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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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Folies de la Commune, Les. CHAM, Amédée de.
CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de...

Folies de la Commune, Les

Paris: Au Bureau du Journal L'Eclipse, [1871]. Irony and Biting Satire on the 4th French Revolution CHAM (pseud. of Amédée de Noé). Les Folies de la Commune. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal L'Eclipse, n.d. [1871]. First edition, complete. Quarto (13 x 9 3/4 inches; 330 x 247 mm.). Hand-colored lithographed.....

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Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs. Thomas ROWLANDSON.
ROWLANDSON, Thomas

Loyal Volunteers of London &...

London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1798-9. Thomas Rowlandson's Masterpiece of British Military Costume The Finest Illustrated Record of the Loyal Volunteer Movement A Superb Early Copy with the Plates Heightened in Gold and Silver ROWLANDSON, Thomas. Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs, Infantry & Cavalry, in their respective Uniforms. Representing the whole.....

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Life of Cobbett, The. James GILLRAY.
GILLRAY, James

Life of Cobbett, The

London: H. Humphrey, 1809. James Gillray's Life of Cobbett with Eight Superb Hand-Colored Etched Plates GILLRAY, James. The Life of Cobbett, written by himself. London: H[annah] Humphrey, 1809. First edition. Large folio (19 3/8 x 12 inches; 492 x 305 mm.). The complete set of eight etchings, with large margins.....

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Reitschule oder Darstellung des natürlichen und künstlichen Ganges des Campagnepferdes. Mit. Carl Adolf Heinrich HESS.
HESS, Carl Adolf Heinrich

Reitschule oder Darstellung des natürlichen...

Leipzig: Theodor Seeger, 1800. Seven Superb Hand-Colored Engravings Depicting A Late Eighteenth Century Riding School By Carl Adolph Hess The text with instructions on the most natural and easiest way to train horses HESS, Carl Adolf Heinrich. Reitschule oder Darstellung des natürlichen und künstlichen Ganges des Campagnepferdes. Mit Kupfern und.....

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Heath's Oddities. Henry HEATH.
HEATH, Henry

Heath's Oddities

London: W.Spooner, 1830. A Most Delightful Group of Characters by Henry Heath HEATH, Henry, illustrator. Heath's Oddities. London: W. Spooner, [c.1830]. Large quarto (11 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches; 298 x 235 mm.). Hand colored lithograph title and twenty-two numbered hand colored lithograph plates, all with head-title "Heath's Oddities." Six.....

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Les Lions. Jules PLATIER.
PLATIER, Jules

Les Lions

Paris: Chez Bauger, 1842. Jules Platier - Les Lions A Virtually Unknown Suite of Hand Colored Lithographs PLATIER, Jules. Les Lions. Paris: Chez Bauger, [1842]. First and only edition. Oblong folio (13 1/4 x 9 11/16 inches; 335 x 246 mm.). Six (of eight?) magnificent hand colored lithographs heightened with.....

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Poetical Works of Robert Burns; The. FORE-EDGE PAINTING, Helen HAYWOOD, artist.
FORE-EDGE PAINTING; HAYWOOD, Helen, artist;...

Poetical Works of Robert Burns;...

London: Printed for John Bumpus, Walker and Co.…, 1822. With Two Very Fine Fore-Edge Paintings by Helen R. Haywood Depicting Burns Cottage with a Portrait of Robert Burns and a Fine View of the Bridges on the River Ayr FORE-EDGE PAINTING. HAYWOOD, Helen, artist. BURNS, Robert. The Poetical Works of.....

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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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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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Agréments de la Vie de château, Les. Eugène LAMI.
LAMI, Eugène

Agréments de la Vie de...

Paris: Chez Gihaut frères, 1828. Twenty Charming Hand-Colored Lithographs of French Upper Class Country Life The Copy of Ferdinand De Lesseps LAMI, Eugène. [Les Agréments de la Vie de château] [First and Second Series]. Paris: Paris H. Gache. [n.d., 1828-1833]. Two parts in one oblong folio volume (9 3/4 x......

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Story of Doctor Dolittle, The. Hugh LOFTING.
LOFTING, Hugh

Story of Doctor Dolittle, The

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1920. “The Making of Doctor Dolittle” The First Edition with Six Original Hugh Lofting Drawings, Including a Preliminary Endpaper Design LOFTING, Hugh. The Story of Doctor Dolittle. Being the history of his peculiar life at home and astonishing adventures in foreign Parts. Never before.....

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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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Caricatures de J.J. 1818. à paris. Jean-Baptiste ISABEY.
ISABEY, Jean-Baptiste

Caricatures de J.J. 1818. à...

Paris: Chez l’auteur et chez Alphonse Giroux, 1818. Isabey’s Grotesque and Indelicate Caricatures [ISABEY, Jean-Baptiste]. Caricatures de J.J. 1818. à paris. Paris: Chez l’auteur et chez Alphonse Giroux, 1818. First edition. Oblong folio (10 1/4 x 14 3/8 inches; 260 x 365 mm.). Publisher's lithograph pale pink wrapper as title-page.....

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La Fiesta Espanola. Bartolomé TOVAR.
TOVAR, Bartolomé

La Fiesta Espanola

Seville: Imprenta y Libreria de José G. Fernández, 1860. A Rare Spanish Album of Bullfighting with Twenty-Two Fine Wood-Engraved Plates [TOVAR, Bartolomé]. La Fiesta Espanola. [Seville: Imprenta y Libreria de José G. Fernández], 1860. First edition. Oblong quarto (7 3/4 x 11 3/8 inches; 197 x 289 mm.). Twenty-two hand-colored.....

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"Happiness" and "Dismay&quot. Kate GREENAWAY, In the style.
[GREENAWAY, Kate], (In the style...

"Happiness" and "Dismay"

: , 1875. A Superb Pair of Drawings In the Early Style of Kate Greenaway [GREENAWAY, Kate], (In the style of). "Happiness" and "Dismay". Two ink drawings, initialed and dated 1875. A pair of two original pen and ink drawings. Image sizes: 6 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches: 165 x......

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Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793 to 1817, The. James JENKINS.
JENKINS, James

Naval Achievements of Great Britain...

London: Printed for J. Jenkins… by L. Harrison, 1817. One of the Finest Early Copies of One of the Greatest English Naval Color-Plate Books First Issue with Pre-Publication Watermarks and Fifty-Five Superb Hand-Colored Aquatints JENKINS, James. The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793 to 1817. London: Printed.....

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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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Coaching Subjects. James POLLARD.
POLLARD, James

[Coaching Subjects]

London: R. Pollard & Sons, 1819. Five Wonderful Hand Colored Aquatint Coaching Plates by James Pollard POLLARD, James. [Coaching Subjects]. London: R. Pollard & Sons, 1819-1823. Folio (15 1/4 x 19 7/8 inches; 386 x 504 mm.). Five hand-colored aquatint plates by and after James Pollard. Sizes varying slightly from.....

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Old English 'Squire, The. John CARELESS, RIVIÉRE, pseudonym.
CARELESS, John [pseudonym]; RIVIÉRE &...

Old English 'Squire, The

London: Printed for Thomas McLean, 1821. Scarce Copy With Earliest Watermarks Complete With Half-Title CARELESS, John [pseudonym]. [CHATTO, William Andrew]. The Old English 'Squire. "A Jovial Gay Fox-Hunter, Bold, Frank, and Free." A Poem in Ten Cantos. Illustrated with Plates, by One of the Family. London: Printed for Thomas McLean….....

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A fine original pen and ink drawing depicting Old Mr. Bouncer, Mr. Tod, Jemima Puddle-Duck and. Beatrix POTTER, artist.
POTTER, Beatrix, artist

A fine original pen and...

n.p.: , 1912. A Wonderful Original Beatrix Potter Pen & Ink Drawing Featuring Old Mr. Bouncer, Mr. Tod, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Hunca Munca POTTER, Beatrix, artist. A fine original pen and ink drawing depicting Old Mr. Bouncer (Benjamin Bunny's father), Mr. Tod, Jemima Puddle-Duck and Hunca Munca. Signed “Beatrix Potter/Dec 4th 1912”. Size 3.....

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Costume of Sweden. Carl Wilhelm SVEDMAN.
SVEDMAN, Carl Wilhelm

Costume of Sweden

London: Printed for Rodwell and Martin, 1823. The Costume of Sweden Twenty-Two Fine Hand Colored Lithographed Plates [SVEDMAN, Carl Wilhelm]. Costume of Sweden. Illustrated by Twenty-Two Engravings. London: Printed for Rodwell and Martin, 1823. First edition. Folio (16 1/8 x 12 5/8 inches; 409 x 321 mm.). Twenty-two fine hand.....

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New Rhyming Dictionary and Poets’ Handbook by Burges Johnson (revised edition. Alan Jay LERNER, Burges JOHNSON.
LERNER, Alan Jay; JOHNSON, Burges;...

New Rhyming Dictionary and Poets’...

New York: Harper & Row, 1957. Used for Three Decades - From Gigi and Camelot to His Final Years Given by His Widow to Fellow Lyricist Leslie Bricusse Alan Jay Lerner's Working Rhyming Dictionary - A Lyricist's Working Tool Used for Three Decades in the Creation of Modern Musical Theater.....

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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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The Novels of Jane Austen. Jane AUSTEN, obert illiam CHAPMAN, R, W.
AUSTEN, Jane; CHAPMAN, [R]obert [W]illiam...

The Novels of Jane Austen

Oxford: Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1923. The Best Collected Edition of Jane Austen's Works AUSTEN, Jane. The Novels of Jane Austen. The Text based on Collation of the Early Editions by R.W. Chapman. With Notes Indexes and Illustrations From Contemporary Sources. In Five Volumes. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press.....

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Shakespeare Head Brontë, The. SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS, Charlotte Brontë.
[SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS]; Brontë, Charlotte;...

Shakespeare Head Brontë, The

Oxford: , 1931. The Shakespeare Head Brontë A Fine Set in the Original Dust Jackets [SHAKESPEARE HEAD PRESS]. BRONTË, [Charlotte, Emily, and Anne]. The Shakespeare Head Brontë. Oxford: Newly Printed at the Shakespeare Head Press and Published for the Press by Basil Blackwell, 1931. Limited to 1,000 copies. Eleven large.....

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