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ARLYLE (T.) German Romance, Specimens of its Chief Authors, with Biographical and Critical Notices, frontispieces by W. Heath, 4 vols, post 8vo, boards, UNCUT,£1 5S-1827 86 CAVALLIER (Col.) Wars of the Cevennes, curicus old map, 8vo, calf, 7s 6d-1727

(37 CHESTER. History of the Siege of Chester during the Civil Wars in the time of King Charles I., plan of the City Fertifications in 1613, AND WOODCUTS BY BEWICK, 12mo, half morocco neat, 16s-1790

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CLARKE'S (W.) Repertorium Bibliographicum, or some Account of the most celebrated British Libraries, fine portraits, dc.; DIARY OF ROGER PAYNE, one plate; A DIALOGUE in the SHADES. vignette of portraits, with a duplicate proof impression before the alteration, of which ONLY 12 COPIES WERE TAKEN; and RARE DOINGS at ROXBURGHE HALL; LARGE PAPER, royal 8vo, calf, SCARCE, £2 15s1819

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CROMWELL. Lee (W.) Royall and Loyal Blood Shed by Cromwel and his Party, &c., to which are added three other Murthers of Publique Note, with a brief Chronicle of the Wars from 1640 to 1661, portraits, small 8vo, rare, calf, £1 5s-1662 CROWN Law. Trial of the Rebels in 1746, in the County of Surrey, and other Crown Cases, by Sir M. Foster, 8vo, calf 5s-1747

CRUIKSHANK.

Wight (J.) Mornings

at Bow Street, FOURTH EDITION; More Mornings at Bow Street, the FIRST EDITION, 46 spirited illustrations by George Cruikshank, 2 vols, pes Svo, half calf, marbled leaves (not quite uniform in size), £2178 63 -1827-1838

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CUNNINGHAM (Geo. D.) Foreign Tales and Tradi- ! tions, chiefly selected from the Fugitive Literature of Germany frontispiece and engraved tities, 2 vols, crown 8vo, boards, UNCUT, les 63 -1828

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E BOISMONT on Hallucinations, or the
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Magnetism, and Somnambulism,large 8vo, cloth, 10s—Philadep/13

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DELANY (Mrs.) Letters, from 1779 to 1788, com-
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DE QUINCEY. Klosterheim, or the Masque, by the
English Opium Eater, FIRST EDITION, 12mo, boards, 15s-1832
DOYLE. The Fairy Ring, a Colleetion of Tales and
Traditions, from the German of Grimm, by John Edward Taylor. 11
illustrations by Richard Doyle, post 8vo, halj morocco gilt, 158-154647

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DUMAS (Alexandre) The Count of Monte Christo, with 20 exquisite illustrations on wood by Valentin, executed by the most eminent engravers, FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, 8vo, original cloth, UNCUT, £278 6d-Chapman and Hall, 1846

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LOISA en Déshabille, being a Parody of Pope's Celebrated Epistle of that Young Lady to Abelard, VERY RARE, ONLY 50 COPIES HAVING BEEN PRIVATELY PRINTED; 'Tis Merry when Gossips Meet, engraved title (1609), reprinted, Chiswick Press, 1808; the 2 in 1 vol, post 8vo, half calf, £1 10s [49 REEK Anthology. Translations chiefly from the Greek Anthology, with Tales and Miscellaneous Poems, by Bland and Merivale, 8vo, calf, 59-1806 [49*

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TEAD (R.) Proteus Redevivus, or the Art of Wheedling, or Insinuation obtain'd by General Conversation, and the several Humours, Inclinations, and Passions of Both Sexes, Collected and Methodized by the Author of the First Part of the ENGLISH ROGUE, portrait, 8vo, FINE COPY, panel calf gilt, very rare, £2 28-1679 HEPTAMERON François, les Nouvelles de Marguerite Reine de Navarre, 73 VERY FINE PLATES BY FREUDENBERG, engraved by de Longueil, le Roy, Halbou, dc., also 114 CHARMING VIGNETTES AND TAIL-PIECES BY DUNKER, 3 vols, 8vo, calf, gilt leaves -Berne, 1781

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Rudyard's Poems, written in the time of James I. and Charles I., 12mo, green morocco, gilt edges, 15s-Bensley, 1817 [52

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HEXHAM (Henry) A Tongue Combat lately happening betweene Two English Souldiers in the Tilt Boat at Gravesend, the one going to serve the King of Spaine, the other to serve the States Generall of the United Provinces, wherein the Cause, Course, and Continuance of those Warres is debated an i declared, sinall 4to, half bound, PRIVATELY PRINTED, £2 2s-1623

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HOWITT'S An Art Student in Munich, FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, post 8vo, cloth, UNCUT, 128--1853

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A Rare Collection of Jest Books.

