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This volume--called a jest book--was dedicated to Richard Brinsley Sheridan, founder of the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, London, and has a pencilled 3-name signature on the dedication page that clearly reads Richard, with the other two names too faded to decipher. Who knows? There are no other markings or labels. Good condition overall with rubbing on the embossed spine, edges and corners. Binding sound and pages firmly attached. At least one in-text graphic, plus a stylized rendering of Democritus on the title page, along with a notation that boarding schools and parents may safely give this jest book to amuse children "without danger of corrupting their morals , or contaminating the purity of their tender minds." Delightful copy!

This beautiful memoir has a 3/4 binding with marbled dark blue boards and gilt edges. Inside of both boards and flyleaves also beautifully marbled. It is a first edition with a tissue-guarded frontispiece. Minimal scuffing along the sides of the spine, edges and corners. Pages tight and clean. Illustrations by author's brother Charles Huard, who was the official painter to the Sixth Army in France--12 illustrations and a full-page pen-and-ink sketch of a French soldier opposite the frontispiece. Bookplate inside the front cover reads "Edmund Lincoln Baylies" (1857-1932), who was a NY lawyer and member of NY high society during the Gilded Age. A very good copy and fine addition to any library.

This volume has a full red calf binding with gilt lettering and five raised bands on the spine. The end papers and page edges are beautifully marbled. Rubbing to several edges and the top of the spine. Some cracking and slight rubbing to the edges of the spine. Some page foxing. Steel engraving of Wordsworth by G.J. Stodart. Binding is tight. The owner's inscription in ink (John Remington Wilson) (1847-1904). Penciled note on page 281, along with a string marker. No other markings noted, but two fluffy feathers tipped in. A good, handsome copy.