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Le Seducteur
Paris: Chez Prault, 1783. Full 18th century mottled calf, 8 inches tall. A fine copy of this celebrated comedy with gilt bands, label and delicate gilt tooling on the panels.
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Heroes of Modern Adventures.
London: George G. Harrap, 1929. Full calf, 8.25 inches tall. A sparkling tree calf binding by Bickers with gilt raised bands, twin labels and delicate gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt Prize inscription to the upper board and bookplate. A stirring anthology of rollicking adventures to inspire the children of the Empire. Illustrated throughout.
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Oeuvres de Boileau Despreaux.
Paris: Didot, Pierre & Firmin, 1813. 2 volume set, 5.5 inches tall. Pristine full calf by Hayday, one of the very finest Victorian binders. With raised bands, triple labels and delicate gilt tooled panels. Owners name on half title. Foxing throughout.
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The Holy War.
London: Religious Tract Society, c.1870. Full crushed morocco, 6.5 inches tall. A superb little binding with gilt raised bands, extra gilt panels, dentelles and all edges. Scattered light foxing. A neat ink inscription dated 1871 on the 3rd blank. Illustrated full page engravings.
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La Chaumière Indienne.
Paris: Didot, 1791. Full tree calf, 4.75 inches tall. Delightful 18th century binding with gilt bands and red label. Speckled edges.
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The Analogy of Religion.
London: Dove, 1826. Full calf, 5 inches tall. A handsome little binding with wide gilt raised bands and ornate tooling to the panels. Frontispiece. Joseph Butler influenced many philosophers and religious thinkers of the period, including Adam Smith and David Hume.
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Songs From The Dramatists
London: Parker, 1855. Half calf, 6.5 inches tall. An exceptionally elegant volume with twin labels, gilt raised bands and fine floral gilt panels. An interesting volume containing a collection of songs from the earliest English dramatists, including Shakespeare, and ending with Sheridan. In fine condition.
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Early Ballads
London: Parker, 1856. Half calf, 6.5 inches tall. An elegant half calf binding with twin labels, gilt raised bands and fine gilt panels. The armorial bookplate of Lord Manning. This interesting volume contains the famous ballads from the end of the 14th century to the beginning of the 17th century including, Robin Hood, Chevy Chase, King Arthur's Death, Lady Greensleeves and Many others. A fine copy.
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The Breitmann Ballads. Four series complete.
London: Trubner, 1870. Half calf, 5.5 inches tall. A fine binding by Sotheran of Piccadilly with gilt raised bands, finely gilt tooled panels, label and gilt top edge. Some staining to the calf. Still firm and solid but with slight splitting to the joints.
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The Minstrel; Or, The Progress of Genius: And Other Poems.
London: John Sharpe, 1827. Full crushed morocco, 5.5 inches tall. A delightful little volume in a simple yet very elegant binding with raised bands, gilt titles, dentelles and all edges. With 6 engravings by Westall. In the minor poems, pages 143 to 165 were not bound in.
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The Poetical Works.
London: Thomas Hodgson / Walker & Co, c.1860. Half morocco, 6 inches tall. A very neat mid-Victorian binding with gilt raised bands and fine gilt pallets and centre tools.
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