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	1 MILTON.JOHN.; . PARADISE LOST.A poem in twelve books.+ PARADISE REGAINED.A poem in four books. To which is added samson Agonistes:and Poems upon several occasions.From the text of Thomas Newton,D.D. John Baskerville,Birmingham,for J and R.Tonson in London.,1758  FIRST BASKERVILLE EDITION.Two large 8vo volumes.Some staining to bottom outer margin on first few pages of Paradise Regained.Small library mark on both title pages.Bound without half titles in stunning eigtheenth century full red morocco bindings.Spines with five raised bands,double ruled in gilt.Compartments double ruled and decorated with assorted floral stamps in gilt.Green labels,gilt.Both spines uniformly faded to a nice mellow brown.Boards with triple line mitre and circular corner pieces.Board edges double ruled and decorated with lattice designs.Leaf and lattice design on inner dentelles.All edges gilt.Marbled endpapers.Early bookplates of Biblioteque de Lancut and twentieth century bookplates of the famous bibliophile and associate of John Carter,Graham Pollard.Pollard and Carter famously exposed the literary forgeries of T.J.Wise.A superb early bound set of this beautifully printed edition.:  Price: 1500.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	2 MILTON.JOHN.; . THE POETICAL WORKS. In Three volumes. William Pickering.London.,circa 1839  THREE VOLUMES.8vo.Portrait frontis in volume one.Printed by Charles Whittingham,London.Attractively bound in contemporary half black calf with gilt ruling,decoration and lettering to spnes.Marbled paper on boards.Some foxing to blank endpapers and minor chipping to top of spine on volume one but overall a very good set.:  Price: 180.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	3 MILTON.JOHN.; . THE POETICAL WORKS. With notes of various authors;and with some account of the life and writings of Milton,by The Rev.Henry Todd.--Fourth Edition. Rivingtons;Longman and co.;T.Cadell....London.,1842  Four volumes.Engraved portrait frontis in volume one.A very good set in fine early bindings of full dark blue morocco,raised bands,spines lettered and decorated in gilt.Double ruled gilt border on boards with floral corner decorations.All boards with gilt strpies to edges.Inner boards with gilt decoration and marbled endpapers.All edges gilt.Gilt stamp on blank endpapers,possibly of bookseller-White.24 Pall Mall-and previous owners name bookplate on front pastedown endpapers.SWome minor rubing to edges but overall a very good,decorative set.:  Price: 600.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart