Charles Lamb; Roland Gant — Beauty and the Beast

London, The Rodale Press, 1955 . Cloth. Charles Lamb's very scarce poetical adaptation of this classic fairy tale, featuring colour illustrations, and in the exceedingly scarce glassine wraps. Very scarce. In the publisher's original quarter-cloth binding, with the exceedingly scarce (clipped) original glassine dust wrapper. Illustrated with a lovely colour frontispiece, followed by seven further colour examples in the text. A charming poetical adaptation of this classic fairy tale from the eminent essayist, poet and antiquarian Charles Lamb. To this day, Lamb is among the most memorable figures in English literature, playing a central role in contemporary literary circles alongside the likes of Coleridge, Southey, Wordsworth and Hazlitt. In the publisher's original quarter-cloth binding, with the exceedingly scarce (clipped) original glassine dust wrapper. Externally, lovely condition with minimal shelf wear and faint marking. Glassine is a little discoloured with subtle edge wear, specifically a number of small closed tears. A very nice example. Internally, firmly bound. Very bright and clean with only the odd mark and the endpapers being more visibly discoloured. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed.