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CAREW, THOMAS. Poems, by I[ohn]. D[awson]. for Thomas Walkley 1640, early twentieth-century morocco, upper cover and spine tooled in gold to an art nouveau center and cornerpiece design, covers detached, first and last two leaves with gutters renewed affecting a few letters, a few small marginal tears or repairs, cropping to signatures, catchwords and/or pagination, slight foxing, FIRST EDITION, G7 uncancelled, Grolier Wither to Prior 141, Hayward 76, Pforzheimer 126, STC 4620 -- JOHN DENHAM. Poems and Translations, with the Sophy, for H. Herringham 1668, green morocco by the Club Bindery, 1892, covers panelled in gilt, spine gilt, upper hinge weak, margins trimmed close, edges darkened, First Collected Edition, Grolier Wither to Prior 263, Wing D1005 -- JOHN CLEVELAND. Clievelandi Vindiciae; Or... Genuine Poems, for Nath. Brooke 1677, brown morocco gilt by Riviere, lacking engraved portrait and A1 blank, washed and pressed, browned, First issue, Grolier Wither to Prior 181, Wing C4669, bookplate of Frederick R. Halsey -- [Reynard the Fox]. The Crafty Courtier: or the Fable of Reinard the Fox, Newly done into English Verse, for John Nutt 1706, dark blue morocco, covers with large border of green, maroon and brown inlaid morocco and gold-tooled stylized irises and plants, the background tooled in blind to a wavy pattern, title gilt-lettered on central panel of gray morocco, spine similarly gilt and inlaid, by Riviere, spine faded, cloth slipcase, some foxing, 164 leaves, publisher's list on last leaf; together 4 vols., 8vo, g.e., some rubbing to joints and extremities, all London. (4)