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Item #346385 The Works of Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens

The Most Elaborate of the Chapman & Hall Editions de Luxe

The Works of Charles Dickens.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1881-1882. "Ten copies (this is Number 3) of the Edition De-Luxe of the Chapman and Hall Dickens are specially bound in Ten Different Bindings and extra-illustrated by insertion of a series of original water color drawings, on Whatman paper, after Kyd and others. The Most Elaborate..... Read More about The Works of Charles Dickens

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Item #240353 The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports. Thomas and John Doughty

COMPLETE SET - THE PHILLIPS COPY

The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports.

Philadelphia: J. & T. Doughty, 1830-1833. First edition. COMPLETE SET - THE PHILLIPS COPY. "A mine of information on contemporary sport and natural history" (Phillips). A landmark of American sporting publication, issued in parts by the brothers Thomas and John Doughty. Subscriptions dwindled after Thomas departed for Boston, and the..... Read More about The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports

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Item #63043 Real Life in London; or, The Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and His...

Real Life in London; or, The Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and His Cousin, The Hon. Tom. Dashall...

London: Printed for Jones & Co, 1821-2. First edition, Third issue (with Jones & Co., as Publishers). An imitation of Pierce Egan's famous Life in London, with some merit of its own and a foil to its contemporary, and as a guide to the social history of early nineteenth century..... Read More about Real Life in London; or, The Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and His Cousin, The Hon....

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Item #313831 Life in London or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and His Elegant...

Hand-colored plates and fold-out music

Life in London or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and His Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied...

London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones., Paternoster-Row, 1821. Cruikshank, I.R. and George. First edition, first issue, with first music sheet unnumbered and no footnote on page 9 and the word "good-bies" in the first line of p.376. Hand-colored plates and fold-out music. First edition of this colorful classic, which engendered numerous..... Read More about Life in London or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and His Elegant Friend...

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Item #313835 Life in London, or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant...

Life in London, or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied...

London: Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1822. Cruikshank. Second edition. Second edition, published the year after the first, of this popular work which set the style for a host of imitators and remains a vivid panorama of Georgian London, from its heights to its depths. Read More about Life in London, or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and his elegant friend...

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Item #53553 Pierce Egan's Anecdotes (original and Selected) of The Turf, The Chase, The Ring, and...

Pierce Egan's Anecdotes (original and Selected) of The Turf, The Chase, The Ring, and The Stage; The Whole Forming a....

London: Printed for Knight & Lacey, Paternoster-Row and Pierce Egan, 113, Strand, 1827. Lane, Theodore. First edition. Subjects illustrated by color plates include: horse racing, rat catching, dogs versus lion fight, the theatre, taverns, bull-baiting, dogs, duck hunting and rowing. Read More about Pierce Egan's Anecdotes (original and Selected) of The Turf, The Chase, The Ring, and The Stage;...

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Item #247021 Idées sur le geste et l'action théatrale; … suivies d’une lettre, du même...

Extremely Rare with Hand-colored Plates

Idées sur le geste et l'action théatrale; … suivies d’une lettre, du même auteur, sur la peinture musicale. Le tout...

Paris: Chez Barrois, 1788-1789. First edition in French. Extremely Rare with Hand-colored Plates. An extremely rare, if not unique copy of Engel’s classic treatise on acting, with the plates colored by hand. This is the very scarce first French edition of Engel’s famous Ideen Zu Einer Mimik, first printed in..... Read More about Idées sur le geste et l'action théatrale; … suivies d’une lettre, du même auteur, sur la...

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Item #305058 English Scrapbook

WITH WATERCOLOURS, PRINTS, ETC

English Scrapbook.

1830s. WITH WATERCOLOURS, PRINTS, ETC. With a inlaid title-page "Album" heightened in gold 2 Watercolours of Birds signed Santagnello. Many floral watercolors designs of baskets and urns of flowers, some (5) signed J. Leigh, one of Peacock. The Dumb Alphabet Plate The Second. London , Knight, 1834 by Nicholas. The..... Read More about English Scrapbook

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Item #267728 Story of Nell Gwyn, and the Sayings of Charles the Second. Extra Illustrated, Peter...

Story of Nell Gwyn, and the Sayings of Charles the Second.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1852. First edition. Pretty, witty Nell, as Samuel Pepys referred to her, was the long-time mistress of Charles II, and the pre-eminent actress of Restoration England. The volume contains many portraits of Nell, Charles II, and many of their famous contemporaries, such as John Dryden, Godfrey..... Read More about Story of Nell Gwyn, and the Sayings of Charles the Second

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Item #227343 Memoirs of Count Grammont. Edited, with notes, by Sir Walter Scott. Extra...

Amorous Intrigues at the Court of Charles II, Extra Illustrated

Memoirs of Count Grammont. Edited, with notes, by Sir Walter Scott.

London: John C. Nimmo, 1889. Number 598 of 780 copies for America and Great Britain. Amorous Intrigues at the Court of Charles II, Extra Illustrated. A chronicle of the profligate court of Charles II, written with grace and vigor by a French noble ex-patriate. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with the insertion of..... Read More about Memoirs of Count Grammont. Edited, with notes, by Sir Walter Scott

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Item #267729 The Life of Maximilien Robespierre; with extracts from his unpublished...

30 EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED PLATES

The Life of Maximilien Robespierre; with extracts from his unpublished correspondence.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1849. First edition. 30 EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED PLATES. With this biography, Lewes (famous partner of George Eliot) is credited for the first treatment of Robespierre “without histeria”. He stated in the preface that his intention was to bring together scattered facts, thus presenting “a view of the separate..... Read More about The Life of Maximilien Robespierre; with extracts from his unpublished correspondence

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Item #267742 Brief Memoir of Princess Charlotte of Wales: with selections from her correspondence...

Brief Memoir of Princess Charlotte of Wales: with selections from her correspondence and other unpublished papers.

London: John Murray, 1874. Second edition. Dedicated to Queen Victoria, this volume relates the life of Princess Charlotte (1766-1828), the daughter of George III. The extra plates in the volume include portraits of Princess Charlotte, Queen Victoria, George III, the Prince of Wales (later George IV), Queen Charlotte (consort of..... Read More about Brief Memoir of Princess Charlotte of Wales: with selections from her correspondence and other...

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Item #268133 A Selection from the Harleian Miscellany of Tracts, Which Principally Regard the...

A Selection from the Harleian Miscellany of Tracts, Which Principally Regard the English History; of Which Many are Referred to...

London: Printed for C. and G. Kearsely, 1793. Abridged edition. Beautifully bound and extra-illustrated copy of the abridged edition of the Harleian Miscellany, a collection of tracts and pamphlets from the library of Robert Harley, first Earl of Oxford, first published in 8 volumes in 1744. Read More about A Selection from the Harleian Miscellany of Tracts, Which Principally Regard the English History;...

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