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LAUGH and be Fat, or Focd for all Parties; The Spangled Lord, Country Squire, Jolly Sailor. Hearty Farmer, Merry Soldier, John the Footman, and Dolly the Dairy maid, plates-1793- ය WIT'S Miscellany, The, consisting of a Great Variety of Odd and Uncommon Epigrams, Facetious Drolleries, Whimsical Mottoes, Merry Tales, Fables, &c., frontispiece—1774 TOWN and Country Nut-Cracker, The, or Jack Sharp's Compleat Jests, with Conundrums, Amorous Poems, Facetious Dialogues, &c., &c-London, T. Sabine 57

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TOWN and Country Jester, The, or a New Fund of Genuine Wit and Good Humour, with Conundrums, Rebusses, Merry Poems, &c., aiso the Songs Sung at Vauxhall, Ranelagh, &c., frontispiece-Hogg, N.D. [58 GARRICK'S Complete Jester, or a Library of Fun and Laughter" Remarkable Tales, Adventures, Histories, Pathetic Eastern Stories, &c.-London and York, N.D.

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FOREIGN Tales, Witty and Merry Sayings, Repartees,&c.,from the Best Authors, IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH-London, 1719 (60 POLITE Companion, or Wit a la Mode Comical Jests, Smart Epigrams Diverting Riddles, Merry Tales, Entertaining Stories, &c., &c. frontispiece-Kearsly, 1760

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LAUGH and be Fat, or the Merry Companion. containing Comical and Diverting Stories, Curious Poems, and Epitaphs, Conundrums and Answers, and Songs Sung at the Public Places, portrait on title-London

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SCOGIN'S Jests, full of Witty Mirth and Pleasant Shifts, done by him in France and other Places, gathered by Andrew Board, portrait by Holbein-London, 1796

63 CHRISTMAS Companion, The, or Mince-Pye for all True-hearted and Honest Britons, replete with Loyal Sentiments, Lively Tales, Witty Repartees, Choice Jests, and Wonderful Events, 12moLondon, W. Lane

64 WOMAN'S Wit, or a New and Elegant Amusement for the Fair Sex, Original Witticisms, Poignant Repartees, Sayings, Bon-Mots, Facetious Anecdotes, &c., &c., portrait of Princess Charlotte-London, R. Snagg

65 ENTERTAINING Medley, The, being a Collection of Genuine Anecdotes, Delightful Stories, Frolicks of Wit and Humour, with other Notable Displays of Genius-1767 166 BEN JOHNSON'S Jester. compiled by that Celebrated Character Caleb Quotum, to which is added, The Original Shop-Bill of his Great Grandfather, Isaac Factotum-London, R. Bassam [67 ARISTOPHANES. A Classic Collection of True Attic Wit. The Jests. Gibes, Bon-Mots, Witticisms, &c., of Samuel Foote, the Lords Chesterfield, Tyrawley, and their Contemporaries, portrait of Foote

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ESTS. Lord Chesterfield's Witticisms, or the Grand Pantheon of Genius, Sentiment and Taste, all his Lordship's Genuine Bon-Mots, Sallies of Wit, Everything Lively and Spirited in the Annals of the Beau Monde, &c., &c., portrait, 12mo, half morocco, gilt, £1 1s-London, R. Snagg

JESTS. Russell's National Anecdotes,

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Humour, Traits of Eccentricity, Spirit of Wit, 1824; Geo. Coleman's Circle of Anecdote and Wit, 1821; and the London Budget of Wit, or a Thousand Notable Jests, 1817; together 3 vols, 18mo, half calf, £1 is [70 JESTS. The Tales and Jests of Mr. Hugh Peters, together with his Sentence, and the Manner of his Execution, frontispiece AND PORTRAIT INSERTED, LARGE PAPER, royal 8vo, half morocco neat, gilt top, 15s-1807

This copy contains three jests not in Caulfield's reprint.

