Elia. Essays which have appeared under that signature in the London Magazine. Second Series.
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Carey, 1828.
Price: $2,000.00
About the item
First edition. The American precedes the English issue of the Second Series. 230, [2] pp. 2 vols. 12mo. Original printed yellow-coated boards, pink linen spine, with fine paper label,uncut. Scattered foxing throughout. Half crimson morocco slipcase and chemise. Roff, p. 157; American Imprints 33813 (CSmH; PPL). Provenance: Mrs. J. Insley Blair (Blairhame bookplate; Sotheby's New York, 3 December 2004); Robert S Pirie (bookplate).
Item #304322
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). With a copy of the second American edition of the First Series.
