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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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Humourist, The:. George CRUIKSHANK.
CRUIKSHANK, George

Humourist, The:

London: Printed and Published by J. Robins & Co., 1819. With the Very Rare First Issue of Volume I CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. The Humourist: A Collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdoes, Repartees, Witty Sayings, Epigrams, Bon Mots, Jeu d’esprits, &c. Carefully selected. London: Printed and Published by J. Robins & Co......

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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. SANGORSKI, binders SUTCLIFFE, RUBÁIYÁT.
SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders; RUBÁIYÁT...

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1894. "Vedder's ‘Rubáiyát’ set the standard for the artist-designed book in America and England.” In a Superb Early Twentieth Century Inlaid Binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe [BINDING]. SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. FITZGERALD, Edward, Translator and Editor. VEDDER, Elihu, Illustrator. KHAYYAM, Omar. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám.....

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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 Edited, with much hitherto unpublished manuscript, by Clement Shorter.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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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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Norske Nationaldragter tegnede af forskjellige norske Kunstnere og ledsaede med oplÿsende. Nils Christian TÖNSBERG.
TÖNSBERG, Nils Christian

Norske Nationaldragter tegnede af forskjellige...

Oslo: Jörgen Schive, Winckelmann & Sönner, 1852. Thirty-Three Colored Plates Illustrating the National Costumes of Norway TÖNSBERG. Nils Christian. Norske Nationaldragter tegnede af forskjellige norske Kunstnere og ledsaede med oplÿsende. Text. Udgivne af Chr. Tönsberg. Christiania, Udgiverens Forlag. [Oslo]: Trykt af [Printed by] Jörgen Schive, Winckelmann & Sönner, 1851-52. Norwegian.....

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Sammlung verschiedener Spanischer National-Trachten and Uniformen. Christoffer SUHR, Cornelius SUHR.
SUHR, Christoffer; SUHR, Cornelius

Sammlung verschiedener Spanischer National-Trachten and...

Hamburg: , 1808. Eighteen Super Hand Colored Aquatint Plates by Christoffer and Cornelius Suhr Documenting the Uniforms of the Legendary Roman Division SUHR, Christoffer. SUHR, Cornelius. Sammlung verschiedener Spanischer National-Trachten and Uniformen der Division des Marquis de la Romana, 1807 und 1808, in Hamburg in Garnison. Gezeichnet von Christ. Suhr.....

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Eccentric Excursions, or, Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance, Character &. George Moutard WOODWARD, Isaac CRUIKSHANK.
WOODWARD, George Moutard; CRUIKSHANK, Isaac

Eccentric Excursions, or, Literary &...

London: Allen & Co., 1807. "A Study the Inhabitants of the Roundhouse and the Regular Attendants at the Police-Court" A Journey in Caricature through Early Nineteenth Century England… WOODWARD. George Moutard. Eccentric Excursions, or, Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance, Character & Country, in different parts of England & South.....

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Miseries of Human Life:. Thomas ROWLANDSON.
ROWLANDSON, Thomas

Miseries of Human Life:

London: R. Ackermann, 1808. Complete with the Rare 'Pall Mall' Plate ROWLANDSON, Thomas. Miseries of Human Life: Designed and Etched by T. Rowlandson… London: R. Ackermann, 1808. Oblong quarto (7 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 197 x 250 mm.). Hand colored engraved title-page and forty-nine hand colored engraved plates including.....

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Life of an Actor, The. Pierce EGAN, Theodore LANE.
EGAN, Pierce; LANE, Theodore, illustrator

Life of an Actor, The

London: Printed for C.S. Arnold, 1825. "Acting is the Perfect Idiot's Profession" (Katherine Hepburn). "The Art of Acting Consists in Keeping People from Coughing" (Benjamin Franklin). EGAN, Pierce. LANE, Theodore, illustrator. The Life of an Actor… Dedicated to Edmund Kean, Esq. The Poetical Descriptions by T. Greenwood. Embellished with Twenty-Seven.....

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Recueil de Scenes Populaires. Edmé-Jean PIGAL.
PIGAL, Edmé-Jean

Recueil de Scenes Populaires

Paris: Chez Martinet et Gihaut, 1822. Fifty-Two Highly Amusing Hand Colored Lithograph Plates Showing the People of Paris PIGAL, Edmé-Jean. Recueil de Scenes Populaires. [Collection of Popular Scenes]. Paris: Chez Martinet et Gihaut, [1822]. First edition. Folio (12 1/2 x 10 1/8 inches; 318 x 258 mm.). Lithograph title-page and.....

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A fine original pen and ink drawing depicting Old Mr. Bouncer, Mr. Tod, Jemima. 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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Souvenirs du camp de Luneville. Eugène LAMI.
LAMI, Eugène

Souvenirs du camp de Luneville

Paris: Delpech Editeur, 1829. Six Hand-Colored Lithographed Plates Depicting Military Scenes LAMI, Eugène, illustrator. Souvenirs du camp de Luneville. Par E. Lami. Paris: Delpech Editeur, 1829. Oblong folio (8 5/8 x 11 3/4 inches; 220 x 298 mm.). Lithographed wrapper as vignette title-page and six hand-colored lithographed plates. Plates lithographed.....

