GAY, John (1685-1732). The Fables of Mr. John Gay. Complete in two parts...With cuts by T. Bewick of Newcastle. York: printed by and for T. Wilson and Son...1811. 12° (175 x 98mm). Wove paper, watermark 1807. Frontispiece engraved on copper and 66 framed wood engravings to the fables with 22 wood-engraved and metal-cut tailpieces and 22 repeats. (Repaired tear to fraontispiece, many pages foxed or browned, careless printing of both text and woodblocks). Modern full black morocco, lettered gilt, new endpapers. Provenance: C. J. Gapp. August 6, 1819. The suite of wood engravings was originally cut by Thomas Bewick for an edition published in Newcastle by Saint in 1779. -- Another copy. London: published and sold by the booksellers, and by Thomas Wilson and Son, Printers...1811. 12° (159 x 90mm). Laid paper, no watermark. Make-up as previous item, but with a wood-engraving on the title-page. Half calf (recently re-backed), marbled boards. -- With two groups of the paper-covered chapbooks published by Kendrew of York: 13 of the 16-page series in yellow chalked self-covers, some over-stamped "J. H. Carr": The Cheerful Warbler (Davies no.3); jA Collection of Birds and Riddles (no.5); The History of a Little Boy (no.24); The History of Little Tom Tucker (no.28); Jack and Jill (no.35); Jack Jingle (no.36); The Life of Jack Sprat (no.40); Jacky Dandy's Delight (no.29); The Mother's Gift (no.42); Old Dame Trot (no.46); The History of Sam (no.29); Tom the Piper's son (no.51); andj We Are Seven (no.41); and 7 of the 32-page series in sugar-paper wrappers: The Adventures of CinderellaL (no.2); The Cries of London (no.13); The Cries of York (n.14); The Entertaining Story of Little Red Riding Hood (no.18); Mrs. Lovechild's Golden Present (no.44); The Sailor Penny (no.47); The World Turned Upside Down (no.57). (22)