London: Bohn, 1842; 1854. Second edition, corrected and enlarged. Superb Hand-Colored Plates. The "great work" (ODNB) of Samuel... Read More about A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour, as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England,...
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[London: 1908] ]. Read More about 23 Chromolithographic Plates from "Florilegium Harlemense"
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London: Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet Street, 1847. Leech, John. First edition. Read More about The Comic History of England
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London: Bradbury & Evans. 11, Bouverie, [1852]. Leech, John. First Edition with the original parts bound in at back, with ads. With inserted ads as per Abbey. Read More about The Comic History of Rome
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London: Published at the Punch Office, 85, Fleet Street, 1847. Leech, John. First edition. PRINTED WRAPPERS BOUND IN. Read More about The Comic History of England
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London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co, nd. Early Editions. A fine and attractive set. Read More about The Comic History of England [with] The Comic History of Rome
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London: Rudolf Ackermann, 1814. First edition. Fine Early Copy of Ackermann's Oxford. An early copy. The list of plates in vol. I is the first state (it does not list the portraits of Founders; this copy does not include the Founders). Plate 1, vol.1, is mislabeled “History of Cambridge” and..... Read More about A History of the University of Oxford, its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings
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London: Ackermann, 1816. First Edition, First Issue (paper watermarked 1816). This folio forms part of one of Ackermann’s larger, though not so successful projects, his History of the Colleges. Ford in his book on Ackermann notes that William Combe wrote the text for this, as well as five other schools..... Read More about History of the Merchant Taylors' School
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Londres: Lo Publica R. Ackermann en su Repositorio de Artes Numero 101, Strand. Impreso por J. Moyes, Grenville Street, Londres, 1825 & 1826. These two volumes are all that were done by Ackermann. Volume II has issues 9 & 10 of Tomo II in some copies but not here at..... Read More about Museo universal de Ciencias y Artes. Año Primeo. Cuatro Trimestres de Julio y Octubre de 824,...
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London: R[udolph] Ackermann, 101, Strand, c. 1813. First Edition. Read More about "The Upholsterer's Repository/ Published by R. Ackermann's, 101, Strand,/ Price £1. 4s, in...
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Cincinnati, Ohio: Strobridge & Co, 1871. First edition. "In 1871, his Chronological Chart of Ancient, Modern and Biblical History was published by Strobridge & Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, the premier publisher of American commercial art. The technique of chromolithography offered the emerging middle class affordable color reproductions and, in this case, made lessons of history..... Read More about Chronological Chart of Ancient, Modern and Biblical History. Synchronized by Sebastian C. Adams....
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San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1930. Angelo, Valenti. Number 160 of 200 copies (175 for sale). Read More about The Subtyl Historyes and Fables of Esope Translated out of Frensshe into Englysshe by William...
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London: William and John Innys, 1720-24. With preliminaries and titles of both first and second editions. Read More about A Natural History of English Insects Illustrated with a Hundred Copper Plates, Curiously Engraven...
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London: Printed for John Murray, Albemarle-Street, by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row, 1814. First edition. Well executed and precisely colored series of plates illustrating the costumes of the constituent nationalities of the Austro-Hungarian empire, including representatives of Upper Austria, Tyrolia, Hungary, Bohemia, Moravia, Sclavonia, Dalmatia, Transylvania, Bukowina, etc., etc., as..... Read More about Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Austrians. Illustrated in 50 Coloured...
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Paris: Chez Aubert, Place de la Bourse, No. 25, c 1842. Read More about Hand-Colored Lithograph, heightened with Gum Arabic, : "Morabite. (Garçon de Bains.)"...
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Paris: Chez Aubert, Place de la Bourse, No. 25, c 1842. Read More about Hand-Colored Lithograph: "Mauresque d'Alger. (Costume d'intérieur)" from "Galerie...
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London: Rudolph Ackermann & Paris: Galignani & Co. 18, rue Vivienne, [1853]. First edition. Gretna-Green is a village in Scotland famous for elopements, the first village in southern Scotland following the old coaching route from London to Edinburgh. Read More about The Gretna-Green Bolt-A, Or, Young Ladies' Man-Ual
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![Coaching scene, an original watercolor drawing by Alken]. Henry Alken](/pictures/thumb/322102_2.jpg?v=1647039624)
A Choice Alken Watercolor. From the collection of John P. Kane, whose library and artwork were sold by American Art/Anderson Galleries on February 26-27, 1931. Read More about Coaching scene, an original watercolor drawing by Alken
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London: Thomas M'Lean, 1822. First edition. A RARE EXAMPLE IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS, with title on upper cover and advertisment for 6 works published by McLean on lower cover. Five copies listed in ABPC since 1977, 2 in wrappers. The work tells the amusing tale of the new wealthy Londoner on..... Read More about A Cockney's Shooting Season in Suffolk
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London: J. Dickinson, 114, New Bond Street, March, 1826. First edition. Scarce Alken variant. Scarce Alken title, a variant collection of plates similar to those contained in Alken’s Characteristic Sketches, published by Dickinson in January 1826. The title and subtitle vary slightly in each of the copies described in Schwerdt..... Read More about Comparative Field Sports, Shooting, in Middlesex and elsewhere [Cover title
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London: Thomas M'Lean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket, 1825. Alken, Henry. First Edition, First Issue. Read More about Illustrations to Popular Songs
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London: Published by Thomas McLean, 1823 [but later, plates watermarked 1822-1824]. Alken, Henry. First edition. A fine copy of "Alken's most important work... It must always form the cornerstone of any Alken collection" (Tooley) The plates and text between them offer a thorough survey of the sports practiced in Great..... Read More about The National Sports of Great Britain, with Descriptions in English and French ... Chasse et...
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London: Thomas McClean, 1823 [watermarked 1821?]. Fiirst Edition. Read More about Shooting, or One Day's Sport of Three Real Good Ones
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London: Thomas McLean, 1822. First edition. Alken's hilarious, multi-image plates depict a stunning variety of catastrophes, elaborating a favorite theme of his: the pitfalls of fun and games, especially any involving a horse or a gun. Read More about Symptoms of Being Amused. Volume 1 (all published
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London: Thomas McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, Haynmarjket, 1822. First edition. Read More about Symptoms of Being Amused. Volume 1 (all published
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