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A History of the Fishes of the British Islands.
COUCH, Jonathan.Original price £3,750.00 - Original price £3,750.00Original price £0.00£3,750.00£3,750.00 - £3,750.00Current price £3,750.00The first british fish book in colour. A handsomely bound reissued set of this 'major contribution to ichthyology... the earliest work on British f...
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Mushrooms.
SCHMIERER (A.) et J. KAMMERER.Original price £650.00 - Original price £650.00Original price £0.00£650.00£650.00 - £650.00Current price £650.00A splendid chromolithograph showing some of the German eatable mushrooms, intended for identification for use in schools and home.Chromolithograph...
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Mushrooms.
SCHMIERER (A.) et J. KAMMERER.Original price £650.00 - Original price £650.00Original price £0.00£650.00£650.00 - £650.00Current price £650.00A splendid chromolithograph showing some of the German eatable mushrooms, intended for identification for use in schools and home.Chromolithograph...
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Mushrooms.
SCHMIERER (A.) et J. KAMMERER.Original price £650.00 - Original price £650.00Original price £0.00£650.00£650.00 - £650.00Current price £650.00A splendid chromolithograph showing some of the German eatable mushrooms, intended for identification for use in schools and home.Chromolithograph...
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Mushrooms.
SCHMIERER (A.) et J. KAMMERER.Original price £650.00 - Original price £650.00Original price £0.00£650.00£650.00 - £650.00Current price £650.00A splendid chromolithograph showing some of the German eatable mushrooms, intended for identification for use in schools and home. This represents...
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Mushrooms.
SCHMIERER (A.) et J. KAMMERER.Original price £650.00 - Original price £650.00Original price £0.00£650.00£650.00 - £650.00Current price £650.00A splendid chromolithograph showing some of the German eatable mushrooms, intended for identification for use in schools and home.Chromolithograph...
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Mushrooms.
SCHMIERER (A.) et J. KAMMERER.Original price £650.00 - Original price £650.00Original price £0.00£650.00£650.00 - £650.00Current price £650.00A splendid chromolithograph showing some of the German eatable mushrooms, intended for identification for use in schools and home.Chromolithograph...
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Mushrooms.
SCHMIERER (A.) et J. KAMMERER.Original price £650.00 - Original price £650.00Original price £0.00£650.00£650.00 - £650.00Current price £650.00A splendid chromolithograph showing some of the German eatable mushrooms, intended for identification for use in schools and home.Chromolithograph...
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The Peaks and Valleys of the Alps.
BONNEY, THOMAS GEORGE; Elijah Walton, illustrator.Original price £7,500.00 - Original price £7,500.00Original price £0.00£7,500.00£7,500.00 - £7,500.00Current price £7,500.00Elijah Walton's fine colour plate views of the Western Alps, including the Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Monte Viso, Aosta Valley, Dent Du Midi, and The...
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Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects.
BOYLE, Robert.Original price £3,500.00 - Original price £3,500.00Original price £0.00£3,500.00£3,500.00 - £3,500.00Current price £3,500.00Contemporary presentation copy, from the library of oliver sacks. First edition of this collection of philosophical essays by one of the founders o...
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Across Chryse;
COLQUHOUN, Archibald R.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £0.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00Colquhoun's expedition was to survey a projected railway connecting Canton with Burma. During the course of his travels he passed through many reg...
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India Today and Tomorrow.
NEHRU, Jawaharlal.Original price £3,000.00 - Original price £3,000.00Original price £0.00£3,000.00£3,000.00 - £3,000.00Current price £3,000.00Signed by the author. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper, 'Jawaharlal Nehru / 21.7.1961.'Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) was a central fi...
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Travels,
SHAW, Thomas.Original price £4,850.00 - Original price £4,850.00Original price £0.00£4,850.00£4,850.00 - £4,850.00Current price £4,850.00A valuable work' (Ioannou). Shaw was chaplain to the English factory at Algiers from 1720 to 1733. During this period he visited Egypt, Sinai, Pal...
