Thomas Carlyle: A History of the First Forty Years of His Life 1795-1835 (2 vols.)
London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1882. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. Vol.1: (xviii) 432pp. + 25pp. of publisher's catalog at rear. Vol.2: (vi) 495pp. (including index). Burgundy buckram boards, with gilt lettering on spine. Top and side edges uncut. Portrait etchings of Carlyle and his wife Jane Welsh Carlyle, at..... More