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LAMB, Charles. Album Verses, with a Few Others. London: Bradbury and Evans for Edward Moxon, 1830.
8o (190 x 122 mm). One-page publisher's advertisements at end. (Some pale spotting.) Original drab boards, paper spine label (glue repairs to joints, losses to spine, hinges weak); morocco pull-off case. Provenance: purchased from Ximenes, New York, 10 April 1967.
FIRST EDITION of the first book to contain Moxon's imprint. Lamb seems to have collected the poems for this edition at the publisher's suggestion, with the hope of assisting the young Moxon in his venture. Ashley III, p.52; Roff/Livingston, pp.169ff.
8o (190 x 122 mm). One-page publisher's advertisements at end. (Some pale spotting.) Original drab boards, paper spine label (glue repairs to joints, losses to spine, hinges weak); morocco pull-off case. Provenance: purchased from Ximenes, New York, 10 April 1967.
FIRST EDITION of the first book to contain Moxon's imprint. Lamb seems to have collected the poems for this edition at the publisher's suggestion, with the hope of assisting the young Moxon in his venture. Ashley III, p.52; Roff/Livingston, pp.169ff.