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  • The earliest authoritative source of information on China available in Europe at that time. The most important work on China since Marco Polo.
    The earliest authoritative source of information on China available in Europe at that time. The most important work on China since Marco Polo.

    RICCI, Matteo; TRIGAULT, Nicholas.
    De Christiana Expeditione apud Sinas Susepta ab Societate Iesu, 1616.
    £7,500.00

  • The sixth edition, the best and most illustrated, of Stow's A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, with 132 plates of views and maps of London
    The sixth edition, the best and most illustrated, of Stow's A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, with 132 plates of views and maps of London

    STOW, John.
    A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, 1754-1755.
    £6,500.00

  • Presentation copy of Jon Soane's Description of the House and Museum on the North Side of Lincoln's Inn Fields, a scarce unpublished work describing his house turned museum towards the end of his life.
    Presentation copy of Jon Soane's Description of the House and Museum on the North Side of Lincoln's Inn Fields, a scarce unpublished work describing his house turned museum towards the end of his life.

    SOANE, John.
    Description of the House and Museum on the North Side of Lincoln's Inn Fields. 1830.
    £6,500.00

  • The scarce Seller issue of A Prospect of London, an illusive series of evocative plates of Stuart London.
    The scarce Seller issue of A Prospect of London, an illusive series of evocative plates of Stuart London.

    [LONDON]; SELLER, John.
    A Prospect of London: [c.1690].
    £2,500.00

  • The enlarged and preferred second edition of Maitland's The History of London furnished with nearly 100 more plates than the first edition
    The enlarged and preferred second edition of Maitland's The History of London furnished with nearly 100 more plates than the first edition

    MAITLAND, William.
    The History of London from its Foundation to the Present Time... 1756.
    £2,750.00

  • First edition of Phillip Brannon's The Park and the Crystal Palace, a scarce set of unusual views of the Crystal Palace, with an additional hand-coloured lithograph titled 'Interior of the Crystal Palace'.
    First edition of Phillip Brannon's The Park and the Crystal Palace, a scarce set of unusual views of the Crystal Palace, with an additional hand-coloured lithograph titled 'Interior of the Crystal Palace'.

    BRANNON, Phillip (illustrator); ACKERMANN, Rudolph (publisher).
    The Park and the Crystal Palace. 1851.
    £7,500.00

  • A handsome set of The Complete Works of P.I. Melnikov-Pechersky
    A handsome set of The Complete Works of P.I. Melnikov-Pechersky

    MELNIKOV-PECHERSKY, P. I.
    Polnoe Sobranie Sochinenii [The Complete Works]. 1909.
    £1,450.00

  • Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales.
    Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales.

    [UKRAINE]. BAIN, Nisbet R. (trans.)
    Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales. 1894.
    £1,950.00

  • Viviane Sassen was born in Amsterdam but lived in a Kenyan village from the ages of two to five while her father worked at a hospital. Flamboya contains photographs she made in Africa between 2003 and 2006.
    Viviane Sassen was born in Amsterdam but lived in a Kenyan village from the ages of two to five while her father worked at a hospital. Flamboya contains photographs she made in Africa between 2003 and 2006.

    SASSEN, Viviane.
    Flamboya. 2008.
    £875.00

  • Tanja Lazetoic's artists' book Whore is an appropriation of Sanja Ivekovic's 1976 artists' book Tragedija Jedne Venere / Tragedy of a Venus.
    Tanja Lazetoic's artists' book Whore is an appropriation of Sanja Ivekovic's 1976 artists' book Tragedija Jedne Venere / Tragedy of a Venus.

    LAZETIC, Tanja.
    Whore. (2010).
    £600.00

  • The image on the cover of The Brightest Light Runs Too Fast is only revealed when exposed to temperatures above 27 degrees or by human touch. Otherwise, it remains black, a reference to, and a way to avoid, censorship of such images in China.
    The image on the cover of The Brightest Light Runs Too Fast is only revealed when exposed to temperatures above 27 degrees or by human touch. Otherwise, it remains black, a reference to, and a way to avoid, censorship of such images in China.

