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Lot 135
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7 vols. 7 vols.
Leather Bindings - British 19th- & 20th-Century Imprints:
(Leech, John, illus.) A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott. The Comic History of England. [London], 1847-1848. 1st ed in book form. 2 vols. 8vo, later 3/4 scarlet morocco, gilt, gilt floral spine compartments, a.e.g., raised bands; occasionally slightly scuffed. With 20 hand-colored plates, wood-engravings in text. Scattered light foxing. Complete with half-titles ptd in red. Tooley 295. * (_ _.) _ _. The Comic History of Rome. London, [after 1851]. 8vo, late 19th-century 3/4 rose morocco & marbled bds, spine gilt, t.e.g., raised bands; occasionally slightly scuffed. With 10 hand-colored plates, wood-engraved illus in text. Internally generally clean. Tooley298, late issue. * Burke, Thomas. English Night-Life. London: Batsford, [1941]. 1st ed. 8vo, contemp 3/4 rose crushed levant morocco & cloth, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g., raised bands, by Bayntun; minor wear. Color frontis, plates. Bright. * Thornbury, Walter. Haunted London. London, 1880. 2 vols. Contemp 3/4 rose calf, spine gilt, t.e.g; occasionally scuffed. Plates, extra-illus. Scattered light foxing. * Demmin, Auguste. An Illustrated History of Armour. London, 1877. 12mo, 20th-century 3/4 brick red crushed levant morocco, gilt spine devices, a.e.g., raised bands, by Bayntun-Riviere. Illus. Bright bdg.