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by Washington Irving, Charles Lamb, Thomas De Quincey, Ralph

$900 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

London: Bickers & Son, 1896. Handsomely bound collection of modern essays, illustrated with portraits of each author in permanent photography. Fine. Item #54737 A late Victorian production meant for a casual literary audience, anthologizing some of the most respected critics of the era: Ralph Waldo Emerson's Compensation first his first book of ESSAYS , De Quincey's Conversation, Washington Irving's The

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