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(CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE.) [Scott, Sir Walter] Wright, Rev. G.N.

Landscape-

Historical Illustrations of Scotland, and the Waverly Novels.

19 parts in 18.

Profusion of engraved plates, many after drawings by J.M.W. Turner, including comical

drawings by George Cruikshank. 4to, cream printed wrappers, side-stitched, overall brown-

ing, backstrips chipped, covers separating on a few issues, edges brittle; folding cloth

portfolio.

FIRST EDITION IN MONTHLY PARTS

,

FIRST ISSUE

with the plates bearing the pub-

lisher’s imprint and with correct publication dates. Cohn 729.

London: Fisher & Son, (1836-38)

[100/200]

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CULLEN BRYANT, WILLIAM.

The Embargo: or, Sketches of the

Times.

8vo, late 19th-century burgundy

crushed morocco, front cover detached,

turn-ins, by Bradstreet’s; original plain

blue wrappers bound in, bookplates on

front pastedown and front free endpaper,

with the preliminary advertisement dated

February, 1809.

Boston: Printed for the author, 1809

[400/600]

SECOND EDITION

,

corrected and enlarged.This

edition followed the excessively rare (two copies

known to survive) first edition, that contained

just the title poem, published as a pamphlet in

1808. BAL 1583.

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[DANNAY, FREDERIC; and

LEE, MANFRED.] Queen, Ellery.

The

Chinese Orange Mystery.

8vo, red

cloth stamped in black; dust jacket, cor-

ners clipped retaining price, spine panel

faded, small abrasion on front panel, rub-

bing to spine panel head touching a few

letters.

FIRST EDITION

.

SIGNED

ELLERY

QUEEN

BY LEE

on front endpaper.

NewYork: Frederick A. Stokes, 1934

[600/900]

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