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	1 	(2 FORE-EDGE PAINTINGS) THE DRAMATIC WORKS OF ROBERT GREENE, TO WHICH ARE ADDED HIS POEMS. WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR, AND NOTES [CT IN TWO VOLUMES] Greene, Robert. 
London William Pickering 1831 First Edition Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket 
8vo, contemp gilt-paneled speckled calf, spines gilt, morocco spine labels; joints & extremities rubbed. Edited by Alexander Dyce. Internally crisp & clean. With fore-edge paintings of walled (English) city & Medieval ruins overlooking the sea. Complete in two volumes, each with a fore-edge painting. ; 0 35506 
Price: 841.30 USD 
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	2 	From The Poetical Works Of Robert Montgomery With Stunning Fore-edge Painting Robert Montgomery 
London W Mason and Son 1836 Presumed 1st Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket 
POETRY; Decorative Binding; Fore Edge Painting; We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; fore edge; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 324 pages; SELECTION FROM THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT MONTGOMERY with stunning fore edge painting. With introductory remarks and an appendix containing extracts from satires, notes, etc. All edges gilt. Bound in deluxe full grained black leather with decorative gilt spine. Fore edge painting vividly depicts a river scene which appears to be Oxford England in the early 19th century. Sewn in silk marker ribbon. ; 0 25133 
Price: 517.00 USD 
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	3 	Poetical Works Of James Thomson, James Beattie, Gilbert West, And John Bampfylde [ Fore Edge Painting] James Thomson, James Beattie, Gilbert West, and John Bampfylde 
London Routledge 1855 Hardcover Near Fine with no dust jacket 
Color fore-edge; Beautiful volume bound in brown morrocco leather with elegant gilt geometric design and embellishments. Leater turns in decorated with gilt dentelles. Painting appears to be contemporaneous with the publication of the book in the 1800's. Engraved title. Closed fore-edge is gilt and spread fore-edge is a painting. Contents and binding firm. Painting is intact. Provenance-A one owner life time collection. Bookseller's tiny stamp of 'Richards, Stationer of Lewe'. 6.5" x 4.5" Provenance- from the life time collection of a book collector. ; 0 37460 
Price: 376.00 USD 
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	4 	Poetical Works Of Thomas Campbell [fore-edge Painting Of Commanche Attack 1849] Thomas Campbell 
Edinburgh Oliver and Boydd 1837 Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket 
Color fore-edge; Beautiful volume bound in black morrocco leather with elegant gilt and red colored embellishments. Painting appears to be contemporaneous with the publication of the book in 1837. Engraved title. Closed fore-edge is gilt and spread fore-edge is a painting. Contents and binding clean and firm with minor beding to a few cornes. Painting is intact and is an Emigrant train attacked by Commanches 1849. Provenance-A one owner life time collection 5 5/8" x 3 5/8. Most unusual as almost all fore-edge examples found are associated with the British Isles. Linen hinges. A quality effort. ; 0 37461 
Price: 705.00 USD 
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	5 	The Works Of Alfred Lord Tennyson Poet Laureate [fore-edge Paintings Of Louth] Tennyson, Alfred Lord 
London MacMillan 1894 Hardcover Good with no dust jacket 
Color fore-edge; Dark blue morrocco leather with gilt appoinments and inter lined dentelles. Covers detached. 7.5" x 5.25". The painting is of "Louth, Lincolnshire" (? ) and appears to be contemporaneous with the publication of the book in 1894. Closed fore-edge is gilt and spread fore-edge is a painting. Contents and binding firm. Painting is intact. Provenance-A one owner life time collection; 0 37459 
Price: 258.50 USD 
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