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[CAXTON, William, printer]. LEWIS, John. The Life of Mayster William Caxton of the Weald of Kent; the First Printer in England. London, 1737. 8o, portrait frontispiece and facsimiles of papermarks. [Bound with:] GILPIN, William. The Life of Bernard Gilpin. London, 1753. 8o, portrait frontispiece and pictorial title-page. Contemporary half-calf and marbled boards, red-morocco gilt lettering pieces (hinges cracked, rubbed). Provenance: Robert Long (bookplate). -- [GRABHORN, Robert]. A Short Account of the Life and Work of Wynkyn de Worde with a Leaf from the Golden Legend. San Francisco, 1949. 2o, specimen leaf, facsimile plates. Original quarter-cloth and decorative boards, pictorial label (rubbed). LIMITED EDITION of 375 copies. -- BLADES, William. The Life and Typography of William Caxton. London, 1861-63. 2 vols. 4o, plates (foxing). Later half-morocco and marbled boards (rubbed). -- 2 other copies of later printings. 8o. Publisher's cloth (hinges broken). -- How to tell a Caxton. London, 1870. 12o, folding frontispiece. Contemporary half-calf and marbled boards (rubbed). -- And 13 others. Together 20 vols. V.p., v.d., most 8o in original bindings (conditions vary). (20)