Note. Lamb had written this three years earlier than date of publication, and had showed it to Southey and Coleridge, who tried to dissuade him from publishing it. It was offered to John Kemble in 1799, but declined. The original title for the play was “Pride’s Cure.”
Price. Johnson Sale, N. Y., 1890 [calf, gilt top, uncut], $19.00. Scribner & Welford, 1889 [boards, uncut], $30.00. Dodd & Mead [half morocco, yellow edges], $25.00. Sotheby’s, 1889 [autograph from author], £11 15s. Pearson, 1889 [uncut, original boards], £5 10s.
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Title: MRS. LEICESTER’S SCHOOL. | or, | The History | of | several Young Ladies, | related by themselves. | London: | Printed for M. J. Godwin, at the Juvenile | Library, No. 41, Skinner Street | 1807. 16mo
Collation: Frontispiece, 1 page, Title, 1 page, Contents, 1 unnumbered page. pp. viii. pp. 178. Advertisement on reverse of last page.
Note. Lamb wrote for this volume “The Witch Aunt,” “First Going to Church,” “The Sea Voyage.” The other tales were by Mary. The copyright for this and “Tales from Shakespear” was sold to Baldwin and Cradock on July 21, 1836, by Mary Ann Lamb, for £15. The original holder, according to the Indenture, was William Godwin.
Price. The Second Edition, 1809, fetched at Sotheby’s, 1888 [original boards], £16 10s. [No quotation found on the First Edition.]
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