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3568 HUNT (Leigh) THE PALFREY; a Love-Story of Old Times by LEIGH HUNT. How and Parsons, 1842. FIRST EDITION, pretty woodcuts, 8vo, original cloth gilt, as issued, £1 18

3569 HUNT (Leigh) THE STORY OF RIMINI, a Poem. 1816. FIRST EDITION, 12mo, a nice copy in stained calf extra, neatly tooled, gilt edges, by RIVIERE, 188

3570 IRVING (Washington) A REMARKABLY FINE SET OF HIS WORKS, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, AND UNCUT COPIES, 39 vols, 8vo, uniformly bound in full red morocco extra, appropriate tooling of "Crayons" on back, top edges gilt, every volume uncut, by RIVIERE, £66 108

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3571 IRVING (Washington) THE BEAUTIES OF WASHINGTON IRVING, Esq. 1825. FIRST EDITION, with six coloured plates by WILLIAM HEATH, 12mo, calf extra, gilt edges, by RIVIERE, £1 28 6d

SPORTING.

3572 JEANS (Thomas) ALWAYS IN THE WAY, a Little Story, by THOMAS JEANS, author of the "Tommiebeg Shootings." 1868. FIRST EDITION, illustrations by K. J. F., small 8vo, calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere, 188 6d

3573 KINGSLEY (Charles) A SET OF THE WORKS OF THIS CELEBRATED AUTHOR, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, many of them being very rare books to obtain thus, together 41 vols, uniformly bound in half green morocco extra, top edges gilt, UNOUT, by RIVIERE, £42

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3574 LADIES' CALLING (The), in Two Parts, by the Author of the Whole Duty of Man, etc., the Fifth Impression (engraving of Theatre). At the Theatre in Oxford, 1677. Engraved front, 8vo, old English red morocco, pattern made up with heavy semicircular gilt lines, supported by delicate gilt scrolls, which are surrounded by gilt dots and small flowers, probably the work of SAMUEL MEARNE (see reproduction), £3 38

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3575 LADIES' CALLING (The), in Two Parts, by the Author of THE WHOLE DUTY OF MAN. Oxford, printed at the Theatre, 1673. 8vo, engraved frontispiece, old English black morocco, sides covered with gilt scrolls, flowers in line and pointillé, etc., heightened with silver, gilt and silver back, THE WHOLE FORMING A VERY FINE SPECIMEN OF THE ROYAL BINDER, SAMUEL MEARNE'S, WORK, in sound condition (see reproduction), £8 8

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3576 LADIES' CALLING (The), IN TWO PARTS, by the Author of the Whole Duty of Man, etc., the Third Impression (engraving of Theatre). At the Theatre in Oxford, 1675. 8vo, old English black morocco, sides elaborately gilt tooled all over, with a design made up with rococo, or "drawer handle" shaped tools, spaces filled in with pointillé scrolls, flowers, and stars, which are heightened with silver, ground covered with heavy gilt dots, the whole surrounded with a narrow lace border, a fine piece of binding by SAMUEL MEARNE (see reproduction), £7 78

3577 LADIES' (The) Memorandum-Book, serving as a Compleat Register of all their Transactions, Containing 1.-Maxims for the Ladies concerning 4.-Directions in chusing Beef, Mutton, the Art of Pleasing. Veal, Fish, Fowl, and all other Eatables.

2. A New Practical Essay on Female Economy.

3.-Fifty-two Double Pages, properly disposed to enter regularly all Engagements, Experiences, and Occasional Memorandums.

5.-Instructions for Carving.

6.-Bills of Fare for every Month in the
Year.

7.-A Marketable Table.
8.-A Table of Coin.

Dublin, George Faulkner, in Essex Street, and Peter Wilson, in Dame Street, N.D. (c. 1760). 16mo, old red morocco, diamond in centre, inlaid in yellow, and covered with gilt design, portions of which are inlaid in black, ground covered in stars, flowing line with flowers in each corner, gilt back (see reproduction), a PRETTY AND UNCOMMON SPECIMEN OF IRISH BINDING, £4 48

A quaint old Diary of about 1760.

3578 LAMB (Charles), etc.-THE ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY. Bristol, 1799-1800. FIRST EDITIONS, 2 vols, small 8vo, very fine copy in mottled calf extra, top edges gilt, TOTALLY UNCUT, by FRANCIS BEDFORD, £2 108

Contains Contributions by Charles Lamb, S. T. Coleridge, Robert Southey, Chas. Lloyd, Jos. Cottle, Dr. Beddoes, Mrs. Opie, Robt. Lovell, etc., etc.

3679 LAMB (Charles) The_Works of Charles Lamb [Poems, Plays, Letters, Tales, Essays, etc.]. 1818. FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, 12mo, morocco extra, gilt edges, £3 38 3580 LEECH (John) A LITTLE TOUR IN IRELAND, BEING A VISIT TO DUBLIN, Galway, Connemara, Athlone, Limerick, Killarney, Glengarriff, Cork, etc., by an Oxonian. 1859. FIRST EDITION, coloured folding frontispiece by JOHN LEECH, and several other illustrations, small 8vo, calf, by RIVIERE, £2 78 6d

3581 LEECH (John) JACK THE GIANT KILLER, by the author of "The Comic Latin Grammar." Orr and Co., N.D. FIRST EDITION, pretty illustrations by JOHN LEECH, square small 8vo, calf extra, gilt edges, by Riviere, £1 108

3582 LEECH (John).—JerroLD (DOUGLAS) A MAN MADE OF MONEY. Punch Office, 1849. FIRST EDITION, with 12 very choice and clever etchings by JOHN LEECH, 8vo, handsomely bound in new stained calf super extra, top edges gilt, TOTALLY UNCUT, with the original covers preserved at end, by RIVIERE, £2 188

3683 LEECH (John) DOUGLAS JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGAZINE. 1845-48. 7 vols, a complete set, with many capital illustrations by JOHN LEECH, a very choice and clean set in the original cloth, uncut, as issued, £7 78

3684 LEECH (John) JESSIE PHILLIPS, a Tale of the Present Day, by Mrs. Trollope. 1843. FIRST EDITION, with portrait and etchings by JOHN LEECH, and portrait of Mrs. Trollope, 3 vols, 8vo, stained calf extra, top edges gilt, UNCUT, by Riviere, with the original covers at end, £5 58

3585 LEECH (John) PORTRAITS OF CHILDREN OF THE MOBILITY, drawn from Nature by J. LEECH, with Memoirs and Characteristic Sketches by the Author of "The Comic English Grammar," etc. R. Bentley, 1841. FIRST EDITION, with good impressions of the admirable plates by JOHN LEECH, 4to, calf extra, top edges gilt, UNCUT, with the covers at end, by RIVIERE, £2 108

3586 LEECH (John) SKETCHES OF LIFE AND CHARACTER, taken at the Police Court, by GEORGE HODDER. 1845. FIRST EDITION, with illustrations by KENNY MEADOWS, LEECH, HINE, HAMERTON, HENNING, and NEWMAN, small_8vo, stained calf extra, top edges gilt, TOTALLY UNCUT, with the original covers at end, by RIVIERE, £1 188 3587 LEECH (John) THE COMIC HISTORY OF ROME, by GILBERT à BECKET. N.D. FIRST EDITION, with the clever COLOURED and other illustrations by JOHN LEECH, 8vo, calf extra, top edges gilt, UNCUT, with the cloth covers preserved at end, by RIVIERE, £4 48

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