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The Origin of Pickwick
London: Chapman & Hall, 1936.

First Impression. 8vo; 157, [1]pp, with numerous illustrations. Publisher's mulberry cloth, the spine titled gilt, the upper board with a gilt figure of Pickwick; in a sea-green dust jacket lettered in red and black. Near Fine, with the hinges accountably reinforced with off-white binder's cloth tape, though the binding is... more

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The Orphan Boy; or, A Journey to Bath; to which is added, The Orphan Girl. Founded on Facts. By Mary Belson . . . A New Edition
London: Printed by and for W[illiam]. Darton, 58, Holborn Hill,; Price Two Shillings, 1818.

Duodecimo (14 x 8.5 cm), [3], 4-119, [1]pp (without the 7 pages of advertisements). Hand-colored frontispiece (later color) and one further copperplate engraving, dated Nov. 20, 1818. Later red quarter leather on early marbled boards, the original gilt spine label laid down; end papers renewed; ownership inscription dated 1833. Boards... more

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The dramatic mirror: containing the history of the stage, from the earliest period to the present time : including a biographical and critical account of all the dramatic writers, from 1600; and also of the most distinguished performers, from the days of Shakspeare to 1807: and a history of the country theatres, in England, Ireland, and Scotland. Embellished with seventeen elegant engravings. By Thomas Gilliland, ..
London: Printed for C. Chapple, Pall Mall, by B. McMillan, Bow Street, Covent Garden, Printer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1808.

First Edition. Complete in two volumes, paginated (somewhat irregularly) continuously. 12mo; xii, 622, 629-630; [3], 625-1048pp, with 17 engraved plates (conforming to directions to the binder, for placing the plates), comprising 4 views of theaters and 13 portraits. Dedicated to the Prince of Wales, later George IV. Recently rebound, in... more

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The History of the Battle of Agincourt; and of the expedition of Henry the Fifth into France: to which is added, the roll of the men at arms in the English Army
London: Published by Johnson & Co., 10, Brooke Street, Holborn, MDCCCXXXII, 1832.

Second Edition. 8vo, collated and complete, with four hand-colored maps (three folding) and one hand-colored plate of the banners borne at the battle. Three-quarter calf over marbled boards, the spine label lacking. Text and plates clean and bright; one map with a two-inch closed tear skillfully repaired. Armorial bookplates to... more

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The Yellow Shoe-Strings, or the Good Effects of Obedience to Parents
London: Printed by W. Darton, Jun[ior], 58, Holborn Hill, Price One Shilling, 1814.

Octavo, 63, [1] pp. plus 2 copper-engraved plates (dated Dec. 27, 1814). Handsome modern mottled quarter calf on marbled paper-covered boards; end papers renewed. Large chip to final leaf with some loss of text of final two lines of the supplementary verse, 'The Beggar's Song,' and to publisher's catalog on... more

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Price: $85.00