DUELLING - The Art of Duelling, by a Traveller, London, 1836, 8vo, attractively bound in later green crushed morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION. The author is unknown. RARE. With another related book in 2 vols. (3)

DUELLING - The Art of Duelling, by a Traveller. Containing Much Information Useful to Young Continental Tourists. London: Joseph Thomas ... F. C. Westley ... R Willoughby, 1836. 8vo (185 x 105mm). 2-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end (puncture marks at inner margins not touching letters, small patch of spotting to E1 not touching letters). Attractively bound in later green crushed morocco with a pair of crossed duelling swords stamped in gilt on the upper cover, the spine lettered in gilt. Provenance: old cropped inscription or shelf mark at the upper edge of the title. FIRST EDITION. The author is unknown. RARE. With J. G. Millingen's The History of Duelling: including Narratives of the Most Remarkable Personal Encounters That Have Taken Place from the Earliest Period to the Present Time (London, Richard Bentley, 1841, 2 volumes, 8vo, original publisher's linen-backed paper boards, the spines with printed lettering pieces, one spine torn across without loss). FIRST EDITION. Provenance: From the Collection of Wilfrid Ward; unidentified armorial label to the second work. (3)