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Life in Paris; comprising the Rambles, Sprees and Amours of Dick Wildfire, of Corinthian Celebrity and his Bang-up Companion Squire Jenkins and Captain O'Shuffleton; with the Whimsical Adventures of the Halibut Family. David Carey.

Cruikshank Plates, Riviere Binding

Life in Paris; comprising the Rambles, Sprees and Amours of Dick Wildfire, of Corinthian Celebrity and his Bang-up Companion Squire...

London: Printed for John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate-Hill et al, 1822. Cruikshank, George. First edition, with half-title. Cruikshank Plates, Riviere Binding. First issued in 21 parts, this is the first edition in book form. The Cruikshank plates are wonderful scenes of high and low life in Paris, obviously influenced by the... Read More

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The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or the Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis. A Poem. William Combe, imitaion.

Syntax imitation

The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or the Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis. A Poem.

London: Printed by J. Johnston, Cheapside, 1820. Rowlandson, Thomas. First edition. Syntax imitation. This title is one of the many parodies and imitations of William Combe's very popular series of "Tours" of Doctor Syntax (published respectively in 1812, 1820 and 1821) which were also illustrated by Rowlandson. "Both Rowlandson and... Read More

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The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or the Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis. A Poem. Thomas Rowlandson.

The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or the Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis. A Poem.

London: Printed by J. Johnston, Cheapside, 1820. Rowlandson, Thomas. First edition. This title is one of the many parodies and imitations of William Combe's very popular series of "Tours" of Doctor Syntax (published respectively in 1812, 1820 and 1821) which were also illustrated by Rowlandson. "Both Rowlandson and I.R. Cruikshank... Read More

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A Private Affair. Colonel Harold P. Sheldon.

A Private Affair.

New York: Privately Printed at The Derrydale Press for Colonel Wood King, [1941]. First separate edition. A splendid sporting story, first published in Tranquillity Revisited. It is estimated that 100 to 200 copies were printed of this rare little Xmas keepsake for Colonel Wood King. RARE. “So very rare that... Read More

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Autograph letter signed ("Susan B. Anthony"), to an unnamed editor, soliciting a review of the first volume of The History of Woman Suffrage. Susan B. Anthony.

Seeking review of The History of Woman Suffrage

Autograph letter signed ("Susan B. Anthony"), to an unnamed editor, soliciting a review of the first volume of The History...

New York: May 17, 1881. Seeking review of The History of Woman Suffrage. "By my request our publishers mail to you tonight, the advance sheets of 'The History of Woman Suffrage,' that you may be able to bring out your notice of it as early as our New York papers––..... Read More

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Intruder in the Dust. William Faulkner.

Elizabeth Hardwick's copy

Intruder in the Dust.

New York: Random House, [1948]. First edition. Elizabeth Hardwick's copy. Writer and critic Elizabeth Hardwick's copy with her ownership signature, marginal ticks throughout, and comments on the rear free endpaper. Hardwick wrote extensively on Faulkner throughout her career. Her review of Intruder in the Dust, titled "Faulkner and the South... Read More

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Autograph letter signed ("James Petrie") to John A. Clements, Esq. ("My Dear Friend"). New Jersey Pluckemin, Rev. James Petrie.

'The Rappers Are Still in Full Blast'

Autograph letter signed ("James Petrie") to John A. Clements, Esq. ("My Dear Friend").

Pluckamin [NJ]: April 23rd 1853. 'The Rappers Are Still in Full Blast'. An entertaining and predictably pious letter mentioning the “rappers,” a reference to the spiritualism movement, started by the Fox sisters, that had gripped upstate New York and eventually the entire country in the mid 19th century, with a...... Read More

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Autograph letter signed ("Co. Mather") to the Reverend Samuel Danforth, casting aspersions on the Rev. James McSparran of Bristol, Mass. Cotton Mather, 1663–1728.

Mather discredits the minister at Bristol

Autograph letter signed ("Co. Mather") to the Reverend Samuel Danforth, casting aspersions on the Rev. James McSparran of Bristol, Mass.

Boston: 29 April 1719. Mather discredits the minister at Bristol. Mather writes his fellow minister Samuel Danforth at Taunton, to convey a report on the Reverend James McSparran, a recent immigrant from Ireland whom Mather was trying to prevent from being installed as minister to the congregation of Bristol, Mass... Read More

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