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Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy. Charles WILLIAMS, John MITFORD.
WILLIAMS, Charles; MITFORD, John

Adventures of Johnny Newcome in...

London: Published for the Author, 1823. Written While the Insane Author Was Living in a Gravel Pit [WILLIAMS, Charles, illustrator]. MITFORD, John. The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy. A Poem, In Four Cantos, With Notes. The Third Edition. London: Published for the Author and sold by Sherwood, Neely.....

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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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Ce qu'on dit et ce qu'on pense [What one says and what one thinks. Jean-Gabriel SCHEFFER, J S-.
[SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel] J.S-

Ce qu'on dit et ce...

Paris: Chez Gihaut Frères, 1829. 'What One Says And What One thinks' Sixty Fine Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates by Jean-Gabriel Scheffer [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. Ce qu'on dit et ce qu'on pense [What one says and what one thinks]. Paris: Gihaut Frères, 1829. First edition. Complete. Oblong folio (9 3/4 x 13 inches;.....

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Stuart Little. E. B WHITE.
WHITE, E.B.

Stuart Little

New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1945. "A Realistic Fantasy About A Talking Mouse" WHITE, E.B. Stuart Little. Pictures by Garth Williams. New York & London: Harper & Brothers, 1945. First edition (stated on copyright page with 10-5 and I-U). Octavo (8 x 5 1/4 inches; 202 x 134.....

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Naples and the Campagna Felice. Thomas ROWLANDSON, Lewis ENGELBACH.
ROWLANDSON, Thomas; ENGELBACH, Lewis

Naples and the Campagna Felice

London: R. Ackermann, 1815. Hand Colored Plates by Thomas Rowlandson [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [ENGELBACH, Lewis, author]. Naples and the Campagna Felice In a Series of Letters addressed to a Friend in England in 1802.. London: R. Ackermann, 1815. First edition in book form. Octavo (9 1/4 x 5 5/8 in;.....

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Set of Four. Poet, Miser, Virtuoso, Hypochondriac, A. A. ATKINSON, John Augustus.
ATKINSON, A. [John Augustus]

Set of Four. Poet, Miser...

London: E. and C. M’Lean, 1824. Poet, Miser, Virtuoso, Hypochondriac An Exceptionally Rare Suite of Four Hand-Colored Aquatint Caricatures by John Augustus Atkinson ATKINSON, A. [John Augustus]. A Set of Four. Poet, Miser, Virtuoso, Hypochondriac. By Atkinson. London: Published by E. and C. M’Lean, 1824. Large folio (14 7/8 x......

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Scènes de la Vie Intime. Paul GAVARNI, Guillaume.
GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume...

Scènes de la Vie Intime

Paris: n.p., 1837. The Most Intimate of All Gavarni's Color-Plate Suites GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Scènes de la Vie Intime. [Paris: 1837]. Folio (16 3/8 x 10 1/4 inches; 415 x 260 mm). Twelve superb hand colored lithographs all heightened with gum arabic. The actual plate size.....

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Rangoon Views, and Combined Operations in the Birman Empire. Joseph MOORE, Captain Frederick MARRYAT.
MOORE, Joseph; MARRYAT, Captain Frederick

Rangoon Views, and Combined Operations...

London: Thos Clay, 1825. Moore and Marryat's Splendid Views of Rangoon and Scenes of British Military Manœuvers in the Area MOORE, Joseph, [Lieut., and Captain Frederick Marryat]. [Rangoon Views, and Combined Operations in the Birman Empire]. First and Second Series. London: Thos Clay, 1825-1826]. First edition. First Series with most.....

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Fores's Hunting Accomplishments. Henry ALKEN.
ALKEN, Henry

Fores's Hunting Accomplishments

London: Messrs. Fores, 1850. "Hunting Accomplishments" Six Magnificent Hand Colored Aquatint Plates ALKEN, Henry. Fores's Hunting Accomplishments. Set of Six Plates Drawn by Henry Alken [Engraved by J. Harris]. London: Messrs. Fores, 1850. First edition. Oblong folio (12 3/4 x 19 3/16 inches; 325 x 488 mm). Specially printed title-page.....

