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	1 POPE. ALEXANDER.; . AN ESSAY ON MAN. Enlarged and Improved by the Author. Together with his MS. Additions and Variations as in the Last Edition of his Works. With the Notes of William, Lord Bishop of Gloucester. W. Strahan and T. Cadell. London.,1774  8vo. (7.1 x 4.2 inches). Engraved Frontis, designed by Pope, and portrait of the Author on the title page. xvi,124pp. A very good copy with contemporary previous owners name written neatly at bottom of last text page. Bookplate, designed by Rex Whistler in 1931, of later owner on front paste down endpaper. Attractive early binding of full brown calf. Spine with raised bands. Compartments fully decorated and ruled in gilt. Red title label, gilt.Single gilt ruled border on boards. Front hinge cracked but still holding firm. Some loss to the top and bottom of spine, revealing the headbands. Overall a near to very good copy with an interesting bookplate.:  Price: 145.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	2 POPE.ALEXANDER.; . THE RAPE OF THE LOCK. An heroi-comical poem.In five canto's. Bernard Lintott.London.,1714  FIRST COMPLETE EDITION.8vo.(7.4 x 4.4 inches).Illustrated with Frontis and five full page plates by Du Guernier,after Du Bose.Title page printed in red and black.A coule of leaves with small light marks but overall a very good copy in contemporary mottled sheep.Rebacked to style.Red label,gilt.Spine decorated in gilt.Leather bookplate of Peter Murray Hill on front paste down.First Edition of The Rape of the Lock in its full form and as a separate piece; the masterpiece of Pope's earlier period, his authorship acknowledged for the first time on the title.A two-canto earlier version had been anonymously printed in Bernard Lintot's Miscellany,1712.-----Griffith 29.Ashley IV, p.8.Rothschild 1570.:  Price: 3850.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	3 POPE.ALEXANDER.; . THE WORKS. C.Bathurst,W.Strahan,J and F.Rivington......London.,1770  NINE VOLUMES.8vo.Illustrated with 24 copper engravings.Very good bright set bound in contemporary full tan calf,spines ruled in gilt.Each volume with red morocco title lebel,decorated and lettered in gilt.Some rubbing to most volumes and a few hinges cracked but all still holding firm.Overall an attractive set of eighteenth century bindings.Previous owners bookplate on front paste downs.:  Price: 550.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart