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Dear Debra, Caroline and David Brass Family, I can't thank you enough for the exquisite volume of The Tempest. The book (as Caroline mentioned before in correspondence) is in top notch condition, and the plates and pages have been lovingly cared for over the years. Please know that I too will care for and treasure this volume that will no doubt, be loved and highly regarded in my small collection. I am so thrilled to have done business with you all, and I definitely hope to do so again in the future. It is clear you all care for books in handling and packing, treasuring them as much as I do. With my deepest thanks, RBD

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Tailor of Gloucester, The. Beatrix POTTER.
POTTER, Beatrix

Tailor of Gloucester, The

London: Privately Printed by Strangeways and Sons, 1902. The First Privately Printed Edition of Beatrix Potter’s Scarce Second Book POTTER, Beatrix. The Tailor of Gloucester. [London: Privately Printed by Strangeways and Sons], December 1902. First (privately printed) edition of Beatrix Potter’s scarce second book. One of 500 copies printed. Twelvemo.....

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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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Hunting. James GILLRAY, Brownlow NORTH.
GILLRAY, James; NORTH, Brownlow

Hunting

London: H[annah] Humphrey, 1800. "Rare In This Fine State" (Schwerdt) GILLRAY, James. NORTH, Brownlow. [Hunting: A set of four humorous prints - A Preceding Companion to Cockney Sportsmen]. London: Published by H[annah] Humphrey, April 8th, 1800. Oblong folio (11 5/8 x 16 5/8 inches; 296 x 422 mm. Plate mark.....

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La Morte D'Arthur. Sir Thomas MALORY.
MALORY, Sir Thomas

La Morte D'Arthur

London: Printed and Published by R. Wilks, 1816. The 'Eighth' Edition of Sir Thomas Malory's “King Arthur” MALORY, Sir Thomas. La Morte D'Arthur. The most Ancient and Famous History of the Renowned Prince Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. By Sir Thomas Malory Knt. London: Printed and Published.....

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Newcomes, The. William Makepeace THACKERAY, Richard Doyle.
THACKERAY, William Makepeace; Doyle, Richard

Newcomes, The

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1853. First Edition of “The Newcomes” in the Original Parts [THACKERAY, William Makepeace]. The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. Edited by Arthur Pendennis, Esq. With Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Richard Doyle. Vol. I[-II]. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1854-1855 [i.e., October 1853-August 1855].....

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Mœurs Britanniques. CHAM, Amédée de.
CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de...

Mœurs Britanniques

Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1851. The French Take on the British… Fifteen Hilarious Lithographs Caricaturing British Life and Manners CHAM (pseudonym of Charles Amédée de Noé). Mœurs Britanniques. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., n.d. [ca. 1850]. First edition. Large folio (13 1/4 x 10 inches; 336 x......

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Mœurs Britanniques. CHAM, Amédée de.
CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de...

Mœurs Britanniques

Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1850. Fifteen Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Caricaturing the British CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Mœurs Britanniques. Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., [n.d., ca. 1850]. Large folio (13 1/4 x 10 inches; 336 x 252 mm.). Hand-colored lithographed title and fifteen numbered hand-colored lithographed plates, heightened.....

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Cris de Paris dessinés d’après nature. Carle VERNET.
VERNET, Carle

Cris de Paris dessinés d’après...

Paris: Chez Delpech, 1820. Charles Vernet's 'Cries of Paris' Illustrated with One Hundred Fine Hand Colored Lithograph Plates VERNET, C[arle]. Cris de Paris dessinés d’après nature par C. Vernet. Paris: Chez Delpech, [n.d., ca. 1820]. First Edition. Large folio (13 3/8 x 9 3/4 inches; 340 x 247 mm.). Lithograph.....

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"If No One Ever Marries Me&quot. Barbara McCLINTOCK, artist.
McCLINTOCK, Barbara, artist

"If No One Ever Marries...

: , 2012. A Lovely Original Watercolor From Leave Your Sleep Adapted to Music by Natalie Merchant McCLINTOCK, Barbara, artist. "If No One Ever Marries Me". From Leave Your Sleep by Natalie Merchant. [N.p.], 2012. Original pen, ink and watercolor illustration. Signed "Barbara McClintock" on lower left-hand corner. Image size.....

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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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Les Douze journées erotique de Mayeux. Charles Joseph TRAVIES, MAYEUX.
TRAVIES, Charles Joseph; MAYEUX

[Les Douze journées erotique de...

Paris: [Anonymous], 1830. Forbidden Laughter in the July Monarchy: Traviès’ Mayeux Unleashed in a Rare Erotic Caricature Album TRAVIÈS, Charles Joseph, illustrator. [MAYEUX]. [Les Douze journées erotique de Mayeux]. Paris: [Anonymous], ca 1830-35. First and only edition. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 185 x 123 mm.). Twelve.....

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The Christening Procession of Prince Taffy. Richard DOYLE.
DOYLE, Richard

The Christening Procession of Prince...

London: [Printed by W. Kohler for Messrs. Fores, 1842. The Christening Procession for the Prince of Wales [DOYLE, Richard]. The Christening Procession of Prince Taffy [later King Edward VII]. [Printed by W. Kohler for Messrs. Fores, Published 1, March, 1842]. Oblong twelvemo (4 15/16 x 8 5/8 inches; 126 x......

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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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Nos Jolies Parisiennes (The Pretty Women of Paris. Charles-Édouard de BEAUMONT.
BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de

Nos Jolies Parisiennes (The Pretty...

Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari et Chez Martinet, 1860. 'The Pretty Women of Paris' as seen by Édouard de Beaumont Depicted in Twenty-Nine Fine Lithograph Plates BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de. Nos Jolies Parisiennes (The Pretty Women of Paris). Album par Édouard de Beaumont. Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari et Chez Martinet.....

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Hungarian & Highland Broad Sword [together with] the original pen, ink and watercolor for the. Thomas ROWLANDSON, Henry ANGELO.
ROWLANDSON, Thomas; ANGELO, Henry

Hungarian & Highland Broad Sword...

London: H. Angelo, 1799. A Superb Example in A Contemporary Binding With the Extra Plate "The Guards…" and the Original Pen, Ink & Watercolor for the Nineteenth Plate [ROWLANDSON, T[homas], illustrator. [ANGELO, Henry]. Hungarian & Highland Broad Sword. Twenty Four Plates, designed and etched by T. Rowlandson, under the Direction.....

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Scenery of Torquay and Babbicombe. Thomas Colman DIBDIN, Edward VIVIAN.
DIBDIN, Thomas Colman; VIVIAN, Edward

Scenery of Torquay and Babbicombe

London: Cockrem, Elliott, and Barrett; R. Ackermann and Co., ca. 1841. Six Fine Hand-Colored Lithographed Views of Torquay and Babbicombe [DIBDIN, Thomas Coleman]. [Vivian, Edward]. [Scenery of Torquay and Babbicombe]. [London: Cockrem, Elliott, and Barrett; R. Ackermann and Co., ca. 1841]. First edition. This copy issued without title-page and five.....

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Soldiers. Thomas ROWLANDSON.
ROWLANDSON, Thomas

Soldiers

London: Ackermann's Gallery, 1798. Thomas Rowlandson's Exceptionally Rare Suite of British Soldiers at Work and Play Complete with All Five Magnificent Contemporary Hand-Colored Aquatints Apparently Unrecorded by Grego - No Complete Copy Traced at Auction ROWLANDSON, Thomas. Engraved by Heinrich Joseph Schütz. [Soldiers.] London: Ackermann's Gallery, 1798. First edition. Oblong.....

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Four original pen, ink and watercolor drawings of an elephant at the Great Royal Hotel. Ernest GRISET.
GRISET, Ernest

Four original pen, ink and...

n.p.: , 1865. Four Superb Original Pen, Ink & Watercolor Drawings by Ernest Griset "Griset possesses the faculty of investing his animals with human expression, without ever causing them to lose their own identity, and of making them funny without being ridiculous." GRISET, Ernest. Four original pen, ink and watercolor.....

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Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball Given by the British Ambassador Sir Henry Wellesley, at. Rudolph ACKERMANN.
ACKERMANN, Rudolph

Characters in the Grand Fancy...

London: Printed for R. Ackermann, 1828. Ackermann’s “Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball” [ACKERMANN, Rudolph]. Characters in the Grand Fancy Ball Given by the British Ambassador Sir Henry Wellesley, at Vienna, at the Conclusion of the Carnival 1826; in Thirteen Highly Coloured Plates: with a Description of the Entertainments on.....

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A History of the University of Oxford. Rudolph ACKERMANN.
ACKERMANN, Rudolph

A History of the University...

London: R. Ackermann, 1814. One of the Finest Copies We Have Seen in More Than Sixty Years Uncut Throughout in a Magnificent Contemporary Binding on Elephant Wove Paper With the first-issue list of plates before the addition of the thirty-three later-issued Founders portraits ACKERMANN, Rudolph. A History of the University.....

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Poems of W.B. Yeats, The. YEATS, illiam, utler.
YEATS, W[illiam] B[utler]

Poems of W.B. Yeats, The

London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd.,, 1949. The Definitive Edition of the Poems of W.B. Yeats, One of 350 Sets Signed by the Author YEATS, W[illiam] B[utler]. The Poems of W.B. Yeats. London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1949. Limited to 375 numbered copies (of which 350 are for sale), signed by.....

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The Right Sort, Six coloured plates drawn by Henry Alken, printed by C. Hullmandel. Henry ALKEN, Charles Joseph HULLMANDEL.
ALKEN, Henry; HULLMANDEL, Charles Joseph...

[The Right Sort, Six coloured...

London: S & J. Fuller, at the Sporting Gallery, 1822. Six Fine Hand Colored Plates Lithographed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel "One of C.F.G.R. Schwerdt's Favourites" ALKEN, Henry. [HULLMANDEL, Charles Joseph, lithographer]. [The Right Sort, Six coloured plates drawn by Henry Alken, printed by C. Hullmandel]. London: S & J. Fuller.....

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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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Country versus Town. Designed and Etched by D.T. Egerton. Daniel Thomas EGERTON.
EGERTON, Daniel Thomas

Country versus Town. Designed and...

London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1823. Excessively Rare Daniel Egerton Title A Colorful Country Life in Comparison to an Exhausting Urban Life EGERTON, Daniel Thomas. Country versus Town, Twelve Plates, Designed and Etched by D.T. Egerton. London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1823. First edition. Oblong quarto (9 1/4 x 14.....

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Costumes of the Canary Islands. Alfred DISTON.
DISTON, Alfred

Costumes of the Canary Islands

London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1829. Scarce Costume Book on The Canary Islands Six Hand Colored Lithographs - In the Original Printed Wrappers [DISTON, Alfred]. Costumes of the Canary Islands. Smith, Elder, and Co., 1829. First edition. Large quarto (11 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches; 301 x 241 mm.). [2.....

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