LAMB, Charles. The Poetical Works of Charles Lamb. A New Edition, London: Edward Moxon, 1836, 12°, FIRST EDITION, contemporary black half calf by Coburn (rather rubbed); The Prose Works of Charles Lamb, London: Edward Moxon, 1836, 3 volumes, 8°, contemporary blue half calf by Coburn (rather rubbed) -- The Works, edited by Alfred Ainger, New York: A. C. Armstrong, 1885-9, 4 volumes only, 8°, portrait frontispieces, contemporary half calf gilt (extremities worn). With one other work by Lamb. (9)

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LAMB, Charles. The Poetical Works of Charles Lamb. A New Edition, London: Edward Moxon, 1836, 12°, FIRST EDITION, contemporary black half calf by Coburn (rather rubbed); The Prose Works of Charles Lamb, London: Edward Moxon, 1836, 3 volumes, 8°, contemporary blue half calf by Coburn (rather rubbed) -- The Works, edited by Alfred Ainger, New York: A. C. Armstrong, 1885-9, 4 volumes only, 8°, portrait frontispieces, contemporary half calf gilt (extremities worn). With one other work by Lamb. (9)

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The first work is the first collected edition of Lamb's poetry. It contains the poems printed in the Works (1818) and Album Verses (1830), and 10 new poems.
For two decades the second work, edited by Canon Ainger, was the standard edition of Lamb, chiefly on account of its admirable annotations. In particular his edition of the Letters, in 2 volumes (only one of which is present here), has never been superseded.

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