Grant (James) Vere of Ours, The Eighth or King's, 3 vol., author's presentation copy to his brother John, inscribed to head of title f., John Grant's bookplate to front pastedowns, a little faint foxing to peripheral ff., 1878 § [Brownlee (William Craig)] The Whigs of Scotland..., 2 vol., half-titles, New York, 1833 § Wrangham (Francis, editor) Fifty Select Poems of Marc-Antonio Flaminio..., lithographed plate and title vignette, "With the Editor's Respects" in ink manuscript to front free endpaper, [Sadleir 69] Chester, 1829 § [Gent (Thomas)] The Life of..., engraved frontispiece, ownership inscription of Samuel Drake to front free endpaper, also note "purchased at the Drake sale May 1876", pasted in syndicated image of Drake, ex libris of Frank L. Hadley, 1832, first two first editions, second foxing, first original cloth, second and third original boards, last contemporary half morocco, each rubbed or worn, second and third stained and marked, second superficial splitting, third boards detached, last upper board loose; and a large quantity of others, similar, v.s. (large qty.)
⁂ Third mentioned supposedly limited to fifty copies.
Samuel Drake (1798-1875) American bookdealer and author.
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