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71.CUNNINGHAM, Peter. the story of nell gwyn and the sayings of charles the second with a complete index of the personages mentioned. Privately Printed. 1862.


£750


8vo., full polished calf by sangorski and sutcliffe, french fillet borders on boards, spine gilt in compartments with contrasting leather labels and gilt centre tools. extra illustrated by the insertion of 90 engraved plates, including 7 handcoloured. A very good copy.


privaely printed. the extra illustrations comprise portraits of nell’s contemporaries and plans and views of london. there are 6 portraits of nell gwyn (and other prints in which she appears). “the following story was originally published in the gentleman’s magazine, for the year 1851, and now appears as a separate publication for the first time: corrected throughout and enlarged with much new matter..... it must be read as a serious truth, not as fiction - as a biography, not as a romance...”


73. D’ACHE, Caran. Albums caran d’Ache [and ] bric a brac. Paris. E Plon. [c.1900]


£198


folio, 4 volumes in original wrappers bound together in full black cloth lettered in gilt on spine and upper board. upper board sometime rejointed, a little occasional


browning,


repaired closed tear to one wrapper, otherwise a very good copy.


the four volumes of caran d’Ache cartoons are Album Caran D’Ache (premier, deuxieme, troisieme) and bric-A-brac.


from the


library of the cartoonist nicolas bentley with his reynolds stone designed bookplate.


caran d’Ache was the pseudonym of


the 19th century french satirist and


political cartoonist emmanuel poiré. “caran d’Ache” comes from the russian word karandash, meaning pencil (of turkic origin; “kara dash” meaning black stone). While his first work glorified the napoleonic era, he went on to create “stories without words” and as a contributor to newspapers such as the lundi du figaro, he is sometimes hailed as one of the precursors of comic strips.


74.D’ACHE, Caran. Album des lundis [with] les lundis du figaro [and] les lundis de caran dache. Album our les enfants de 40 ans et audessus! Paris. Imprimerie P. Mouillot and Librarie Plon.[1900] £198


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72. CURIE, Eve. madame curie. A biography. Garden City. Doubleday Doran. 1937.


£198


8vo., original cloth with dust wrapper. With 33 illustrations. Wrapper very slightly chipped otherwise a near fine copy.


first us edition translated by vincent sheean.


folio, three vols in original wrappers bound together in full blue cloth, lettered in gilt on upper board. there are some repaired tears and chips to the edges of the pages which are quite brittle, some soiling and browning, but generally a very good collection of three volumes of caran d’Ache cartoons.


first editions. from the library of the cartoonist nicolas bentley with a copy of his reynolds stone designed bookplate. bentley has signed the first wrapper in pencil, and there are a few pencil notations by him in the text including one pencil sketch of a bearded man’s head.


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caran d’Ache was the pseudonym of the 19th century french satirist and political cartoonist emmanuel poiré. “caran d’Ache” comes from the russian word karandash, meaning pencil (of turkic origin; “kara dash” meaning black stone). While his first work glorified the napoleonic era, he went on to create “stories without words” and as a contributor to newspapers such as the lundi du figaro, he is sometimes hailed as one of the precursors of comic strips.


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