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Illustrations of the Five Senses. Hablot K. BROWNE, "PHIZ".
BROWNE, Hablot K.; "PHIZ"

Illustrations of the Five Senses

London: Grant & Griffith, 1852. The Five Senses as Depicted by "Phiz" BROWNE, Hablot K. Illustrations of the Five Senses. By H.K. Browne. "Phiz". London: Grant & Griffith, 1852. First edition. Oblong quarto (9 5/8 x 13 1/2 inches; 245 x 343 mm.). Five hand colored etched plates, all interleaved.....

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Fox Hunting. Samuel HOWITT.
HOWITT, Samuel

[Fox Hunting]

London: S. Fores, 1794-99. "An Early and Rare Series of Hand-Colored Aquatint Fox Hunting Prints From the Celebrated Collections of Clarence S. Bement and Joseph Widener HOWITT, Samuel. Fox Hunting. London: S. Fores, 1794-99. First issue of these six hand colored aquatint plates, designed and engraved by Howitt. Each imprinted.....

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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Robert Louis STEVENSON.
STEVENSON, Robert Louis

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll...

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886. First Edition of Jekyll and Hyde in the Original Wrappers STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1886. First English edition. Octavo (9 x 4 5/8 inches; 178 x 118 mm.). [8], 141, [1, blank].....

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Robert Browning’s Complete Works. Robert BROWNING.
BROWNING, Robert

Robert Browning’s Complete Works

New York: Fred DeFau & Company, 1910. Robert Browning in a Striking Monastery Hill Binding The Florentine Edition - Elegantly Decorated with Inlaid Floral Tooling BROWNING, Robert. Complete Works. With an introductory essay by William Lyon Phelps. New York: Fred DeFau & Company, [1910]. Florentine Edition. Limited to 1,000 numbered.....

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Life And Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The. Charles DICKENS, Hablot Knight BROWNE.
DICKENS, Charles; BROWNE, Hablot Knight

Life And Adventures of Nicholas...

London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First Edition, Early Issue - in the Original Cloth DICKENS, Charles. The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby. With Illustrations by Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition. Early issue, with thirty-five of Smith’s forty-one first-issue internal flaws (including all of the major points).....

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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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Great Wellington's Funeral Obsequies. Arthur Wellesley WELLINGTON, Duke of.
WELLINGTON, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of

Great Wellington's Funeral Obsequies

London: Read & Co.,, 1852. The Funeral of the Great Duke of Wellington An Extravagant Affair on an Unprecedented Scale The most Extraordinary Street Procession that Londoners had ever Witnessed [WELLINGTON, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of]. Great Wellington's Funeral Obsequies. To which is added a Memoir of his life, death and.....

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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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Life In London. Pierce EGAN.
EGAN, Pierce; CRUIKSHANK, George and...

Life In London

London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, Paternoster-Row, 1821. "Indeed, the Taste for it Amounted to a Craze" EGAN, Pierce. [CRUIKSHANK, George and Robert, illustrators]. Life In London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorne, Esq. and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian.....

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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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Recueil de Scenes Populaires. Edmé-Jean PIGAL.
PIGAL, Edmé-Jean

Recueil de Scenes Populaires

Paris: Chez Martinet et Gihaut, 1822. Fifty-Two Highly Amusing Hand Colored Lithograph Plates Showing the People of Paris PIGAL, Edmé-Jean. Recueil de Scenes Populaires. [Collection of Popular Scenes]. Paris: Chez Martinet et Gihaut, [1822]. First edition. Folio (12 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches; 318 x 258 mm.). Lithograph title-page and.....

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Les Jolies Femmes de Paris. Charles-Édouard de BEAUMONT.
BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de

Les Jolies Femmes de Paris

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1846. The Pretty Women of Paris - And the Gentlemen Who Pay for Their Furs! Forty Delightful Lithographs by Édouard de Beaumont, Satirizing the Fashion, Flirtations, and Extravagances of Parisian Society BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de. Les Jolies Femmes de Paris [The Pretty Women of Paris]. Paris: Chez.....

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Costume of the Netherlands, The. Miss SEMPLE.
SEMPLE, Miss

Costume of the Netherlands, The

London: Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1817. With Thirty Fine Hand Colored Aquatint Plates Depicting the Costumes of The Netherlands SEMPLE, Miss, [illustrator]. The Costume of the Netherlands, displayed in thirty coloured engravings after drawings from nature, by Miss Semple, with descriptions in English and French. London: Ackermann's Repository of Arts.....

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Collection des uniformes de l'Armée Francaise présentée au Roi. Charles AUBRY.
AUBRY, Charles

Collection des uniformes de l'Armée...

Paris: Au depot General de la Guerre, 1823. The Rare First Issue of One of the Earliest and Most Beautiful French Lithographed Military Costume Books Officially Presented to Louis XVIII by Marshal Victor, Duc de Bellune, Minister of War AUBRY, Charles. Collection des Uniformes de l'Armée Française Présentée au Roi.....

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Scraps From the Sketch-Book of Henry Alken. Henry ALKEN.
ALKEN, Henry

Scraps From the Sketch-Book of...

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1823. A Very Scarce Alken With Forty-Two Hand-Colored Plates The Schwerdt - Duke of Gloucester Copy ALKEN, Henry. Scraps From the Sketch-Book of Henry Alken. Engraved by Himself. Containing Forty-Two Plates. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1823. First edition with the plates all dated 1820. Oblong folio (9 9/16.....

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Nouvelle Lanterne Magique, La. Honoré DAUMIER, Achille Jacques DEVÉRIA.
DAUMIER, Honoré; DEVÉRIA, Achille Jacques...

Nouvelle Lanterne Magique, La

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1847. A Fine Album of Fifty Lithographs - Including Twelve by Honoré Daumier and Seventeen by Achille Devéria DAUMIER, Honoré. CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). VERNIER, Charles. La Nouvelle Lanterne Magique. Dessins par tous les Artistes. Paris: Chez Aubert, [ca. 1847-1850]. Large quarto (11 3/4 x......

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Annals of Horsemanship. Henry BUNBURY, Geoffrey GAMBADO.
BUNBURY, Henry; GAMBADO, Geoffrey

Annals of Horsemanship

London: W. Dickinson, 1791. The Classic Lampoon Of Idiots On Horseback [BUNBURY, Henry]. Gambado, Geofrey (pseud.). Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental Experiments and Experimental Accidents, Both Successful and Unsuccessful: Communicated by Various Correspondents to Geoffrey Gambado, Esq.…Together with Most Instructive Remarks Thereon, and Answers Thereto, by that Accomplished.....

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Turlupinades Contrariétés et Autres Amusemens Négatifs. CHAM, Amédée de.
CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de...

Turlupinades Contrariétés et Autres Amusemens...

Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1850. Jokes in Poor Taste CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Turlupinades Contrariétés et Autres Amusemens Négatifs [Jokes in Poor Taste], Par Cham. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [ca. 1850]. First edition. Folio (13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 337 x 251 mm.). Hand-colored lithographed.....

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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 Small.....

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Comic Almanack, The, for 1835[-1853. George CRUIKSHANK.
CRUIKSHANK, George

Comic Almanack, The, for 1835[-1853]

London: Charles Tilt & David Bogue, 1835-53. A Handsomely Bound Complete Set of George Cruikshanks's “The Comic Almanacks” [CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator]. The Comic Almanack, for 1835[-1853]: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing “All Things Fitting for Such a Work.” By Rigdum Funnidos, Gent. Adorned with a Dozen of “Righte.....

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Costumes Francais, de 1200 à 1715. Hippolyte LECOMPTE, George SCHARF, artist.
LECOMPTE, Hippolyte; SCHARF, George, artist;...

Costumes Francais, de 1200 à...

London: Printed by C. Hullmandel for Rodwell & Martin, 1830. One Hundred Fine Hand Colored Lithographs Depicting French Costume Between 1200 and 1715 [LECOMPTE, Hippolyte]. SCHARF, George, artist. Costumes Francais, de 1200 à 1715. London: Printed by C. Hullmandel for Rodwell & Martin, ca. 1830. Small octavo (5 9/16 x......

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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus…. Barry MOSER, PENNYROYAL PRESS.
MOSER, Barry, illustrator; PENNYROYAL PRESS;...

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus…

West Hatfield [Massachusetts]: Printed by Harold McGrath at Pennyroyal, 1983. Barry Moser’s Favorite of All His Pennyroyal Books “It Holds Together as a Unit, a Coherent Whole” With an Additional Suite of the Wood Engravings, Each Signed by Moser [MOSER, Barry, illustrator]. [PENNYROYAL PRESS]. SHELLEY, Mary Wollstonecraft. Frankenstein; or, The.....

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Scraps From the Sketch-Book of Henry Alken. Henry ALKEN.
ALKEN, Henry

Scraps From the Sketch-Book of...

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1825. Very Scarce Alken With Forty-Two Hand-Colored Plates Engraved by Alken Himself ALKEN, Henry. Scraps From the Sketch-Book of Henry Alken. Engraved by Himself. Containing Forty-Two Plates. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1825. Second edition (plates dated 1820), complete; preceded by the oblong quarto edition of 1823, but of.....

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Peradventures of Private Pagett, The. Arthur RACKHAM, W. P DRURY.
RACKHAM, Arthur; DRURY, W.P.

Peradventures of Private Pagett, The

London: Chapman and Hall, 1904. "Tell it to the Marines" A Near Fine Copy in the Original Pictorial Dust Jacket With Eight Half-Tone Plates by Arthur Rackham [RACKHAM, Arthur]. DRURY, Major W.P. The Peradventures of Private Pagett. With Eight Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: Chapman and Hall, 1904. First edition.....

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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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