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Title page of Romeo and Juliet (Garrick's revision) from a 25-volume 1808 collection: Inchbald's Theatre

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First two pages of Garrick's version of Romeo and Juliet showing the list of dramatis personæ (Garrick and Susannah Cibber starred in this production) and the beginning of Act I Scene I.

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David Garrick's revision of the death scene in Romeo and Juliet. Veering from the original, Garrick's version has Juliet wake before Romeo's death, allowing the lovers a final farewell.

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Title page of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, with alterations and an additional scene by David Garrick, as performed at the Theatres-Royal in London and Dublin. 1768. From volume one of a two-volume collection of plays.

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Combat by William Roberts.

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Poem "Shelley's Heart" by William Michael Rossetti

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William Hogarth's 1745 painting of David Garrick as Richard III in Act V Scene III of Shakespeare's play. Before the Battle of Bosworth, Richard wakes haunted by the ghosts of those he has murdered.

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Insert Illustration of The Red Badge of Courage, from 1896 Heinemann edition.

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Page 13 (Illustration by William H. Bradley)

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The title page of William Creech's 1782 printing of Account of the Institution and Progress of the Society of the Antiquaries of Scotland.

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The errata page of William Creech's 1779 printing of The History of Edinburgh, including instructions to the bookbinder.

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The publication information as it appears in the 1779 printing of The History of Edinburgh by Hugo Arnot.

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The title page of The History of Edinburgh published by William Creech in 1779.

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The publication information page of William Creech's 1788 Edinburgh edition of Robert Burns' Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect.

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The title page of the 1788 Edinburgh edition of Robert Burns' Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect.

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The portrait of Robert Burns included in the 1788 Edinburgh edition of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect published by William Creech. 

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The conditions placed upon a call for subscriptions, issued by publishers in both England and Scotland circa 1789.

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The entry for The Present State of Nova Scotia in William Creech's 1793 bookseller's catalogue.
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