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WYNNE, John Huddlestone (1743-1788). Tales for Youth; in thirty poems: to which are annexed, historical remarks and moral applications in prose...Ornamented with cuts, neatly designed and engraved on wood by Bewick. London: printed by J. Crowder, for E. Newbery...1794. 12° in sixes (163 x 93mm). Last leaf "New publications for young people" 17 numbered titles. Frontispiece engraved on copper, signed Cook sculp., and 30 oblong wood engraved headpieces by John Bewick set below metal-cut swags. Full sheep with a ms. label on spine (front hinge weak) Provenance: Eliza Tice. Roscoe J 391 (1); Osborne I p.88. - With a copy of Wynne's Choice Emblems 5.h edition for E. Newbery. 12° in 19.h century half calf. Roscoe J 389(4). Osborne I p.88. -- CHESTERFIELD, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Lord (1694-1773). Lord Chesterfield's Maxims...A new edition. London: printed for E. Newbery, 1793. 12° in sixes (163 x 102mm). Engraved frontispiece signed J. June sculp. (water-stained, lacks final leaf, L6 = book list.) Marbled paper over boards (lacking on top board), vellum back, stained green (cracked between signatures A and B). Provenance: Mas. Ruck His Book January 24 1794; Adams Ruck (stamp). Roscoe J 53(4). Loose in the rear of the book are a card and a strip of paper, partly relating to a Court of Exchequer case (Stillwell v Ruck, May 3, 1859) and partly taken up with a variety of maxims etc. in English, French and German. These have been added to by a later hand, pencilling in further quotations both on the loose sheets and in the upper and lower margins of the book itself. -- Moral Amusement; or, a selection of tales...London: printed for Vernor and Hood...and E. Newbery...1799. 18° (130 x 80mm). Last page "Books for youth printed for Vernor & Hood". Engraved frontispiece signed J. Thurston del., G. Rivers sculp. and published April 1798 by Vernor & Hood (water-staining at top). Marbled paper over boards, very worn, vellum back stained green with remains of printed label. Roscoe J 246(2), citing 3 locations, and only one for the 1798 edition. -- Edward Augustus KENDALL (1776?-1842). The Crested Wren...London: printed for E. Newbery...1799. 12° in sixes (130 x 83mm). Pp.153-6 priced advertisements. Engraved frontispiece signed [Isaac] Taylor (cropped at bottom); title-page woodcut "most probably by T. Bewick" [Roscoe]. Marbled paper over boards, vellum spine stained green (split along top board) with remains of printed label (some gatherings starting). Roscoe J 204 (the Bondy copy); Osborne I p.271. -- Memoirs of Dick, the little poney...London: printed for J. Walker...and sold by E. Newbery...1800. 12° in sixes (138 x 83mm). Engraved frontispiece signed Howitt del., J. Scott sculp.; wood engraved vignette on title-page. Marbled paper over boards, vellum back stained green, with remains of printed label. Provenance: L. I. Mount (?) Given by his dear Aunt, Isabella James. Roscoe J 241. Among the last books regularly carrying Elizabeth Newbery's imprint.
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