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London: Richard Bentley, 1839. First edition. George Cruikshank. 3 vols. 8vo. Portrait frontispiece after R.J. Lane and 27 etched plates by George Cruikshank. viii, [2], 352; iv, 292; vi, 312 pp., with half-title in vol. 3 (misbound after title) as called for. Slightly later three-quarters red morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt, t.e.g., by Tout; trifle wear to extremities, foxing to vol. I frontispiece, an attractive set First edition of Ainsworth's notorious "Newgate novel," condemned by some, including Thackeray, for its supposed glorification of crime. It was so popular that nine different theatrical versions were staged in the year of the novel's publication.PROVENANCE: Ormond G. Smith (book-label)REFERENCE: Cohn 12; Sadleir 14; Wolff 53

London: Printed by T. Plummer … for G. and J. Robinson, 1802. First edition. 8vo. Uncut in publisher's pink boards; fine, in a custom green cloth chemise Fine first edition in boards of Lamb’s first play, a presentation copy from Fanny Holcroft to fellow author Catherine Hutton. Holcroft (1780-1844), a translator and novelist and friend of Charles and Mary Lamb, was the author of the anti-slavery poem “The Negro” and such novels as Fortitude and Frailty and The Wife and the Lover. Her father was the dramatist and radical Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809), who published several of her translations in his Theatrical Recorder. Catherine Hutton (1756–1846) was a novelist (The Miser Married, The Welsh Mountaineer, Oakwood Hall) and prolific letter-writer.A letter from T. Harral, editor of the periodical La Belle Assemblée, to Catherine Hutton, May 20, 1827, records a gift of a Lamb title, presumably the present volume: "Miss Holcroft has given me a little volume for you, the production of a particular… Read More

New York: C.M. Saxton, n.d. [ca. 1848]. Folio. 24 tinted lithographs by Jones & Newman and 24 engraved plates. Modern half calf over marbled boards; final plate with quarter-page loss, foxed, occasional chips and tears throughout. Innovative for its time, this folio-sized home pattern book presents elevations (in tinted lithograph), plans and details of construction and cost for 12 single-family dwellings. Ritch's work went through several iterations beginning with monthly parts issues in 1847 followed by various collected issues through 1864. This copy conforms partially to Hitchcock nos. 1014 & 1015 and was issued circa 1848, before the publisher changed address from 121 Fulton St to 123 Fulton Street in 1850.PROVENANCE: Thomas Stone, carpenter, East Brookfield, Mass, 1879 (ownership inscription on verso of title); William Reese (book-label)REFERENCE: see Hitchcock 1014 & 1015

Villeneuve-les-Avignon: Poésie 41, (1941). No. 210 of 400 copies on vélin (of 471 total). 8vo. Ten woodcuts by Frans Masereel. Publisher's red printed wrappers, glassine jacket; fine Printed Christmas Day 1941, "sur un monde qui paraît voué à la fureur de Dieu"