first edition Woodcut vignette on title-page. 8vo
1830 · London
by Lamb, Charles
London: Edward Moxon, 1830. First edition. Woodcut vignette on title-page. 8vo. Original brown boards, uncut, red cloth spine with printed label, marginal label chipping, hinges cracking, else fine, in red cloth slipcase with inner wrapper. First edition. Woodcut vignette on title-page. 8vo. To help his friend and future son in law Edward Moxon (who was to marry Lamb's adopted daughter Emma Isola) Lamb prepared this collection of verses, along with a two-page dedication; this was Moxon's first publication. Thomson 76; Roff, p. 169. Provenance: Robert S Pirie (his bookplate)
(Inventory #: 304127)