London: The Folio Society, 1963. A Panorama of English Printing The Folio Society’s Monumental Collection of Original Leaves from the Great English Presses [LEAF BOOK]. Original Leaves from Famous English Books. London: The Folio Society, [1963]. One of only 200 sets compiled and issued by The Folio Society. Large folio..... More
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1907. The Classic Life - Boswell’s Johnson in an Elegant Bayntun-Rivière Binding The Life of Samuel Johnson BOSWELL, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. Newly edited with notes by Roger Ingpen. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1907. Two quarto volumes (9 1/4..... More
London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1919. Shaw’s Prescient Blueprint for Peace - Written on the Eve of Versailles SHAW, George Bernard. Peace Conference Hints. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1919. First edition. Small octavo (7 1/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 184 x 124 mm.). [i–v], 6–108, [2, advertisements] pp. Publisher’s..... More
![Item #06522 Comic History of England, The [and] The Comic History of Rome. Gilbert Abbott...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/06522_387.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1776383702)
London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 1872. Leech at His Most Celebrated The Comic History of England & Rome - The Great Victorian Satirical Chronicles [LEECH, John, illustrator]. A’BECKETT, Gilbert Abbott. The Comic History of England. With Twenty Coloured Etchings, and Two Hundred Woodcuts. By John Leech. London: Bradbury, Agnew, &..... More
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1901. Macaulay’s Masterpiece of Historical Prose: Essays on Chatham in an Elegant Morrocco Binding MACAULAY, Thomas Babbington. Macaulay's Two Essays on the Earl of Chatham. London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1901. Octavo (8 5/8 x 6 7/8 inches; 219 x 175 mm.). iv, 276 pp. Bound ca..... More
Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1826. Clarendon’s Monumental History of the English Civil War Sumptuously Extra-Illustrated with 224 Portraits and Elegantly Bound by Bayntun CLARENDON, Edward Hyde, Earl of. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. To which is added an historical view of the affairs of Ireland..... More
London: Printed for A. Dry, 1819. Pyne’s Royal Residences In a Fine Contemporary Straight-Grain Morocco Binding PYNE, W[illiam] H[enry]. The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore. Illustrated by one hundred highly finished and coloured engravings..... More
![Item #05692 24 Caricatures by Several Ladies Gentlemen Artists &c. [&] Caricatures Macaronies &...](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/05692_0001.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1739577396)
[London] No. 39 Strand: M. Darly, 1771. Ninety-Six Hand Colored Etched Plates Lampooning Contemporary Fashion and Manners Scarce Ladies and Macaronies depicted by Mary Darly, the Mother of Pictorial Satire DARLY, Mary, and Matthew. 24 Caricatures by Several Ladies, Gentlemen, Artists &c. 1771. [&] Vol II of Caricatures, Macaronies &..... More
London: Printed by J. Smeeton, 1802. Thomas Rowlandson's Treatise on Modern Education With Eight Superb Hand Colored Etched Plates ROWLANDSON, Thomas. M'CRINGER, Joel [aka J[ames]B[rydges]. WILLYAMS. A Compendious Treatise on Modern Education, in which the following interesting subjects are liberally discussed: The Nursery, Private Schools, Public Schools, Universities, Gallantry, Duelling..... More
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..... More
n.p.: , 1845. Five Hand Colored Etched and Aquatint Plates Commemorating the Naval Review Carried out by Queen Victoria in June 1845 Basil Lubbock's Copy - Quite Possibly Used for Reference GROVE, M., artist. Spithead & Portsmouth. [n.p., n.d, ca. 1845]. Oblong quarto (10 1/4 x 14 5/8 inches; 261..... More
London: Printed for William Sams, 1823. Twenty-Four Plates Depicting a Medieval Tournament [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, illustrator, attributed to]. The Tournament; or, Days of Chivalry. With twenty-four engravings. London: Printed for William Sams, 1823. First edition. Octavo (8 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 226 x 146 mm.). [2], [1]-59 pp. Twenty-four unsigned..... More
