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The Shaving of Shagpat. An Arabian Entertainment. London: Chapman and Hall, 1856. 8vo. Half title. Original carmine cloth blindstamped and gilt lettered, primrose endpapers. Light foxing, chip to spine, spine ends restored, light soiling. Provenance: A. Jeffreys (ownership inscription). FIRST EDITION, Buxton Forman's primary binding, an example of which Carter had not seen. Buxton Forman 2; Carter, Binding Variants pp 136-37; Sadleir 1703. The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. 3 volumes. 8vo. Original chocolate-colored cloth blindstamped and gilt lettered, primrose endpapers. Custom chemises and morocco-backed slipcase. Light uneven browning to prelims and final blanks, tear to f.f.e.p. vol 3, light shelfwear to boards, tiny spot to upper cover of vol 2, overall a sharp copy. Provenance: W.H. Smith & Son (bookseller's blindstamp); Viscount Birkenhead (bookplates). FIRST EDITION. Binding identical to Carter's "B" but for slight variation to lettering. Buxton Forman 5; Carter, Binding Variants pp 138-139.