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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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Don Juan
BYRON, George Gordon, Lord

Don Juan

London: Thomas Davison, 1819. The First Edition of Lord Byron's Don Juan Mainly Uncut in the Original Boards BYRON, George Gordon, Lord. Don Juan. London: Printed by Thomas Davison, 1819-1821; Printed for John Hunt, 1823; Printed for John and H.L. Hunt, 1824. First editions, large-paper issues. of Volumes I-VI. Complete.....

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Wind in the Willows, The
GRAHAME, Kenneth; ROBERTSON, Graham, illustrator

Wind in the Willows, The

London: Methuen and Co., 1908. A Near Fine First Edition of Kenneth Grahame’s Children’s Classic In the Original 'Second Issue' Pictorial Dust Jacket GRAHAME, Kenneth. ROBERTSON, Graham, illustrator. The Wind in the Willows. With a frontispiece by Graham Robertson. London: Methuen and Co., [1908]. First edition. Small octavo (7 1/2.....

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Defence of Guenevere, and Other Poems, The
WOOD, Henry T., binder; MORRIS...

Defence of Guenevere, and Other...

London: Ellis & White, 1875. But, knowing now that they would have her speak, She threw her wet hair backward from her brow, Her hand close to her mouth touching her cheek… (William Morris) The Defence of Guenevere in A Superb 1920s Inlaid Binding by Henry T. Wood WOOD, Henry.....

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Illustrations to Popular Songs
ALKEN, Henry

Illustrations to Popular Songs

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1823. “True Sportsmen are We for the Game Once in View” ALKEN, Henry. Illustrations to Popular Songs. London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1822. First edition, first issue. Oblong folio (9 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches; 235 x 347 mm.). [1] leaf (Address). Forty-two (of forty-three) hand-colored etched.....

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Wind in the Willows, The
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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Les Compensations
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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Pincez-moi a la campagne!!
CHAM [Pseudonym of Charles Amédée...

Pincez-moi a la campagne!!

Paris: Maison Martinet, 1860. Pinch Me, I'm In the Country!! Now, Get Me Out of Here The Scarcest Cham of All? CHAM (pseud. of Amédée de Noé). Pincez-moi a la campagne!! Paris: Maison Martinet, n.d. [c. 1860]. First (only) edition. Folio (13 3/8 x 10 in; 339 x 254 mm).....

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Real Life in Ireland
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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Sensitive Plant, The
RIVIÈRE & SON, binders; SHELLEY...

Sensitive Plant, The

London: Robt. Rivière & Son, 1910. Percy Byshhe Shelley's The Sensitive Plant Handsomely Bound by Rivière & Son [RIVIÈRE & SON, binders]. SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. The Sensitive Plant… London: Robt. Rivière & Son, 1910. Square sixteenmo (5 1/16 x 3 15/16 inches; 129 x 100 mm.). 46, [2, blank] pp.....

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Chansons de P.J. Béranger Anciennes, Nouvelles et Inédites
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" 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 et des dessins.....

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Wits and Beaux of Society, The
COSWAY-STYLE BINDING; WHARTON, Grace and...

Wits and Beaux of Society...

London: J.W. Jarvis & Son, 1890. The Wits and Beaux of Society A Spectacular Pair of Late-NineteenthCentury Cosway-Style Bindings Extra-Illustrated with Sixty-Eight Fine Engraved Portraits [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. WHARTON, Grace and Philip, pseudonym. The Wits and Beaux of Society… New edition with a Preface by Justin Huntly McCarthy,… And the original.....

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Academy for Grown Horsemen, An
ROWLANDSON, Thomas; BUNBURY, Henry; GAMBADO...

Academy for Grown Horsemen, An

London: Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1808. With Twenty-Nine Hand Colored Etched Plates by Thomas Rowlandson ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator. [BUNBURY, Henry]. GAMBADO, Geoffrey. An Academy for Grown Horsemen Containing the completest instructions for Walking, Trotting, Canering, Galloping, Stumbling, and Tumbling. [and] The Annals of Horsemanship: Containing Accounts of Accidental.....

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Save Human Lives
SZYK, Arthur, illustrator

Save Human Lives

New York: Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe, 1944. A Remarkable Survival "We call upon the free peoples of Europe and Asia temporarily to open their frontiers to all victims of oppression…" (Theodore Roosevelt) SZYK, Arthur, illustrator. Save Human Lives. They must not die. New York: Emergency.....

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The Green Ray
VERNE, Jules

The Green Ray

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883. The Scarcest of All Verne First Editions VERNE, Jules. The Green Ray. Translated From the French by Mary de Hautville. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883. First British edition and First edition in English, the five shillings issue with plain.....

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Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire
ALKEN, Henry, illustrator -- [APPERLEY...

