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George Cruikshank's Omnibus by CRUIKSHANK, George; BLANCHARD, Laman; BIRDSALL, binder

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Title: George Cruikshank's Omnibus
Author: CRUIKSHANK, George; BLANCHARD, Laman; BIRDSALL, binder
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Description: London: Tilt and Bogue, 1842. Cruikshank Unbound: The Artist's Own Comic Magazine A Landmark of Victorian Graphic Humor - One Hundred Illustrations First Edition, Finely Bound by Wallis [CRUIKSHANK, George]. George Cruikshank's Omnibus. Illustrated with one hundred engravings on steel and wood. Edited by Laman Blanchard. London: Tilt and Bogue, 1842. First edition. Large octavo (8 13/16 x 5 1/2 inches; 224 x 140 mm.). [vii], iv, 300 pp. Engraved portrait, engraved pictorial preface, twenty engraved plates and seventy-eight woodcuts in the text. Handsomely bound ca. 1910 by Wallis in full tan calf, covers with triple-ruled gilt borders and corner ornaments, spine with five raised bands richly tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, gilt board edges and elaborate gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A fine, attractive copy. A major self-directed project by Cruikshank and an important document of mid-Victorian comic publishing, Cruikshank's Omnibus originated as a monthly serial (May 1841-January 1842) and represents the artist's deliberate move toward independence following his break with the publisher Richard Bentley. Conceived as a vehicle for his own artistic and satirical expression, the work gathers a rich miscellany of humorous essays, sketches, and serialized fiction. The editorial hand of Blanchard - assisted by William Harrison Ainsworth - helped assemble a lively roster of contributors, including Frederick Marryat and William Makepeace Thackeray. Yet the true center of gravity remains Cruikshank himself, whose prolific output here - one hundred illustrations in total - demonstrates his extraordinary versatility across both steel engraving and woodcut. Cruikshank's visual wit ranges from broad caricature to finely observed social comedy, reflecting the evolving taste of a Victorian audience increasingly attuned to illustrated periodicals. This example, preserved in an elegant early twentieth-century binding, offers a particularly pleasing presentation of one of Cruikshank's most ambitious independent ventures. Cohn, 190.

INVITATION TO A MARCH by Sondheim, Stephen (original music by). Laurents, Arthur

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Title: INVITATION TO A MARCH
Author: Sondheim, Stephen (original music by). Laurents, Arthur
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition: Ner Fine
Description: NY: Random House, 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Ner Fine/Very Good +. Inscribed across the top of the front pastedown and ffe by Sondheim "For Bob and Jane from Stephen Sondheim". Bob and Jane Emerson managed the Drama Book Shop in Manhattan for many years, the go-to bookshop for theatre professionals and aficionados. Price-clipped dustjacket, very lightly toned spine, small piece missing top edge rear panel. Book near fine. Signed copies of this comedy (not a musical) for which a very young Sondheim wrote the incidental music are rare.

Original art from LIGHTHOUSE LULLABY by BRIGGS, Kelly Paul

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Title: Original art from LIGHTHOUSE LULLABY
Author: BRIGGS, Kelly Paul
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: Rockport, Maine: Down East Books, 2000. Ephemera no binding. Fine. Kelly Paul BRIGGS. SIGNED by the ARTIST. Original art: 15 ½" x 15 ½" mat size; 5 5/8" x 5 5/8" image size. Original illustration art from Lighthouse Lullaby by mid-coast Maine author and artist Kelly Briggs. The fifth illustration found in the book on page 13 pictures a horse standing in the snow waiting for his master. "Gentle Belgian paws the ground / And prances once around his pen /As he awaits his master's hand / To lift the latch and lead him in.". The work is done in the pointillist technique using tiny dots of color to define the space and create an image. This technique was first described by Georges Seurat and Paul Signac in 1886 as part of the Neo-Impressionist movement. This painting along with several others was in an exhibition at the Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, Maine. A charming story of a lighthouse keeper and his family living on a remote Maine island. The author explains, "Island living was not easy, but they took pleasure in simple things that we now sometimes take for granted-a warm bed, a roof over our heads, and someone to love us." Ms. Briggs is a mostly self-taught artist, born and living on the coast of Maine. She is part of the Farnsworth Museum's Arts in Education Teaching Artist in Rockland, Maine. PLEASE NOTE: This does not include a copy of the book, Lighthouse Lullaby.

The History of Wells and Kennebunk from the Earliest Settlement to the Year 1820, at which time Kennebunk was Set Off, and Incorporated with Biographical Sketches by BOURNE, Edward E.

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Title: The History of Wells and Kennebunk from the Earliest Settlement to the Year 1820, at which time Kennebunk was Set Off, and Incorporated with Biographical Sketches
Author: BOURNE, Edward E.
Seller: Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA (United States)
Condition: Very good +
Description: Portland, [Maine]: B. Thurston & Company, 1875. First Edition. Cloth. Very good +. First edition. 8vo; [xxiii], 797pp; blind-stamped borders to black cloth over board, gilt-stamped title to spine; brown endpapers; portrait frontispiece of Bourne with tissue guard, four additional illustrations in b&w; bumping to corners with loss, chipping to spine head & tail; light foxing to fly-leaves, a few spots; very good plus. An extensive history of the Wells and Kennebunk area, including its placement on the coast of Maine, early settlers and governments, land grants, first roads and ferries, opposition to jurisdiction of Massachusetts, the church and its struggles and expansion, King Phillip's War, Judiciary system, King William's War, Queen Ann's War, Lovewell's War and Indian Raids, the Meeting House, first school house, Expedition to Louisburg, Liquor, town growth, taxation of colonies, Revolutionary War, Roads, navigation, wolves and bears, the Jay Treaty, agriculture, industry, military history and town growth.

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