The Wit and Wisdom of Charles Lamb: With Anecdotes By His Contemporaries (selected and Arranged By Ernest Dressel North)
by Lamb Charles
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York; (1892): Putnam's. Limited Edition. Octavo. ix, 267 pages, frontispiece (portrait). index. Large Paper Edition. No. 110 of 150 copies. The scholar, Ernest Dressel North, traced not only what he had written by how other major writers had quoted him. After confirming the quotes and anecdotes, he arranges the sections so they can be read either consecutively or by topic with the helpful index. Bound in ¼ light brown polished calf, spine lettering and top edge gilt, internally fresh. A very good copy with light rubbing to spine.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025242
- Title
- The Wit and Wisdom of Charles Lamb: With Anecdotes By His Contemporaries (selected and Arranged By Ernest Dressel North)
- Author
- Lamb Charles
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Putnam's
- Place of Publication
- New York; (1892)
- Keywords
- Charles Lamb, Humor; Quotations--Charles Lamb Limited edition;
- Bookseller catalogs
- English Literature; Literature;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
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- 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....
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...