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BAYNTUN, binders. FYVIE, JOHN. Comedy Queens of the Georgian Era, London: Constable 1906, 8vo, 219 x 145 x 53mm. (8 5/8 x 5 5/8 x 2 1/8in.), A COSWAY STYLE BINDING, dark blue crushed levant morocco, each cover with a double gilt fillet border around an inner border incorporating ornamental cornerpieces, upper cover set with AN OVAL PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF AN ACTRESS (80 x 62mm., 3 1/8 x 2 7/16in.), within an ornamental gilt border, lower cover with panel border; spine in six compartments with five raised bands, gilt lettered in two compartments, a repeated ornamental panel in the rest; board edges gilt dotted, turn-ins gilt, doublures and free endpages of dark blue watered silk, g.e., stamp-signed by the binders on upper turn-in, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 10 plates (9 of them portraits) additional to the 8 published illustrations--BAYNTUN (RIVIERE), binders. YOUNG, NORWOOD. The Life of Frederick the Great, London: Constable 1919, 8vo, 220 x 144 x 45mm. (8 5/8 x 5 11/16 x 1 3/4in.), A COSWAY STYLE BINDING, scarlet crushed levant morocco, covers with single gilt filler border, upper cover set with AN OVAL MINIATURE PAINTING OF A BATTLE SCENE, framed with a variety of weapons and emblems gilt; spine in six compartments with five raised bands, gilt-lettered in two compartments, a decorative panel in the rest, each bearing crown, eagle or fleur-de-lys; board edges gilt dotted, turn-ins gilt, doublures and free endpages of yellow watered silk, g.e., stamp-signed by the binders on upper turn-in, illustrated; each in folding cloth box. (duPont) (2)