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  • First edition of Wilfrid Thesiger's Marsh Arabs, his account of his time with the marsh Arabs of southern Iraq in the 1950's.
    First edition of Wilfrid Thesiger's Marsh Arabs, his account of his time with the marsh Arabs of southern Iraq in the 1950's.

    THESIGER, Wilfrid.
    The Marsh Arabs. 1964.
    £250.00

  • An attractive pocket-sized Qaray Qur'an prodiced in Persia.
    An attractive pocket-sized Qaray Qur'an prodiced in Persia.

    [QUR'AN].
    Attractive pocket-sized Qur'an, mid-nineteenth century.
    £3,750.00

  • The first edition of this insightful constitutional study by William Edward Hearn on The Government of England
    The first edition of this insightful constitutional study by William Edward Hearn on The Government of England

    HEARN, William Edward.
    The Government of England 1867.
    £300.00

  • First edition of this scarce title
    First edition of this scarce title

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Deutschland. Schlesien, Riesengebirge, Grafschaft Glatz. 1923
    £250.00

  • The very rare first edition of John Graunt's Natural and Political Observations... upon the Bills of Mortality, the 1662 book that founded demography and medical statistics.
    The very rare first edition of John Graunt's Natural and Political Observations... upon the Bills of Mortality, the 1662 book that founded demography and medical statistics.

    GRAUNT, John.
    Natural and Political Observations Mentioned in a Following Index, 1662.
    £65,000.00

  • A later edition of Conyers Middleton's life of the Roman statesman Cicero, first published in 1741
    A later edition of Conyers Middleton's life of the Roman statesman Cicero, first published in 1741

    MIDDLETONE, Conyers.
    The Life of M. Tullius Cicero. 1819.
    £175.00

  • First edition of The Punishent of Wizards by Nanos Valaoritis, inscribed by the author to the artist John Craxton.
    First edition of The Punishent of Wizards by Nanos Valaoritis, inscribed by the author to the artist John Craxton.

    VALAORITIS, Nanos; CRAXTON, John (illustrator).
    Ē Timōria tōn Magōn [The Punishment of Wizards]. 1947.
    £1,500.00

  • First Russian edition of R.U.R. by Karel Capek.
    First Russian edition of R.U.R. by Karel Capek.

    ČAPEK, Karel; KALLINIKOV, Joseph (translator).
    R.U.R. Rossum's Universal Robots. 1924.
    £2,250.00

  • First edition of the medical guidebook The Naval Surgeon by William Turnbull, published in 1806. This copy a lovely example in the original boards.
    First edition of the medical guidebook The Naval Surgeon by William Turnbull, published in 1806. This copy a lovely example in the original boards.

    TURNBULL, William.
    The Naval Surgeon; 1806.
    £3,250.00

  • First edition, the corrected second printing, of Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, one of the most successful popular science books ever published.
    First edition, the corrected second printing, of Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, one of the most successful popular science books ever published.

    HAWKING, Stephen W.
    A Brief History of Time. From the Big Bang to Black Holes. 1988.
    £950.00

  • First edition, first printing, of psychologist and suffragist Mary Ware Dennett's Birth Control Laws of 1926, a significant contribution to the US birth control debate.
    First edition, first printing, of psychologist and suffragist Mary Ware Dennett's Birth Control Laws of 1926, a significant contribution to the US birth control debate.

    DENNETT, Mary Ware.
    Birth Control Laws. 1926.
    £200.00

  • An important and rare collection of working music scores from the personal collection of Anna Pavlova.
    An important and rare collection of working music scores from the personal collection of Anna Pavlova.

    PAVLOVA, Anna.
    Collection of four music scores. 1910s-1920s.
    £8,000.00

  • Pomologia,
    Pomologia,

    KNOOP, Johann Hermann; HUTH, Georg Leonhart (translator).
    Pomologia, 1760 & 1766.
    £6,500.00

  • A first edition of The Dog by William Youatt from 1845.
    A first edition of The Dog by William Youatt from 1845.

    YOUATT, William.
    The Dog 1845.
    £250.00

  • A handsome copy of The Art of Golf by Sir W.G. Simpson.
    A handsome copy of The Art of Golf by Sir W.G. Simpson.

    SIMPSON, Sir W.G.
    The Art of Golf. 1892.
    £500.00

  • A first edition of Cricket by W.G. Grace, often hailed one of the greatest cricketers of all time.
    A first edition of Cricket by W.G. Grace, often hailed one of the greatest cricketers of all time.

    GRACE, W.G
    Cricket. 1891.
    £250.00

  • First American edition of Tolkien's The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
    First American edition of Tolkien's The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

    TOLKIEN, J. R. R.
    The Adventures of Tom Bombadil 1963.
    £500.00

  • First British edition, first printing of Richard Hughes' <em>A High Wind in Jamaica</em>, his first and most famous novel.

