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[Alcott, Louisa May] MRS. BURNETT'S NOVELS... LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY... New York: Charles Scribner's Sons [1889] Single leaf folded to 4pp., on pink paper. This advertising leaflet contains a very rare example of a Louisa May Alcott blurb being used to promote another author's works. Ten of Frances Hodgson Burnett's works are described, all with extracts from various reviews. Under the listing for LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY appears Louisa May Alcott's seven-line endorsement. Unrecorded.

[MINIATURE] [Allestree, Richard] Stacy, Edmund. THE WHOLE DUTY OF MAN EPITOMIZ'D FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE POOR. [London: John Laurence, 1700] 24mo., 3 9/16 x 2 3/8 inches. First edition. Contemporary plain calf. Leaves A1-2 lacking (title and first leaf of dedication); otherwise complete. Front and rear free end papers excised, some aging and browning, but a tight copy in the well-preserved original binding. This devotional work, a collection of plain-spoken strict injunctions for daily life based on the Bible, was first published in 1658 and became immensely popular through the end of the 18th century and was widely translated,… Read More