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LAZARILLO DE TORMES, Life and Adventures of, pertruit and plate, 12mo, calf, 9s—Edinburgh, N.D. LIVERPOOL. Letters in Rhyme to and from E. Gerrard, Portrait Painter, Liverpool, humorous plates by the Author, post 8vo, half calf gilt, 15s-Liverpool, 1825 [74 LONDON Magazine, The, Edited by John Scott, Taylor, De Quincey, Charles Lamb, and others, THE THREE SERIES COMPLETE, 23 vols, 8vo, half calf, £4 4s-1820-9

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LONDON. Brewer (T.) Memoir of John Carpenter, Town Clerk of London in the reigns of Henry V. and Henry VI., Founder of the City of London School, portrait, post 8vo, cloth, 4s 6d→→

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LONDON. Legends of London, illustrative of the Manners, Traditions, and Remarkable Localities of Ancient London, by Thomson (the Antiquary), 3 vols, post 8vo, half bound, UNCUT, 10s 6d-1832 [77 LONDON. Oddities of London Life, by Paul Pry, fine impressions of the 22 spirited etchings by Heath, Wilson, Pierce Egan, and others, quite in the style of George Cruikshank, FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, post 8vo, cloth, UNCUT, £1 15s-1838

Similar to the famous Sketches by Boz.

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LONDON. Old London Bridge, a Romance, by G. Herbert Rodwell, illustrations by Alfred Ashley, 8vo, cloth, 178 6d [79 LONDON. The Clubs of London, with Anecdotes of their Members, Sketches of Character, and Conversations by Charles Marsh, 2 rols, post 8vo, UNCUT, 12s-1828

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LONDON. The Old City, its Curious Customs, Characters, Scenes and Events, &c., illustrative of London Life in the Olden Times, by "Aleph," illustrations, post 8vo, cloth, 5s-1865 [81 LOVE. Illustrations of the Passion of Love, Anecdotes, Memoirs, and Curious Traditions illustrative of the Attachment between the Sexes in all Ages and Countries, engraved titles, 2 vols, 12mo, half calf gilt, £1 4s-Hunt and Clarke, 1821

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Poems, editel by Singer, frontispieces on India paper, 2 vols in 1, 12mo, calf gilt, scarce, 15s-1918 LOVE. The Lyre of Love, Poems of the English Amatory Poets, beautiful frontispiece and engraved titles, 2 vols, 12mo, in 1, russia, gilt edges, 12s 6d-Sharpe, 1806

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AN of the World's Dictionary (with some Interesting Insertions), 1822; A Political Dictionary, or Pocket Companion, by the Editor of the "Black Book," 1821, in 1 vol, 12mo, cloth, 58 MARRYAT (Captain)

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The Pirate and the Three Cutters, 20 beautiful engravings from drawings by Clarkson Staniell Esq., R.A., FINE IMPRESSIONS ON INDIA PAPER, THE LARGEST PAPER, imperial 8vo, SUPERBLY BOUND, maroon morocco extra, gilt edges, £4 108-1836 [86 MERRIE England in the Olden Time, by George Daniel, clever etchings by John Leech, and humorous woodcuts by Cruikshank, also facsimiles faithfully executed by that "cunninge' limner Thomas Gilks of rare and unique portraits of celebrated PLAYERS, JESTERS, CONJURERS, AND MOUNTEBANKS (preserved only in the cabinets of the curious), FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, post 8vo, cloth. UNCUT, £2 15s-1842

MIDWIFE, The, or the Old Woman's Magazine, containing all the Wit, Humour, Learning, and Judgment that has ever been or ever will be inserted in all the other Magazines, or the Magazine of Magazines, or the Grand Magazine of Magazines, or any other Book whatsoever, so that those who buy this book will need no other, 3 vols, small 8vo, half calf gilt, £3 3s-Printed for Mary Midnight,

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EWS from the Invisible World, or Interesting Anecdotes of the Dead, of Apparitions, Ghosts, Spectres, Dreams. and Visions, frontispiece, 8vo, boards, UNCUT, 155—Halifar, 184)

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PARKER (Geo.) Life's Painter of Variegated Characters in Public and Private Life, fine portrait of Georgi, Librarian to the College of Wit, Mirth and Humour, the FIRST EDITION, 8vo, half morocco, red edges, 12s 6d-1789

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