London; George Bell & Sons, 1893., 1893. Hard Cover. Octavo, pp. xxiv, 512. Frontispiece of the author by Thomas Charles Wageman with tissue guard. Prize binding of full polished tan calf, with 5 raised bands, red label with gilt titles to spine, and gilt decoration to compartments; gilt border to boards and board edges and in blind border to dentelles. All edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Embossed prize bookplate of the 'Girls School Company Limited' to paste-down. Minor surface loss to upper joint and lower joint is just starting; light foxing to frontispiece, tissue guard and title page; prize bookplate to pdep. A clean, neat copy; Very Good condition. Culturally important collection of essays comprising The Essays of Elia, The Last Essays of Elia and Eliana essays, with biographical essay on Elia.

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Bookseller: Keel Row Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8636
Title: The Essays of Elia and Eliana.
Author: Lamb, Charles
Format/Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London; George Bell & Sons, 1893.
Date Published: 1893
Keywords: Essays

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Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
Paste-down: The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Calf: Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...