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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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1864
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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… Read more about this item
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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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[1912]
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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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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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1831
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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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[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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c1870
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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… Read more about this item
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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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1985
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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 … Read more about this item
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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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1919
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Hardcover
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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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INWARD HO!
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INWARD HO!

by Morley, Christopher

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1923
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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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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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1933
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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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OUTWARD BOUND
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OUTWARD BOUND

by Morley, Christopher

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1923
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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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First Edition
Published
1923
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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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CHRISTOPHER MORLEY'S BRIEFCASE
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CHRISTOPHER MORLEY'S BRIEFCASE

by Morley, Christopher

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Published
1936
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Paperback
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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
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CHRISTOPHER MORLEY'S BRIEFCASE

by Morley, Christopher

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1936
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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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American Place Names
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American Place Names

by Holt, Alfred

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Presumed 1st
Published
1938
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Hardcover
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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 LETTERS OF JUNIUS
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THE LETTERS OF JUNIUS

by (Junius Letters. ) [Taylor, John]

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1818
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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… Read more about this item
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OBSERVATIONS.
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OBSERVATIONS.

by Beerbohm, Max.

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1925
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Hardcover
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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… Read more about this item
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WOMAN'S WHIMS; OR THE FEMALE BAROMETER, TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY X.B. SAINTINE
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WOMAN'S WHIMS; OR THE FEMALE BAROMETER, TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY X.B. SAINTINE

by Robinson, Fayette; Saintine, X. B.

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Published
1850
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N Y: Baker and Scribner. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1850. Hardcover. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; xvii, 98, [4] pages; A satire on inconstancy. Cloth covered red boards blindstamped and gilt. Minor foxing .
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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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Published
1853
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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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THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN. SHEWING HOW HE WENT FURTHER THAN HE INTENDED AND CAME SAFE HOME AGAIN[

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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Published
1906
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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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LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF PETER PORCUPINE WITH OTHER RECORDS OF HIS EARLY CAREER IN ENGLAND & AMERICA

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

by W. Cobbett

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Published
1927
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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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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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Published
1863
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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 … Read more about this item
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