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BORUWLASKI, (Joseph). Memoirs of the Celebrated Dwarf. Two printed and one manuscript copy, including: Memoirs. Kelso: James Ballantyne, 1801. 12mo. Contemporary half calf, morocco title label; front hinge reinforced. Toole Stott 15509 (?A very scarce edition?). ? Memoirs. Durham: Francis Humble & Co., 1820. Tall 8vo. Navy straight-grain morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, four raised bands, turn-ins tooled, satin endpapers, a.e.g. Engraved frontispiece (spotted). [Laid in]: manuscript list of subscribers agreeing to an annuity of fifty guineas to be paid to Count Boruwlaski (ca. 1805). ? manuscript copy of Memoirs, neatly copied in ink. Dark blue morocco, gilt-ruled and blind-tooled covers, title compartment, a.e.g. Tall, square 8vo. [With]: Count Boruwlaski. Silk ticket. 6 x 6 ??. Laid down on paper. Condition generally very good.