The Life and Works of Charles Lamb. The Works of Charles Lamb. Illustrated. The Last Essays of Elia. Mrs. Leicester's School.
by Lamb, Charles. Notes (and introduction to Mrs. L.) by Alfred Ainger
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Bath, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: The Jefferson Press. Good cloth covers lightly worn, tanned/discolored, paper spine plate edge worn with small scratches. Front hinge cracked, else binding tight and pages clean and very good. Two black and white portraits of Lamb. Limited edition - only 1,000 copies printed. No date. . Very Good-. Hardcover. De luxe. 1111.
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- Bookseller
- Vintage Quaker/Corner Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 095156
- Title
- The Life and Works of Charles Lamb. The Works of Charles Lamb. Illustrated. The Last Essays of Elia. Mrs. Leicester's School.
- Author
- Lamb, Charles. Notes (and introduction to Mrs. L.) by Alfred Ainger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- De luxe
- Publisher
- The Jefferson Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; CHARLES LAMB
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Vintage Quaker/Corner Bookshop
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Bath, Maine
About Vintage Quaker/Corner Bookshop
We got started selling online as Vintage Quaker Books in 2013 and opened a storefront under the name The Corner Bookshop in 2020. Vintage Quaker Books sells books by, for, and about Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) and a variety of other Christian books. The Corner Bookshop is a general used bookstore located in a cozy basement under/behind the main shopping street of Front Street in Bath, Maine.
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