[BINDING -- DOVES BINDERY]. IRVING, Washington (1783-1859). Old Christmas. London: Macmillan and Co., 1876.

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[BINDING -- DOVES BINDERY]. IRVING, Washington (1783-1859). Old Christmas. London: Macmillan and Co., 1876.

8o. Frontispiece, 7 plates, and numerous illustrations in text by Randolph Caldecott. Dark green morocco gilt, corners decorated with hearts and leaves within double fillet gilt borders, spine in six compartments, gilt-lettered in one, gilt design with hearts and leaves in others, gilt turn-ins, edges gilt by Cobden Sanderson for the Doves Bindery, signed on rear turn-in "19 C-S 05." Provenance: William F. Gable (bookplate).

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[DOVES BINDERY]. IRVING. Bracebridge Hall. London: Macmillan and Co., 1877.

8o. 4-page publisher's advertisements bound at end. Frontispiece, 7 plates, and numerous illustrations in text by Randolph Caldecott. Dark green morocco gilt, corners decorated with floral design with double fillet gilt borders, spine in six compartments, gilt-lettered in one, others with gilt floral design, gilt turn-ins, edges gilt by Cobden Sanderson for the Doves Bindery, signed on rear turn-in "19 C-S 05." Provenance: William F. Gable (bookplate).
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