Winifred F Courtney YOUNG CHARLES LAMB and similar items

YOUNG CHARLES LAMB: 1775-1802 By Winifred F. Courtney New York: New York University Press, 1982. First American edition, first printing. Illustrated with genealogical trees, and with photographs on black-and-white plates to a center section. Detailed, sympathetic chronicle of the early years of the celebrated essayist, critic, author of LAMB'S SHAKESPEARE TALES, and eccentric. Courtney has unearthed some early unsigned articles by Lamb, including his first known published essay, reprinted here. A hint of rubbing to the lower shelf-edges, former owner's address discreetly written to the upper corner of the inside front cover (hidden by the jacket flap), else a near fine in black linen with gilt embossed titles to the spine, cream-orange end-papers; in a very nearly fine dust jacket with mild surface lamination rubbing, and a minute crimp to the upper spine edge. Octavo; 411 pages; bibliography, notes, index. PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT LITERARY BOOKS THANKS! "http://pics.ebay.com/aw/pics/viewitem/viewItemLogo_88x33.gif" border="0" align="top" Created by Seller's Assistant Basic. On Dec-11-03 at 18:03:08 PST, seller added the following information: