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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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Sixteen Scenes taken from The Miseries of Human Life. By one of the Wretched. John Augustus ATKINSON.
ATKINSON, John Augustus

Sixteen Scenes taken from The...

London: Wm. Miller, 1807. “The Miseries of Human Life” Depicted in Sixteen Amusing Hand Colored Etched Plates [ATKINSON, John Augustus]. Sixteen Scenes taken from The Miseries of Human Life. By one of The Wretched. London: Published by Wm. Miller, 1807. First edition. Small oblong quarto (6 3/4 x 8 1/8.....

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Napoli e Contorni Album. Gaetano DURA.
DURA, Gaetano

Napoli e Contorni Album

Naples: Gatti e Dura, 1835. The Costumes and Street Life of Naples as Depicted by Gaetano Dura Hand Colored Lithograph Title and Thirty-Five Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates DURA, Gaetano. Napoli e Contorni Album da Gaetno. Dura. Lithografia Gatti e Dura. [Naples, ca. 1835]. First edition. Folio (12 7/8 x......

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Roadsters' Album, The. B. NEWHOUSE, Henry ALKEN, harles.
NEWHOUSE, C[harles].B.; ALKEN, Henry

Roadsters' Album, The

London: Messrs. Fores, 1845. The Unique Copy with Henry Alken's Original Design for the Title-Page Together with Alken's Hand-Colored Etched Proof Documenting the Creation of One of the Great Sporting Pictorial Titles NEWHOUSE, C[harles] B. [&] ALKEN, Henry. The Roadsters' Album. London: Messrs. Fores, January 2, 1845. Second edition. Folio.....

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Ulysses. James JOYCE, Mimmo PALADINO.
JOYCE, James; PALADINO, Mimmo, illustrator;...

Ulysses

London: The Folio Society, 1998. A Finely Produced Limited Folio Society Ulysses, with Original Etchings by Mimmo Paladino JOYCE, James. Ulysses. Preface by Stephen James Joyce. Introduction by Jacques Aubert. With etchings by Mimmo Paladino. London: The Folio Society, 1998. Limited to 1,760 numbered copies, this being copy no. 26.....

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Madeleines, Les. CHAM, Amédée de.
CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de...

Madeleines, Les

Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1840. Exceedingly Scarce Caricatures of Repentant Ladies of Easy Virtue CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Les Madeleines. Varieté de L'Espece Lorettes. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie, [n.d., ca. 1847]. First edition. Large folio (13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 336 x 251 mm.). Hand-colored.....

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Chansons de P.J. Béranger Anciennes, Nouvelles et Inédites. Henri MONNIER, Achille DEVÈRIA, BÉRANGER.
MONNIER, Henri; DEVÈRIA, Achille; BÉRANGER...

Chansons de P.J. Béranger Anciennes...

Paris: Baudouin Frères, Éditeurs, 1828. Pierre-Jean de Béranger "The Most Popular French Songwriter of All Time" "The First Superstar of French Popular Music" A presentation copy inscribed by Béranger to Rangot, accompanied by a one-page autograph letter from Rangot and an original pencil sketch of Béranger by Monnier MONNIER, Henri.....

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Au Bal Masqué. Charles-Édouard de BEAUMONT.
BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de

Au Bal Masqué

Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, Maison Martinet, 1860. Charles-Édourd de Beaumont's Au Bal Masqué - At the Masked Ball BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de. Au Bal Masqué. [At the Masked Ball] Album par Beaumont. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari, Maison Martinet, [1860]. [Fifth Series]. Quarto (13 x 10 inches; 330 x 254.....

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Indispensable Accomplishments. Sir Robert FRANKLAND, Billesdon COPLOW.
FRANKLAND, Sir Robert; COPLOW, Billesdon

Indispensable Accomplishments

London: H. Humphreys, 1811. Six Humorous Hand-Colored Engraved Hunting Scenes FRANKLAND, Sir Robert. COPLOW, Billesdon (pseudonym). Indispensable Accomplishments…London: Published…by H. Humphrey, 1811. First edition. Oblong folio (10 5/8 x 14 5/8 inches; 270 x 370 mm.). Engraved title and six numbered hand-colored engraved plates with interleaves. Seventeen blank leaves at.....

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Annals of Sporting, The. Thomas ROWLANDSON, Caleb QUIZEM, WOODWARD.
ROWLANDSON, Thomas; QUIZEM, Caleb; WOODWARD...

Annals of Sporting, The

London: Thomas Tegg, 1809. "Esteemed on Account of its Humorous Plates by Rowlandson" Rare In the Original Printed Boards [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, engraver]. QUISEM, Caleb (pseud.). The Annals of Sporting. London: Thomas Tegg, 1809. First edition. Twelvemo (6 3/4 x 4 in; 171 x 105 mm). [10], 104 pp., untrimmed. Hand-colored.....

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Musée pour rire, Le. Honoré DAUMIER, Gavarni, Maurice Alhoy.
DAUMIER, Honoré; Gavarni; Alhoy, Maurice;...

Musée pour rire, Le

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1839. With 150 Hand-Colored Lithographs, including Forty-Five by Honoré Daumier and Forty-Two by Gavarni [DAUMIER, Honoré, Gavarni, and others, illustrators]. [ALHOY, Maurice, Louis Huart, and Ch[arles] Philipon, editors]. Le Musée pour rire. Dessins par tous les caricaturistes de Paris; Texte par MM. Maurice Alhoy, Louis Huart et.....

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Les Enfans terribles. Paul GAVARNI, Guillaume.
GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume...

Les Enfans terribles

Paris: Bauger et Cie., 1838-42. Gavarni’s “Terrible Children” Fifty Superb Hand Colored Lithographs Including the Pictorial Title-Page GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Les Enfans terribles. Paris: Bauger et Cie., [n.d., 1838-1842]. First edition. Large quarto (13 11/16 x 10 1/2 inches; 345 x 267 mm.). Pictorial hand-colored lithograph.....

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Studies From the Stage. William HEATH.
HEATH, William

Studies From the Stage

London: W. Sams, 1823. The Rare First Edition HEATH, William. Studies From the Stage, or the Vicissitudes of Life. London: W. Sams, 1823. First edition. Oblong folio (9 7/8 x 14 in; 250 x 354 mm). Engraved title (plain) and over 100 hand-colored illustrations on twenty etched plates, watermarked 1822.....

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Letters written by the late right honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his. Philip Dormer Stanhope CHESTERFIELD, Earl.
CHESTERFIELD, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl...

Letters written by the late...

London: Printed for J. Nichols; W.J. and J. Richardson… , 1800. "Insightful and sophisticated advice on how a gentleman should navigate the social conventions of etiquette and good manners" CHESTERFIELD, Lord. Letters written by the late right honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to his son Philip Stanhope, Esq.....

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Works of George Borrow, The. George BORROW, Clement SHORTER.
BORROW, George; SHORTER, Clement, editor

Works of George Borrow, The

London: Constable & Co., 1923. The Norwich Edition of George Borrow Number One of Only 775 Copies - Beautifully Bound by Bayntun-Rivière BORROW, George. The Works of George Borrow. Edited, with much hitherto unpublished manuscript, by Clement Shorter. London: Constable & Co. Ltd.; New York: Gabriel Wells, 1923–1924. The Norwich.....

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Touch at the Fine Arts, A. Henry ALKEN.
ALKEN, Henry

Touch at the Fine Arts...

London: Thomas M’Lean, 1824. Artists Jargon Satirically Defined Rare in the Original Boards ALKEN, Henry. A Touch at the Fine Arts: Illustrated by Twelve Plates, with Descriptions by Henry Alken. London: Published by Thomas M’Lean, Repository of Wit and Humour, 1824. First edition. Quarto (10 1/8 x 6 3/4 inches;.....

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Vertus & Qualités. Henri de MONTAUT.
MONTAUT, Henri de

Vertus & Qualités

Paris: chez Arnauld de Vresse, 1860. Extremely Scarce Children Satirize Good Adult Behavior MONTAUT, Henri de. Vertus & Qualités. Dessins Composés par... Paris: chez Arnauld de Vresse, n.d. [c. 1860s]. Colored issue. Oblong folio (11/4 x 15 7/8 in; 285 x 403 mm). Twelve hand-colored lithographed plates with interleaves. Each.....

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History of Pendennis, The. William Makepeace THACKERAY.
THACKERAY, William Makepeace

History of Pendennis, The

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848. One of Thackeray’s Great Novels - In the Original Monthly Parts as Issued THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The History of Pendennis. His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848–1850 [i.e., November 1848–December 1850]. First edition, in the original twenty-four.....

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Actualites. CHAM, Amédée de.
CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de...

Actualites

Paris: Arnauld de Vresse & Martinet, 1864. Cham's Most Ambitious Sustained Effort… Actualités - 116 Hand Colored Lithographs CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Actualités. A fine collection of one hundred and sixteen hand colored lithograph plates, all heightened with gum arabic. Paris: Arnauld de Vresse & Martinet [1864-1870]. A......

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Les Mésaventures. Pierre-Aimé DEMANGE.
DEMANGE, Pierre-Aimé

Les Mésaventures

Paris: Chez Gilhaut Frères, 1828. One of Demange's Earliest Caricature Suites A Rare Hand-Colored Album Published by Gihaut Frères DEMANGE, Pierre-Aimé. Les Mésaventures. Paris: Gihaut Frères, 1828. First edition. Oblong quarto (10 3/8 x 13 5/8 inches; 264 x 346 mm.). Six finely hand-colored lithographic plates, each one with six.....

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Sports and Races. J. C DEELEY.
DEELEY, J.C.

Sports and Races

London, Berlin & St. Petersburg: A. Asher, 1835. English Races and Hunts in Twelve Original Parts Seventy-Two Images on Twenty-Four Hand Colored Lithograph Plates DEELEY, J. C. Sports and Races. Englische Wettrennen und Jagdstücke. London, Berlin & St. Petersburg: A. Asher, [ca,. 1835]. English Races and Hunts in twelve original.....

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La Guirlande choix de Danses a caractère de tous les pays. NUMA, Pierre-Numa BASSAGET.
NUMA (pseudonym of Pierre-Numa BASSAGET);...

La Guirlande choix de Danses...

Paris: Paris: H. Gache [&] London: E. Gambart, 1850. The Traditional Dances of France, Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic Six Superb Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Pierre-Numa Bassaget NUMA (pseudonym of Pierre-Numa BASSAGET). La Guirlande choix de Danses a caractère de tous les pays. Lithographiées par Régnier & Bettannier.....

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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. [And:] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Lewis CARROLL, John TENNIEL.
CARROLL, Lewis; TENNIEL, John, illustrator

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. [And:]...

London: Macmillan and Co, 1894. Alice in Full Dress: Tenniel’s Wonderland in a Sangorski & Sutcliffe Binding CARROLL, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. With forty-two illustrations by John Tenniel. Thirty-eighth thousand. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1897. [Bound together with:] Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found.....

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Musée pour rire, Le. Honoré DAUMIER, GAVARNI, BOUCHOT, Philipon.
DAUMIER, Honoré; GAVARNI; BOUCHOT; Philipon...

Musée pour rire, Le

Paris: Chez Aubert, 1839. With 50 Hand-Colored Lithographs, including Nine by Honoré Daumier and Fifteen by Gavarni [DAUMIER, Honoré, Gavarni, and others, illustrators]. [ALHOY, Maurice, Louis Huart, and Ch[arles] Philipon, editors]. Le Musée pour rire. Dessins par tous les caricaturistes de Paris; Texte par MM. Maurice Alhoy, Louis Huart et.....

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Voyage en Angleterre. Eugène LAMI, Henry MONNIER.
LAMI, Eugène; MONNIER, Henry

Voyage en Angleterre,

Paris: Publié par Firmin Didot frères, et Lami-Denozan [and] London: Colnaghi Son et Co.…, 1829. Twenty-Four Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting Lami and Monnier’s “Travels in England” [LAMI, Eugène, and Henry Monnier, illustrators]. Voyage en Angleterre, par Eug. Lami et H. Monnier. Paris: Publié par Firmin Didot Frères, et Lami-Denozan [and].....

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Twelfth Night Characters. Thomas ROWLANDSON.
ROWLANDSON, Thomas

Twelfth Night Characters

London: Thomas Tegg, 1811. One of the Rarest of all the Thomas Rowlandson Items "These Delicate Engravings show Various Fictional Characters taken from Various Ranks of Society" ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator. [Twelfth Night Characters, in Twenty-Four Figures]. London: [Thomas Tegg, Cheapside, 1811]. Twelvemo (3 7/16 x 2 1/4 inches; 88 x......

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