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HEATH, Charles (editor). Beauties of the Opera and Ballet, London, David Bogue, [circa 1840], 8°, 10 engraved plates, wood-engraved illustrations and coloured page-surrounds by J.J. Crew (occasional light soiling), contemporary crimson morocco by Charles Thurnam of Carlisle, tooled in gilt with trailing plant borders, and centrally-placed theatrical emblems and figures (spine slightly darkened, lightly scuffed), g.e.; Heath's Book of Beauty for 1842, London, Longmans, [1842], 8°, engraved additional title and 12 plates, wood-engraved illustrations (ownership inscription excised from half title, light spotting), original crimson cloth, gilt (extremities rubbed), g.e.; and 16 others of similar interest. (18)