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  • The first printing of si Karl Popper's lecture on human freedom Of Clouds and Clocks, inscribe dhim him to Alan Gould
    The first printing of si Karl Popper's lecture on human freedom Of Clouds and Clocks, inscribe dhim him to Alan Gould

    POPPER, Sir Karl Raimund.
    Of Clouds and Clocks 1966.
    £1,750.00

  • The first US edition of the first English language collection of Joseph Stalin's lectures and articles on Leninism
    The first US edition of the first English language collection of Joseph Stalin's lectures and articles on Leninism

    STALIN, Joseph; PAUL, Eden & Cedar (née Gertrude Mary Davenport).
    Leninism. 1928.
    £800.00

  • The first edition of this important textbook by the father of the economist John Maynard Keynes, The Scope and Method of Political Economy
    The first edition of this important textbook by the father of the economist John Maynard Keynes, The Scope and Method of Political Economy

    KEYNES, John Neville.
    The Scope and Method of Political Economy. 1891.
    £450.00

  • The first edition of this scarce continuation by John Polemon The Second Part of the Book of Battailes, a major sorce for George Peele's The Battle of Alcazar
    The first edition of this scarce continuation by John Polemon The Second Part of the Book of Battailes, a major sorce for George Peele's The Battle of Alcazar

    [POLEMON, John].
    The Second Part of the Booke of Battailes, 1587.
    £3,750.00

  • The first edition in English of Milton's Literare Pseudo-Senatus Anglicani, translated by his nephew Edward Phillips, and containing three previously unpublished preliminary sonnets
    The first edition in English of Milton's Literare Pseudo-Senatus Anglicani, translated by his nephew Edward Phillips, and containing three previously unpublished preliminary sonnets

    MILTON, John; PHILIPS, Edward (translator).
    Letters of State, 1694.
    £1,850.00

  • The first edition of this reply by the religious controversialist John Jackson to Cato's Letters
    The first edition of this reply by the religious controversialist John Jackson to Cato's Letters

    JACKSON, John.
    A Defense of Human Liberty, 1725.
    £500.00

  • The first C. Davis edition of John Bale's Brefe Chronycle, an important source for the life and times of Sir John Oldcastle
    The first C. Davis edition of John Bale's Brefe Chronycle, an important source for the life and times of Sir John Oldcastle

    BALE, John.
    A Brefe Chronycle 1729.
    £500.00

  • The first edition of this English language translation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and Politics by John Gillies
    The first edition of this English language translation of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and Politics by John Gillies

    ARISTOTLE; GILLIES, John (translator).
    Aristotle's Ethics and Politics, 1797.
    £1,500.00

  • The first edition of Bentham's critique of English libel law, The Elements of the Art of Packing
    The first edition of Bentham's critique of English libel law, The Elements of the Art of Packing

    BENTHAM, Jeremy.
    The Elements of the Art of Packing, 1821.
    £800.00

  • The Deluxe issue of the first edition, with the plates hand-coloured, of The Unknown Horn of Africa by Frank Linsly James.
    The Deluxe issue of the first edition, with the plates hand-coloured, of The Unknown Horn of Africa by Frank Linsly James.

    JAMES, F[rank] L[insly].
    The Unknown Horn of Africa: 1888.
    £1,250.00

  • The second edition of James Mill's Elements of Political Economy inscribed by him to Thomas L. Peacock
    The second edition of James Mill's Elements of Political Economy inscribed by him to Thomas L. Peacock

    MILL, James.
    Elements of Political Economy. 1824.
    £3,000.00

  • An early edition of the Index Librorum Prohibtorum printed at Rome in 1841, the most infamous of all the lists of banned books
    An early edition of the Index Librorum Prohibtorum printed at Rome in 1841, the most infamous of all the lists of banned books

    [BANNED BOOKS].
    Index Librorum Prohibitorum 1841.
    £250.00

  • The first edition of Henry Hamon's New York Stock Exchange Manual, an eaarly guide to investing
    The first edition of Henry Hamon's New York Stock Exchange Manual, an eaarly guide to investing

