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[BINDINGS]. A group of 4 works, including: TOOKE, William. The Life of Catherine II, Empress of All the Russias. Philadelphia: H. Maxwell for William Fry, 1802. 2 volumes, 8vo. Engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved folding map in Volume I (some marginal staining and foxing to frontispiece, offsetting from map to text). Later half olive levant gilt, raised bands, gilt–lettering and tooling compartments, top edge gilt, stamp–signed by H. Zucker (spines sunned). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. –– PALTOCK, Robert. The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins. London: Reeves & Turner, 1884. 2 volumes, 8vo. Numerous plates and decorations. Half blue levant gilt, raised bands, gilt–lettering and centerpieces in compartments, top edges gilt, stamp–signed by Bayntun. Later edition. –– FRITH, William Powell. John Leech: His Life and Work. London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1891. 2 volumes, 8vo. Numerous plates and in–text illustrations. Half contemporary morocco gilt, marbled sides, raised bands gilt, gilt–lettering and tooling in compartments, top edges gilt, stamp–signed by Bartlett (joints rubbed, old sticker mounted to lower panels near spine). FIRST EDITION. –– ROSE, John Holland. The Life of Napoleon I… London: George Bell and Sons, 1907. 2 volumes, 8vo. Several folding facsimiles and maps. Contemporary half leather, supralibros gilt on upper covers of “Aedes Christi in Academia Oxoniensi” after Charles William Sherborn, raised bands, gilt–lettering in compartments, top edges gilt (some separation to upper joint in Volume II). –– Together, 4 works in 8 volumes, all finely bound, condition generally good to very good.