Charles Lamb’s Specimens of Dramatic English Poets, Who Lived About the Time of Shakespeare, Including the Extracts from the Garrick Plays, Now First Edited Anew by Israel Gollancz (Vols 1 & 2)

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Lamb, Charles (editor); Gollancz, Israel (editor). Charles Lamb’s Specimens of Dramatic English Poets, Who Lived About the Time of Shakespeare, Including the Extracts from the Garrick Plays, Now First Edited Anew by Israel Gollancz (Vols 1 & 2). London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1893. Extra Illustrated Large Paper Edition (First Edition Thus) . Oatmeal Cloth. Very Good. pp. xxix, 310 + 11 (plates); xiii, 356 + 12 (plates). No. 74 / 100 copies printed for sale in England. There were also 50 copies for sale in the US. For this edition, Gollancz’s text is dated, revised & corrected with the Garrick extracts restored & incorporated chronologically. Cloth gilt lettered & decorated with a heraldic device on front boards. Spines a little darkened & cloth slightly foxed & soiled. Edges untrimmed & mostly unopened. Some offsetting at end papers & tissue-guarded plates; text stock unaffected aside from occasional spots of foxing at edges. A heavy set which will require additional postage.