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Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, The. Arthur RACKHAM, Jakob GRIMM.
RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator; GRIMM, Jakob...

Fairy Tales of the Brothers...

London: Constable & Company Ltd., 1909. Second and Best Trade Edition With Forty Mounted Color Plates by Arthur Rackham RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. [GRIMM, Jakob and Wilhelm]. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas. London: Constable & Company Ltd., 1909. Second and.....

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Das Preussische Heer Herausgegeben. Ludwig ELZHOLZ, Carl RECHLIN.
ELZHOLZ, Ludwig, editor; RECHLIN, Carl...

Das Preussische Heer Herausgegeben

Berlin: L. Sachse & Co., 1836. Seventy-Two Vividly Hand Colored Plates Depicting the Uniforms of the Prussian Army ELZHOLZ, Ludwig. RECHLIN, Carl. SCHULZ, Julius Carl, editors. Das Preussische Heer herausgegeben und Sr. Majestät dem Könige Friedrich Wilhelm III allerunterthänigst gewidmet von L. Sachse & Co. Kunstbäner und Instituts in Berlin.....

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Tour of the Grand Junction. John HASSELL.
HASSELL, John

Tour of the Grand Junction

London: Printed for J. Hassell…, 1819. A Rare Large-Paper Copy In the Original Drab Boards Twenty-Four Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates HASSELL, J[ohn]. Tour of the Grand Junction, Illustrated in a Series of Engravings; with an Historical and Topographical Description of Those Parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, and.....

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Musée Populaire. Eugène-Hippolyte FOREST.
FOREST, Eugène-Hippolyte

Musée Populaire

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1835. A Parisian Theater of Illusion - Six Transforming Lithographs from the Aubert Circle A Rare Complete Suite of Hand-Colored “Images à Système,” Satirizing Marriage, Money, and the Myth of Paris [FOREST, Eugène-Hippolyte]. Musée Populaire. Paris: Chez Aubert, rue du Croissant; lithographed by V.-H. Delaporte, after designs.....

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Les Métamorphoses du jour. J. J. GRANDVILLE, pseud. of Jean-Ignace-Isidore.
GRANDVILLE, J.J. (pseud. of Jean-Ignace-Isidore...

Les Métamorphoses du jour

Paris: Gustave Havard, 1854. Grandville’s Beast-Headed People [GRANDVILLE, J.J., illustrator]. Les Métamorphoses du jour. Accompagnées d’un texte par MM. Albéric Second, Louis Lurine, Clément Caraguel, Taxile Delord, H. de Beaulieu, Louis Huart, Charles Monselet, Julien Lemer. Précédées d’une notice sur Grandville par M. Charles Blanc. Paris: Gustave Havard, 1854.  First.....

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Galerie des Uniformes des Gardes Nationales de France. Ambrose TARDIEU.
TARDIEU, Ambrose

Galerie des Uniformes des Gardes...

Paris: Ambrose Tardieu, Mme. V. Courcier, 1817. From the Library of Marshal Ney's Son Tardieu's Beautiful Gallery of the Uniforms of the French National Guard TARDIEU, Ambroise. Galerie des Uniformes des Gardes Nationales de France… Dédiée à Son Altesse Royale. Paris: Ambroise Tardieu; Mme. V. Courcier, imprimeur, et al., 1817.....

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Les Compensations. Charles PHILIPON, Émile WATTIER.
PHILIPON, Charles, illustrator; WATTIER, Émile

Les Compensations

Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, Rittner, & Hautecœur, 1828. One of the Earliest Masterpieces of French Romantic Caricature Charles Philipon's Exceptionally Rare Les Compensations Forty-Eight Superb Hand-Colored Lithographs by the Founder of La Caricature and Le Charivari PHILIPON, Charles. WATTIER, Émile. Les Compensations composées et dessinées par Ch. Philipon, lithographies par.....

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The Progress of a Midshipman exemplified in the career of Master Blockhead. George CRUIKSHANK, Frederick MARRYAT.
CRUIKSHANK, George; MARRYAT, Frederick, illustrator

The Progress of a Midshipman...

