1. Longfellow. The Golden Legend. 1854. 8vo. Green morocco, spine gilt. Fore-edge painting with vertical tobogganing scene. 2. Milman. The Fall of Jerusalem. 1822. 8vo. Green morocco gilt. Fore-edge painting with harbor scene. 3. The Englishman's Almanac for 1830. Fore-edge painting with view of Tower of London. 12mo. Morocco gilt, binding detached, some prelims loose. 4. Select Poetical Translations of the Classics of Antiquity. 1810. 12mo. Green morocco gilt. Fore-edge painting with view of Dover Castle and harbor. 5. Browning. Paracelsus. 1835. 12mo. Red calf. Covers detached. First edition, but without ads, of the author's first acknowledged book. With a double fore-edge painting of two angling scenes. 6. The Holy Bible. 1822. 16mo. Morocco gilt, silk endpapers. With fore-edge painting of the Last Supper. 7. WEBER, CARL J. A Thousand and One Fore-Edge Paintings. Waterville, ME: 1949. 8vo. Original cloth; dust jacket. Jacket well-worn. Together, 7 volumes. Weber's reference work plus 6 volumes with fore-edge paintings, including an unusual tobogganing scene and a double fore-edge painting on a Robert Browning first edition. Defects noted, also general rubbing and wear to extremities, occasional spotting and ownership markings.
1. Longfellow. The Golden Legend. 1854. 8vo. Green morocco, spine gilt. Fore-edge painting with vertical tobogganing scene. 2. Milman. The Fall of Jerusalem. 1822. 8vo. Green morocco gilt. Fore-edge painting with harbor scene. 3. The Englishman's Almanac for 1830. Fore-edge painting with view of Tower of London. 12mo. Morocco gilt, binding detached, some prelims loose. 4. Select Poetical Translations of the Classics of Antiquity. 1810. 12mo. Green morocco gilt. Fore-edge painting with view of Dover Castle and harbor. 5. Browning. Paracelsus. 1835. 12mo. Red calf. Covers detached. First edition, but without ads, of the author's first acknowledged book. With a double fore-edge painting of two angling scenes. 6. The Holy Bible. 1822. 16mo. Morocco gilt, silk endpapers. With fore-edge painting of the Last Supper. 7. WEBER, CARL J. A Thousand and One Fore-Edge Paintings. Waterville, ME: 1949. 8vo. Original cloth; dust jacket. Jacket well-worn. Together, 7 volumes. Weber's reference work plus 6 volumes with fore-edge paintings, including an unusual tobogganing scene and a double fore-edge painting on a Robert Browning first edition. Defects noted, also general rubbing and wear to extremities, occasional spotting and ownership markings.
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