The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes Pt. IV
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Lot 191
[CHAPBOOKS]. Group of 3. Including: GIMCRACKIANA, Godfrey (...
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[CHAPBOOKS]. Group of 3. Including: GIMCRACKIANA, Godfrey (pseudo). The Comical Budget of Fun and Frolic. Derby: Thomas Richardson, ca. 1840s. Two copies, green and salmon wrappers. Folding hand-colored frontispieces. ? Billy Best's Visit to the Fair. London: Bishop & Co., ca. 1840s. With a verse referring to Ramo Samee (d. 1850): ?The next thing you'd see/was Ramo Samee,/The Conjuror, swallow a sword." Hand-colored cover, small wood-engraved illustrations. All three held in a morocco-backed slipcase, cloth chemise (8 ? x 5 ?").
