The Carlyle letters, comprising New letters and memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle, New letters of Thomas Carlyle, and The love letters of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh [complete in six volumes]

Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881) ; Carlyle, Jane Welsh (1801-1866)

1903, First Edition. London ; New York : John Lane, the Bodley Head. Good copies all in the original gilt-blocked cloth, with top-edges gilt and pages largely unread and unopened. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dust-toned and rubbed, with spines sun-toned. Deckle edges foxed, with some scattered foxing throughout, chiefly to the margins and preliminary leaves. Frontispiece "Love letters..." v. 2 loose. Binding secure overall, with frontispieces retaining their tissue guards. A well-preserved matched set. Item #453415

Physical description; complete in 6 volumes (of 3 works) : illustrations, frontispieces, plates, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm. Notes; A complete matched set of Alexander Carlyle's editions of the Carlyles' correspondence, published by John Lane between 1903 and 1909. Contents: 1. New letters and memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle (2 vols., 1903). 2. New letters of Thomas Carlyle (2 vols., 1904). 3. The love letters of Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh (2 vols., 1909). All volumes include illustrations, portraits, and indices. Subjects; Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881) -- Correspondence. Carlyle, Jane Welsh (1801-1866) -- Correspondence. Authors, Scottish -- 19th century -- Correspondence. Historians -- Great Britain -- Correspondence. Women intellectuals -- Great Britain -- Correspondence. Love-letters -- Great Britain. Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.

Price: €225.00