The history of Pompey the Little: or, the life and adventures of a lap-dog. The second edition

by Francis Coventry

$225 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

London: M. Cooper, 1751. 12mo, pp. viii, 272; engraved frontispiece; early nineteenth century full calf, black morocco label on gilt-decorated spine; joints cracked, else good or better. On the frontispiece Pompey's name has been struck through with a single dash of the pen, and the name Fidelle has been written in underneath. Who has ever heard of Francis Coventry not even noticed in the 3000-page Longman Anthology of English Literature, and who gets a mere

• Binding: Leather

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