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Lot 439
Sale 2687 - The Collection of Amb. & Mrs. Alexander Weddell - The Virginia House Museum
Apr 10, 2019
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[CURIOSA] [COVENTRY, FRANCIS] the history of pompey the little... life and adventures of a lap-dog
London: M. Cooper, 1751. First edition. 12mo. 272 pp. With frontispiece portrait of Pompey the Little. Full early 20th century tan calf; black and burgundy morocco spine labels; with richly gilt spine compartments; top edge gilt; others trimmed; inner dentelles gilt; brown cloth-lined endpoint endpapers. Lightly scuffed, corners lightly bumped; light offsetting on title-page, scattered light foxing to text. Ex-library with book-plate on front paste-down, pencil markings on verso of front free endpaper, and call number in pencil on title-page. Jones, A Bibliography of the Dog p. 138.