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Bibliography, Facsimiles of Fine Books, and Others, Four Titles in Four Volumes. Including: Parnassus Biceps, London: Etchells & Macdonald, 1927, limited edition, copy number 5 of 66 printed on hand-made paper, quarto, mostly unopened, bound in contemporary parchment; Bibliotheca Anglo-Poetica; or a Descriptive Catalogue of a Rare and Rich Collection of Early English Poetry: in the Possession of Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, London: Davison, 1815, octavo, illustrated, half modern blue morocco, good; England's Helicon, London: Nimmo, 1887, copy number 63 of 500 printed, octavo, full crushed morocco, board detached, spine loose; [and] Howitt's A Popular History of Priestcraft, London: Effingham Wilson, 1833, octavo, half leather. (4)
Estimate $200-300
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Fine Books & Manuscripts
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