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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 1/4 x...... More
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). Hand-colored lithographed title..... More
Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1920. Pinocchio Illustrated by Maria Louise Kirk The De Luxe Edition With Fourteen Tipped-In Color Plates An Absolutely Fine Copy in the Publisher's Box COLLODI, C[arlo]. KIRK, Maria L[ouise], illustrator. Pinocchio. The Story of a Puppet by "C. Collodi" (Carlo Lorenzini). De Luxe Edition with 14 illustrations..... More
![[Three Voyages of Captain Cook]. Captain James COOK, John HAWKESWORTH.](/pictures/thumb/03475.jpg?v=1478034960)
London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1773-84. The Three Voyages of Captain Cook, with the Atlas [COOK, Captain James]. HAWKESWORTH, John. An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis..... More
New-York: Burgess, Stringer and Company, 1845. "The Growing Corruption of Civilization" James Fenimore Cooper's The Chainbearer in the Original Printed Wrappers A Remarkable Survival COOPER, James Fenimore. The Chainbearer; or The Littlepage Manuscripts. Edited by the Author of "Satanstoe," "Spy," "Pathfinder," "Two Admirals, " etc. In Two Volumes. New-York: Burgess, Stringer and Company..... More
![Poetical Works, The [And] The Prose Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. COSWAY-STYLE BINDING, BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, SHELLEY, sshe, Harry Buxton Forman.](/pictures/thumb/00891.jpg?v=1542673577)
London: Reeves and Turner, 1876. The Best Edition of the Poetical and Prose Works of Shelley, in a Superb Cosway-Style Binding by Bayntun (Rivière) [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Edited by Harry Buxton Forman. In Four Volumes. London: Reeves and Turner, 1876-1877. [Together with:] SHELLEY..... More
London: John Van Voorst, 1843. Goldsmith Goes Cosway-Style The Vicar Bound By Rivière & Son [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. With thirty-two illustrations, by William Mulready, R.A. London: John Van Voorst, 1843. First Mulready-illustrated edition. Octavo (8 3/16 x 5 1/2 in; 208 x 140 mm). xv, [1], 306... More
London: Bradbury & Evans / Chapman & Hall, 1848. With Three Watercolor Portrait Miniatures Under Glass Sumptuously Extra-Illustrated [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE, binders. FORSTER, John. The Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsmith. A Biography in Four Books. London: Bradbury and Evans/Chapman & Hall, 1848. First edition, sumptuously extra-illustrated. Three octavo volumes... More
London, Paris & Edinburgh: Boussod, Valadon & Cie., 1896. "Seldom did Personal Characteristics Play a Greater Part than in the Elizabethan Age" Finely Bound by Roger de Coverly - Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson's Teacher CREIGHTON, The Right Rev. Mandell. (Lord Bishop of Peterborough). Queen Elizabeth. London, Paris & Edinburgh: Boussod, Valadon &... More
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 five..... More
London: G. Humphrey, 1822. The Twelve Scarce Faces of Charles Mathews by Robert Cruikshank [CRUIKSHANK, (Isaac Robert, illustrator]. [MATHEWS, Charles]. Proteus the 2d alias Metamorphosis ad Libitum or An Old Friend with a New Face. "One Man, in his time... plays many parts." Multum in Parve! "All that sort of thing"... More
London: Read & Co… Ackermann & Co.,, [1853]. Saturday Night Fever In 1853 Or, The Hindostanee Shawl Dance, Etc. Burn Up The Floor [DANCE]. [CONCANEN, Edward, et al]. Read's Characteristic National Dances; Including a Series of Tales by Popular Authors. London: Read & Co… Ackermann & Co., n.d. [1853]. First edition. Quarto..... More
Paris: Chez Aubert & Cie., 1850. Love These Children! But the Joys and Sweets of Fatherhood Are Extremely Scarce [DAUMIER, Honoré. Henri-Daniel Plattel. Jules Platier]. Ces Amours d’enfans. Joies et Douceurs de la Paternité. Paris: Aubert & Cie, [n.d., ca. 1850]. Oblong octavo. Hand-colored lithographed title by Auguste Belin, and sixteen hand-colored..... More
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 Ch. Philipon..... More
