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Books THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 15 SEPTEMBER AT 11AM 194 Drinkwater, John. A History of the Late Siege of Gibraltar: With a Description and Account of That Garrison, From the Earliest Periods. Colles, White, Byrne, M’Kenzie, and Moore, Dublin, 1786, 8vo, 470pp, full tan calf gilt. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£180) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 194 195 Edgeworth, Maria. 1842 (October 27) Signed autograph letter. To Mr George thanking him“for your polite and kind letter and for sending to me a correctly printed copy of the letter of my own and my father about Waverely it was a joint letter of which I have no copy, indeed I never kept a copy of any letter I ever wrote except of letters of business” and adding “I think you have with much good humour addressed and vindicated “The Mac” from all foul and foolish aspersions” Edgeworthstown, one page, 12mo; together with a fragment of an autograph letter bearing a signature of Maria Edgeworth; also two engraved vignettes of Edgeworthstown. (4) Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 195 196 Egan, Pierce. Boxiana: Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism from the Days of the Renowned Broughton and Slack, To the Heroes of The Present Milling Era! G. Smeeton, London, 1812, 8vo, 484pp, engraved frontis and 21 engraved plates and portraits by George Cruikshank and others one folding plate. Estimate €120-€180 (approx £110-£160) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 196 197 Egan, Pierce. Real Life in London or the further adventures of Bob Tallyho esq and his cousin Tom Dashall through the Metropolis. Jones & Co, London, 1821. First edition, two volumes. 8vo. 34 hand- coloured engraved plates, designed and engraved by Messrs. Alken, Dighton, Brooke, Rowlandson, &c., quarter red hide gilt. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£180) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 197