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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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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: Gihaut Frères, 1829. 'What One Says And What One thinks' Forty-Eight 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, [1829-30]. Folio (13 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches; 343 x 260 mm.).....

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Album des Charges du Jour [and] Les Cosaques pour rire. Honoré DAUMIER, CHAM.
DAUMIER, Honoré; CHAM (pseudonym of...

Album des Charges du Jour...

Paris: Au Bureau du Charivari…et chez Martinet, 1859. The Moroccan Sultan, Monsieur Prudhomme and the Chinese Emperor Thirty Fine, Humorous Lithographs by Honoré Daumier Bound together with Les Cosaques Pour Rire Forty fine lithographs by Daumier, Cham & Vernier DAUMIER, Honoré. Album des Charges du Jour. 30 Lithographies par H......

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Flora's Gems: or, The Treasures of the Parterre. James ANDREWS, Louisa Anne TWAMLEY.
ANDREWS, James; TWAMLEY, Louisa Anne

Flora's Gems: or, The Treasures...

London: Charles Tilt, 1830. "Handsome and Interesting Ornaments for the Drawing-Room Table" ANDREWS, James. Flora's Gems: or, The Treasures of the Parterre. Twelve Bouquets, drawn and coloured from nature, by James Andrews. With Poetical Illustrations, by Louisa Anne Twamley. London: Charles Tilt, [1830]. First edition. Folio (14 1/2 x 10.....

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Les Toqués Du Jour. CHAM, Amédée de.
CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de...

Les Toqués Du Jour

Paris: Arnauld De Vresse, 1850. Exceedingly Scarce Highly Amusing Hand-Colored Caricatures Showing "The Crazy's of the Day" [CHAM, illustrator, pseud. of Charles Amédée de Noé]. Les Toqués Du Jour. Paris: Arnauld De Vresse, [n.d., ca. 1847]. First edition. Large folio (13 3/4 x 10 5/16 inches; 349 x 261 mm.).....

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Les Vésuviennes. Charles-Édouard de BEAUMONT.
BEAUMONT, Charles-Édouard de,

Les Vésuviennes

Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. Editeurs, 1848. Les Vésuviennes - The Radical feminist Group as Depicted by Charles Édouard de Beaumont Twenty Superb Hand Colored Lithographs BEAUMONT, [Charles-]É[douard] de. Les Vésuviennes ou les Soldats pour rire… Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie. Editeurs, [1848]. Folio (13 3/8 x 10 inches; 339.....

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Shooting. Henry ALKEN, T. SUTHERLAND.
ALKEN, Henry; SUTHERLAND, T

[Shooting]

London: Thomas Pulser, 1817. A Set of Four Magnificent Hand Colored Aquatint Plates by Henry Alken, Engraved by T. Sutherland ALKEN, Henry. [Shooting]. London: Thomas Pulser, 1 June 1817 [i.e. 1820]. Four Magnificent Hand Colored Sporting Engravings by T. Sutherland after Henry Alken. Elephant folio (16 5/8 x 21 7/8.....

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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" Thirty Three (of Forty) Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Henri Monnier MONNIER, Henri, illustrator. Chansons de P.J. Béranger Anciennes, Nouvelles et Inédites, avec des vignettes de Devéria.....

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Picturesque Tour along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne…, A. J. J. von GERNING, Johann Isaac.
GERNING, J.J. [Johann Isaac] von

Picturesque Tour along the Rhine...

London: Published by R. Ackermann.…Printed by L. Harrison, 1820. "Cologne! Cologne! Thy Walls are Won" One of the Great Nineteenth-Century Color-Plate Books, with Twenty-Four Hand-Colored Aquatints GERNING, J.J. [Johann Isaac] von. A Picturesque Tour Along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne: With Illustrations of the Scenes of Remarkable Events, and.....

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Adventures of Doctor Comicus, The. Thomas ROWLANDSON, in the style.
[ROWLANDSON, Thomas, in the style...

