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THE CONFESSIONS OF J. LACKINGTON. J. Lackington, James Lackington
"I am glad you have friends who will lend you plenty of books."

THE CONFESSIONS OF J. LACKINGTON

By James Lackington
1806

Scarce American edition of the bookseller's Confessions, with one of the earliest Brooklyn imprints.

Price: $250.00

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HOME LIFE ON AN OSTRICH FARM. Annie Martin
"A wounded leopard is a very dangerous customer."

HOME LIFE ON AN OSTRICH FARM

By Annie Martin
1891

Uncommon account of the life of a South African ostrich farmer near the turn of the twentieth century.

Price: $100.00

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THE CLEVEREST WOMAN IN ENGLAND. L. T. Meade
"He disapproves of every single thing that I love best in the world, but I am to be his wife"

THE CLEVEREST WOMAN IN ENGLAND

By L.T. Meade [Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith]
[circa 1905]

Spectacular late-Victorian anti-marriage feminist fantasia, loosely based on the life of historical reformer Emily Massingberd, in beautiful pictorial cloth.

Price: $200.00

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EVERY MAN HIS OWN DETECTIVE! R. Reid
British India Detective Handbook Published The Same Year As Sherlock Holmes's Debut

EVERY MAN HIS OWN DETECTIVE!

By R. Reid
1887

Rare Victorian guide to the principles of detection, as practiced in British-administrated India by an investigator of the Calcutta Police Detective Department.

Price: $2,500.00

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