LACKINGTON, James

Memoirs of the first Forty-five years in the Life of James Lackington, the present Bookseller in Chiswell Street, Moorfields, London. Written by Himself. In a Series of Letters to a Friend

London: Printed and sold by the Author, [1791]. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 8vo. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Original marbled boards, untrimmed; brown cloth slipcase, brown morocco trimmed at front. Professionally rebacked, wear at corners and along edges. Item #409426

First edition. Lackington owned the Temple of the Muses in Finsburg Square, London's largest bookstore. The popularity of this book was partly due to its material on John Wesley and the Methodists. A very good copy in original condition (except for the spine) and very uncommon thus. CBEL II 280. (BA).

Price: $550.00