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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 	Anne Of Geierstein [fine Binding, Fore-edge Painting 1853] Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) 
London Adam & Charles Black 1853 Hardcover Very Good+ with no dust jacket 
Color fore-edge; 522 pages; Beautiful volume bound in Victorian full brown and gilt calf leather with gilt printing on spine, gilt lined boards and inner gilt dentelles. This is vol XXIII only of a set. Painting appears to be contemporaneous with the publication of the book in about 1890. Engraved double frontis. Closed fore-edge is gilt and spread fore-edge is a painting of Abbotsford. And a portrait of Scott. Contents and binding clean and firm light spotting to end papers. Painting is intact. Provenance-A one owner life time collection. Marbled end papers. [8.75" x 5.5"]; 0 37465 
Price: 282.00 USD 
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	3 	De Imitatione Christi Libri Quatuor [fore-edge Painting 1827] Thomae A Kempis 
Londini Gulielmo Pickering 1827 Hardcover Fair with no dust jacket 
Color fore-edge; Red morocco and gilt leather, covers detached but present with spine cover lacking. Edges gilt. Painting appears to be contemporaneous with the publication of the book in 1827. Printed title page. When closed fore-edge is gilt and when spread the other it is a view of Rome and what is probably an zqueduct. Contents and binding clean with some minor dog-earing to eps. Painting intact . Provenance- A one owner life time collection. A fore-edge painting. [5.5" x 3.25"] ; 0 37463 
Price: 117.50 USD 
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	4 	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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	5 	Leonidas A Poem [12 Books In 2 Vols] Two Fore-edge Paintings 1798 Richard Glover 
London T. Bensley for F. J. Du Roveray Et Al 1798 Sixth Edition Hardcover Good with no dust jacket 
B&W Illustrations; Unsophisticated contemporary crimson morocco leather lined in gilt with surface rubbing. Inner gilt dentelles. Edges rubbed. Engraved full page plates. Vol I with two gratuitous pieces of tape on front. Vol I xxx + 187 includes books I-VI. Vol II 189pp, includes books VII-XII. Both volumes have contemporary fore-edge paintings- Vol I of Strawberry Hill along with the impression of a leaf from the Plane tree of Tisno Garden from Mr Hill and Vol II of Walton Bridge, Walton on Thames. Housed in a mismatched later slipcase. Full page engraved plates. Provenance-A one owner life time collection; 0 37458 
Price: 564.00 USD 
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	6 	Les Fleurs Du Mal [fine Binding With Painted Fore Edge] Color Plates 1935 Baudelaire Charles 
Paris Grund 1935 Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket 
Color Illustrations; 267 pages; 267 page soft cover bound in fine leather binding gilt appointed green calf.. Additionally there are 8 blank pages front and 7 blank pages back. Brief blurb taped to one blank. Cover turning the customary brown as it ages. Very striking color images of exotic women throughout. Although the fore-edge is quite beautiful it is not what we think of as a fore-edge painting as it shows it's appropriately painted picture when the book is closed. Contents sound and clean but with mellow aging. Gilt inner dentelles. Moire green end papers faded partly to brown. ; 0 37466 
Price: 188.00 USD 
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	7 	Poems Of Willliam Cowper Double Fore-edge Painting 1848 Fine Leather Willliam Cowper; Preface Rev T S Grimshaw, A M 
London William Tegg 1848 Hardcover Very Good with no dust jacket 
Color fore-edge; Poems Of Willliam Cowper a New Edition. Beautiful volume bound in black morrocco leather with elegant gilt embellishments. The front cover with a coat of arms titled "Tuum Est". Edges gilt. Paintings appear to be contemporaneous with the publication of the book in 1848. Engraved half title. Printed title page also. Line protrait of Cowper. When closed fore-edge is gilt and when spread one way it is London and when spread the other way it is probably Rome but possibly Greece. Contents and binding clean and firm. Paintings are intact . Provenance-A one owner life time collection. A double fore-edge painting. ; 0 37462 
Price: 564.00 USD 
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	8 	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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	9 	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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	10 	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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