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  • Borbonium Ducatus. Bourbonnois.

    BLAEU, Joan.
    Borbonium Ducatus. Bourbonnois. n.d. [c. 1650].
    £75.00

  • First edition of Eight Views, of the Mauritius by Richard Temple, a scarce set of prints depiction the British Invasion of Mauritius.
    First edition of Eight Views, of the Mauritius by Richard Temple, a scarce set of prints depiction the British Invasion of Mauritius.

    [TEMPLE, Lieutenant R.]
    Eight Views, of the Mauritius, 1813.
    £5,000.00

  • Last edition of Southern Italy to include Tunis
    Last edition of Southern Italy to include Tunis

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Southern Italy and Sicily 1908
    £60.00

  • Last edition of this classic guide issued before WW1.
    Last edition of this classic guide issued before WW1.

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Egypt and the Sudan. 1914
    £250.00

  • This volume contains maps of Sardinia, Malta and Gozo
    This volume contains maps of Sardinia, Malta and Gozo

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Southern Italy 1896
    £60.00

  • Last edition of this title.
    Last edition of this title.

    BAEDEKER, Karl
    Austria-Hungary with excursions to Cetinje, Belgrade, and Bucharest. 1911
    £130.00

  • A large folding colour lithograph map of the Borough of Hampstead by G.W. Bacon

    BACON, G.W.
    Bacon's Plan of the Borough of Hampstead. [1916].
    £1,250.00

  • An important work. Grelot was the first to prepare detailed plans of St. Sophia and other monuments in Constantinople.
    An important work. Grelot was the first to prepare detailed plans of St. Sophia and other monuments in Constantinople.

    GRELOT, William Joseph.
    A Late Voyage to Constantinople, 1683.
    £1,850.00

  • Fresh example of this beautiful work on Leon Bakst.
    Fresh example of this beautiful work on Leon Bakst.

    EINSTEIN, Carl.
    Leon Bakst. 1927.
    £2,500.00

  • First edition of Castelmaine's <em>Account</em>, reporting to the King by letter on the war in Crete between the Venetians and the Turks.
    First edition of Castelmaine's <em>Account</em>, reporting to the King by letter on the war in Crete between the Venetians and the Turks.

    CASTLEMAINE, Roger Palmer (Earl of).
    An Account Of the Present War 1666.
    £2,500.00

  • An attractive copy of Album Dédié a Tamar Karsavina by George Barbier in the original wrappers
    An attractive copy of Album Dédié a Tamar Karsavina by George Barbier in the original wrappers

    BARBIER, George.
    Album dédié a Tamar Karsavina. 1914.
    £4,250.00

  • A fine collection of John Keats' most endearing poetical works, including Isabella, or the Pot of Basil, The Eve of St. Agnes, Lamia, and Endymion.
    A fine collection of John Keats' most endearing poetical works, including Isabella, or the Pot of Basil, The Eve of St. Agnes, Lamia, and Endymion.

    KEATS, John; Scharf, George (illustrator).
    The Poetical Works of John Keats. 1854.
    £180.00

  • A superb, rare complete example of the Geneva Bible, bound with the Book of Common Prayer, Concordances and Pslam, in the original blind-panelled calf binding
    A superb, rare complete example of the Geneva Bible, bound with the Book of Common Prayer, Concordances and Pslam, in the original blind-panelled calf binding

    [GENEVA VERSION].
    The Bible: 1614-[1613].
    £6,500.00

  • Salomé [and] Salammbo/Incantation
    Salomé [and] Salammbo/Incantation

    MUCHA, Alphonse
    Salomé [and] Salammbo/Incantation 1897.
    £6,500.00

  • [A Group of eight engravings of Flowers, Insects and Fruits].
    [A Group of eight engravings of Flowers, Insects and Fruits].

    [MERIAN, Maria Sibylla].
    [A Group of eight engravings of Flowers, Insects and Fruits]. 1719.
    £12,500.00

  • Group of four Robes et Femmes.
    Group of four Robes et Femmes.