Memoirs of the Life of...

London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. "A Most Valuable and Important Book" Second and Enlarged Edition With Additional Text and Six Extra Hand-Colored Plates [ALKEN, Henry, illustrator]. NIMROD (pseud. of C.J. Apperley). Memoirs of the Life of the Late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire, Formerly M.P. for Shrewsbury, High sheriff for.....

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Dance of Life, The
ROWLANDSON, Thomas; Combe, William

Dance of Life, The

London: Published by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 1817. Thomas Rowlandson’s “Dance of Life” [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator]. [COMBE, William]. The Dance of Life, A Poem, by the Author of “Doctor Syntax;” Illustrated with Coloured Engravings, by Thomas Rowlandson. London: Published by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 1817. First edition. Octavo.....

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Satyrical Works of Titus Petronius Arbiter, The, In Prose and Verse
FRENCH BINDERS, The; PETRONIUS ARBITER...

Satyrical Works of Titus Petronius...

London: Printed for Sam. Briscoe, 1708. Early Edition in English of Petronius' Satyrical Works In an Exquisite Signed Binding by The French Binders FRENCH BINDERS, The. PETRONIUS ARBITER, Titus. The Satyrical Works of Titus Petronius Arbiter, In Prose and Verse. In Three Parts Together with his Life and Character, Written.....

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Le Peau de Chagrin. Études Sociales
KIEFFER, René, binder; BALZAC, Honoré...

Le Peau de Chagrin. Études...

Paris: H. Delloye [&] Victor Lecou, Éditeurs, 1838. An Incredible Early Twentieth Century 'Portrait' Binding by René Kieffer Specially Bound for Gérard de Berny in Memory of his Father Gabriel de Berny First Illustrated Edition with an additional set of Proof Illustrations on 'Large Thick Paper' BALZAC, Honoré de. KIEFFER.....

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Ce Que Parler Veut Dire
BOUCHOT, Frédéric, illustrator

Ce Que Parler Veut Dire

Paris: Paris: Chez Aubert gal: Vero-Dodat, 1837. Thirty Fine and Very Humorous & Satirical Hand Colored Lithograph Plates by Henri Bouchot BOUCHOT, Frédéric, illustrator. Ce Que Parler Veut Dire. (What Talking Means). [Paris: Chez Aubert gal: Vero-Dodat, 1837]. Folio (13 15/16 x 10 1/8 inches; 355 x 257 mm.). Thirty.....

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An original watercolor painting from "Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride."
LE CAIN, Errol; BRICUSSE, Leslie

An original watercolor painting from...

London: , 1987. Santa Being Hijacked LE CAIN, Errol, illustrator. BRICUSSE, Leslie. An original watercolor painting from "Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride." (Faber, 1987). [Santa being hijacked]. Image size: 16 3/8 x 11 1/2 inches. [Page 22]. "It was as though, in some strange way,/I saw in one extraordinary.....

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Lady Chatterley’s Lover
LAWRENCE, D.H.

Lady Chatterley’s Lover

Florence: Privately Printed [by the Tipografia Giuntina], 1928. A Fine First Edition of “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” Complete with the Rare Dust Jacket and the Very Rare Original Glassine Wrapper Laid in is a Signed Postcard from Lawrence to his Sister-in-Law LAWRENCE, D.H. Lady Chatterley’s Lover. [Florence]: Privately Printed [by the.....

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Cendrillon
RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator; PERRAULT, Charles

Cendrillon

Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1919. The First of Arthur Rackham's Two Great Silhouette Books The French Edition de Luxe [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. PERRAULT, Charles. Cendrillon. D'Apres Ch. Perrault avec illustrations par Arthur Rackham. Paris: Librairie Hachette, [1919]. French Edition de Luxe. Limited to 500 copies signed by the illustrator, of which.....

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Shooting
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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Everybody's Pepys
RIVIÈRE & SON, binder; PEPYS...

Everybody's Pepys

London: G. Bell and Sons, 1927. Everybody's Pepys A Fine Inlaid Binding by Rivière & Son Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard RIVIÈRE & SON, binder. PEPYS, Samuel. SHEPARD, Ernest H., illustrator. Everybody's Pepys. The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660-1669. Abridged from the Complete Copyright Text and Edited by O.F. Morshead.....

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Real Life in London
ALKEN, Henry; Root & Son...

Real Life in London;

London: Printed for Jones & Co., 1821-22. Bob & Tom's Excellent Hand-Colored Adventures in London With Extra Plate ALKEN, Henry, illustrator. [EGAN, Pierce, imitation of]. Real Life in London; or, The Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and His Cousin, the Hon. Tom Dashall, through the Metropolis; Exhibiting a......

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