London: Cochrane and Pickersgill, 1831. Robinson Crusoe - Finely Bound by Morrell With a Portrait of Daniel Defoe and Sixteen Engraved Plates DEFOE, Daniel. The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. With a biographical sketch of De Foe, written expressly for this edition, and illustrations from original designs. In two volumes. London..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. One of 750 Copies Signed by the Artist Aesop's Fables Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold with Twenty-Five Magnificent Color Plates [DETMOLD, Edward J., illustrator]. AESOP. The Fables of Æsop. Illustrated with 25 Drawings in Color by Edward J. Detmold. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. One of 750... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First Edition in the Original Cloth A Very Early Issue Bound From The Original Parts DICKENS, Charles. The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby. With Illustrations by Phiz. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First edition, a very early issue bound from the original parts. With thirty-five of... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. A Spectacular Copy In Original Green Cloth With 1859 Title-Page DICKENS, Charles. A Tale of Two Cities. With Illustrations by H.K. Browne. London: Chapman and Hall, 1859. First edition, second state with title-page still dated 1859 but with corrected pagination on page 213 and no signature "b"... More
London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. "Time, Consoler of Affliction and Softener of Anger" Scarce in the 'Primary' Cloth Binding DICKENS, Charles. Dombey and Son. London: Bradbury & Evans, 1848. First edition, first issue with the 'eight-line errata' (following all but a very few of the points in Smith), in book form of... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. Original Cloth, Rare First Issue [DICKENS, Charles]. Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy’s Progress. By “Boz.” In Three Volumes. Vol. I. [II. III.] London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition, first issue, with the title-page authorship credit to “Boz” instead of Dickens and with the “Fireside” version of the..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. Charles Dickens Unromantic Portrayal of Criminals and Their Sordid Lives DICKENS, Charles. Oliver Twist. By Charles Dickens. Author of "The Pickwick Papers" In Three Volumes. Vol. I. [II. III. ] London: Richard Bentley, 1838. First edition of Dickens' second novel. The "Charles Dickens" issue, with the title-page... More
![Charles Dickens’s Works [Edition des Bibliophiles]. Charles DICKENS, Kyd, Richard Garnett.](/pictures/thumb/00566.jpg?v=1478034207)
London: Merrill & Baker, 1900. Edition des Bibliophiles One of Only Twenty-Six Copies DICKENS, Charles. Charles Dickens’s Works. Edited by Richard Garnett. Most Unusually and Elaborately Illustrated. London: Merrill & Baker, [1900]. Edition des Bibliophiles. Limited to twenty-six lettered and registered copies (this copy being Letter “H,” Printed for Sadie Belle Lufkin)..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940. Inscribed by the Author, Deems Taylor A Spectacular Copy in a Spectacular Dust Jacket [DISNEY, Walt]. TAYLOR, Deems. Walt Disney's Fantasia. With a Foreword by Leopold Stokowski. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1940. First edition. Inscribed on the front free end-paper by Deems Taylor "For Dusty... More
Berlin: Verlag von Gebrüder Gropius, 1831. An Amazing Collection of Fascinating Illusionist Disguises With Twenty-Four Hand Colored Lithograph Plates - A Most Unusual Work DORBECK, Franz Buchard. Masken-Anzüge zu Polter-Abenden und Bällen. [Masked-Suits for Concerts and Balls].Berlin: Verlag von Gebrüder Gropius, 1831. First and only edition. Octavo (9 3/8 x 6 1/4..... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant, [1854]. A Superb Copy Of One of the Master's Earliest Successes DORÉ, Gustave. Les Différents Publics de Paris. Paris: Au Bureau du Journal Amusant, [1854]. First edition. Oblong quarto (10 x 13 1/4 in; 254 x 335 mm.). Lithograph title and twenty original lithograph plates... More
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