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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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Les Contretems en Caricatures. Eugéne LAMI.
LAMI, Eugéne

Les Contretems en Caricatures

Paris: Gide fils, 1823-24. Scarce Awkward Clashes! Trés Amusant! Trés Rare Inopportune Social and Personal Events Eugène Lami's Interpretation of Thomas Rowlandson's Miseries of Human Life LAMI, Eugène. Les Contretems en Caricatures. Paris: Gide fils, [Dec.]1823 - [Jan.]1824. First editions of both series complete. Oblong octavo (8 1/4 x 10.....

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Debiteurs et Créanciers. Frédéric BOUCHOT.
BOUCHOT, Frédéric

Debiteurs et Créanciers

Paris: Aubert & Cie., 1837. A Superb Composite Album of Hand-Colored Parisian Social Satire Frédéric Bouchot’s Comic Theater of Debt, Romance, Carnival, and Bourgeois Folly in July Monarchy Paris BOUCHOT, Frédéric. Débiteurs et Créanciers; Contributions indirectes; Après le carnaval; Les Malheurs d'un amant heureux; together with Les embellissements de Paris.....

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Les Chattes Parisiennes. Ed DAMOURETTE.
DAMOURETTE, Ed

Les Chattes Parisiennes

Paris: Aubert & Cie.,, 1850. Rare Album with Twenty Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates Satirical Depictions of Parisian Women DAMOURETTE, Ed. Les Chattes Parisiennes. Dessinées par Ed. Damourette. Paris: Aubert & Cie., [ca. 1850]. Folio (13 1/8 x 9 7/8 inches: 333 x 251 mm.). Lithograph title-page and twenty hand colored lithograph.....

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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 (14 x 11 inches; 355 x......

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Child’s Garden of Verses, A. Robert Louis STEVENSON.
STEVENSON, Robert Louis

Child’s Garden of Verses, A

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885. First Edition of “A Child’s Garden of Verses” STEVENSON, Robert Louis. A Child’s Garden of Verses. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885. First edition, first printing (which consisted of 1,000 copies). Small octavo (6 3/8 x 4 1/4 inches; 161 x 108 mm.). [2].....

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Les Geuex de Bourgeois. Honoré DAUMIER.
DAUMIER, Honoré

Les Geuex de Bourgeois

Paris: Aubert & Cie, 1851. With Twenty Superb Lithographed Plates by Honoré Daumier [DAUMIER, Honoré, illustrator]. Les Gueux de Bourgeois. Études de leurs mœurs féroces et de leurs habitudes criminelles. Paris: Aubert & Cie, [n.d., ca. 1851]. First edition. Folio (13 1/4 x 10 inches; 335 x 254 mm.). Pictorial.....

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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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Mr. Briggs & His Doings. John LEECH.
LEECH, John

Mr. Briggs & His Doings

London: Bradbury and Evans, 1860. Scarce Leech His Most Popular Character LEECH, John. Mr. Briggs & His Doings. Fishing. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1860. First edition. Oblong folio (12 1/2 x 18 in; 318 x 457 mm). Twelve hand-colored lithograph plates heightened with gum arabic, mounted on artist board. Descriptive.....

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Odd Whims; and Miscellanies. Humphry REPTON.
REPTON, Humphry

Odd Whims; and Miscellanies.

London: Printed for William Miller by W. Bulmer, 1804. A Humorous Work by Humphry Repton, with Ten Hand-Colored Aquatint Plates Fine in the Original Boards, Uncut REPTON, Humphry. Odd Whims; and Miscellanies. London: Printed for William Miller, by W. Bulmer and Co., 1804. First edition. Two small octavo volumes (7.....

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Comical Customers at the New Stores of Comical Rhymes and Stories. Beatrix POTTER, Louis WAIN, WEEDON.
POTTER, Beatrix; WAIN, Louis; WEEDON...

Comical Customers at the New...

London: Ernest Nister, 1896. The first published appearance of Beatrix Potter's 'Froggie' Ten years before 'The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher' [POTTER, Beatrix], [WAIN, Louis], illustrators. [WEEDON, Lucy L.] & [BINGHAM, Clifton]. Comical Customers At the New Stores of Comical Rhymes and Stories. London: Ernest Nister, [1896]. First edition. Quarto.....

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Findens' Tableaux of The Affections; [With:] Finden's Tableaux:. William FINDEN, Edward FINDEN, MITFORD.
FINDEN, William; FINDEN, Edward; MITFORD...

Findens' Tableaux of The Affections;...

London: Charles Tilt, 1839; 1840. "Two of the Exceptionally Rare Hand-Colored Deluxe Issues for 1839 and 1840" FINDEN, William and Edward. Finden's Tableaux or the Affections; A Series of Picturesque Illustrations of the Womanly Virtues. From paintings by W. Perring. Edited by Mary Russell Mitford [With:] Findens' Tableaux: The Iris.....

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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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