London: Townsend, ca 1830. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. 15. x 12.5 cm. Lacks title. 184 hand colored plates numbered 493-676 with numerous examples of Empire fashion styles per plate. There is also one dress pattern plate; plates interleaved with descriptive text. The Empire style had a fitted bodice just below..... More
London: T. Payne and T. Cadell, 1796. First edition. Hardcover. xlviii 390 (4), 432 (4), 468 (4), 432 (4), 556 pages. 7 x 4 inches. List of subscribers, and six page manuscript review of the title: "Characters of the Principal Persons," in the first volume, the latter trimmed at fore-edge..... More
London: A. Buego, Madien Lane, 1819. Cruikshank, George. First edition. Hardcover. 19.5 x 15 cm. The headline above the image reads, " Annual Parliaments & Universal Suffrage defeated." An early attempt and failure to promote voting rights. COHN 639. "An extremely rare pamphlet, a political squib on the Westminster Election..... More