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### WITHDRAWN ### Bindings.- Browning (Robert) The Poetical works…, 2 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional foxing, contemporary vellum over board, t.e.g., spine gilt with floral motif and foliage, boards ruled in gilt, with floral decal in each corner, flowers and leaves heightened with hand colouring, colouring faded on spines, binding by Bumpus of Oxford St, Smith Elder & Co., 1902; Brock (C. E., Illustrator) The Vicar of Wakefield, our Village, Cranford, 25 chromolithograph plates, title and frontispiece, occasional light spotting, publishers vellum over board, t.e.g., spine and board elaborately gilt with repeated rosettes, boards slightly bowed, 8vo, J. M. Dent, 1904; Hardy (Thomas) The Complete Works…, 20 vol., including Far From the Madding Crowd, The Well-Beloved, Wessex Poems and Other Verses, The Return of the Native, A Laodicean, A Pair of Blue Eyes, Jude the Obscure, title boarded by red, contemporary blue calf, spine gilt, t.e.g., calligraphic T.H. blind stamped to centre top boards, 1925-1929; Wilde (Oscar) The Complete Works…, 15 vol., including The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Importance of Being Ernest, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Salomé, mixed edition, contemporary half green calf, H.B. gilt stamped in upper right corner, Methuen, 1910, all 8vo; and others of related interest (small quantity) *** Bumpus of Oxford St. was a London Department store known for its classically designed, generally undervalued, handsome bindings produced from 178- until the 20th century. Bumpus never produced a single binding, instead outsourcing to top binders, including Riviere & Son, Sangorski & Sutcliffe, etc… Provenance: Baxter family. ### WITHDRAWN ###