Sale 764: Antiquarian Books with Fine Press & Fine Bindings; Illustrated Books & Fore-Edge Paintings

1

Poems by Li Po

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(Anvil Press)
Author
Li Po
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Lovely edition of Li Po from Anvil Press
Publisher
[Anvil Press]
Date Published
[1984]

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Collected Poems of James Joyce

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(Black Sun Press)
Author
Joyce, James
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James Joyce Collected Poems, Black Sun Press
Publisher
The Black Sun Press
Date Published
1936

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9

Pokerface

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(Chayt, Steven and Meryl - Kenmore Press)
Author
Collins, Billy
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Signed by Poet Laureate Billy Collins, his first book
Publisher
Kenmore Press
Date Published
[1977]

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10

Original manuscript by Arthur Lane, with publishing archive for Dancing in the Dark, and a copy of the book

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(Chayt, Steven and Meryl - Kenmore Press)
Author
Lane, Arthur
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Manuscript/archive for Dancing in the Dark
Publisher
Kenmore Press
Date Published
1977

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Original manuscript by Robert Peters, with original artwork and publishing archive for Ikagnak: The North Wind, and a copy of the book

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(Chayt, Steven and Meryl - Kenmore Press)
Author
Peters, Robert
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Manuscript/archive for Kenmore Press Ikagnak
Publisher
Kenmore Press
Date Published
1978

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15

Epitalamio / Una Carta en el Camino [or] a sus amigos (cover title)

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(Editorial Dos Amigos)
Author
Neruda, Pablo
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With color etchings signed by Alicia Scavino
Publisher
[Ediciones Dos Amigos]
Date Published
[1989]

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17

The Complete Works of Gaius Petronius Done Into English by Jack Lindsay with One Hundred Illustrations by Norman Lindsay

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(Fanfrolico Press)
Author
Petronius, Gaius
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Signed by Jack Lindsay, one of 650 copies
Publisher
Fanfrolico Press
Date Published
[1927]

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33

An Opium-Eater in America and The Fratricide's Death

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(Hammer, Victor)
Author
Blair, William
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Victor Hammer at Wells College, 1941
Publisher
Wells College Press
Date Published
[1941]

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34

The Booke of the Duchesse

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(Hammer, Victor)
Author
Chaucer, Geoffrey
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Victor Hammer's edition of Chaucer's Duchesse
Publisher
[Anvil Press]
Date Published
[1954]

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36

Les Vingtquatre Sonnets

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(Hammer, Victor)
Author
Labé, Louise
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Victor Hammer's edition of Louise Labé
Publisher
[Stamperia del Santuccio]
Date Published
[1937]

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41

Samson Agonistes: A Dramatic Poem

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(Hammer, Victor)
Author
Milton, John
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First book from Victor Hammer's Stamperia del Santuccio
Publisher
[Stamperia del Santuccio]
Date Published
[1930-31]

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Ventiquattro Sonetti di Torquato Tasso

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(Hammer, Victor)
Author
Tasso, Torquato
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Victor Hammer's Tasso, 1939
Publisher
L'Insegna del Santuccio
Date Published
1939

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51

Bone Songs

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(Janus Press)
Author
Burke, Clifford
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Clifford Burke's Bone Songs, Janus Press
Publisher
Janus Press
Date Published
1992

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52

Romance de la Guardia Civil Espanola / The Ballad of the Spanish Civil Guard [with] Fergus Falling

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(Janus Press)
Author
Garcia Lorca, Federico; Galway Kinnell
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Two works from Claire Van Vliet / Janus Press
Publisher
Janus Press
Date Published
1974; 1979

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64

Leaves of Grass

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(Limited Editions Club)
Author
Whitman, Walt
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Second title published by the Limited Editions Club
Publisher
Limited Editions Club
Date Published
1929

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77

Poetry Through Typography

Author
Zapf, Herman
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Poetry Through Typography 1/99
Publisher
Kelly/Winterton Press
Date Published
1993

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78

Judge Dodaridge, His Law of Nobility and Peerage. Wherein the Antiquities, Titles, Degrees, and Distinctions; Concerning the Peeres and Nobility of this Nation, are Excellently set forth...

