Author: Carlyle, Thomas
Title: Montaigne and Other Essays, Chiefly Biographical. With a Foreword by S.R. Crockett. (Originally Contributed to Brewster's "Edinburgh Encyclopaedia," 1820-23)
Description: London: James Gowans & Son/Phila.: J. P. Lippincott Company, 1897. 1897. London: James Gowans & Son/Phila.: J. P. Lippincott Company, 1897. 1897. Good. - Octavo, maroon cloth (rubbed & bumped) titled in gilt on spine. xiv & 297 pages, deckle-edged (pastedowns & endpapers darkened; slight dampstain on title page). Good.

First edition (American issue. An unnoted variant: Tarr A53.1.6 calls for the American issue to be the same as the English "second state" in the "B" binding. This copy is identical to the English "1st state" and is in the "A" binding). Good .

Keywords: AMERICANA; BIOGRAPHY; HISTORY; C.R. CROCKETT; MONTAIGNE AND OTHER ESSAYS, CHIEFLY BIOGRAPHICAL; THOMAS CARLYLE; FIRST EDITION; 1ST; VARIANT.

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