London: Thos. McLean, 1835. The Progress of a Midshipman Eight Hand Colored Aquatint Plates by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George, engraver. [MARRYAT, Frederick, illustrator]. The Progress of a Midshipman exemplified in the career of Master Blockhead in seven plates & Frontispiece. London: Thos. McLean, Aug 1st 1835. First edition, [third state.....

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Naval Chronology of Great Britain, The. James RALFE.
RALFE, James

Naval Chronology of Great Britain...

London: Whitmore and Fenn, 1818. Scarcer Than a Battleship in a Bathtub In the Original Twelve Parts as Issued The Genuine Hand-Colored Issue RALFE, Mr. J[ames]. Naval Chronology of Great Britain. Or, an Historical Account of Naval and Maritime Events, From the Commencement of the War in 1803, to the.....

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Coursing. Henry ALKEN.
ALKEN, Henry

Coursing

London: Thos. Mc.Lean, 1824. Henry Alken's Depiction of Coursing ALKEN, Henry. [Coursing / Six Handcoloured Aquatints / by / Henry Alken] (letterpress title). London: Thos. Mc.Lean, 1824. First edition. Small oblong folio (9 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches; 249 x 368 mm.). A set of six hand-coloured etched plates, each.....

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Italien und seine Bewohner. Geralamo FRANCESCINI, August GERASCH.
FRANCESCINI, Geralamo; GERASCH, August

Italien und seine Bewohner

Vienna: , 1840. Fourteen Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates Depicting the Various Costumes of the Different Regions of Italy FRANCESCHINI, Gerolamo. GERASCH, August. Italien und seine Bewohner (Italy and its Inhabitants). Vienna, [1840]. First edition. Oblong quarto (12 1/2 x 20 1/8 inches; 318 x 511 mm.). 30 pp. Fourteen.....

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Lullabies and Night Songs. Maurice SENDAK, Alec WILDER.
SENDAK, Maurice, illustrator; WILDER, Alec;...

Lullabies and Night Songs

New York: Harper & Row, 1980. Maurice Sendak's Whimsical Goat Inscribed by the Artist with an Original Pen-and-Ink Drawing SENDAK, Maurice, illustrator. Lullabies and Night Songs. Music by Alec Wilder. Pictures by Maurice Sendak. Edited by William Engvick. New York: Harper and Row, [ca. 1980]. Later edition, warmly inscribed by.....

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Thoughts While Fox Hunting. Henry ALKEN.
ALKEN, Henry

[Thoughts While Fox Hunting]

London: , 1833. "Thoughts While Fox Hunting" A Very Scarce and Highly Amusing Series of Hand Colored Lithograph Plates ALKEN, Henry. [Thoughts While Fox Hunting]. London: Thomas McLean, 1833. First [hand-colored] edition. Oblong folio (10 9 16 x 14 1/4 inches; 268 x 362 mm.). Six very fine hand colored.....

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Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. ELIOT, homas, tearns.
ELIOT, T[homas] S[tearns]

Old Possum's Book of Practical...

London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1939. First Edition of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot ELIOT, T[homas] S[tearns]. Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. London: Faber and Faber, [1939]. First edition, first printing with the words "First Published in September 1939" printed on the copyright page.....

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History of the Renowned Prince Arthur, King of Britain, The. Sir Thomas MALORY.
MALORY, Sir Thomas

History of the Renowned Prince...

London: Printed for Walker and Edwards…, 1816. The Seventh Edition of Sir Thomas Malory's “King Arthur” The First Edition for One Hundred and Eighty-Two Years MALORY, Thomas. The History of the Renowned Prince Arthur, King of Britain; with His Life and Death, and All His Glorious Battles. Likewise, the Noble.....

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The New Whole Duty of Man. FORE-EDGE PAINTING, The "DOVER PAINTER".
FORE-EDGE PAINTING; The "DOVER PAINTER"...

The New Whole Duty of...

London: Printed for W. Bent, 1833. With an Exquisite Fore Edge Painting of St. Giles's Church, Cripplegate By The "Dover Painter" [FORE-EDGE PAINTING]. [The "DOVER PAINTER"], artist. [ALLESTREE, Richard]. The New Whole Duty of Man, Containing The Faith as well as Practice of A Christian: Made Easy For the Practice.....

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