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LE LIVRE ANGLAIS TRESORS DES COLLECTIONS ANGLAISES, BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE.
A counterpart to the London exhibition of 1948 of 1000 years of French books. Biographical descriptions of the more famous English authors with representations of their work. With a 35-page section on binding by Howard Nixon. Inscribed on front cover by Percy Muir, one of the compilers of this catalogue.
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> STUDIA BIBLIOGRAPHICA IN HONOREM HERMAN DE LA FONTAINE VERWEY
> BOOKBINDING, INCLUDING BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARIES OF HOWARD M. NIXON AND EDWARD MCLEAN.
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APOLOGY FOR THE LIFE OF JAMES FENNELL WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
by Fennell, James
(Sabin 24065). Autobiographical account of an English actor and dramatist, who moved to Philadelphia in 1793 and acted at numerous theaters in American cities. Preface, "advertisement" to the reader, dedication. Frontispiece illustration of the author. Boards rubbed and scuffed at edges and along spine, light foxing on endpapers and through text. Loosely inserted is an invoice from Walpole Galleries addressed to Mr. R. Dague of New York and an ownership inscription in ink dated 1922 on first blank page.by Roswell Dague.
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