SHAKSPEARE AND HIS TIMES (1817), TWOVOLUMES BY DRAKEShakspeare and His Times, 1817 Nathan Drake, M.D. Two volumes Pub. Cadell and Davies, London First edition A two-volume scholarly Shakespearean tome of the...
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MARTIN BROTHERS STONEWARE DOUBLE FACEJUGMartin Ware, decorated stoneware with two amusing faces on mottled dark brown ground.
Signed Martin Bros. London & Southall, 5-1902.
Issued: 1902
Dimensions: 5.75"W x...
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MARTIN BROTHERS STONEWARE DOUBLE FACEJUGMartin Ware, decorated stoneware with two amusing faces on mottled dark brown ground.
Signed Martin Bros. London & Southall, 5-1902.
Issued: 1902
Dimensions: 5.75"W x...
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VINCENT J.B. CHEVILLIARD OIL ON BOARD,ELECTION TIMEVincent Jean Baptiste Chevilliard (French, 1841-1904), "Election Time," small oil on panel painting depicting a priest in black frock reading a series of political...
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SMITH, HORATIO. FESTIVALS, GAMES, ANDAMUSEMENTS.Smith, Horatio. Festivals, Games, and Amusements. London: Colburn and Bentley, 1831. First edition. Textured cloth, gilt leather title compartment. Frontispiece,...
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LOT OF NINE ANTIQUARIAN VOLUMES ON CONJURING,RECREATIO...Lot of Nine Antiquarian Volumes on Conjuring, Recreations, and Amusement. Including Magic and Its Mysteries (London: Frederick Warne, n.d.); Ancient and Modern...
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HUTTON, CHARLES (TRANS.), M.L. DESPIAU.SELECT AMUSEMEN...Hutton, Charles (trans.), M.L. Despiau. Select Amusements in Philosophy and Mathematics. London: Printed for G. Kearsley, Fleet Street, by W. Glendinning,...
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SIX VOLUMES ON SCIENTIFIC AMUSEMENTSAND EXPERIMENTS.[Amusements - Science] Six Volumes on Scientific Amusements and Experiments. Including Magical Experiments, or Science in Play (Philadelphia, 1894); Secrets...
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FESTIVALS, GAMES, AND AMUSEMENTS.Smith,Horatio. Festivals, Games, and Amusements. London: Colburn and Bentley, 1831. First edition. Contemporary quarter leather, cloth sides. Frontispiece, two folding plates. 8vo....
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PARLOUR MAGIC: A MANUAL OF AMUSING EXPERIMENTS,TRANSMU...Parlour Magic: A Manual of Amusing Experiments, Transmutations, Sleights and Subtleties, Legerdemain, &c. London: W. Kent, 1861. Fifth edition. Original dark blue...
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CREMER, W.H AND FRANK BELLEW. FOUR VOLUMESON CONJURING...Cremer, W.H and Frank Bellew. Four Volumes on Conjuring. Including Hanky Panky (London: Chatto & Windus, 1875; color frontis.; 32 pages of advts.; Toole Stott...
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YOUNG MAN’S BOOK OF AMUSEMENT, (THE).YoungMan’s Book of Amusement, (The). London: Milner & Co., [n.d.]. Publisher’s cloth, spine gilt lettered. Folding frontispiece. 16mo. 1 leaf, p. [1] 2—384. Marginal soiling...
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GREEK ATTIC RED-FIGURE STEMMED KYLIXW/ EPHEBESAncient Greece, Athens, ca. 500 to 480 BCE. A beautiful pottery kylix, expertly hand-painted with images of ephebes or Greek youths in red-figure technique. Boasting...
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Davis (George), Frostiana; or a historyof the River Thames in a frozen State...with various amusing anecdotes to which is added the art of skating, London: G. Davis, printed and published on the Ice, 1814, 8vo,...
