Chapbooks. Duncombe (J., publisher), Brigand Tales [...], Lo...

Hammer

£550

Chapbooks. Duncombe (J., publisher), Brigand Tales [...], London: Printed & Published by J. Duncombe, n.d. [1840], ten tales each with their own title-page and hand-coloured folding frontispiece, contemporary red three-quarter roan over marbled boards, the spine dated 1840, uncut edges, 48mo, Dramatic Tales and Romances, volume VIII from The Miniature Library, London: J. Duncombe, c. 1825, general title-page, eight tales with their own divisional titles and hand-coloured folding frontispiece, contemporary green-quarter roan gilt, uncut edges, 48mo, [&] another issue of Brigand Tales, fourteen tales, thirteen frontispieces only, repaired at gutter, contemporary roan over boards, 48mo, (3).

Provenance: 1st: George Clinch (1860-1921), early 20th century pictorial bookplate to recto pastedown.