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Jones (Owen). The Sermon on the Mount, 1st edition, London: Longman & Co., 1844, 32 stiff card pages with printed illumination in gold and colours, the text surrounded by chromolithograph borders in green, red, blue, black and gold, some light spotting to first and last few leaves and outer margins, all edges gilt, original blind-stamped plum full calf, with inset vellum panels to centre of each cover, rubbed and some marks, spine somewhat faded, 8vo, together with: Cundall (Joseph, publisher). A Booke of Christmas Carols, illuminated from ancient manuscripts in the British Museum, London: Joseph Cundall, [1846], 16 stiff card chromolithograph leaves drawn by John Brandard, heightened with gold, printed by M. & N. Hanhart, some light spotting, original publisher's decorative boards with panelled decoration and inset floral motif within a central lozenge to upper cover, rubbed and some wear, in later protected marbled card slipcase, plus five other 19th-century titles: The Plants of the Bible. Trees and Shrubs by John Hutton Balfour, London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1857, colour printed plates, some spotting, original blind- and gilt-decorated russet brown cloth, rubbed, William and Mary Howitt, Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain, 1st & 2nd series, 2 volumes, London: A. W. Bennett, 1862 & 1864, with mounted actual photograph illustrations by Bedford, Sedgfield, Wilson, Fenton, Tonson, Ogle and Hemphill, contemporary gift inscription to front endpaper and head of title respectively, some spotting, all edges gilt, both original gilt-decorated green cloth, lightly rubbed, Mr & Mrs S. C. Hall, The Book of the Thames, from its rise to its fall, London: Alfred W. Bennett, 1867, mounted actual photograph illustrations, wood engravings to text, all edges gilt, original publisher's elaborately gilt-decorated blue cloth, rubbed and some fraying to head and foot of spine, and Parlour Pastime for the Young: consisting of pantomime and dialogue charades, fire-side games, riddles, enigmas, charades, conundrums, arithmetical and mechanical puzzles, parlour magic, etc. etc., edited by Uncle George, 1st edition, London: James Blackwood, 1857, all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated publisher's red cloth, a little rubbed and slight fraying to head and foot of spine and outer corners, all 8vo (Quantity: 7) McLean, Victorian Book Design, pp.86 and 224.