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Ainsworth, William Harrison

St. James's, or The Court of Queen Anne. An Historical Romance.

London [by T. C. Savill for] John Mortimer; Parry, Blenkarn and Co 1844 First Edition Nine engravedplates by George Cruikshank. 3 volumes. 8vo. [193 x 118 x 67 mm]. viii, 299 pp; iv, 295 pp; iv, 383 pp. Bound c.1900 by L. Broca (signed on the front endleaves) in half red goatskin, marbled paper sides, the spines divided into six panels with gilt compartments, lettered in the second and third and dated at the foot, the other panels with a rose and leaves on a dotted background, marbled endleaves, gilt edges. A fine copy in a very handsome binding by L. Broca. Circular leather bookplate of Alexander Lawson Duncan of Jordanstone House, Perthshire.

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