    HAMON, Henry.
    New York Stock Exchange Manual, 1865.
    £800.00

  • The first edition in English of Henri Estienne's Apologie pour Hérodote, translated as A World of Wonders by Richard Carew
    The first edition in English of Henri Estienne's Apologie pour Hérodote, translated as A World of Wonders by Richard Carew

    ESTIENNE, Henri; CAREW, Richard (translator).
    [Apologie pour Hérodote]. 1607.
    £2,500.00

  • The editio princeps of Gildas' account of the ruin and conquest of Britain, De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, the only contemporary source for the Anglo-Saxon conquest
    The editio princeps of Gildas' account of the ruin and conquest of Britain, De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, the only contemporary source for the Anglo-Saxon conquest

    GILDAS.
    [De Excidio Britanniae] 1525?].
    £4,500.00

  • One of only four known copies of this unpublished and Unfinished Draft of a Skethc of a Biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein by Friedrich August von Hayek
    One of only four known copies of this unpublished and Unfinished Draft of a Skethc of a Biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein by Friedrich August von Hayek

    HAYEK, Friedrich August von.
    Unfinished Draft of a Sketch of a Biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein. November 1959.
    £9,500.00

  • A scarce life of the jurist Sir Matthew Hale by Gilbert Burnet, with provenance for the Earls of Macclesfield
    A scarce life of the jurist Sir Matthew Hale by Gilbert Burnet, with provenance for the Earls of Macclesfield

    BURNET, Gilbert.
    The Life and Death of Sir Matthew Hale, Kt. 1682.
    £675.00

  • The first edition of Gibson's important work on the operation of the London, Paris, and New York stock exchanges, containing the earliest mention of the efficient market hypothesis
    The first edition of Gibson's important work on the operation of the London, Paris, and New York stock exchanges, containing the earliest mention of the efficient market hypothesis

    GIBSON, George Rutledge.
    The Stock Exchanges of London, Paris, and New York 1889.
    £4,500.00

  • The first edition of these collected essays by Friedrich August von Hayek expounding his theory of business cycles, Profits, Interest and Investment
    The first edition of these collected essays by Friedrich August von Hayek expounding his theory of business cycles, Profits, Interest and Investment

    HAYEK, Friedrich August von.
    Profits, Interest and Investment 1939.
    £1,250.00

  • The first edition of Friedrich August von Hayek's Constitution of Liberty
    The first edition of Friedrich August von Hayek's Constitution of Liberty

    HAYEK, Friedrich August von.
    The Constitution of Liberty. 1960.
    £2,250.00

  • The first edition of Friedrich August von Hayek's Prices and Production, published after his lecture series given at the London School of Economics in 1930-1931, preceding the German language edition
    The first edition of Friedrich August von Hayek's Prices and Production, published after his lecture series given at the London School of Economics in 1930-1931, preceding the German language edition

    HAYEK, Friedrich August von.
    Prices and Production 1931.
    £4,500.00

  • The first edition of Francis Bacon's Twoo Bookes of the proficiencie and advancement of learning, one of his earliest philosophical works and the only one published in England
    The first edition of Francis Bacon's Twoo Bookes of the proficiencie and advancement of learning, one of his earliest philosophical works and the only one published in England

    BACON, Francis.
    The Tvvoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. 1605.
    £5,000.00

  • The first edition of this scarce treatise by Sir Edward Coke on bail and mainprise posthumously published in 1715
    The first edition of this scarce treatise by Sir Edward Coke on bail and mainprise posthumously published in 1715

    COKE, Sir Edward.
    A Little Treatise of Bail and Main-prize. [1715].
    £1,500.00

  • A fantastic collecton of 45 titles on the First and Second World War, all either bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in morocco or housed in folding morocco backed boxes

    TAYLOR, A.J.P.; LIDDEL HART, B.H.; HARRIS, Sir Arthur 'Bomber'; RYAN, Cornelius; EISENHOWER, Dwight D. et al.
    [First & Second World Wars]. 1939-1985.
    £22,500.00

  • The first edition of Edmund Bolton's history of Roman Emperor Nero, one of the earliest works to be illustrated with engravings of Roman coins
    The first edition of Edmund Bolton's history of Roman Emperor Nero, one of the earliest works to be illustrated with engravings of Roman coins

