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[WOMAN'S SECRET]. A woman's secret; or, how to make home happy. With an Appendix containing recipes for preparing economical and nutritious food. London. Griffith and Farran, 1860. Ninth thousand. 12mo. 66pp, [2]. With an engraved frontispiece and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's printed salmon wrappers. Rubbed, surface loss to lower wrapper, a trifle creased and dust-soiled, chipping to spine. More > £ 150.00 Antiquates Ref. 24127

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[WOOD ENGRAVING]. [Running-title:] Modern wood engraving. [London]. [Henry Hooper, [1838]. 8vo. [1], 266-278pp, [2]. With 30 plates of wood-engravings. Bound by Clyde of London in near contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Joints rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Armorial bookplate of Lawrence Richardson Baily to FEP. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 25791

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WRIGHT, Thomas. A history of caricature & grotesque In Literature and Art. London. Virtue Brothers & Co., 1865. First edition. Quarto. xvi, 494pp. Title in red and black. Handsomely bound by Holloway (stamp-signed on front turn-in) in contemporary richly gilt-tooled red morocco, A.E.G. Spine a trifle dulled. Armorial bookplate of Dudley Coutts Marjoribanks, first Baron Tweedmouth (1820-1894) to FEP. More > £ 500.00 Antiquates Ref. 24077