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Lays of the Western World Illuminated by T. W. Gwilt Mapleson [Thomas W. Gwilt Mapleson]
New York Putnam 1848 First Edition Full Decorated Morocco Very Good
Printed in colors by Scottish-American lithographer Thomas Sinclair of Philadelphia. 4to. Unpaginated, 40 pp. An anthology of poems with magnificent chromolithographic border ornamentation and plates. In addition to the Medieval and Gothic imagery and decoration, there is Egyptian, Alpine and American imagery. With an imposing bevelled full morocco binding. Rebacked sympathetically. Craquelature along the joints. A few finger smudges of the heavy card leaves, but overall clean and bright.
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1500.00 USD
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Henry Jeffreys Bushby. Illustrated by Lady Frances Bushby Easie Rules on Earlie Rising by a late Philosopher
London Day & Son Limited 1866 First Edition Decorated Cloth Very Good
Seven heavy card leaves, with bright chromos and/or text only on the recto. Five of the pages, including title, with brilliant illumination, and particularly winsom are the illustrations of a cock crowing and of a donkey. The verse is written in a mock Old English. Scarce, with only six copies listed as institutional holders on OCLC. Light foxing in the margins and on the blank versos. Light corner wear to the decorated cloth.
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400.00 USD
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