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THE ALARMS AND EXCURSIONS OF LADY LITTLEHAMPTON

by Lancaster, Osbert

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Houghton Mifflin Co. ,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Cartoon Art; We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; B/w cartoons; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 77 pages; Amusing foibles of lady Lancaster told in cartoons with somewhat longer tag lines than normal. Spine darkened.41 .
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American Place Names

by Holt, Alfred

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N Y: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1938. Presumed 1st. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 222 pages; DJ with sunned spine and shallow chips. Humorous prnonuciation of place names. .
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The Artist: A Drama Without Words.
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The Artist: A Drama Without Words.

by Mencken, H. L. ; Nathan, George Jean & Wright, Willard Huntington

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Boston: John W. Luce & Company,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. [1912]. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1st edition in book form, after its appearance in issues of The Bohemian Magazine. 12mo. Gray paper covered flexible boards with attached brown patterned DJ. Edges chipped. .
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CHRISTOPHER MORLEY'S BRIEFCASE
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CHRISTOPHER MORLEY'S BRIEFCASE

by Morley, Christopher

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Philadelphia: Lippincott. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1936. First Edition. Paperback. 7.625:"; 64 pages; 1st ed, 1st state with PLAza at end of p64. Soil to front cover. .
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CHRISTOPHER MORLEY'S BRIEFCASE

by Morley, Christopher

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Philadelphia: Lippincott. Fine with no dust jacket. 1936. First Edition. Paperback. 7.625:"; 64 pages; 1st ed, 1st state with PLAza at end of p64. .
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CRUIKSHANKIANA, AN ASSEMBLAGE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED WORKS OF GEORGE  CRUIKSHANK [Lbc]

CRUIKSHANKIANA, AN ASSEMBLAGE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED WORKS OF GEORGE CRUIKSHANK [Lbc]

by (Cruikshank, George. )

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London: Edward Lumley. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1863. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Folio 13" - 23" tal; N. D. [1836 or later]. Folio, mid 19th-Century 1/4 morocco & cloth; scuffed, joints &extremities occasionally rubbed. With 68 leaves of plates; occasional spotting & minor dampstaining. Ex-library - perforated stamp at head of title page & 1 plate. 12 x18" with fullpage plates. See Cohn 212 for first edition, issued by M’Clean. Appears complete as issued. .
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[CRUIKSHANK, ROBERT] PIERCE EGAN'S FINISH TO THE ADVENTURES OF TOM, JERRY,  AND LOGIC
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[CRUIKSHANK, ROBERT] PIERCE EGAN'S FINISH TO THE ADVENTURES OF TOM, JERRY, AND LOGIC

by Egan, Pierce

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London: John Camden Hotten. Good with no dust jacket. c1870. Hardcover. Blue cloth with bright gilt design and spine lettering. 36 black and white plates. Apparently this is the same as the red cloth edition with colored plates. Wear to head and foot of spine. Water staining to inner covers front and back of book and front cloth bubbling. Contetns generally good. .
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The Comic History Of England. 2 Vols In 1 1864 Humor
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The Comic History Of England. 2 Vols In 1 1864 Humor

by Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett

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London: Bradbury and Evans. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1864. Hardcover. ENGLAND; Color Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xviii,320; [1]-304 pages; The Comic History Of England. 2 Vols in 1 as issued. Color full page plates and textural b/w cuts. Recased original green cloth, later endpapers, aeg. Moderately worn , brief loss to some edges, contents largely very good. Short tear to margin of frontis and to one plate. 20 hand-colored plates, numerous text illustrations. Boards firmly and fully attached with no cracks. Provenance- Dr G. Mc. Clellan- armorial bookplate. .
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THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN. SHEWING HOW HE WENT FURTHER THAN HE  INTENDED AND CAME SAFE...

THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN. SHEWING HOW HE WENT FURTHER THAN HE INTENDED AND CAME SAFE HOME AGAIN[

by Unknown

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Archibald Constable & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1906. Hardcover. woodcuts; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 48 pages; Decorated cloth with small paste down plate on front cover. The humorous rhyme of the adventures of John Gilpin. .
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THE ENGLISH HUMOURISTS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
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THE ENGLISH HUMOURISTS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

by W. M. [William Makepeace] Thackeray.

