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HUNT, Leigh. The Feast of the Poets... and other pieces in verse. London: C.H.Reynell for Gale, Curtis and Fenner, 1815. Small 8° (161 x 104mm.). 1pp. publisher's advertisements at back. Contemporary half-calf (slightly rubbed). - MANT, Richard (1776-1848). Poems. Oxford: University Press for the author, to be sold by J.Parker and Longman & Rees of London, 1806. Small 8° (160 x 98mm.). (First (?half-title) and last leaves lacking, some slight spotting). Later sheep-backed boards (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Peter Hall (presentation inscription from John Alkins); John Whitchurch Wheeler (signature). FIRST EDITION. - [BETHAM, Matilda]. Poems. London: Bretell & Co. for J.Hatchard, 1808. Small 8° (175 x 108mm.). Half-title, errata leaf and final blank. Original boards (backstrip chipped and slightly split). Provenance: John H. Sussex Hall (inscription). FIRST EDITION. - HUCKELL, John (Rev.). Avon, a Poem, in three parts. Stratford-upon-Avon: J.Ward, sold by Longman & Co. of London, 1811. 8° in 4s (178 x 106mm.). Engraved additional title (first leaf (?half-title) lacking, two tears to margin of F4). Contemporary marbled calf (spine rubbed). Provenance: H.A.B. (early initials); F.H.T.Streatfield (book-label). FIRST EDITION. - WATTS, Alaric. Poetical Sketches... with stanzas for music, and other poems. London: S. & R.Bentley for Hurst, Robinson & Co. and A.Constable & Co. of Edinburgh, 1823. 8° (175 x 105mm.). 4pp. advertisements. (Some light soiling to outer margins, tear to margin of E8). Original boards (extremities worn, somewhat soiled). Provenance: Constance E. Plumpton (inscription). FIRST EDITION. - With 27 others, early 19th-century poetry. (31)