    HUGHES, Richard.
    A High Wind in Jamaica. 1929.
    £225.00

  • Arabia of the Wahhabis by Harry St John Philby, the 1977 New impression with new plates and addiitional material.
    Arabia of the Wahhabis by Harry St John Philby, the 1977 New impression with new plates and addiitional material.

    PHILBY, H. St John.
    Arabia of the Wahhabis. 1977.
    £250.00

  • A signed first edition of Present Laughter by Noel Coward.
    A signed first edition of Present Laughter by Noel Coward.

    COWARD, Noel.
    Present Laughter. 1943.
    £750.00

  • A lovely copy of the Monogram edition of When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne, with illustrations by E.H. Shepard.
    A lovely copy of the Monogram edition of When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne, with illustrations by E.H. Shepard.

    MILNE, A.A.; SHEPARD, Ernest H. (illustrator).
    When We Were Very Young. 1929.
    £325.00

  • The first edition and a lovely complete set of Michael Faraday's eight volume Diary in attractive examples of the dust jackets, published in 1932.
    The first edition and a lovely complete set of Michael Faraday's eight volume Diary in attractive examples of the dust jackets, published in 1932.

    FARADAY, Michael.
    Faraday's Diary. 1932.
    £1,650.00

  • A finely bound set of Lord Byron's works
    A finely bound set of Lord Byron's works

    BYRON, Lord.
    The Works of the Right Honorable Lord Byron. 1815.
    £500.00

  • A first edition of Golf in the South by E.P. Leigh-Bennett and illustrated by Helen McKie.
    A first edition of Golf in the South by E.P. Leigh-Bennett and illustrated by Helen McKie.

    LEIGH-BENNNETT, E.P; McKIE, Helen (illustrator).
    Golf in the South. 1935.
    £140.00

  • Second edition of Essai sur la Théorie des Nombres by Adrien Marie Legendre, with the first supplement.
    Second edition of Essai sur la Théorie des Nombres by Adrien Marie Legendre, with the first supplement.

    LEGENDRE, Adrien Marie.
    Essai sur la Théorie des Nombres [with] Supplément a l'essai sur la Théorie des Nombres. 1808; 1816.
    £2,000.00

  • An early printing of this parallel text edition in English and Latin of Horace's Satires, Epistles, and Ars Poetica
    An early printing of this parallel text edition in English and Latin of Horace's Satires, Epistles, and Ars Poetica

    HORACE (Quintus Horatius Flaccus); DUNSTER, Samuel (translator).
    Horace's Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry, 1739.
    £350.00

  • A review copy of the 1978 reissue of Henry Green's first novel, Blindness.
    A review copy of the 1978 reissue of Henry Green's first novel, Blindness.

    GREEN, Henry.
    Blindness. 1978.
    £175.00

  • An attractive set of the first critical edition of of one of the works of one of the best Russian authors.
    An attractive set of the first critical edition of of one of the works of one of the best Russian authors.

    GOGOL, Nikolai.
    Sochineniia [Works]. 1901.
    £2,500.00

  • First edition in English of Franz Kafka's <em>The Trial</em>, translated by Willa and Edwin Muir
    First edition in English of Franz Kafka's <em>The Trial</em>, translated by Willa and Edwin Muir

    KAFKA, Franz.
    The Trial. 1937.
    £625.00

  • A special edition copy of The Life of Sir Edwin Lutyens by Christopher Hussey.
    A special edition copy of The Life of Sir Edwin Lutyens by Christopher Hussey.

    HUSSEY, Christopher.
    The Life of Sir Edwin Lutyens. 1953.
    £125.00

  • A Complete System of Cookery,
    A Complete System of Cookery,

    SIMPSON, John.
    A Complete System of Cookery, 1816.
    £375.00

  • Chamber Music.
    Chamber Music.

    JOYCE, James.
    Chamber Music. 1907.
    £5,750.00

  • The Complete Angler.
    The Complete Angler.

    WALTON, Izaak; COTTON, Charles.
    The Complete Angler. 1823.
    £950.00

  • A wonderful signed postcard of the famous ballerina and star of the Ballets Russes, Anna Pavlova.

    PAVLOVA, Anna.
    Signed postcard. 1911.
    £3,750.00

  • The rare, mimeographed text of Robert Oppenheimer's Caltech lecture series The Problems of the Interaction of Elementary Particles, presented in January of 1950.
    The rare, mimeographed text of Robert Oppenheimer's Caltech lecture series The Problems of the Interaction of Elementary Particles, presented in January of 1950.

    OPPENHEIMER, Robert.
    The Problems of the Interaction of Elementary Particles. January, 1950.
    £5,000.00

  • A wonderful large original watercolour of Nijinsky as Harlequin in Le Carnaval.
    A wonderful large original watercolour of Nijinsky as Harlequin in Le Carnaval.

    [NIJINSKY]. LEPAPE, Georges.
    Harlequin. 1918.
    £18,500.00

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