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LITERATURE -- ENGLISH]. AINSWORTH, W. Harrison. The Lancashire Witches. London: Henry Colburn, 1849. 3 volumes, 8 o . Half-titles. 19th-century plum morocco gilt, top edge gilt. Provenance: Nathaniel Cushing Nash (bookplate); purchased from Carnegie Book Shop, New York, 1971. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 17. -- COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor and Robert SOUTHEY. The Devil's Walk; by Professor Porson. London: Samuel Bentley for Marsh and Miller, [1830]. 12 o . Publisher's advertisements at end. Frontispiece and five plates by Robert Cruikshank Original tan printed wrappers; quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: purchased from David Magee, San Francisco, 1969. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with the error in pagination at pp. 21-22. Ashley I, p.212; Tinker 707; Wise Coleridge 68. -- [LAMB, Charles]. Satan in Search of a Wife; with the Whole Process of his Courtship and Marriage, and Who Danced at the Wedding. London: Bradbury and Evans for Edward Moxon, 1831. 12 o . 4 woodcut plates, including frontispiece. Modern black morocco, edges gilt, by S. Kaufman, original yellow printed wrappers bound in. FIRST EDITION. Roff/Livingston, pp.183ff. -- SHAFTESBURY, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl. Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times. London, 1711. 3 volumes, 8 o . General title with engraved vignette, title to each volume with woodcut vignette. Modern brown morocco, spines gilt, for Charles J. Sawyer. Provenance: The Library Company of Baltimore (bookplate); The Property of the Library Association Baltimore (embossed blindstamp on each title). RARE FIRST EDITION. Rothschild 1831 (later edition). -- [THACKERAY, William Makepeace]. "Our Street." by Mr. M.A. Titmarsh . London: Chapman and Hall, 1848. 4 o . Hand-colored engraved title, 15 hand-colored plates. Modern brown morocco gilt, edges gilt. Provenance: Robert Hoe (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, published under the pseudonym Mr. M.A. Titmarsh. Van Duzer 157. -- WHYTE-MELVILLE, George John Sarchedon. London: Chapman and Hall, 1871. 3 volumes, 8 o . Half-titles, woodcut head-and tailpieces. Half morocco. FIRST EDITION. (12)
LITERATURE -- ENGLISH]. AINSWORTH, W. Harrison. The Lancashire Witches. London: Henry Colburn, 1849. 3 volumes, 8 o . Half-titles. 19th-century plum morocco gilt, top edge gilt. Provenance: Nathaniel Cushing Nash (bookplate); purchased from Carnegie Book Shop, New York, 1971. FIRST EDITION. Sadleir 17. -- COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor and Robert SOUTHEY. The Devil's Walk; by Professor Porson. London: Samuel Bentley for Marsh and Miller, [1830]. 12 o . Publisher's advertisements at end. Frontispiece and five plates by Robert Cruikshank Original tan printed wrappers; quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: purchased from David Magee, San Francisco, 1969. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE with the error in pagination at pp. 21-22. Ashley I, p.212; Tinker 707; Wise Coleridge 68. -- [LAMB, Charles]. Satan in Search of a Wife; with the Whole Process of his Courtship and Marriage, and Who Danced at the Wedding. London: Bradbury and Evans for Edward Moxon, 1831. 12 o . 4 woodcut plates, including frontispiece. Modern black morocco, edges gilt, by S. Kaufman, original yellow printed wrappers bound in. FIRST EDITION. Roff/Livingston, pp.183ff. -- SHAFTESBURY, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl. Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times. London, 1711. 3 volumes, 8 o . General title with engraved vignette, title to each volume with woodcut vignette. Modern brown morocco, spines gilt, for Charles J. Sawyer. Provenance: The Library Company of Baltimore (bookplate); The Property of the Library Association Baltimore (embossed blindstamp on each title). RARE FIRST EDITION. Rothschild 1831 (later edition). -- [THACKERAY, William Makepeace]. "Our Street." by Mr. M.A. Titmarsh . London: Chapman and Hall, 1848. 4 o . Hand-colored engraved title, 15 hand-colored plates. Modern brown morocco gilt, edges gilt. Provenance: Robert Hoe (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, published under the pseudonym Mr. M.A. Titmarsh. Van Duzer 157. -- WHYTE-MELVILLE, George John Sarchedon. London: Chapman and Hall, 1871. 3 volumes, 8 o . Half-titles, woodcut head-and tailpieces. Half morocco. FIRST EDITION. (12)