IN BOARDS
Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. Second Series.
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Carey, 1828.
Price: $950.00
About the item
First edition. The American precedes the English issue of the Second Series. 230, [2] pp. 1 vols. 12mo. IN BOARDS. Original printed yellow-coated boards, pink linen spine, with fine paper label, uncut. Scattered foxing throughout, front hinge tender. Half crimson morocco slipcase and chemise. Bookplate of Robert S. Pirie. Livingston, p. 157.
Item #239132
This is an unauthorized edition. The true "Second Series" was not published in England until 1833 under the title of "The Last Essays of Elia." The editor of this present edition mistakenly included two essays by Bryan Waller Proctor and one by Allan Cunningham (Roff).
