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[BURY, Charlotte Susan Maria (1775-1861, Lady)]. Poems on several occasions. By a lady. Edinburgh: 1797. 8° in 4s (173 x 110mm.). Half-title, manuscript corrections by ?the authoress. Contemporary blue morocco gilt, g.e. (somewhat faded, slight damage to surface of leather on spine). Provenance: C.H.Harbord (PRESENTATION COPY, title inscribed by the recipient). FIRST EDITION. - BOOKER, Luke (1762-1835). Poems on subjects sacred, moral, and entertaining. Wolverhampton: J.Smart for the author, 1785. 2 volumes in one, 8° (175 x 113mm.). Errata slip for vol.I pasted on verso of A12. Contemporary tree calf gilt (spine chipped at foot, upper joint split). Provenance: Miss E.Deakin (PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by the author with 8 lines of poetry). FIRST EDITION; Malvern, a descriptive and historical poem. Dudley: J.Rann for Brooke & Co. and Rivingtons of London, and others, 1798. 4° (207 x 160mm.). (Some spotting). Original boards (worn). Provenance: PRESENTATION COPY inscribed (illegibly) by the recipient. FIRST EDITION. - [GRAVES, Richard (1715-1804, editor)]. The Festoon: a collection of epigrams ancient and modern. London and Bath: Robinson and Roberts, and W.Frederick, 1767. 12° (163 x 100mm.). Engraved title vignette. Contemporary speckled calf (slight surface damage to leather of upper cover). Provenance: George White (PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by the editor, armorial bookplate). - With three other works, presentation copies, comprising William Hayley's The Triumphs of Temper, sm.8°, sixth edition, London, 1788; Thomas Neville's Imitations of Horace, 8°, London, 1758; William Sotheby's Oberon, a poem, from the German of Wieland, 4°, London, 1798. (5)