Lloyd (Charles) and Charles Lamb. Blank Verse, first edition, T. Bensley, 1798.
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Lloyd (Charles) and Charles Lamb. Blank Verse, first edition, faint stain to front free endpaper and title, spotting, some light toning, uncut in original yellow boards, early reback preserving original printed label, corners little worn, rubbed at extremities, housed in a folding cloth chemise and slipcase by James MacDonald Co. of New York, [Hayward 210], 8vo, T. Bensley, 1798.*** Comprising thirteen poems by Lloyd and seven by Lamb, including "The Old Familiar Faces". Lamb's first significant selection of verse to appear in print.Provenance: G. Birkbeck (ink name to head of pastedown); Alfred Ainger, Hampstead (Lamb scholar, pencil ownership inscription to front free endpaper); John A. Spoor (bookplate); Carroll Atwood Wilson (bookplate); H. Bradley Martin (bookplate to inside chemise); J.O. Edwards (book-label to inside chemise).
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Lloyd (Charles) and Charles Lamb. Blank Verse, first edition, T. Bensley, 1798.
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