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WALLACE, LEW.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
8vo, original decorated light
blue cloth, light rubbing to spine tips and corners; contemporary ownership inscription to
front free endpaper; chemise and
1
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4
morocco slipcase.
FIRST EDITION
,
FIRST ISSUE
, with “To
TheWife Of MyYouth” on printed dedication and “be-became” on p. 11, lines 37-38. 12-
pages publisher’s ads at end.A tight, square copy. BAL 20798.
NewYork: Harper & Brothers, 1880
[350/500]
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WALTON, IZAAK and COTTON, CHARLES.
The Complete Angler.
Illustrated with copper-engraved plates including the frontispiece and added pictorial half-
title. 8vo, later
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2
green morocco, spine gilt in compartments, top edges gilt; minor
occasional foxing mostly to plate margins. Eighth edition, and second Bagster edition.
London: Printed for Samuel Bagster, 1815
[350/500]
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WHARTON, EDITH.
The House of Mirth.
Illustrated by A.B.Wenzell.Title in
red and black. 8vo, publisher’s red cloth, gilt-titled, top edges gilt, very slight lean; internally
pristine.
FIRST EDITION
, with Scribner’s seal on copyright page, terminal blanks unopened.
A bright, unfaded copy.
NewYork: Scribner’s, 1905
[500/750]
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