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Milton, J. The Early Poems, [1896], one of 310 copies, wood-engraved frontispiece by Ricketts, [Ransom Vale 1], bookplate of Ann Saddlemyer, spotting to covers--Landor, W.S. Epicurus, Leontion and Ternissa, [1896], one of 210 copies, wood-engraved border by Ricketts, [Ransom Vale 2], bookplate of William S. Argent--Suckling, J. Poems, 1896, [one of 310 copies], wood-engraved border by Ricketts, later brown morocco, original covers and spine preserved at rear, [Ransom Vale 3], upper cover detached, bookplate--Drayton, M. Nymphida and the Muses Elizium, 1896, [one of 210 copies], wood-engraved frontispiece and border by Ricketts, order form loosely inserted, [Ransom Vale 6]--Campion, T. Fifty Songs, 1896, [one of 210 copies], wood-engraved border by Ricketts, [Ransom Vale 7], bookplate--Vaughan, H. Sacred Poems, 1897, one of 210 copies, wood-engraved frontispiece and border by Ricketts, order form loosely inserted, [Ransom Vale 11]--Constable, H. The Poems and Sonnets, 1897, one of 210 copies, wood-engraved border by Ricketts, [Ransom Vale 12]--Chatterton, T. The Rowley Poems, 1898, 2 vol., one of 210 copies on paper, wood-engraved border by Ricketts, [Ransom Vale 17], old description laid-down to front free endpaper--Browne, T. Religio Medici… 1902, one of 310 copies on paper, wood-engraved border by Keats after Ricketts, [Ransom Vale 35]; all 8vo or 4to, original bindings unless otherwise noted, many in collector’s boxes, some browning, occasional spotting (11)

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