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BEWICK, THOMAS, illustrator.
The Fables of Aesop and Others.
Illustrated
with numerous wood engravings by Bewick. Inserted “receipt” with facsimile thumbprint
and signature bound before title-page. Large 8vo, 19th-century
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tan calf over marbled
boards, morocco lettering piece to spine, boards abraded somewhat with scattered soiling,
spotting to endleaves.
Newcastle: E.Walker for T. Bewick and Son, 1818
[700/1,000]
FIRST BEWICK EDITION
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LARGE PAPER ISSUE
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SIGNED BY BEWICK ABOVE HIS FACSIMILE
THUMBPRINT RECEIPT
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As with all large-paper copies, this is Roscoe’s variant B with the
“philosopher” engraving at p. xvi and the final line at p. 248 reading “road to candour and
prudence.” Roscoe 45b.
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BALLARD, J.G.
The Crystal World.
8vo, publisher’s cloth, spine titled in gilt, fine;
dust jacket, light rubbing to folds, corners narrowly clipped with price intact, crisp; book-
seller’s ink stamp on front flyleaf, else clean and unmarked.
FIRST EDITION
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London: Jonathan Cape, (1966)
[100/200]
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BELLAMY, EDWARD.
Looking Backward 2000-1887.
8vo, original pea-green
cloth stamped in gilt and black, light fingersoiling, minor rubbing to spine tips.
FIRST EDI
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TION
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FIRST PRINTING
, with printer’s imprint on copyright page. Fine copy. BAL 956;
Grolier Club One Hundred Influential American Books 90.
Boston:Ticknor and Company, 1888
[500/750]
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