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PANORAMA OF LONDON OR A DAY'S JOURNEYROUNDPanorama of London or A Day's Journey Round the Metropolis , ca. 1809 , denoted an amusing and instructive game, John Harris (1756-1846), hand colored aquatint, scarce...
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L'ORIENT OR THE INDIAN TRAVELER GAME,CA. 1840L'Orient or the Indian Traveler Game , ca. 1840's , hand colored, printed paper on canvas linen cloth, marked London published by David Ogilvy at his repository for...
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SPOONER'S PICTORIAL MAP OF ENGLAND &WALESSpooner's Pictorial Map of England & Wales , ca. 1844, Arranged as an Amusing and Instructive Game for Youth. Illustrated with upwards of One Hundred & Twenty views ,...
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THE TRAVELLERS OF ENGLAND AND WALES,CA. 1844-45The Travellers of England and Wales , ca. 1844-45, with hand colored twelve panel engraving on linen printed Spooner's Pictorial Map of England & Wales Arranged...
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ENGLISH HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL BOOKS,12 Group of English historical and social books, 12, and comprising: Macaulay's "History of England" (5 Vols.), Charlotte Elizabeth, "The English Martyrology" (2 Vols.), Seeley...
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Despiau, L. Select Amusements in Philosophyand Mathematics; Proper for agreeably exercising the Minds of Youth, Translated from the French of M.L. Despiau..., with Several Corrections and Additions, Particularly a...
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? ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS POOLEY (IRISH1646-1723)
HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT OF JONATHAN SWIFT AS A STUDENT IN DUBLIN COLLEGE With later inscription, feigned oval, oil on canvas71cm x 58cm (28in x 22.75in)Provenance...
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THE AMUSEMENTS OF OLD LONDON BY BOULTON,2 VOLS. Both volumes of 'The Amusements of Old London' by William B. Boulton, published in 1901 by John C. Nimmo, 14 King William Street, Strand, bound in red leather with...
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Five signed letters, c/o:
A typed letter,signed, by Calvin Klein mentioning jeans, dated November 18, 1981.
An autograph letter, signed, from Josh Billings, dated October 20, 1870. Billings was the pen name of...
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A DERBY PLATE
after a Meissen original,enamelled in Kakiemon style with a spray of mauve flowers tied with blue ribbons, other flowers, a cricket and moth, in shaped and moulded border with brown edged rim, 25cm...
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Five Georgian Pewter Plates, secondand third quarters 19th century, including one by Burgum and Catcott of Bristol and Littledean, Gloucestershire, working ca. 1768-1779; a pair by Henry Little of London, working...
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Small Edwardian Sterling Silver TeaCaddy, hallmarked London, 1900-1901, by Samuel S. and Ernest Drew, of oval form with bulbous hinged lid, the whole decorated with engine-turned reserves, the interior gilt,...
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Two Henry Alken books: [Illustrationsto Popular Songs], 1823, 10 x 14 in., and [Symptoms of Being Amused], 1822, 10-7/8 x 14-5/8 in., both published by Thomas McClean, London, each with 43 hand colored plates,...
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1 vol. Taylor, Isaac. Scenes in America,for The Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travellers. London: Harris and Son, 1821. First edition. 12mo, orig. pictorial bds.; some edge wear, front cover...
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Thomas Jefferson Miniature Portraitby William Russell Birch William Russell Birch (English 1755-1834) enamel on copper portrait of Thomas Jefferson unsigned with?Jefferson?written on verso; 1.5 x 1 in. Frame...
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6 pieces. Colored Engravings - BoxingSubjects: Alken, H., after. "A Prize Fight." London: T. McClean, Jan. 1, 1820. [but later reproduction.] 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (216 x 298 mm) - image & text, margins. Generally...
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Five Georgian Pewter Plates, secondand third quarters 19th century, including one by Burgum and Catcott of Bristol and Littledean, Gloucestershire, working ca. 1768-1779; a pair by Henry Little of London, working...
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