Adventures of Doctor Comicus, The

London: Printed for B. Blake, 1815. In The Original Printed Boards The First Dr. Syntax Imitation [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, in the style of]. [COMBE, William, imitation of]. The Adventures of Doctor Comicus, or the Frolicks of Fortune. A Comic Satirical Poem for the Squeamish & the Queer. In Twelve Cantos, by.....

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Cockney's Shooting Season, in Suffolk, A. Henry ALKEN.
ALKEN, Henry

Cockney's Shooting Season, in Suffolk...

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1822. "One Season Makes a Proficient; Practice Makes Perfect" But - Peter Pop and Sam Slop are A Danger to the Peace ALKEN, Henry. A Cockney's Shooting Season, in Suffolk, By Henry Alken. Containing The Remarkable Adventures that actually occurred to a young Cit on a visit.....

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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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Original Walt Disney Production celluloid with background featuring Thomas O'Malley and Uncle. WALT DISNEY STUDIOS.
WALT DISNEY STUDIOS

Original Walt Disney Production celluloid...

USA: Walt Disney Studios, 1970. Thomas O'Malley and Uncle Waldo DISNEY STUDIOS. Original Walt Disney Production celluloid with background featuring Thomas O'Malley and Uncle Waldo from The Aristocats. Walt Disney: [USA, 1970]. Image size: 7 7/8 inches x 9 7/8 inches; 202 x 250 mm. Framed size: 12 3/4 inches.....

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Pilgrim's Progress, The. John BUNYAN, Robert SOUTHEY, MARTIN.
BUNYAN, John; SOUTHEY, Robert; MARTIN...

Pilgrim's Progress, The

London: John Murray, 1830. The First Appearance of Southey's Life of Bunyan A Fine Extra-Illustrated Example in a Wonderful Contemporary Gauffered Edge Binding BUNYAN, John. The Pilgrim's Progress. With a life of John Bunyan by Robert Southey, Esq… Illustrated with engravings. London: John Murray, [&] John Major, 1830. First 'John.....

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Where the Blue Begins. Arthur RACKHAM, Christopher MORLEY.
RACKHAM, Arthur; MORLEY, Christopher

Where the Blue Begins

London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1925. A Man's Best Friend [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. MORLEY, Christopher. Where the Blue Begins. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann; New York: Doubleday Page & Co., [1925]. Edition de Luxe, limited to 175 numbered and signed by Arthur Rackham, this being copy No. 30.....

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George Cruikshank's Omnibus. George CRUIKSHANK, Laman BLANCHARD, BIRDSALL.
CRUIKSHANK, George; BLANCHARD, Laman; BIRDSALL...

George Cruikshank's Omnibus.

London: Tilt and Bogue, 1842. George Cruikshank's Omnibus First Edition, Finely Bound by Birdsall of Northampton [CRUIKSHANK, George]. George Cruikshank's Omnibus. Illustrated with one hundred engravings on steel and wood. Edited by Laman Blanchard. London: Tilt and Bogue, 1842. First edition. Large octavo (9 3/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 238.....

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Figures on a Boat. Marjorie PRICEMAN, artist.
PRICEMAN, Marjorie, artist

[Figures on a Boat]

: , 1994. A Bright, Sunny Original Watercolor Beautifully Framed and Matted PRICEMAN, Marjorie, artist. [Figures on a Boat]. From How to Make an Apple Pie and see the World. [n.p.], 1994. Original watercolor, signed "MP" on lower right-hand corner. Image size: 9 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches; 248 x......

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Tales of the Imagination. Elizabeth LESTER, Erroneously attributed to.
LESTER, Elizabeth; [Erroneously attributed to...

Tales of the Imagination

London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. By The Actual "Obscure But Remarkable Author" [LESTER, Elizabeth B. ]. [Erroneously attributed to Mrs. Ross]. Tales of the Imagination. By the Author of The Bachelor and the Married Man, The Physioignomist, and Hesitation…In Three Volumes. London: Printed for Longman.....