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NY: Harper & Brothers. Good with no dust jacket. 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; [4], 297, [i], ads [2], [6], [6] pages; Orig green cloth. Sunned, some stains to covers. Foxed. Old ink notation on 1st text page. 1st American edition. .
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INWARD HO!
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INWARD HO!

by Morley, Christopher

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N Y: Doubleday, Page & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Ownership penned inside front cover. In acrylic jacket, later. .
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A LEARICAL LEXICON: FROM THE WORKS OF EDWARD LEAR [LIMITED EDITION SIGNED  TWICE]
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A LEARICAL LEXICON: FROM THE WORKS OF EDWARD LEAR [LIMITED EDITION SIGNED TWICE]

by Edward Lear [Ed Myra Cohn Livingston]

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N Y: Atheneum. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Book Details: "Mary Cohn Livingston, the widely known poet and anthologist, long a student and admirer of Edward Lear's work, has selected a variety of his outlandish words, which appear here in alphabetical order. Joseph Low, the distinguished graphic artist, who keeps Lear's books nearby for his own diversion and pleasure, has caught the true spirit of Lear in his brilliant, witty line drawings, which heightens the delightful absurdity of the words." (From text on front flap) . Condition / Notes: This is a scarce stated first printing, signed by illustrator under limitation statement at front of volume and again at top of half title page, with dedication to previous owner. Volume is bound in brown cloth with stamped dark brown lettering to spine and vignette in lower right corner of front cover. Book and dust jacket are in excellent condition. Author: Edward Lear -… Read More
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THE LETTERS OF JUNIUS
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THE LETTERS OF JUNIUS

by (Junius Letters. ) [Taylor, John]

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Philadelphia: Published By David Hanna. Wm. Brown, Printer.. Good with no dust jacket. 1818. Hardcover. 24mo 5" - 6" tall; xxvii, [i], 412 pages; Lacking rfep and any leaves following last text page. 12mo. Contemp leather. Front hinge tender, slight loosening to leaves near front of volume. Foxed. Some dampstaining (mostly marginal). A diatribe against the Court of King George III and the Duke of Grafton in particular. English language text. Possibly first American from the English 1st Edition. .
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LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF PETER PORCUPINE WITH OTHER RECORDS OF HIS EARLY  CAREER IN ENGLAND &...

LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF PETER PORCUPINE WITH OTHER RECORDS OF HIS EARLY CAREER IN ENGLAND & AMERICA

by W. Cobbett

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Nonesuch Press.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1927. Hardcover. Color frontis; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 163 [1] pages; Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine. Cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards (faded). Number 639 of 1800 copies. .
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MANDARIN IN MANHATTAN, FUTHER TRANSLATIONS FROM THE CHINESE
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MANDARIN IN MANHATTAN, FUTHER TRANSLATIONS FROM THE CHINESE

by Morley, Christopher

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N Y: Doubleday, Doran & Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1933. Hardcover. 5.5" x 7.75". Black cloth with daded areas on spine. Dedication and autograph of Morley on 2nd blank. Early printing. ; Signed by Author .
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MINCE PIE: ADVENTURES ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF GRUB STREET
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MINCE PIE: ADVENTURES ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF GRUB STREET

by Christopher Morley

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N Y: George H. Doran and Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1919. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Covers show shelf wear to edges and osme light stains. This is the scrace 1st ed 1st state with 'of' [instead of 'on'] on p vii. Ashby 16. A.1 .
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OBSERVATIONS.
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OBSERVATIONS.

by Beerbohm, Max.

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London: William Heinemann,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1925. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Fifty-one full-page carIcature plates including Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, R. Kipling among others. Sound brown DJ with some darkening to the spine and minor wear to extrmities. Book is clean throughout with faint foxing half title page. Color frontis. .
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OUTWARD BOUND
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OUTWARD BOUND

by Morley, Christopher

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Grand Rapids, MI: Private Press of Oliver A. Wallace,. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1923. Hardcover. #309 of 377 limited edition. Tipped in plate of sialing ship. White paper and gree. Waterstain to lower margin corner not intruding into text. Oliver Press's second book. .
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THE POWDER OF SYMPATHY
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THE POWDER OF SYMPATHY

by Morley, Christopher

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Garden City: Doubleday,page & Company,. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1923. First Edition. B&W Illustrations; 7.5"; The powder of sympathy is a magical nostrum for creating sympathy between books and readers. 1st, Lee 65, first state binding Lyle. .
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PROSE WORKS OF THOMAS HOOD [3 VOLS]
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PROSE WORKS OF THOMAS HOOD [3 VOLS]

by Thomas Hood

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NY: Derby & Jackson.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1831. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; Bound in contemporary brown cloth. Whims, oddities and humor. Illustrated in line drawings. Most likely the prose section of the set of 7 books of his works published in 1861. .
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