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[COVENTRY, WILLIAM FRANCIS WALTER.] The History of Pompey the Little; or, The Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Pompey. xii, [6], 291 pages. 12mo, contemporary sheep, rebacked, top of spine chipped, stain in bottom compartment, cover corners worn through; contents clean. 19th-century armorial bookplate of Baron Kinnaird. London: J. Dodsley, 1773
Fifth London edition of a popular canine novel first published in 1751. "Following the fortunes of a lap-dog through various situations, it records the follies of London society so vividly that some fashionable readers recognized the originals of its satiric portraits" (ODNB).
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