    HANG, Ren.
    The Brightest Light Runs Too Fast. 2014.
    £2,000.00

  • In Concresco, David Galjaard explores the social and symbolic significance of the numerous concrete bunkers built in Albania during the rule of dictator Ever Hoxha and the role they now play in the modern landscape.
    In Concresco, David Galjaard explores the social and symbolic significance of the numerous concrete bunkers built in Albania during the rule of dictator Ever Hoxha and the role they now play in the modern landscape.

    GALJAARD, David.
    Concresco. 2012.
    £975.00

  • Christopher Wool took the photographs in East Broadway Breakdown between 1994 and 1995 after returning to New York following a one-year DAAD residency in Berlin. They were all taken at night as he walked between his studio on the Lower East Side and his apartment in Chinatown.
    Christopher Wool took the photographs in East Broadway Breakdown between 1994 and 1995 after returning to New York following a one-year DAAD residency in Berlin. They were all taken at night as he walked between his studio on the Lower East Side and his apartment in Chinatown.

    WOOL, Christopher.
    East Broadway Breakdown. 2003.
    £1,200.00

  • The First Zionist Congress Official Protocol, a key document of early Zionist history.
    The First Zionist Congress Official Protocol, a key document of early Zionist history.

    [ZIONISM].
    Zionisten-Congress in Basel 1898.
    £750.00

  • First edition, first printing of this powerful work of social and political criticism.
    First edition, first printing of this powerful work of social and political criticism.

    [HEARTFIELD, John.] TUCHOLSKY, Kurt.
    Deutschland, Deutschland Ueber Alles. 1929.
    £875.00

  • Presentation copy of the first published edition of Charles Henri Ford's paste-up poster poems.
    Presentation copy of the first published edition of Charles Henri Ford's paste-up poster poems.

    FORD, Charles Henri.
    Spare Parts. 1966.
    £1,500.00

  • A lithographed and extensively illustrated edition of the Ajaib al Makhluqat by Zakariyah Qazvini printed in Tehran in 1866.
    A lithographed and extensively illustrated edition of the Ajaib al Makhluqat by Zakariyah Qazvini printed in Tehran in 1866.

    QAZWINI, Zakariyah.
    Aja'ib al-Makhluqat, dated 1283 AH (1866 AD).
    £4,000.00

  • 60 Fotos is the first mongraph of Aenne Biermann's photographs, with the publisher's scarce wraparound band.
    60 Fotos is the first mongraph of Aenne Biermann's photographs, with the publisher's scarce wraparound band.

    MOHOLY-NAGY, L[aszlo]; BIERMANN, Aenne; ROH, Franz (editor).
    60 Fotos... 1930.
    £5,000.00

  • Photographs by Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934.
    Photographs by Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934.

    MAN RAY (pseud. RADNITZKY, Emmanuel).
    Photographs by Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934. 1934.
    £8,750.00

  • First edition of this ornithological classic, Walter Lowry Buller's History of the Birds of New Zealand, with 36 chromolithographic plates, published in parts in London between 1872 and 1873.
    First edition of this ornithological classic, Walter Lowry Buller's History of the Birds of New Zealand, with 36 chromolithographic plates, published in parts in London between 1872 and 1873.

    BULLER, Walter Lawry.
    A History of the Birds of New Zealand. [1872-]1873.
    £2,500.00

  • A Doves Press publication comprising poems by William Wordsworth, almost all of which were composed between the years 1798-1807
    A Doves Press publication comprising poems by William Wordsworth, almost all of which were composed between the years 1798-1807

    [DOVES PRESS]. WORDSWORTH, William.
    A Decade of Years. 1911.
    £1,750.00

  • Second and preferred edition of the definitive work on New Zealand birds, Walter Lowry Buller's History fo teh Birds of New Zealand, in the publisher's deluxe red morocco.
    Second and preferred edition of the definitive work on New Zealand birds, Walter Lowry Buller's History fo teh Birds of New Zealand, in the publisher's deluxe red morocco.

