Who Lived About the Time of Shakespeare: Volume II

Various; Charles Lamb [ed.] · 1835 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Edward Moxon, 1835. Leather. A lovely leather bound copy of Volume II of Lamb's 'Specimens of English Dramatic Poets' from the library of the Reverend Edward Francis Witts. A new edition of this work in a full calf binding with gilt detailing to the spin...

The Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb · 1910 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1910. Leather. Charles Lamb's delightful collection of essays, smartly bound in a half calf Bumpus binding. A 'Books of the Verulam Club' edition of this work in a half calf binding with marbled boards and end papers. Binder's stamp ...

The Works of Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb, William Macdonald [ed.] · 1903 · Rooke Books

£850.00 (€1,018.85 | $1,122.90 | ¥179,313)

London, J. M. Dent & Co, 1903. Cloth. Twelve very neat volumes of works by English essayist, Charles Lamb. Complete in twelve volumes. The collected works of Charles Lamb, an English essayist, poet, and antiquarian best known for his Essays of Elia and the children's book...

Tales from Shakspeare

Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb · 1921 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, Constable & Company, 1921. Cloth. An illustrated later impression of Charles and Mary Lamb's famous collection of Shakespearian tales for children. Charles Lamb (1775-1834) was an essayist and poet, who along with his sister Mary Lamb (1764-1847) composed this wor...

Mrs. Leicester&Apos;S School; or, the History of Several Young Ladies, Related by Themselves

Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb · 1825 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, J. Godwin and Co. 1825 . Leather. The ninth edition of this collection of children's stories by siblings Charles and Mary Lamb. The ninth edition of the work. In half green calf, with marbled boards and endpapers.Illustrated with a frontispiece.A work by siblings...

Mrs. Leicester&Apos;S School; or, the History of Several Young Ladies, Related by Themselves

Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb · 1809 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Printed for M.J. Godwin, 1809. Leather. The scarce second edition of this collection of children's stories by siblings Charles and Mary Lamb. The scarce second edition of the work.In full brown gilted calf binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece.A work by siblings...

The Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb · 1910 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1910. Vellum. A smartly bound copy of this brightly illustrated edition of Charles Lamb's Essays of Elia. Illustrated with twenty-four colour plates. Collated complete. A collection of essays first published in book form in 1823, with titles includ...

The Life and Works of Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb · 1899 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1899-1900. Leather. A smart complete set of this limited edition de luxe series of works by Charles Lamb, with the author's life. Complete in twelve volumes. Edition de Luxe. Limited to six hundred and seventy-five copies. The life and w...

Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists

Washington Irving; Charles Lamb; Thomas de Quincey et al. · 1886 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Bickers and Son, 1886 . Leather. A smart anthology of prose pieces by leading essayists of the nineteenth century, complete with twelve photographic portrait plates. A series of twelve abridged prose pieces by leading essayists of the 1800s, including works from Irving...

The Essays of Elia: First Series and Second Series

Charles Lamb · 1840 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, Edward Moxon, 1840. Leather. Charles Lamb's collection of essays 'The Essays of Elia' and 'The Last Essays of Elia' in one volume. These essays first appeared in The London Magazine between 1820 and 1825, published in book form in 1823 with a...

Poems Plays and Miscellaneous Essays and Mrs Leicester&Apos;S School and the Letters of Charles Lamb, Vols 1 & 2 and the Essays of Elia

Charles Lamb · 1888 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1888-92. Leather. A handsome collection of works by Charles Lamb. An English writer, essayist, and poet, Charles Lamb was part of an elite literary group that included Coleridge and Wordsworth. Biographer E V Lucas described Lamb as 'the most lov...

The Essays of Elia Edited by Alfred Ainger

Charles Lamb; Alfred Ainger · 1910 · Rooke Books

£69.99 (€83.89 | $92.46 | ¥14,765)

London, Macmillan and Co, 1910. Fine Binding. A smart copy of Lamb's famous essays, in a Bumpus binding. Reprint of 1883 First Edition. Essays of Elia is a collection of essays written by Charles Lamb; it was first published in book form in 1823, with a second volume, Las...

The First Book of Poetry for the Use of Schools Intended As Reading Lessons for the Younger Classes

W F Mylius, [Charles and Mary Lamb] · 1811 · Rooke Books

£995.00 (€1,192.65 | $1,314.46 | ¥209,902)

London, M J Godwin, 1811. First edition. Leather. A scarce, early first edition of this book of poetry for schools. By Charles and Mary Lamb, published under the pseudonym W. F. Mylius. With two engravings: a frontispiece and one further plate, both illustrative of the plate. ...

The Adventures of Ulysses

Charles Lamb · 1827 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Printed For Baldwin, 1827 . Leather. A scarce copy of this new edition of the retelling of the classic Greek myth, by prominent essayist Charles Lamb. A new edition of the work.In quarter red morocco binding with marbled boards.Illustrated with a vignette title page. ...