_Price._ Sotheby’s, 1887 [calf], £1. [Elia and Last Essays together] Sotheby’s, 1888 [russia, uncut], £11 15_s._
_Title_: THE | EVERY-DAY BOOK: | or, the | GUIDE TO THE YEAR; | relating the | Popular Amusements, | Sports, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events, | incident to | the 365 Days | in past and present Times; | being | A Series of 5000 Anecdotes and Facts; | forming | a History of the Year, | A calendar of the Seasons, | and | a chronological Dictionary of the Almanac; | with a variety of | important and diverting information, | for daily use and Entertainment, | Compiled from authentic sources | by William Hone | [Quotation from Herrick] | Illustrated by Numerous Engravings | London: | Printed for William Hone, 45, Ludgate Hill, | (to be published every Saturday, price Threepence,) | and sold by All booksellers in Town and Country. | 1825. 2 vols. 8vo.
_Collation_: Vol. I. Title, 1 page, Double Title, 1 page, Explanatory Address, 1 page, Dedication, 1 unnumbered page. Preface, 1 unnumbered page, Illustration, “Bona Dea,” 1 page. pp. 852. Vol. II. Frontispiece, 1 page, Title, 1 page, Dedication, 1 page, Preface, 1 unnumbered page. pp. viii. pp. 832. General Index, 19 pages.
_Note._ This was issued in weekly parts and a new title-page printed when bound. The Dedication of the first volume is to Charles Lamb. To these volumes he contributed “The Months,” April 16, 1826 [Vol. II.]; “Reminiscence of Sir Jeffrey Dunstan,” June 22, 1826 [Vol. II.]; “Captain Starkey,” July 21, 1825 [Vol. I.]; “The Ass,” October 5, 1825 [Vol. I.]; “In Re Squirrels,” October 17, 1825 [Vol. I.]; “Remarkable Correspondent,” May i, 1825 [Vol. I.]; “The Humble petition of an unfortunate Day,” August 12, 1826 [Vol. I.]; “Quatrains to the Editor,” July 9, 1825 [Vol. I.].
_Title_: THE | TABLE BOOK; | by WILLIAM HONE. | with Engravings. [Motto] Every Saturday. | London: | Published for William Hone, | by Hunt and Clarke, York-Street, | Covent-Garden, | 1827, 8vo
_Collation_: Frontispiece [Petrarch’s Inkstand], 1 page, Title, 1 page, Preface, 1 unnumbered page. pp. 870.
_Note._ This, like the other books of Hone, was issued in Parts, every Saturday, commencing January 1, 1827, Lamb’s contributions being, p. 454, “Mrs. Gilpin riding to Edmonton,” and p. 387, “Gone or Going,” and the Introductions to the Garrick plays, which are on pages 56, 67, 80, 96, 112, 128, 150, 162, 178, 192, 209, 224, 243, 256, 280, 291, 304, 320, 338, 352, 368, 394, 400, 417, 440, 449, 467, 480, 500, 514, 530, 547, 578, 595, 610, 642, 663, 676, 690, 704, 724, 737, 770, 784, 800, 817. In a note addressed to Hone, dated January 27, 1827, written on the fly-leaf of a copy of “Specimens of English Dramatic Poets,” Lamb proposed this series, to which the editor gladly acceded. The copy named is now owned in New York.