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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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Scènes Comiques d'après Nature. Albert ADAM, lithographer GODARD.
ADAM, Albert, illustrator; GODARD, lithographer

Scènes Comiques d'après Nature

Paris: Hautecoeur Frères, 1860. Sixteen Fine Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates Many with Several Scenes ADAM, Albert, illustrator. Scènes Comiques d'après Nature. [Plates lithographed by Godard]. Paris: Hautecoeur Frères, 1860. Oblong octavo (6 5/16 x 10 inches; 161 x 253 mm.). Hand colored lithographed title-page and sixteen highly amusing hand-colored lithograph plates.....

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Les Frères d'Armes. Victor ADAM, Antoine Léon MOREL-FATIO.
ADAM, Victor; MOREL-FATIO, Antoine Léon...

Les Frères d'Armes

Paris: Librairie d'Éducation, A. Courcier, Éditeur, 1860. 'Brothers In Arms' The Italian War of Independence and The Crimean War The Battles of Magenta, Kinburn and Malakoff ADAM, Victor, illustrator [&] MOREL-FATIO, Antoine Léon, illustrator. Les Frères d'Armes. Par Th. Midy. Ullustré de six superbes gravures a deux teints par V......

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Theatrical Pleasures. LANE, heodore.
LANE, T[heodore]

Theatrical Pleasures

London: Pubd. by Thos McLean, 1826. Excessively Rare Series of Caricatures of the London Theater LANE, T[heodore]. Theatrical Pleasures. London: Pubd. by Thos. McLean, [n.d., ca. 1826]. First edition, complete. Large quarto (12 5/8 x inches; 321 x mm.). Six numbered hand-colored engraved plates each tipped-onto hinged stiff card mounts.....

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A London Nuisance. Richard DIGHTON.
DIGHTON, Richard

A London Nuisance

London: Thos. McLean, 1821. The Satirical Art of Richard Dighton - A London Nuisance DIGHTON, Richard. A London Nuisance. London: Thos. McLean, [1821]. First edition. Folio (16 5/8 x 11 1/8 inches; 422 x 282 mm.). Six fine hand colored etched plates published October 1821. Each plate with the series.....

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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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Piccinino, Le. George SAND.
SAND, George

Piccinino, Le

Paris: Desessart, 1847. "Piracy, Banditry and Disorder" Bewitching Beauty Inflames Desires Uncut, in the Original Printed Wrappers SAND, George. Le Piccinino. Paris: Desessart, Éditeur, 1847. First edition. Five octavo volumes (9 1/16 x 5 7/16 inches; 231 x 139 mm.). [4], 315, [1, blank], [1, “Table”], [3, blank] (final blank.....

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Evelina. SANGORSKI, binders SUTCLIFFE, BURNEY.
SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders; BURNEY...

Evelina

London : MacMillan & Co Limited, 1903. One of the Finest S & S Pictorial Inlaid Bindings that we have ever seen SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. BURNEY, Frances. THOMSON, Hugh, illustrator. Evelina or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney. With an introduction by.....

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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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Ce Que Parler Veut Dire. Frédéric BOUCHOT.
BOUCHOT, Frédéric

Ce Que Parler Veut Dire

Paris: Paris: Chez Aubert gal: Vero-Dodat, 1837. One of Frédéric Bouchot's Greatest Comic Suites Thirty Brilliant Hand-Colored Lithographs Exploring the Difference Between What We Say - and What We Really Mean BOUCHOT, Frédéric, illustrator. Ce Que Parler Veut Dire (What People Really Mean). [Paris: Chez Aubert, Galerie Véro-Dodat, 1837]. Folio.....

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Paris le Matin [bound with] La Boite aux Lettres. Paul GAVARNI, Guillaume.
GAVARNI, Paul [pseudonym of Guillaume...

Paris le Matin [bound with]...

Paris: Caboche Gregoire / Chez Aubert, 1838-1839. Two Incredibly Scarce Gavarni Albums Bound Together A Total of Forty-Three Marvelous Hand-Colored Lithographs GAVARNI [pseudonym of Guillaume Sulpice Chevallier]. Paris le Matin. Paris: Chez Aubert, 1838-1839. [bound with] La Boite aux Lettres. Paris: Caboche Gregoire / Chez Aubert, 1839. First editions. Folio.....

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Album de Sainte-Pélagie, Prison de la Dette. Victor ADAM.
ADAM, Victor

Album de Sainte-Pélagie, Prison de...

Paris [&] London: V. Morlet [&] McLean, 1830. Twelve Superb Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting Scenes from the Debtor's Prison of Sainte-Pélagie ADAM, Victor. Album de Sainte-Pélagie, Prison de la Dette. [Gravures réhaussées à l'aquarelle. Douze scènes intérieures dessinées et lithographiées d’après nature par V. Adam]. Paris [&] London: Publié par.....

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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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Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Hamlet. W. G. SIMMONDS, William Shakespeare.
SIMMONDS, W.G.; Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Hamlet

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1910. A Striking Arts and Crafts Interpretation of Hamlet One of 250 Signed Copies with Thirty Mounted Color Plates [SIMMONDS, W[illiam] G[eorge], illustrator]. SHAKESPEARE, [William]. Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Hamlet. Illustrated by W. G. Simmonds. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1910]. Limited to 250 numbered copies signed by.....

