Manuscript Notes, Relating to Charles Lamb.

Published by c.1880-1910, 1880

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c.120pp of manuscript notes and short articles on various aspects of Charles Lamb's life and works, in ink and pencil, 4to & 8vo. TOGETHER WITH: Typed copy of correspondence with E.V. Lucas about his 'Little Library' edition of Elia, and a collection of extracts from periodicals, press-cuttings and booksellers' catalogue entries in a rough paper wrapper signed by Rees, Sarum, April 1914. Housed in contemp. folio pamphlet box. J. Rogers Rees, 1856-1924, was a Welsh banker from Pembroke Dock, a writer, collector & enthusiast for Charles Lamb and William Wordsworth in particular. He wrote a number of 'books on books', essays &c. including Recollections, Diversions, Pleasures of a Book-Worm, 3 vols., 1885-86 and The Brotherhood of Letters, 1889. Drafts here in manuscript include: Lamb and his delicious (delightful) untruthfulness (fibs), Lamb & the Quaker Meeting, The loneliness of Lamb, Lamb and the Drink, Lamb, the thorough-going Bohemian, Lamb buying Jem White's books to give away, Lamb v. Carlyle, Lamb and Gifford, &c.…

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Title
Manuscript Notes, Relating to Charles Lamb.
Author
(LAMB, Charles) REES, John Rogers.
Publisher
c.1880-1910
Publication year
1880
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ABA, ILAB & PBFA member. Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers have been selling 18th & 19th Century English books, especially first editions of English Literature and Social History since 1969 and are world leading specialists in Dickens. Our premises are opposite the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London. We publish between 4 and 6 major catalogues per annum. As traditional and professional booksellers, we prefer to develop a personal relationship with collectors - and customers via the internet.…

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