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![Life and History of Betty Bolaine [Late of Canterbury] A Well Known Character for Parsimony and Vice Scarcely equalled in the Annals of Avarice and Depravity. Interspersed with Poetry.](https://www.rosiehodgebooks.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/IMG_4127-1024x1005.png)
Parsimony & Vice.
[BURGESS, Elizabeth (author)] Life and History of Betty Bolaine [Late of Canterbury] A Well Known Character for Parsimony and Vice Scarcely equalled in the Annals of Avarice and Depravity. Interspersed with Poetry. London Printed and Sold for the Author, by J. Saffery; also by Tipper and Richards, Leadenhall street; Lane, Newman, and Co. ditto and H.P. Symonds, Paternoster-row. 1805£850.00 -
Very early mention of Australia.
JOUY, E. (Victor-Joseph Étienne de) (1764-1846). Pierre-François GODARD (illustrator). Sixième Jeu de Cartes Géographiques. Nouvelle Édition Revue et Correctée. Lille and Paris Chez Vana[ck]ere and Chez H. Nicolle. 1806 [1810]£1,200.00 -
Signed, with Studio Portrait.
KINGSLEY, Charles (author). T.H. ROBINSON (illustrator). The Heroes; or Greek Fairy Tales For My Children. London J.M. Dent & Company. 1899 Signed£150.00 -
CARTER, Edmund, of Chelsea. The History of the University of Cambridge From Its Original To the Year 1753; In which a particular Account is given of each College and Hall, their respective Foundations, Founders, Benefactors, Bishops, Learned Writers, Masters, Livings, Curiosities, &c. Together with accurate Lists of all the Chancellors, Vice-Chancellors, Proctors, Taxers, Professors, Orators, Members of Parliament, &c. &c. London Printed for the Author, and sold by the Booksellers at Cambridge, Mr. Fletcher in the Turl and Oxford, and Mr. Davis and Mr. Woodyer in Fleet-Street. 1753
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WOOD, Lawson (author and illustrator). The Scot ‘Scotched’. London George Newnes Limited. [1927.] Signed
£95.00