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Sir Maximus Mouse. Alan ALDRIDGE.
ALDRIDGE, Alan

Sir Maximus Mouse

London: , 1973. The Cheese Tycoon At Home in the Cheddar Bank Original Art From "The Butterfly Ball" ALDRIDGE, Alan. Sir Maximus Mouse. Original Art, Plate No. 19 from The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast. [London], 1973. 25 x 19 1/4 inches (64 x 49 cm) matted and glassed.....

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English Dance of Death, The. Thomas ROWLANDSON, William COMBE.
ROWLANDSON, Thomas; COMBE, William

English Dance of Death, The

London: Printed by J. Diggins; Published at R. Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1815. "The Union of the Gruesome and the Grotesque" Thomas Rowlandson's 'The English Dance of Death' [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [COMBE, William]. The English Dance of Death, from the designs of Thomas Rowlandson, with Metrical Illustrations, by the author.....

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Le Diable Boiteux A Paris. Jean-Gabriel J. S -. SCHEFFER, J S.
SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel J.S -.; J.S.

Le Diable Boiteux A Paris

Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, 1830. "The Lame Devils of Paris" Exceptionally Rare Suite of Six Hand Colored Lithographed Plates [SCHEFFER, Jean-Gabriel]. J.S -. Le Diable Boiteux A Paris, Par Gabriel Scheffer. [Paris: Chez Ostervald ainé, 1830. First edition. Part one only (of two). Oblong quarto (9 1/8 x 12 3/8.....

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Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, The. Beatrix POTTER.
POTTER, Beatrix

Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, The

London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin In the Publisher's Deluxe Binding 'Flowered Lavender Chintz' POTTER, Beatrix. The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin. London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1903. First edition, third printing, with “1903” and the words “Author of ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’ on the.....

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Hunter's Annual. Richard Barrett DAVIS.
DAVIS, Richard Barrett

Hunter's Annual

London: Published by R.B. Davis, 1836. First Edition of Hunter's Annual [No. 1] in the Publisher's Printed Wrappers Four Superb Hand Colored Lithographs Depicting Four of the Most Celebrated Hunts [DAVIS, Richard Barrett]. Hunter's Annual [No. 1]. Dedicated by Permission of His Most Gracious Majesty King William the 4th. by.....

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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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Verses by Christina G. Rossetti. Christina G. ROSSETTI, binder ZAEHNSDORF.
ROSSETTI, Christina G.; ZAEHNSDORF, binder

Verses by Christina G. Rossetti

London: Privately printed at G. Polidori's…, 1847. Christina Rossetti's First Book Privately Printed by Her Grandfather and Inscribed by the Sixteen-Year-Old Poet to Her Beloved Aunt Eliza Harriet Polidori ROSSETTI, Christina G. Verses by Christina G. Rossetti. Dedicated to her Mother. London: Privately Printed at G. Polidori's, No. 15 Park.....

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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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The Progress of a Midshipman exemplified in the career of Master Blockhead. George CRUIKSHANK, Frederick MARRYAT.
CRUIKSHANK, George; MARRYAT, Frederick, illustrator

The Progress of a Midshipman...

London: Thos. McLean, 1835. The Progress of a Midshipman Eight Hand Colored Aquatint Plates by George Cruikshank CRUIKSHANK, George, engraver. [MARRYAT, Frederick, illustrator]. The Progress of a Midshipman exemplified in the career of Master Blockhead in seven plates & Frontispiece. London: Thos. McLean, Aug 1st 1835. First edition, [third state.....

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Nos Gentils Hommes a Gout. CHAM, Amédée de.
CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de...

Nos Gentils Hommes a Gout.

Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie.,, [1846]. The Pleasures of Youth… Young Parisian Gentlemen At Play CHAM (pseudonym of Amédée de Noé). Nos Gentils Hommes a Gout. Tournure, Elégance, Moeurs et Plaisirs de la Jeunesse Dorée. Par Cham Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., n.d. [1846]. First (only) edition, complete. Folio (13.....

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Baierische Volkstrachten. Johann Ludwig Christian RHEINWALD, NEUREUTHER.
RHEINWALD, Johann Ludwig Christian; NEUREUTHER...

Baierische Volkstrachten

Munich: Johann Ludwig Christian Rheinwald, 1804. Twelve Superb hand Colored Aquatint Plates Depicting the Various Regional Costumes and Typical Outfits of Bavaria RHEINWALD, Johann Ludwig Christian. NEUREUTHER, Ludwig, artist. Baierische Volkstrachten, herausgegeben von J.L.C. Rheinwald. Munich: Johann Ludwig Christian Rheinwald, 1804-1806. First edition. Two parts in one volume - all.....

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Works of Matthew Arnold, The. Matthew ARNOLD.
ARNOLD, Matthew

Works of Matthew Arnold, The

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, Smith, Elder and Company, 1903. "Ah, love, let us be true To one another…" Mathew Arnold's Edition de Luxe in an Elegant Binding by Rivière for Sotheran's ARNOLD, Matthew. The Works of Matthew Arnold. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, Smith, Elder and Company, 1903–1904. Edition.....

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