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Plate XXVII.Salmo Maraena. Die grosse Maraene. La grande Maraene.
[BLOCH, Marcus Elieser].Original price £500.00 - Original price £500.00Original price £0.00£500.00£500.00 - £500.00Current price £500.00From "Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: generale et particuliere des poissons".Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723 – 1799), a doctor of medicine and famou...
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Ismailia:
BAKER, Samuel White.Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00Original price £0.00£1,500.00£1,500.00 - £1,500.00Current price £1,500.00A finely bound copy of Baker's Ismailia.In 1869, Baker, one of the greatest explorers of Africa, was appointed by the Khedive Isma'il to a four-ye...
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Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii I. A. Goncharova [The Complete Works of Goncharov].
GONCHAROV, Ivan Aleksandrovich.Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00Original price £0.00£1,500.00£1,500.00 - £1,500.00Current price £1,500.00Complete works of one of Russia's most celebrated authors An attractive set in the original publisher's Art Nouveau binding. This edition, publish...
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Zhenskiy Zhurnal [Women's magazine].
[SOVIET WOMEN].Original price £3,950.00 - Original price £3,950.00Original price £0.00£3,950.00£3,950.00 - £3,950.00Current price £3,950.00A complete run of one year of one of the major periodicals of the 1920s with striking cover designs.Runs of Zhenskiy zhurnal are notably scarce wi...
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Divan,
HAFEZ SHIRAZI. SA'DI SHIRAZI.Original price £22,500.00 - Original price £22,500.00Original price £0.00£22,500.00£22,500.00 - £22,500.00Current price £22,500.00Notably early Hafez manuscript. Hafez Shirazi (1315-1390 AD) is considered one of the greatest of the Persian Poets, whose immensely popular poetry...
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Moi Skazki [My Tales].
KARAZIN, Nikolay Nikolaevich (illustrator).Original price £950.00 - Original price £950.00Original price £0.00£950.00£950.00 - £950.00Current price £950.00Fine example of the first edition of this popular work, in a decorative publisher's gift binding. Issued by one of the best publishers of the time...
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London Transport Underground.
[TUBE MAP]. GARBUTT, Paul E. (designer).Original price £1,950.00 - Original price £1,950.00Original price £0.00£1,950.00£1,950.00 - £1,950.00Current price £1,950.00Following distinguished war service that saw him rise to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Engineers, Paul E Garbutt (1919-2008), joined...
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Rodnye Skazki [Native Tales].
TULUPOV, N. V. (editor).Original price £450.00 - Original price £450.00Original price £0.00£450.00£450.00 - £450.00Current price £450.00A charming collection of illustrated Slavic fairy tales edited by Tulupov and based on Afanasyev's folk tales.Second edition, 8vo (20.5 x 16 cm); ...
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Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii N.V. Gogolia [The Complete Works of N.V. Gogol].
GOGOL, Nikolai Vasilyevich.Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00Original price £0.00£1,500.00£1,500.00 - £1,500.00Current price £1,500.00An attractive, decoratively bound set of the first critical edition of the works of one of the most celebrated Russian authors. Edited by Nikolai ...
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Plate X. Cyprinus Blicca. Die Güster. La Bordeliere.
[BLOCH, Marcus Elieser].Original price £500.00 - Original price £500.00Original price £0.00£500.00£500.00 - £500.00Current price £500.00From "Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: generale et particuliere des poissons".Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723 – 1799), a doctor of medicine and famou...
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Plate XXXVI. Cyprinus Jdus. Der Kühling. L'Fde.
[BLOCH, Marcus Elieser].Original price £500.00 - Original price £500.00Original price £0.00£500.00£500.00 - £500.00Current price £500.00From "Ichtylogie, ou Histoire naturelle: generale et particuliere des poissons".Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723 – 1799), a doctor of medicine and famou...
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