Nichols Rare Books Collection
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- Leaves from the register of the Lady Abbess of Godstow -- The Dodder-Weed -- Theology; or, the point at issue --Good-bye! good-bye! -- A Legend of Runna Mead and Magna Charta -- Woman's faithfulness -- Norris and Anne Boleyn -- A day-dream -- The Costar'monger -- Ring-a-tingle-dingle-ingle-ing-in-'n; Rap! "Ba--ker!" -- The carpenter., by John Overs ; with a preface relative to the author, by Charles Dickens., Accompanied by one hand-written letter to author, written and initialed by Charles Dickens., Book and hand-written letter in case.
- The adventure of the empty house -- The adventure of the Norwood builder -- The adventure of the dancing men -- The adventure of the solitary cyclist -- The adventure of the priory school -- The adventure of Black Peter -- The adventure of Charles August Milverton -- The adventure of the six Napoleons -- The adventure of the three students -- The adventure of the golden pince-nez -- The adventure of the missing three-quarter -- The adventure of the Abbey Grange -- The adventure of the second stain., by A. Conan Doyle ; illustrated by Sidney Paget., Book in case.
- Gothic type., Includes John Lydgate's The siege of Thebes., Many errors in numbering of leaves., Edited by Tho. Speght., Title within architectural border. The Canterbury tales, The romavnt of the rose, and The story of Thebes compiled by John Lindgate, are each prededed by a half-title (title within portraits of English kings).
- Title vignette: Droeshout's portrait of Shakespeare., Colophon: Printed at London by Thomas Cotes, for John Smethwick, William Aspley, Richard Hawkins, Richard Meighen, and Robert Allot, 1632., Dedication, and preface "To the great variety of readers" signed: John Heminge, Henry Condell., The Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies are separately paged., Errors in pagination in pt.1, p 46, 58, 153, 194, 249-250, 265 misprinted respectively 64, 80, 151, 494 251-252, 273; in pt. 2, 47-48 omitted in numbering, p. 89-90 misprinted 91-92, p. 100 followed by an unnumbered leaf, which is followed by repeated numbering of 69-100, p. 194-95 (2nd group) misprinted 49 and 59, p. 209 misprinted 120; in pt. 3, 169-268 omitted in numbering, p. 96, 154, 286-287, 341-342, 351-352, 355, 389 misprinted respectively 67, 134, 186-187, 143-144, 151-152,335, 399.