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
[Bird, William]
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With fore-edge painting of Dodaridge heraldry
Publisher
Printed for L. Chapman
Date Published
1658

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79

The Book of Common Prayer

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
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With color fore-edge painting of Cambridge
Publisher
Stereotyped and printed by R. Watts
Date Published
No date [c. 1805]

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80

Emma de Lissau: A Narrative of Striking Vicissitudes and Peculiar Trials; with notes illustrative of the Manners and Customs of the Jews.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
[Bristow, Amelia]
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With fore-edge painting of Jerusalem
Publisher
Tilt and Bogue; T. Stevenson
Date Published
[1841]

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81

Poems and Songs

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Burns, Robert
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With an erotic color fore-edge painting
Publisher
William P. Nimmo
Date Published
[1868]

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82

The Poetical Works of Robert Burns

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Burns, Robert
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With fore-edge painting of Stevenson's Rocket
Publisher
Frederick Warne and Co.
Date Published
No date

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83

The Complete Works of C.S. Calverley

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Calverley, C.S.
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With fore-edge painting of a British frigate
Publisher
George Bell and Sons
Date Published
1905

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84

The Poetical Works

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Campbell, Thomas
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With color fore-edge painting of Fast Castle
Publisher
Edward Moxon
Date Published
[1848]

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85

From Crécy to Assye: Being Five Centuries of the Military History of England.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Clinton, H.R.
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With fore-edge painting of British warships
Publisher
Frederick Warne and Co.
Date Published
[ca. 1881]

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86

The Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
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With a colorful nautical fore-edge painting
Publisher
Macmillan and Co., Limited
Date Published
1899

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87

Democritus in London with the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and Robin Good-Fellow to Which are added Notes Festivous Etc.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
[Daniel, George]
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With fore-edge painting of St. Paul's cathedral
Publisher
William Pickering
Date Published
1852

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88

Three Charles Dickens novels with fore-edge paintings

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Dickens, Charles
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Three Dickens novels with fore-edge paintings
Publisher
Chapman and Hall
Date Published
[ca. 1860s]

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89

The English Version of the Polyglott Bible; Containing the Old and New Testaments: With a Copious and Original Selection of References to Parallel and Illustrative Passages...

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
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With fore-edge paintings of Moses and Noah's Ark
Publisher
Printed for Samuel Bagster
Date Published
[ca. 1837]

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90

Thirty Years´ Correspondence, Between John Jebb, D.D. F.R.S. Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert, and Aghadoe, and Alexander Knox Esq. M.R.I.A.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Forster, Charles, editor
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With color fore-edge paintings of England
Publisher
James Duncan and John Cochran
Date Published
[1834]

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91

Cranford

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn
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With color fore-edge painting of a Ship
Publisher
Macmillan and Co., Limited
Date Published
1898

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92

Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Gesner, J.M., editor
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With fore-edge paintings of Badminton and Stowe
Publisher
Harding, Mavor, et Lepard
Date Published
[1824]

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93

The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles... With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes...

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Gilfillan, George, editor
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Fore-edge paintings of early racing yachts
Publisher
James Nichol; James Nisbet and Co.; W. Robertson
Date Published
[1855]

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94

The Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Gleig, G.R.
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With fore-edge painting of Wellington in uniform
Publisher
Longmans, Green, and Co.
Date Published
1877

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95

The Vicar of Wakefield

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Goldsmith, Oliver
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With a color fore-edge painting of steam ship
Publisher
Charles Daly
Date Published
No date [ca. 1840]

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96

The Book of Gems: The Poets and Artists of Great Britain [&] Modern Poets and Artists of Great Britain

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Hall, S.C., Editor
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With fore-edge painting of Bonchurch village
Publisher
Whittaker and Co.
Date Published
1838

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97

The Poetical Works of Mrs. Hemans

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Hemans, Felicia
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Erotic fore-edge painting of satyr and couple
Publisher
Frederick Warne and Co.
Date Published
[ca. 1875]

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98

The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood: Memoir, Explanatory Notes, &c.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Hood, Thomas
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With a fore-edge painting of riders and dogs
Publisher
Frederick Warne and Co.; Scribner, Welford and Armstrong
Date Published
[ca. 1880]

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99

The Serious Poems of Thomas Hood. With a preface by Thomas Hood the Younger.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Hood, Thomas
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With fore-edge painting of Rome by N. Bicker
Publisher
Ward, Lock, & Co.
Date Published
[ca. 1876]

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100

The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, with Notes, Index of First Lines and Chronological List.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Horder, W. Garrett, editor
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With fore-edge painting of ship City of Mobile
Publisher
Henry Frowde
Date Published
1910

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101

Poems

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Ingelow, Jean
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With an erotic fore-edge painting
Publisher
Longman, Green, and Co.
Date Published
1872

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102

Gleanings from the English Poets, Chaucer to Tennyson, with Biographical Notices of the Authors

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Inglis, Robert, editor
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With color fore-edge painting of polo players
Publisher
Gall & Inglis; Houlston & Wright
Date Published
[ca. 1870]

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103

Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Irving, Washington
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Fore-edge paintings of Goldsmith and Dublin
Publisher
Bell & Daldy
Date Published
1868

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104

Female Piety: Or the Young Woman's Friend and Guide through Life to Immortality

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
James, John Angell
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With fore-edge paintings of woman and Church
Publisher
Oliver & Boyd; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.
Date Published
[1842]

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105

Memoirs of Early Italian Painters, and of the Progress of Painting in Italy. Cimabue to Bassano.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Jameson, Mrs., editor
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With fore-edge painting of Botticelli's Venus
Publisher
John Murray
Date Published
1891

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106

Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Le Sage, [Alain Rene]
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With a fore-edge painting Santillana del Mar
Publisher
Chez Lefèvre, Éditeur
Date Published
1844

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107

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
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With an erotic color fore-edge painting
Publisher
Gall & Inglis
Date Published
[ca. 1865-1898]

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108

The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Lowell, James Russell
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With a color fore-edge painting
Publisher
Ward, Lock, & Co.
Date Published
[ca. 1900]

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109

Sermons.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
M'Culloch, James M.
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With an erotic color fore-edge painting
Publisher
William Blackwood & Sons
Date Published
[1871]

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110

Critical and Historical Essays

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Macaulay, Thomas Babington
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With a fore-edge painting of a Holkham Hall
Publisher
Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer
Date Published
1874

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111

Lays Of Ancient Rome with Ivry and the Armada

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Macaulay, Thomas Babington
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With color fore-edge painting of Ancient Rome
Publisher
Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green
Date Published
1865

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112

Lays Of Ancient Rome.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Macaulay, Thomas Babington
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With a color fore-edge painting of Rome
Publisher
Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer
Date Published
[1867]

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113

"Bones and I;" Or, The Skeleton at Home

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Melville, G.J. Whyte
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Fore-edge painting of Rievaulx Abbey ruins
Publisher
Chapman and Hall
Date Published
[ca. 1868]

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114

Milton's Paradise Lost.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Milton, John
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With fore-edge painting of Battersea Bridge
Publisher
T. Longman, B. Law, P. Dodsley et al.
Date Published
1795

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115

Milton's Paradise Regained...

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Milton, John
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With a fore-edge painting of Cheyne Walk
Publisher
T. Longman, B. Law, P. Dodsley et al.
Date Published
1796

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116

The Poetical Works of John Milton.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Milton, John
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Fore-edge painting of dismasted HMS Java
Publisher
Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press
Date Published
[1941]

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117

Irish Melodies

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Moore, Thomas
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With fore-edge painting of men stone throwing
Publisher
Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans
Date Published
1838

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118

Lalla Rookh, An Oriental Romance

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Moore, Thomas
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With fore-edge painting of Tower of London
Publisher
Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts
Date Published
1858

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119

The Romance of the Harem.

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Author
Pardoe, Julia
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With three captioned fore-edge paintings
Publisher
Henry Colburn
Date Published
1839

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120

An Exposition of the Creed.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Pearson, John
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With fore-edge painting of English Whaling ship
Publisher
Printed and sold by J.F. Dove
Date Published
[1832]

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121

A Sketch of the Life and Character of Sir Robert Peel

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Peel, Lawrence
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Fore-edge painting of Gainsborough Old Hall
Publisher
Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
Date Published
1860

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122

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Pope, Alexander
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With fore-edge painting of Windsor Castle
Publisher
James Nichol
Date Published
[1856]

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123

Legends and Lyrics: A Book of Verses

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Procter, Adelaide Anne
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Fore-edge painting of railroad viaduct bridge
Publisher
George Bell and Sons
Date Published
1888

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124

Proper Lessons to be Read at Morning and Evening Prayer on the Sundays and other Holy-days throughout the Year [and] The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments...

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
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With fore-edge paintings of Basingwerk & Conwy
Publisher
Printed at the University Press by S. Collingwood and Co.
Date Published
[1834]

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125

Rider's British Merlin: For the Year of Our Lord 1826. Being the Second After Bisextile. Adorned with many delightful and useful Verities... in the Islands of Great Britain's Monarchy.

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Author
Rider, Cardanus, compiler
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With fore-edge painting of an armored knight
Publisher
Printed for the Company of Stationers
Date Published
1826

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126

The Pleasures of Memory with Other Poems

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Author
Rogers, Samuel
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With erotic pastoral fore-edge painting
Publisher
Cadell, Jun. and Davies
Date Published
[1796]

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127

Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. From Original Papers in Possession of the Family.

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Author
Ross, John, editor
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With two color naval fore-edge paintings
Publisher
Richard Bentley
Date Published
1838

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128

The Works of Frederick Schiller. Historical Dramas, Etc.

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Author
Schiller, Frederick
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Fore-edge painting of men practicing archery
Publisher
Henry G. Bohn
Date Published
1850

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129

Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field

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Scott, Sir Walter
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With fore-edge painting of Norham Castle
Publisher
Archibald Constable and Company; William Miller and John Murray
Date Published
1811

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130

The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Containing Biographical Memoirs, Essays, Letters with Notes.

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Author
Scott, Sir Walter
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With fore-edge painting of Aberdeen, Scotland
Publisher
Robert Cadell; Houlston & Stoneman
Date Published
[1848]

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131

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Including his Great Metrical Romances, Copyright Lyrical Pieces, Miscellaneous Poems and Ballads. with a Memoir of the Author.

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Scott, Sir Walter
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With fore-edge painting of Norham Castle
Publisher
Adam and Charles Black
Date Published
[1861]

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132

The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott.

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Author
Scott, Sir Walter
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Fore-edge painting of men playing billiards
Publisher
Frederick Warne and Co.
Date Published
[1887]

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133

Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border: Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballad, Collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition.

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[Scott, Sir Walter]
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With 3 color fore-edge paintings of Scotland
Publisher
Printed by James Ballantyne and Co.; For Longman, Hurst et al.
Date Published
1812

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134

The Lady of the Lake

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Scott, Walter
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Lady of the Lake with fore-edge painting
Publisher
Adam and Charles Black
Date Published
1871

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135

The Works of William Shakspere; Containing His Plays and Poems, From the text of the editions by Charles Knight...

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Author
Shakespeare, William
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With F.E.P. of River Avon and Bath, England
Publisher
Charles Cox
Date Published
1849

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136

The Works of Laurence Sterne: Containing the Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, Sermons, Letters, &c. with A Life of the Author...

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Author
Sterne, Laurence
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With fore-edge painting of carriage and riders
Publisher
Printed for Charles Daly
Date Published
1839

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137

Stories from the History of Scotland, in the Manner of "Stories Selected from the History of England."

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Author
Stewart, Alex
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Fore-edge painting of the Scottish countryside
Publisher
Oliver & Boyd; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.
Date Published
1837

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138

Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Poet Laureate

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Author
Tennyson, Alfred
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With fore-edge painting of woman tying corset
Publisher
Macmillan and Co., Limited
Date Published
1899

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139

Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Thackeray, William Makepeace
Headline
With two color fore-edge paintings of Bristol
Publisher
Smith, Elder, & Co.
Date Published
1879

Estimate$700 - $1,000

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140

The Natural History of the Bible

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Tristram, H.B.
Headline
With a charming fore-edge painting of Dresden
Publisher
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; E. & J. B. Young & Co.
Date Published
1898

Estimate$400 - $600

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141

Treasures of Art in Great Britain: Being an Account of the Chief Collection of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, Illuminated Mss...

