Bloomsbury Auctions

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178. [Combe (William)] wo r d in se A s o n, to the
Traders and Manufacturers, firsT e d i T i o n, s e c o n d issue,
24pp, contemporary marble paper wrappers, some
slight browning and foxing in places, [Kress, B2267],
Birmingham, 1792 § [Priestly (Joseph)] Thoughts on
the Late Riot at Birmingham, 52pp, upper margin of
title missing, manuscript date next to title, disbound,
John Sewell, 1791 § [Lysons (Samuel)] An Account of
the Remains of a Roman Villa uncovered at Bignor, 37
pp, 7 engraved illustrations, blue/grey paper wrappers,
1820, 8vo (3) £150 - £200
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Lot 179
179. Minerva Press.- Young (Edward) ni g h T
Th o u g h T s, o n life, de AT h, A n d iM M o r A l iT y , firsT
Mi n e r vA pr e s s e d i T i o n, engraved frontispiece, lightly
offsetting onto title, contemporary speckled calf, richly
gilt flat spine in compartments and with a red morocco,
label, rubbed at extremities, lightly marked covers, a
very good copy, 12mo, for William Lane at the Minvera
Press, 1793. £100 - £150
*** Provenance: Nightingale House Boarding School
(18th century prize inscription to front paste-down);
J.Hornsby Wright (bookplate).
Lot 180
180. Radcliffe (Ann) Th e Mys T e r i e s o f udo l p h o, A
ro M A n c e, firsT e d i T i o n, 4 vol., p r e s e n TAT i o n c o p y f r o M
T h e A u T h o r To el i z A b e T h oAT e s, half-titles, vol. II lacks
last f. (blank), vol. II half-title, title and B1 stained at
tail, slightly browned, 19th century cloth-backed boards,
rubbed, vol. I covers working loose, vol. II lower cover
working loose, preserved in a modern drop-back box,
[Rothschild 1701], 12mo, G.G. and J. Robinson, 1794.
£800 - £1,200