Select Writings of Robert Chambers (4 Vols. - Essays Familiar and Humorous(2 vols), Moral and Economic, Phisophical, Sentimental, and Historical Sketches)

Chambers, Robert

Published by William and Robert Chambers, Edinburgh, 1847

About this Item

1847. Vol. 1: v, 410pp., 4pp. Vol. 2: iv, 416pp. Vol. 3: iv, 432pp. Vol 4: iv, 415pp. title-page illustrations. Contents include: (Vol. 1. Essays Familiar and Humorous) Removals; Victims; Palliations; Beginnings; Booby; Nat Phin; Suburbs; Riding Off; Minor Spectres; The Peghler; The Back Street (Vol. 2. Essays Familial and Humorous) Light Entertainments; Ladies' Work; Young and Old; Literary Formulas; The Defensive; Eye Hints; Consolations; The Event; Handles; Money; Shy Men; (Vol. 3. Essays Moral and Economic) Leisure; Gratitude; Courage; Temptations; Extremes; Business and Leisure; Misanthropy; Character; Solitude; Forms; Profession; The Will and the Way; Gossip; Vulgarity; (Vol. 4. Essays Philosophical, Sentimental, and Historical Sketches) The Beautiful; The Ludicrous; Social Gravitation; Drawbacks; Wonder; Approbation; Crime; No More; The Two Funerals; Natural Antiquities; Day Fatality; The Dancing Mania; The Black Death; et.al. Books have gilt titles to spines and embossed decorations to boards. Heavy fading to spines and boards. Previous bookseller's small stamp to top of FFEP. Vol. 1: Wear to edges and corners with few bumps to edges. Foxing to edges. Light foxing and a few smudges to endpapers. Vol. 2: Minor damage to top edges and bottom of spine has been neatly repaired. Foxing to edges. Foxing to endpapers and occasionally throughout. Vol. 3: Wear to edges and corners with light damage to top corners and top/bottom of spine. Few light stains to boards. Edges foxed. Foxing to endpapers and occasionally throughout. Vol. 4: Wear to edges and corners with few light stains to boards. Foxing to edges. Heavy foxing to prelims and occasional, light foxing througout. Otherwise, books in very good condition. Seller Inventory # ScotLitCham03

Bibliographic Details

Title: Select Writings of Robert Chambers (4 Vols. ...

Publisher: William and Robert Chambers, Edinburgh

Publication Date: 1847

Binding: Original Grey Cloth Hardback

Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition