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Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Theatres of London:. Edward Wedlake BRAYLEY, Daniel HAVELL.
BRAYLEY, Edward Wedlake; HAVELL, Daniel

Historical and Descriptive Accounts of...

London: Printed for J. Taylor, 1826, 1826. London’s Principal Theatres during the Georgian Era as shown in Fourteen Fine Hand Colored Aquatint Plates BRAYLEY, Edward Wedlake. HAVELL, Daniel (illustrator). Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Theatres of London: Illustrated with a view of each theatre, elegantly coloured, drawn and engraved.....

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Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis S. Pii V. Pontificis Maximi. VENETIAN BINDING, BOOK OF HOURS.
VENETIAN BINDING; BOOK OF HOURS

Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis S....

Venice: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1754. A Fine Eighteenth Century Italian Book of Hours in its Original Red Morocco Binding With Hand-Painted Gauffered Edges [VENETIAN BINDING]. [BOOK OF HOURS]. Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis S. Pii V. Pontificis Maximi. Venetiis [Venice]: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1754. Octavo (7 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches;.....

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Scandinavian Sketches, or a Tour in Norway…. William Henry BRETON.
BRETON, William Henry

Scandinavian Sketches, or a Tour...

London: J. Bohn, 1835. With Eighteen Plates of Scandinavia of which Five are Hand Colored BRETON, William Henry. Scandinavian Sketches, or a Tour in Norway… London: J. Bohn, [1835]. First edition. Octavo (8 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 213 x 133mm.). [viii], [1]-354 pp. Lithographed frontispiece, vignette title and 16.....

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Scapegoat, The. Daphne DU MAURIER.
DU MAURIER, Daphne

Scapegoat, The

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1957. Inscribed “in all sincerity” - Daphne du Maurier to Ingle Barr A Fine Association Copy of The Scapegoat, With a Signed Photograph DU MAURIER, Daphne. The Scapegoat. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1957. First edition, warmly inscribed by Daphne du Maurier to Ingle Barr (1908–1974), the.....

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Fores's Hunting Sketches:. Henry ALKEN.
ALKEN, Henry

Fores's Hunting Sketches:

London: Messrs. Fores, [1859]. "A Fine Set of these Beautiful Plates Illustrating Correct and Incorrect Horsemanship in Riding to Hounds" (Dixon) ALKEN, Henry, artist. [Fores's Hunting Sketches: the Right and Wrong Sort, or a Good and Bad Way of Going Across Country]. Messrs. Fores, 1859. First edition. Oblong folio (15.....

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A fine album of thirty-three superb hand colored lithograph plates, heightened with gum arabic. Paul GAVARNI, Guillaume.
GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume...

A fine album of thirty-three...

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1837. An Amazing Collection of Thirty-Three Superb Hand Colored Lithographs By the Best French Caricaturists - From Some of their best Series GAVARNI, Paul. [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. DAUMIER, Honoré. VERNIER, Charles. TRAVIES, Charles Joseph. A fine album of thirty-three superb hand colored lithograph plates, heightened.....

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Leipziger National Trachten. Johann Salomo RICHTER.
RICHTER, Johann Salomo

Leipziger National Trachten

Leipzig: Johann Baptist Klein, 1790. Exceptionally Rare Complete with Forty-Eight Hand Colored Engravings Depicting the Street Vendors of Leipzig in the Late Eighteenth Century RICHTER, Johann Salomo. Leipziger National Trachten. Leipzig: [Johann Baptist Klein, 1790-1791]. First edition Complete. Octavo (7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 187 x 124 mm.). Forty-eight.....

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Un An de la Vie d'un Jeune homme. Victor ADAM.
ADAM, Victor

Un An de la Vie...

Paris: Sazerac et Duval, Engelmann, Langlumè & Brossier, 1824. First Edition of the Illustrator's First Book With Seventeen Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates ADAM, Victor. Un An de la Vie d un Jeune Homme. Histoire véritable en 17 Chapitres. Escrits par lui-même et Lithographiés par Victor Adam. Paris: Sazerac et Duval, Engelmann.....