    BULLER, Walter Lawry.
    A History of the Birds of New Zealand. 1888.
    £3,500.00

  • First editions, thirteenth and tenth impressions, of J.R.R. Tolkien's <em>The Lord of the Rings</em> trilogy
    First editions, thirteenth and tenth impressions, of J.R.R. Tolkien's <em>The Lord of the Rings</em> trilogy

    TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
    The Lord of the Rings. 1963.
    £3,000.00

  • First edition of The More Deserving Cases by Robert Graves. One of 750 copies, signed by the author.
    First edition of The More Deserving Cases by Robert Graves. One of 750 copies, signed by the author.

    GRAVES, Robert.
    The More Deserving Cases: 1962.
    £175.00

  • A lovely first edition of Rhyme Stew by Roald Dahl with illustrations by Quentin Blake.
    A lovely first edition of Rhyme Stew by Roald Dahl with illustrations by Quentin Blake.

    DAHL, Roald; BLAKE, Quentin (illustrator).
    Rhyme Stew. 1989.
    £65.00

  • A first edition, first impression of Danny Champion of the World by Roald Dahl with illustrations by Jill Bennett.
    A first edition, first impression of Danny Champion of the World by Roald Dahl with illustrations by Jill Bennett.

    DAHL, Roald; BENNETT, Jill (illustrator).
    Danny, The Champion of the World. 1975.
    £250.00

  • A first edition of Naipaul's second novel in excellent condition.
    A first edition of Naipaul's second novel in excellent condition.

    NAIPAUL, V.S.
    The Suffrage of Elvira. 1958.
    £375.00

  • A beautiful edition of Christina Rosetti's Poems illustrated by Florence Harrison.
    A beautiful edition of Christina Rosetti's Poems illustrated by Florence Harrison.

    ROSSETTI, Christina; HARRISON, Florence (illustrator);
    Poems. 1910.
    £750.00

  • A first edition of Charles Castle's book, Noel, about the legendary playwright Noel Coward.
    A first edition of Charles Castle's book, Noel, about the legendary playwright Noel Coward.

    COWARD, Noel; CASTLE, Charles (author).
    Noel. 1972.
    £225.00

  • A lovely copy of The Red Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H.J. Ford.
    A lovely copy of The Red Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H.J. Ford.

    LANG, Andrew (editor); FORD, H.J. (illustrator).
    The Red Fairy Book 1891.
    £290.00

  • A lovely copy of The Crimson Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H.J. Ford.
    A lovely copy of The Crimson Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H.J. Ford.

    LANG, Andrew (editor); FORD, H.J. (illustrator).
    The Crimson Fairy Book 1906.
    £575.00

  • The original lithograph poster of Carta Gastronomica del Bel Paese by Vsevolode Nicouline
    The original lithograph poster of Carta Gastronomica del Bel Paese by Vsevolode Nicouline

    [NICOULINE, Vsevolode].
    Carta Gastronomica del Bel Paese. 1949.
    £3,750.00

  • First edition of A Visit to Morin by Graham Greene, inscribed by the author to Harriet Stonor.
    First edition of A Visit to Morin by Graham Greene, inscribed by the author to Harriet Stonor.

    GREENE, Graham.
    A Visit to Morin. 1959.
    £1,500.00

  • First edition of Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene, inscribed by the author to Jeanne Stonor.
    First edition of Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene, inscribed by the author to Jeanne Stonor.

    GREENE, Graham.
    Monsignor Quixote. 1982.
    £500.00

  • First edition of The Complaisant Lover by Graham Greene, inscribed by the author to Jeanne Stonor.
    First edition of The Complaisant Lover by Graham Greene, inscribed by the author to Jeanne Stonor.

    GREENE, Graham.
    The Complaisant Lover: 1959.
    £625.00

  • First edition of The Comedians by Graham Greene, inscribed by the author to Sherman and Jeanne Stonor.
    First edition of The Comedians by Graham Greene, inscribed by the author to Sherman and Jeanne Stonor.

    GREENE, Graham.
    The Comedians. 1966.
    £2,250.00

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