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Mystery of Edwin Drood, The [and] John Jasper's Secret. Charles DICKENS.
DICKENS, Charles

Mystery of Edwin Drood, The...

London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First Edition of Edwin Drood and The First 'Conclusion' - John Jasper's Secret Uniformly Bound by Zaehnsdorf DICKENS, Charles. The Mystery of Edwin Drood. With Twelve Illustrations by S.L. Fildes, and a Portrait. London: Chapman and Hall, 1870. First edition in book form of Dickens’s.....

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Eccentric Tales. George CRUIKSHANK, W. F. KOSEWITZ.
CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator; KOSEWITZ, W.F....

Eccentric Tales

London: James Robins and Co., 1827. Eccentric Cruikshank [CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator]. KOSEWITZ, W.F. von. Eccentric Tales. From the German of W.F. Von Kosewitz, with Illustrations by George Cruikshank, From Sketches by Alfred Crowquill. London: James Robins and Co., 1827. First edition in book form, originally issued in four parts with.....

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Sylvie and Bruno [and] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. Lewis CARROLL, Charles Lutwidge DODGSON.
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Sylvie and Bruno [and] Sylvie...

London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. A Superb Set of Sylvie and Bruno and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded Including 'The Mad Gardener's Song' CARROLL, Lewis. FURNISS, Harry, illustrator. Sylvie and Bruno [and] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. [each] With forty-six illustrations by Harry Furniss. London: Macmillan and Co., 1889 [and] 1893. First.....

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Fox Hunting. Henry ALKEN.
ALKEN, Henry

Fox Hunting

London: Thomas Mc.Lean, 1823. Four Magnificent Hand Colored Aquatint Plates, All Heightened With Gum Arabic Showing the Full Sweep of the Hunt Across the Rolling English Countryside… ALKEN, Henry. Fox Hunting. London: Thomas Mc.Lean, 1823. First edition. Oblong folio (13 5/8 x 17 7/8 inches; 347 x 454 mm.). An.....

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Modes et Ridicules] & [Séries Anglaise. Henri MONNIER.
MONNIER, Henri

[Modes et Ridicules] & [Séries...

Paris: Gihaut Frères, éditeurs, 1825. One of Henry Monnier's Earliest Works Ten Superb Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates Depicting 'Absurd Fads' Bound together with Four of the Plates from the 'Série Anglaise' MONNIER, Henry, illustrator. [Modes et Ridicules] & [Séries Anglaise]. Paris: Gihaut Frères, éditeurs, 1825. Large folio (13 3/8 x 9.....

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Wind in the Willows, The. Arthur RACKHAM, Kenneth GRAHAME, Rogers.
RACKHAM, Arthur; GRAHAME, Kenneth; Rogers...

Wind in the Willows, The

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1940. Arthur Rackham’s “Wind in the Willows” [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. With an Introduction by A.A. Milne & Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1940. Limited to 2,020 numbered copies (this copy being No.....

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Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, The. KELLIEGRAM BINDING, Gilbert WHITE.
KELLIEGRAM BINDING; WHITE, Gilbert

Natural History and Antiquities of...

London: Printed [at the Chiswick Press] for J. and A. Arch; Longman and Co.,[et al], 1837. A Superb Art Nouveau Binding [KELLIEGRAM BINDING]. WHITE, Gilbert. The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne. With the Naturalist's Calendar; and Miscellaneous Observations, extracted from his papers. London: Printed [at the Chiswick Press] for.....

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Real Life in Ireland. Henry ALKEN, Pierce EGAN, imitation.
ALKEN, Henry; EGAN, Pierce, imitation...

Real Life in Ireland;

London: Jones and Co. and J.J. Marks, 1821. High and Low Life in Dublin ALKEN, Henry, illustrator. [EGAN, Pierce, imitation of]. Real Life in Ireland; or, The Day and Night Scenes, Rovings, Rambles, and Sprees, Bulls, Blunders, Bodderation and Blarney, of Brian Boru, Esq., and his elegant friend Sir Shawn.....

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