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BECKFORD, William (1709-1770). The Valuable Library of Books, in Fonthill Abbey. A Catalogue ... (of 20,000 Volumes) ... which will be sold by auction by Mr. Phillips. London: Phillips, 1823. 8° (237 x 148mm). Engraved frontispiece, contemporary half russia, Beckford style cornerpieces, gilt edges (corners rubbed).
HANSARD, James and Luke G. Biographical Memoir of Luke Hansard ... printer to the House of Commons. [London?]: Not published. James and Luke G. Hansard & Sons, 1829. 4° (305 x 235mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait. Contemporary hard-grained morocco gilt, gilt edges. With William Davis's A Journey round the Library of a Bibliomaniac (London, 1821) in original boards. According to a pencilled inscription 'L.P. only 50 printed'; Henry Cotton's A List of the Editions of the Bible (Oxford, 1821), presentation copy with inscription 'From the Author'; and Catalogue of the Works in Medicine and Natural History contained in the Radcliffe Library (Oxford, 1835). (5)
HANSARD, James and Luke G. Biographical Memoir of Luke Hansard ... printer to the House of Commons. [London?]: Not published. James and Luke G. Hansard & Sons, 1829. 4° (305 x 235mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait. Contemporary hard-grained morocco gilt, gilt edges. With William Davis's A Journey round the Library of a Bibliomaniac (London, 1821) in original boards. According to a pencilled inscription 'L.P. only 50 printed'; Henry Cotton's A List of the Editions of the Bible (Oxford, 1821), presentation copy with inscription 'From the Author'; and Catalogue of the Works in Medicine and Natural History contained in the Radcliffe Library (Oxford, 1835). (5)