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Dear Caroline, I have just received my copy of Peer Gynt! It is in sound condition and is absolutely beautiful. I want to thank all of you at David Brass for this. I ordered it as a thank-you gift for a cherished acting professor who just directed a production of Peer Gynt... It will be from everyone in the cast. He's retiring after 30 years of teaching service, and I want you to know that this means a lot to us because it will be a very treasured parting gesture to him. Thank you so so much. JP

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Life in Paris. George CRUIKSHANK, David CAREY.
CRUIKSHANK, George; CAREY, David

Life in Paris

London: Printed for John Fairburn...Sold by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones [et al], 1822. "Life, Wherever it Exists in the Shape of Human Character, Is Prolific of Events, and Full of the Materials of Amusement…" [CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator]. CAREY, David. Life in Paris. Comprising the Rambles, Sprees, and Amours, of Dick.....

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Le Carnaval à Paris [and] Les Bals Masqués. Paul GAVARNI, Guillaume.
GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume...

Le Carnaval à Paris [and]...

Paris: Chez Bauger, 1834. Midnight in Paris - Gavarni and the Secret Theater of Carnival A Superb Hand-Colored Copy of Le Carnaval à Paris in the Original Publisher’s Binding Together with the Very Rare and Complete Suite of Les Bals Masqués GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier].....

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Specimens of Riding near London. Henry ALKEN.
ALKEN, Henry

Specimens of Riding near London

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1821. Alken's Rare Satire Successfully Transplants Horse's Ass to Rider's Seat ALKEN, Henry. Specimens of Riding Near London. Drawn from Life. London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1821. First edition. Oblong folio (10 x 13 3/4 inches; 254 x 350 mm.). Printed title and eighteen hand-colored engraved plates.....

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

Les Compensations

Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, Rittner, & Hautecœur, 1828. An Exceptionally Rare and Amusing Suite of Hand Colored Lithographs PHILIPON, Charles. WATTIER, Émile. Les Compensations Composées et Dessinées par Ch. Philipon, Lithographies par Wattier. Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, Rittner, & Hautecœur, [1828]. First edition. Quarto (10 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches;.....

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Four Original Watercolors in the Manner of George Cruikshank. CRUIKSHANKIANA.
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Four Original Watercolors in the...

N.p.: n.p., n.d. Four Charming Faux-Cruikshank Watercolors [CRUIKSHANKIANA]. Four Original Watercolor Caricatures in the Manner of George Cruikshank. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Two images at 5 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. (143 x 91 mm); two at 5 1/4 x 3 5/8 in. (134 x 90 mm). Each image executed on.....

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Pleasant Trips by Trains & Ships to Little Folks' Country. Louis WAIN, Beatrix POTTER.
WAIN, Louis; POTTER, Beatrix

Pleasant Trips by Trains &...

London [&] New York: Ernest Nister [&] E.P. Dutton, 1896. Eight Illustrations by Louis Wain and One Illustration by Beatrix Potter Unrecorded in Either of the Bibliographies WAIN, Louis. POTTER, Beatrix. Pleasant Trips by Trains & Ships to Little Folks' Country. A book of Pictures and stories for Children. London.....

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Album Varié par M.M. Cham, Daumier, Gavarni. CHAM, Amédée de.
CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de...

Album Varié par M.M. Cham...

Paris: Chez Arnauld De Vresse, 1851. A Fine Selection of Sixteen Hand Colored Lithographs from Five of Cham's Best Albums CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Album Varié par M.M. Cham, Daumier, Gavarni, et autres Dessinateurs du Charivari. Paris: Chez Arnauld De Vresse, [ca. 1851]. Folio (12 7/8 x 10.....

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Recueil des Scènes Familiéres, et de Société de Paris. Jean-Gabriel SCHEFFER, J S-, PIGAL.
[SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel] J.S-; PIGAL; &c

Recueil des Scènes Familiéres, et...

Paris: n.p. [Chez Martinet], 1824. An Extraordinary Survival of Restoration-Era Paris Thirty-Six Brilliant Hand-Colored Lithographs of Parisian Society by Jean-Gabriel Scheffer [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. J.S -, PIGAL, &c., &c. Recueil des Scènes Familiéres, et de Société de Paris. Paris: Chez Martinet, 1824. First and only edition, complete. Folio (13 1/2 x......

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Lord of the Flies. William GOLDING.
GOLDING, William

Lord of the Flies

New York: Coward-McCann, 1955. A Near Fine First American Lord of the Flies A Cornerstone of Twentieth-Century Literature GOLDING, William. Lord of the Flies. New York: Coward-McCann, [1955]. First American edition. Octavo (8 x 5 1/4 inches; 203 x 133 mm.). [viii], [1]–243, [1, blank] pp. Publisher’s tan cloth over.....

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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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La Closerie des Lilas. PANORAMA, Charles VERNIER.
PANORAMA; VERNIER, Charles

La Closerie des Lilas

Paris : Lith. Fernique, 1860. The Dancers of La Closerie de Lilas A Fine Panorama with Twenty Hand Colored Lithographs, all Heightened with Gum Arabic [PANORAMA]. [VERNIER, Charles?]. La Closerie des Lilas. (The Lilac Enclosure). Paris: Lith. Fernique [ca. 1860]. Twenty hand-colored lithographed panels, all heightened with gum.....

