LACKINGTON (James). Memoirs of the Forty-Five First Years of the Life of James Lackington... Written by Himself, in Forty-Seven Letters to a Friend...1803

Printed for the Author by J.D. Dewick. New Edition, corrected and much enlarged, xvii, [1], 339, [1], [8] + 4pp., of Books Published by Lackington, Allen, & Co., LACKING THE FRONTISPIECE, orig. half calf, rubbed, hinges cracked, spine chipped. James Lackington made bookselling history by his speculations in the remainder trade. He was determined to sell for cash at the lowest possible price and broke through the trade custom of destroying all but a few copies of remainders, and sold the whole stock at little profit.