    [BOLTON, Edmund].
    Nero Caesar, 1624.
    £1,250.00

  • The first edition of the Encyclopédie compiled by Denis Diderot, with the supplements by Jean Le Rone D'Alembert

    DIDEROT, Denis; D'ALEMBERT, Jean Le Rond.
    Encyclopédie, 1751-1765; 1776-1777; 1776-1780.
    £65,000.00

  • The frist edition of thi translation of Cornelius Nepos' De Viris Illustribus, The Lives of Illustrious Men
    The frist edition of thi translation of Cornelius Nepos' De Viris Illustribus, The Lives of Illustrious Men

    NEPOS, Cornelius.
    The Lives of Illustrious Men. 1684.
    £1,000.00

  • The first edition in English of the Code Napoléon, translated by Bryant Barrett of Gray's Inn
    The first edition in English of the Code Napoléon, translated by Bryant Barrett of Gray's Inn

    BARRETT, Bryant (translator).
    The Code Napoléon, 1811.
    £1,500.00

  • A delightful ex dono authoris presentation copy of this collection of thre works by the Greek philosophers Cebesm Hipparcgys and Appelles in English translation by Robert Warren
    A delightful ex dono authoris presentation copy of this collection of thre works by the Greek philosophers Cebesm Hipparcgys and Appelles in English translation by Robert Warren

    CEBES (attributed); HIPPARCHUS; APELLES; WARREN, Robert (translator).
    [Pinax] 1699.
    £3,000.00

  • The first edition in English of Cassius Dio's Rerum Romanorum, translated from the abridged edition by Jon Xiphilinus.
    The first edition in English of Cassius Dio's Rerum Romanorum, translated from the abridged edition by Jon Xiphilinus.

    DIO, Lucius Cassius & XIPHILINUS, John; MANNING, Francis (translator).
    The History of Dion Cassius 1704.
    £3,000.00

  • A beautiful example in cotnemporary tree calf of the first Ridpath English-language translation of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy
    A beautiful example in cotnemporary tree calf of the first Ridpath English-language translation of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy

    BOETHIUS, Anicius Manlius Severinus; RIDPARTH, Rev. Philip (translator).
    Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy. 1785.
    £750.00

  • The first edition of Bertand Russell's work on the philosophy of language, An Inquiry into Meaning and Turth, signed by him in pen to thte front free endpaper
    The first edition of Bertand Russell's work on the philosophy of language, An Inquiry into Meaning and Turth, signed by him in pen to thte front free endpaper

    RUSSELL, Bertrand.
    An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth. 1940.
    £2,500.00

  • A rare association copy of this collection of Philosohpical Essays by A.J. Ayer, inscribed by him to Sir Ifor Evans
    A rare association copy of this collection of Philosohpical Essays by A.J. Ayer, inscribed by him to Sir Ifor Evans

    AYER, Alfred Jules.
    Philosophical Essays. 1954.
    £1,875.00

  • The first edition of Freddie Ayer's Part of My Life, inscribed by him in pen to the front free endpaper
    The first edition of Freddie Ayer's Part of My Life, inscribed by him in pen to the front free endpaper

    AYER, Sir Alfred Jules.
    Part of My Life. 1977.
    £400.00

  • The scarce first edition in English of the Letter of Aristeas, the earliest account of the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, which contains the first mention of the library of Alexandria
    The scarce first edition in English of the Letter of Aristeas, the earliest account of the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, which contains the first mention of the library of Alexandria

    ARISTEAS of Marmora; DONE, John (translator).
    [Letter of Aristeas]. [1633].
    £1,250.00

  • An early edition in English of Sir Anthony Fitzherbert's practical manual The Newe Boke of Justices of Peace, in a contemporary English gilt tooled binding
    An early edition in English of Sir Anthony Fitzherbert's practical manual The Newe Boke of Justices of Peace, in a contemporary English gilt tooled binding

    FITZHERBERT, Sir Anthony.
    The Newe Boke of Justices of Peace 1566.
    £3,500.00

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