The Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles - 1892

U. S. A.: The Macmillan Company. The Macmillan Co. Published Aug. 1927. On Copyright, With Date (Mcmxxvii) 1927 On Title Page The Modern Readers' Series. Book Condition: Fair To Good. Blue Cloth Wrapped Boards With Gilt Letters In Square Design On Front And Spine. Some Wear On Board Corners And Light Wear On Edges. Pages A Lightly Tanned But Still Bright, Tightly Bound. Endsheets Have Faded Blue Design. Original Owners Name On Flyleaf Page. No Other Writing, No Underlining Or Marks. Clean Reading Copy. . Fair. Hardcover. 1927.

Grant Richards, 1901. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1901. Reprint. 382 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are clear with mild tanning and foxing. Minor cracking to gutters, but binding remains firm. Water staining to text-block edge. Rear hinge is cracked and loose from the text-block with exposed binding. Previous owner's pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Water stains to all surfaces, and small pink stains to rear board and spine. Visible crushing to spine ends with small splits and fraying to cloth. Book has a slight forward lean.

Gresham Publishing, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Stated. 336 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Pages are rough cut. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning.

The Classics Book Club, 1941. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1941. First edition thus. 280 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt titles to spine. Pages are heavily marked with intense tanning and minor foxing. Foxing more noticeable towards the start and end of the book. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Slight cracking to gutters. A few dog-eared corners. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards a little rubbed and marked overall. Several minor dents to board edges. Slight sunning and creasing. Gilt is dulled and worn.

Cassell & Company Ltd, 1907. Hardcover. Good. 1907. No Edition Stated. 337 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Pencil marking to pages on occasion, with notes to front endpapers. Notable tanning to pages throughout. Rear hinge cracked. Mild wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing, staining and marking to boards. Moderate tanning to spine.

New York, NY: John B. Alden, Publisher, 1885. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. G/none, used hc, 187pp. X-LIBRARY Emerald colored cloth over boards with gilt text on spine; edge wear with fraying and bumped tips. The usual library stamps and notations. Interior pages clean, unmarked; three pages are creased. Binding is tight..

Edward Moxon 1865, 1865. Paperback. Fair. New Edition [1833] G+.

New York, NY: Hurst & Company. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good Solid Copy! Fine brown cloth boards with gilt title on spine, frontispiece of Charles Lamb. Name on front end page, no other marks or writings, pages bright and clean, binding tight and sound. Small water stain on front cover that lightly bleeds down spine, does not affect interior pages, moderate wear to spine ends and corners. 519 pp Carefully packaged and shipped in box. B3

Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Good. No Edition Remarks. 378 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Binding remains firm.Pages remain bright with minimal tanning. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and noticeable rubbing to surfaces.Some tanning to spine and edges.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1907. Wraps are scuffed, lightly rubbed and aging. Pages are clean, text has no markings. Prior owner name on front wrap.. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Libris.