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11 Books: Ainsworth, French literature, others.

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11 Books: Ainsworth, French literature, others.

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[Literature/French & Other Authors]. 11 Titles. 12mo/8vo. Differing half leather and marbled board. L'Ane D'Or's front cover insecure, otherwise good to near fine. Condition variation must be expected within large group lots. ++ Apulee. L’ANE D’OR. Paris: P. Arnould, (nd). ++ AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND LECTURES OF LOLA MONTEZ (Countess of Landsfeld). Lon: James Blackwood, (nd). ++ Moliere. PLAYS. NY: Mayfair Edition, (nd). Full leather and marbled board by Maurin, gilt spine decorations, 2 raised bands. Near fine. ++ Abbe Prevost. MANON LESCAUT. Lon: Joseph Thomas, 1841. Illustrations by Tony Johannot throughout (some India proofs, other text illustrations). ++ Alain Rene Le Sage. ASMODEUS, The Devil on Two Sticks.... Illustrated by Tony Johannot. Lon: Willoughby and Co., 1840. ++ W. Harrison Ainsworth. DICK TURPIN, The Highwayman, Or Rookwood: A Romance. Phila: Lea and Blanchard, 1844. Considerable toning and foxing at front of volume. ++ Frank E. Smedley. FRANK FAIRLEGH. Lon: George Routledge and Sons, (nd). ++ Thomas Mann. BUDDENBROOKS. (1940). ++ Dr. [George] Doran. TABLE TRAITS… Lon: Richard Bentley, 1859. ++ THE BOOK OF THE PRINCE OF WALES, Heirs to the Crown of England. By Dr. Doran, F. S.A… 1860. ++ Doran. “THEIR MAJESTIES’ SERVANTS,” Or Annals of the Englsih Stage… 1865.

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11 Books: Ainsworth, French literature, others.

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