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British Proverbs. Henry ALKEN.
ALKEN, Henry

British Proverbs

London: E. & C. Mc.Lean, 1824. "It's Not How Long - But How Well We Live" ALKEN, Henry. British Proverbs. London: E. & C. Mc.Lean, 1824. First edition. Oblong quarto (10/1/4 x 13 3/4 inches; 261 x 350 mm.). Six amusing hand-colored soft-ground etchings, five with five and one with.....

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Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, The. Edmund SPENSER.
SPENSER, Edmund

Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser...

London: Scott, Webster, and Geary, 1842. A Handsome Pall Mall Prize Binding: Spenser in Full Green Morocco with Institutional Supralibros and Country-House Provenance SPENSER, Edmund. The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser. In five volumes. A new edition; with introductory and glossarial notes: to which is prefixed, the account of the.....

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Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Lewis CARROLL, Charles Lutwidge DODGSON.
CARROLL, Lewis; DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge

Alice's Adventures Under Ground

London: Macmillan and Co., 1886. The Original Alice: Carroll’s Manuscript Facsimile in First Edition CARROLL, Lewis [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]. Alice’s Adventures Under Ground. Being a Facsimile of the Original MS. Book afterwards developed into “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” With Thirty-Seven Illustrations by the Author. London: Macmillan and Co., 1886. First.....

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Aventures d'Alice au Pays des Merveilles. Lewis CARROLL, Charles Lutwidge DODGSON.
CARROLL, Lewis.; DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge...

Aventures d'Alice au Pays des...

Londres: Macmillan and Co., 1869. “Alice” en Français - One of the Great Early Translations of a Literary Classic The 1869 First French Edition, Exceptionally Preserved in Original Cloth CARROLL, Lewis [Lewis Carroll]. Aventures d’Alice au Pays des Merveilles. Traduit de l’Anglais par Henri Bué. Illustré de 42 vignettes par.....

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Le Peau de Chagrin. Études Sociales. René KIEFFER, binder, Honoré BALZAC.
KIEFFER, René, binder; BALZAC, Honoré...

Le Peau de Chagrin. Études...

Paris: H. Delloye [&] Victor Lecou, Éditeurs, 1838. An Incredible Early Twentieth Century 'Portrait' Binding by René Kieffer Specially Bound for Gérard de Berny in Memory of his Father Gabriel de Berny First Illustrated Edition with an additional set of Proof Illustrations on 'Large Thick Paper' BALZAC, Honoré de. KIEFFER.....

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Nah und Fern [Near and Far. Lothar MEGGENDORFER.
MEGGENDORFER, Lothar

Nah und Fern [Near and...

Munich: Verlag von Braun & Schneider, 1887. Scarce Meggendorfer In Excellent Condition [MOVABLE BOOK]. MEGGENDORFER, Lothar. Nah Und Fern. Ein Tierbilderbuch zum Ziehen von L. Meggendorfer. [Near and Far. An Animal Picture Book for Drawing]. München: Verlag von Braun & Schneider, n.d. [1887]. First edition, followed by an English edition.....

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Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, The. Beatrix POTTER.
POTTER, Beatrix

Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, The

London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin In the Publisher's Deluxe Binding 'Flowered Lavender Chintz' POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. First edition, third printing, with “1903” and the words “Author of ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’ on the.....

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French Costume. Robert HAVELL.
HAVELL, Robert

French Costume

London: Rodwell & Martin, 1824. Twenty-Four Fine and Delicate Hand Colored Plates of the Costume of Northern France HAVELL, Robert Jr., illustrator. French Costume. London: Rodwell & Martin, 1824. First edition. Small square octavo (5 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches; 146 x 118 mm.). Twenty-four delicate hand-colored engraved plates. Plates.....

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Virginians, The. William Makepeace THACKERAY.
THACKERAY, William Makepeace

Virginians, The

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857. The Borowitz Copy, in the Original Parts and with an Autograph Letter Signed by Thackeray THACKERAY, W[illiam] M[akepeace]. The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood by the Author. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1858-1859 [i.e., November 1857-October 1859]. First.....

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Microcosm of London; or, London in Miniature, The. Rudolph ACKERMANN, William COMBE, PUGIN.
ACKERMANN, Rudolph; COMBE, William; PUGIN...

Microcosm of London; or, London...

London: R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1808. With Eight of Abbey's Twelve Key Plates in Their First "Luminous" State A Wonderful Example with 'Pre-Publication' Watermarks Throughout Bound in Early Twentieth Century Three-Quarter Red Straight-Grain Morocco [ACKERMANN, R[udolph]. The Microcosm of London; or, London in Miniature]. London: R. Ackermann’s Repository of.....

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Harry Potter Series, The. J. K ROWLING.
ROWLING, J.K.

Harry Potter Series, The

London: Bloomsbury, 1999-2007. The Complete Deluxe Set In Very Fine Condition ROWLING, J.K. The Harry Potter Series: The Sorcerer's Stone; The Chamber of Secrets; The Prisoner of Azkaban; The Goblet of Fire; The Order of the Phoenix; The Half-Blood Prince; and The Deathly Hallows. London: Bloomsbury, 1999–2007. First U.K. Deluxe.....

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Poetical Magazine. Thomas ROWLANDSON.
ROWLANDSON, Thomas

Poetical Magazine;

London: Pub.…at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1809. Fifty Hand Colored Aquatint Plates by Thomas Rowlandson The First Appearance of 'Doctor Syntax' [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. Poetical Magazine; Dedicated to the Lovers of the Muse, by the Agent of the Goddess, R. Ackermann. [London]: Pub.…at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, [1809-1811].....

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Boilly's Humorous Designs. Louis-Léopold BOILLY.
BOILLY, Louis-Léopold

Boilly's Humorous Designs

London: E. & C. M'Lean, 1823 & D. Alexander, 1823. Scarce First British Appearance of Boilly's Grimaces Eleven Superb Hand Colored Lithographs BOILLY, Louis-Léopold. Boilly's Humorous Designs. London: E. & C. M'Lean, 1823 & D. Alexander, 1824. A fine collection from the first UK publication of Boilly's initial plates from.....

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Ideas, Accidental and Incidental To Hunting and Other Sports. Henry ALKEN.
ALKEN, Henry

Ideas, Accidental and Incidental To...

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1826-30. First Edition, Early Issue The Mishaps of a Maladroit Equestrian On The Hunt And Coaches Out of Control "Have You Any Idea Which Way The Hounds Went? ALKEN, Henry. Ideas, Accidental and Incidental To Hunting and Other Sports.; Caught in Leicestershire, &c. London: Thomas M'Lean, n.d......

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Joe Lisle's Play Upon Words. Joseph LISLE.
LISLE, Joseph

Joe Lisle's Play Upon Words

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1828. A Delightful Gallimaufry of Visual Wordplay, Corniness, and Puns in Caricature Forty Hand Colored Aquatint Plates LISLE, Joseph. Joe Lisle's Play Upon Words. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1828. First edition. Small oblong quarto (6 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches; 169 x 268 mm.). Letterpress title-page. Forty hand.....

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Paméla. Samuel RICHARDSON.
RICHARDSON, Samuel

Paméla;

Londres [Paris]: Chez Jean Osborne [Didot], 1742. “Virtue Rewarded - and Fully Told: The First Complete French Paméla” [RICHARDSON, Samuel]. Paméla, ou la vertu recompensée. Traduit de l'anglais. Londres [Paris]: Chez Jean Osborne [Didot], 1742. First complete edition, first printing in French of Richardson's classic epistolary novel integrating his sequel.....

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Manuscript anthology of English poetry. MANUSCRIPT POETRY ANTHOLOGY.
MANUSCRIPT POETRY ANTHOLOGY

Manuscript anthology of English poetry

England: , 1830. A Handsome Early Nineteenth-Century Poetry Anthology Manuscript Elegantly Written and Illustrated with Charming Wash Drawings [MANUSCRIPT POETRY ANTHOLOGY]. Manuscript anthology of English poetry. England, early-to mid-19th century. Square octavo (7 3/4 x 6 3/8 inches; 197 x 162 mm.). 115 manuscript pages followed by four manuscript pages.....

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