Love and Avarice; or, The fatal effects of preferring wealth to beauty, exemplified in the history of a young gentleman of fortune and two ladies, to both of whom he was married; to the first for love, and to the other for her money ... by a lady of Shropshire, London: for T. Ward, 1748, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 245 + [1]p. + final blank (2H1v and 2H2r badly impressed, rendering the first or last word on each line of text illegible, L3 torn at upper and Y1 at lower margin), contemporary calf with morocco lettering-piece (rather worn at joints and head of spine, covers slightly discoloured), ex libris Robert, Marquis of Crewe. [RARE. ESTCm locates only one copy (BL)]
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Love and Avarice; or, The fatal effects of preferring wealth to beauty, exemplified in the history of a young gentleman of fortune and two ladies, to both of whom he was married; to the first for love, and to the other for her money ... by a lady of Shropshire, London: for T. Ward, 1748, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 245 + [1]p. + final blank (2H1v and 2H2r badly impressed, rendering the first or last word on each line of text illegible, L3 torn at upper and Y1 at lower margin), contemporary calf with morocco lettering-piece (rather worn at joints and head of spine, covers slightly discoloured), ex libris Robert, Marquis of Crewe. [RARE. ESTCm locates only one copy (BL)]