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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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Adventures of Doctor Comicus or The Frolicks of Fortune. William COMBE, after, RIVIÈRE.
COMBE, William, after; RIVIÈRE &...

Adventures of Doctor Comicus or...

London: Printed for B. Blake, 1815. The First Dr. Syntax Imitation In a Superb Inlaid Binding by Rivière & Son [COMBE, William, after]. [RIVIÈRE & Son, Binders]. The Adventures of Doctor Comicus or The Frolicks of Fortune. A Comic Satirical Poem for the Squeamish & The Queer. In Twelve Cantos.....

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National Sports of Great Britain, The. Henry ALKEN.
ALKEN, Henry

National Sports of Great Britain...

London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1825. "He could draw Hunting and write about it because he hunted himself, as Ferneley did, or Herring" Fifty Fine Hand-Colored Etched Plates Depicting The National Sports of Great Britain ALKEN, Henry. The National Sports of Great Britain, by Henry Alken. Fifty Engravings with Descriptions.....

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [&] Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. Barry MOSER, PENNYROYAL PRESS.
MOSER, Barry, illustrator; PENNYROYAL PRESS;...

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [&]...

West Hatfield: Pennyroyal Press, 1982. Barry Moser illustrates Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There Each Limited to Three Hundred and Fifty Copies with Matching Limitation Numbers [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. [PENNYROYAL PRESS]. CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Illustrated by Barry Moser with.....

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Professional Life of Mr. Dibdin, The. Charles DIBDIN, binder BAYNTUN.
DIBDIN, Charles; BAYNTUN, binder

Professional Life of Mr. Dibdin...

London: Published by the Author, at His Music-Warehouse…, 1803. Sixty Aquatint Plates Illustrating Charles Dibdin’s Songs Delicately Designed, Etched and Hand-Colored by Dibdin’s daughter DIBDIN, [Charles]. The Professional Life of Mr. Dibdin, Written by Himself. Together with the Words of Six Hundred Songs Selected from His Works, and Sixty.....

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Le Bout de L'Oreille. Pierre-Paul COMBA.
COMBA, Pierre-Paul

Le Bout de L'Oreille

Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, 1855. "Whisperings in the Ear" "A Little Bit of One's True Self" COMBA, Pierre-Paul. Le Bout de L'Oreille par Comba. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse, [ca. 1855]. First edition. Folio (12 15/16 x 10 inches; 338 x 254 mm.). Pictorial hand colored lithograph title and eighteen fine.....

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Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, The. Beatrix POTTER.
POTTER, Beatrix

Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, The

London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1908. Presentation Copy of One of Beatrix Potter's Greatest Tales Inscribed by the Author Only One Year After Publication POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1908. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed on front free endpaper “For/Mr... Worrimer? /with Miss Potter’s/Compliments./ Oct.....

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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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Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire. Henry ALKEN, APPERLEY.
ALKEN, Henry, illustrator -- [APPERLEY...

Memoirs of the Life of...

London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. "A Most Valuable and Important Book" Second and Enlarged Edition With Additional Text and Six Extra Hand-Colored Plates [ALKEN, Henry, illustrator]. NIMROD (pseud. of C.J. Apperley). Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire, Formerly M.P. for Shrewsbury, High sheriff for.....

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Fashion & Folly, or The Buck's Pilgrimage. Henry ALKEN.
ALKEN, Henry

Fashion & Folly, or The...

London: William Sams, 1822. The Adventures of Lubin and his Friend Dashall One of the Rarest of all of Henry Alken's Works ALKEN, Henry, artist. HEATH, William, engraver. Fashion & Folly, or The Buck's Pilgrimage. [London: William Sams, 1822]. First edition. Oblong quarto (7 1/8 x 11 7/8 inches; 181.....

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Album Militaire de l'Armée Francaise en Action. Louis-Pierre-René de MORAINE.
MORAINE, Louis-Pierre-René de

Album Militaire de l'Armée Francaise...

Paris: J. Vermot, 1860. The Soldiers of the French Army Thirty-Two Hand Colored Plates MORAINE, Louis-Pierre-René de. [Album Militaire de l'Armée Francaise en Action.] [150 Sujets lithographiés par de Moraine.] Paris: J. Vermot, [1860]. First edition. Small quarto (10 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches; 267 x 207 mm.). Sixteen unnumbered.....

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History of Johnny Quae Genus, The. Thomas ROWLANDSON, William COMBE.
ROWLANDSON, Thomas; [COMBE, William]

History of Johnny Quae Genus...

London: R. Ackermann, 1822. The English Gil Blas Illustrated By Rowlandson [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, artist]. [COMBE, William]. The History of Johnny Quae Genus. The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax: A Poem, by the Author of The Three Tours. London: R. Ackermann, 1822. First edition. Octavo (9 7/8 x 6.....

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Sammlung verschiedener Spanischer National-Trachten and Uniformen. Christoffer SUHR, Cornelius SUHR.
SUHR, Christoffer; SUHR, Cornelius

Sammlung verschiedener Spanischer National-Trachten and...

Hamburg: , 1808. Eighteen Super Hand Colored Aquatint Plates by Christoffer and Cornelius Suhr Documenting the Uniforms of the Legendary Roman Division SUHR, Christoffer. SUHR, Cornelius. Sammlung verschiedener Spanischer National-Trachten and Uniformen der Division des Marquis de la Romana, 1807 und 1808, in Hamburg in Garnison. Gezeichnet von Christ. Suhr.....

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