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[MACKENZIE, William]. The Academy; or a Picture of Youth. London: for J. Harris [etc.], 1808. 12° (171 x 100mm). Half-title, engraved frontispiece. (Lacks final ? blank leaf, spotted.) Contemporary sheep (rebacked). Provenance: John Shepherd Birley (inscription dated 1812 and later armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION. -- The Rector and his Pupils: being a Sequel to the Academy. London: for J. Harris [etc.], 1810. 12° (163 x 98mm). Half-title, engraved frontispiece, final advertisement leaf. Original roan-backed boards (rubbed). FIRST EDITION. -- [ANON]. The little Scholar's Mirror ... by a Lady. London: for J. Harris, 1812. 12° (176 x 100mm). Woodcut illustrations in the text, final advertisement leaf (torn, slightly soiled). Contemporary calf (worn, covers detached). FIRST EDITION. -- [KILNER, Mary Ann]. Adventures of a Pincushion. London: for John Harris & Baldwin and Cradock, 1828. 12mo (179 x 103mm). 2 engraved plates. (Small marginal wormhole in some leaves.) Original boards (soiled, rebacked). New edition. -- [CARLTON, Bruce (i.e. George Mogridge)]. Paul Preston's Voyages, Travels and remarkable Adventures. London: John Harris, 1838. 16° (132 x 106mm). 16 engraved plates, woodcut illustrations in the text, final 8 advertisement leaves. Contemporary calf-backed boards (slightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. -- And 5 others. (10)