London: Henry J. Alfred, 1857. Six Fine Hand Colored Views of The River Thames ALFRED, Henry J. Views on the Thames… Marlow Weir, Near Marlow Bridge, Bisham Abbey,Temple Lock, Hurley, Harleyford. London: Henry J. Alfred, 1857. First edition. Oblong folio (13 1/2 x 20 inches; 343 x 508 mm.). Six..... More
London: Thomas M'Lean, 1829. Revolutionary Caricatures Exceptionally Scarce With All Nine Volumes Plus Illustrative Key "H.B." [DOYLE, John]. Political Sketches &c. Thomas M'lean: London, 1829-51 [with] An Illustrative Key to the Political Sketches of H.B., From No. 1 to No. 600. London: Thomas M'lean: London, 1841. [and] An Illustrative Key..... More
London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1823. Excessively Rare Daniel Egerton Title A Colorful Country Life in Comparison to an Exhausting Urban Life EGERTON, Daniel Thomas. Country versus Town, Twelve Plates, Designed and Etched by D.T. Egerton. London: Published by Thomas M'Lean, 1823. First edition. Oblong quarto (9 1/4 x 14..... More
London: Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-26. Nineteenth Century Hush-Hush The Private Lives of Celebrities With Portraits by R. Cruikshank and Rowlandson CRUIKSHANK, Robert, illustrator]. [ROWLANDSON, Thomas, Illustrator]. BLACKMANTLE, Bernard (pseud. of Charles Molloy Westmacott). The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous. Comprising Scenes and Sketches in Every..... More
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..... More
![Item #05731 Comic Almanack, The, for 1835[-1853]. George CRUIKSHANK](https://davidbrassrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/05731.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1733358615)
London: Charles Tilt & David Bogue, 1835-53. A Handsomely Bound Complete Set of George Cruikshanks's “The Comic Almanacks” [CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator]. The Comic Almanack, for 1835[-1853]: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing “All Things Fitting for Such a Work.” By Rigdum Funnidos, Gent. Adorned with a Dozen of “Righte..... More
London: Printed by W. Lewis, 1820. The Naval Victories of Great Britain Scarce Large-Paper Issue with Forty-Two Hand Colored Aquatint Plates LEWIS, W., publisher. Naval Victories of Great Britain, from the Commencement of the War in the Year 1803 to 1816; Being a series of coloured views of naval engagements..... More
London: Published by Henry Bohn, 1837. The Coronation of King George the Fourth Forty-Two Magnificent Hand Colored Plates NAYLER, Sir George. The Coronation of His Most Sacred Majesty King George the Fourth solemnized in the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter Westminster upon the Nineteenth Day of July MDCCCXXI. Undertaken by..... More
London: Whitmore and Fenn, 1818. Scarcer Than a Battleship in a Bathtub In the Original Twelve Parts as Issued The Genuine Hand-Colored Issue RALFE, Mr. J[ames]. Naval Chronology of Great Britain. Or, an Historical Account of Naval and Maritime Events, From the Commencement of the War in 1803, to the..... More
London: Printed and published by T. Dalby, 1821. The Cartoonist George Cruikshank Transformed into a Wise Reporter of the Coronation of George IV... CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. British Regalities. The Coronation Reporter; Containing a report of every occurrence and a description of every ceremony connected with the Coronation of His Majesty..... More
London: Thomas M'Lean: Repository of Wit and Humour, 1825. Richard Dighton's Caricatures of British Society Forty Fine Hand Colored Engraved Plates DIGHTON, Richard. Characters at the West End of the Town. Drawn and Etched by Richard Dighton. London: Thomas M'Lean, Repository of Wit and Humour, 1825. First edition. Large folio..... More
London: G. Humphrey, [1821]. Queen Caroline Sliced And Diced By Satirists' Blade Fifty Devastating Hand-Colored Caricatures Directed Against the British Monarchy CRUIKSHANK, George, illustrator. CRUIKSHANK, I.R., illustrator. LANE, Theodore, illustrator. The Attorney-General's Charges Against The Late Queen, brought forward in the House of Peers, on Saturday, August 19, 1820. Illustrated..... More
London: S. W. Fores, 1800. The Rarest Woodward of All London Is No Place To Be In The Summer WOODWARD, George Moutard (designer). [SANSON, Francis, engraver]. Every Body Out Of Town exemplified in six characteristic prints and illustrative labels [with] Every Body In Town exemplified in six characteristic prints and..... More
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