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Waagen, Gustav Friedrich
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With three different color fore-edge paintings
Publisher
John Murray
Date Published
1854

Estimate$500 - $800

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142

A Leaf in the Storm. A Novel of War-Swept China.

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(Fore-Edge Painting)
Author
Yutang, Lin
Headline
With an erotic color fore-edge painting
Publisher
William Heinemann Ltd.
Date Published
[1942]

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179

The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250-1900

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(Maurin, bookbinder)
Author
Quiller-Couch, Arthur, editor
Headline
Oxford Book of English Verse finely bound
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Date Published
[1942]

Estimate$400 - $600

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184

The Poetical Works of Lord Byron

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(Riviere & Son)
Author
Byron, Lord [George Gordon]
Headline
Byron's poems bound by Riviere and Son
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Date Published
1930

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185

wITHDRAWN - The Lyric Poems of Thomas Campion

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(Riviere & Son)
Author
Campion, Thomas
Headline
WITHDRAWN - Finely bound by Riviere & Son
Publisher
J.M. Dent
Date Published
[1896]

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195

Collected Poems of Thomas Hardy

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(Sangorski & Sutcliffe)
Author
Hardy, Thomas
Headline
Thomas Hardy poems bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe
Publisher
Macmillan and Co.
Date Published
1928

Estimate$300 - $500

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199

Roderick the Last of the Goths.

Author
Southey, Robert
Headline
Southey's Roderick, handsomely bound
Publisher
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
Date Published
1826

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202

The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900

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(Stikeman & Co.)
Author
Quiller-Couch, Arthur, editor
Headline
Oxford Book of English Verse, bound by Stikeman
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Date Published
1915

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213

The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

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(Zaehnsdorf)
Author
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Headline
Shelley's Works bound by Zaehnsdorf
Publisher
Edward Moxon
Date Published
1839

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223

Three works of original art with three poetry chapbooks by Mar Gretta Cocking

Author
Cocking, Mar Gretta [Margaretta]
Headline
Original art and poetry chapbooks by Cocking
Date Published
Various dates

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224

Douze Douzains de Dialogues ou Petites Scènes Amoureuses

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(Collot, André, illustrator)
Author
Louÿs, Pierre
Headline
Louÿs' Petites Scènes Amoureuses, A. Collot
Publisher
[Robert Telin]
Date Published
[1927]

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253

Tanz Studien

Author
Horst
Headline
Horst, Tanz Studien, 1950
Date Published
1950

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254

Two works by Emmerich Alois Hruška

Author
Hruška, Emmerich Alois
Headline
With 29 illustrations by Emmerich Alois Hruška
Date Published
c. 1920's

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307

The Faerie Queene

Author
Spenser, Edmund
Headline
Spenser's Faerie Queene 1751 Quarto Edition
Publisher
J. Brindley and S. Wright
Date Published
1751

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379

The Works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Consisting of Those Which Were Formerly Printed: and Those Which He Design'd for the Press. Now Published Out of the Authors Original Copies.

Author
Cowley, Abraham
Headline
Works of Mr Abraham Cowley 1668
Publisher
Printed by J.M. for Henry Herringman
Date Published
1668

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396

The Fox's Prophecy

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(Fox Hunting)
Headline
The Fox's Prophecy, Illustrated 1939
Publisher
The Sporting Gallery
Date Published
1939

Estimate$200 - $300

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403

The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Samuel Johnson.

Author
Johnson, Samuel
Headline
Johnson's Works of the English Poets 60 volumes
Publisher
Printed by H. Hughs for C. Bathurst, et al
Date Published
1779-81

Estimate$1,000 - $1,500

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407

The Book of the Rhymers' Club

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(Le Gallienne, Richard)
Author
Yeats, W.B., et al.
Headline
Le Gallienne's Copy of Rhymers' Club
Publisher
Elkin Mathews
Date Published
1892

Estimate$700 - $1,000

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