    SACCHETTI, Enrico.
    Group of four Robes et Femmes. 1913.
    £3,750.00

  • Le Callocephale Austral, Male and Le Callocephale Austral, Femelle.
    Le Callocephale Austral, Male and Le Callocephale Austral, Femelle.

    BESSA, Pancrace.
    Le Callocephale Austral, Male and Le Callocephale Austral, Femelle. [1837]
    £2,750.00

  • Bonelli's Eagle.

    GOULD, J & E.
    Bonelli's Eagle. 1832
    £1,500.00

  • Common Buzzard.

    GOULD, John; LEAR, Edward (artist).
    Common Buzzard. 1832
    £2,500.00

  • Black Kite.

    GOULD, John; LEAR, Edward (artist).
    Black Kite. 1832
    £2,500.00

  • full of valuable topographical information as well as containing interesting data on natural history, and the peoples of the region.
    full of valuable topographical information as well as containing interesting data on natural history, and the peoples of the region.

    ROWLEY, Henry.
    The story of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa, 1866.
    £400.00

  • rare inscribed copy of the first edition of Mawson's classic account of heroic age exploit' with stunning photography
    rare inscribed copy of the first edition of Mawson's classic account of heroic age exploit' with stunning photography

    MAWSON, Sir Douglas.
    The Home of the Blizzard 1915.
    £7,000.00

  • First English edition of New Light on Dark Africa by Carl Peters, inscribed by the translator, Henry William Dulcken, to a member of the Negreponte family dated 1891.
    First English edition of New Light on Dark Africa by Carl Peters, inscribed by the translator, Henry William Dulcken, to a member of the Negreponte family dated 1891.

    PETERS, Carl; DULCKEN, H.W. (translator).
    New Light on Dark Africa: 1891.
    £2,250.00

  • The signed limited extra-illustrated edition of In the Steps of St. Paul by H. V. Morton.
    The signed limited extra-illustrated edition of In the Steps of St. Paul by H. V. Morton.

    MORTON, H. V.
    In the Steps of St. Paul. [1936].
    £350.00

  • Owen accurately charted the Arabian Peninsula the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines of South Africa and also began the scientific exploration of the Zambezi.
    Owen accurately charted the Arabian Peninsula the Atlantic and Pacific coastlines of South Africa and also began the scientific exploration of the Zambezi.

    OWEN, William Fitzwilliam.
    Narrative of voyages to explore the shores of Africa, Arabia, and Madagascar; 1833.
    £2,750.00

  • H. V. Morton's In the Steps of the Master, the Signed Large Paper edition in a half roan binding.
    H. V. Morton's In the Steps of the Master, the Signed Large Paper edition in a half roan binding.

    MORTON, H. V.
    In the Steps of the Master. [1934].
    £350.00

  • Rare information pamphlet produced by The Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) for the British forces, primary volunteers, in British Malaysia.

    [MALAYSIA].
    Malaya. 1937.
    £450.00

  • First edition of Houdini by Harold Kellock.
    First edition of Houdini by Harold Kellock.

    KELLOCK, Harold.
    Houdini: 1928.
    £250.00

  • First edition, first issue, of the Handbook of British Malaya 1926 edited by Captain Raplh Lionel German, scarce to find complete with the map.
    First edition, first issue, of the Handbook of British Malaya 1926 edited by Captain Raplh Lionel German, scarce to find complete with the map.

    GERMAN, Captain R. L. (editor).
    Handbook of British Malaya 1926. 1926.
    £750.00

  • New Light on Dark Africa:
    New Light on Dark Africa:

    PETERS, Carl.
    New Light on Dark Africa: 1891.
    £1,000.00

  • Illuminated manuscript on paper of majlisi's zad al maad from Safavid Persia copied in 1728.
    Illuminated manuscript on paper of majlisi's zad al maad from Safavid Persia copied in 1728.

    AL-MAJLISI, Muhammad Baqer.
    Zad al-Ma'ad, dated Ramadan 1107 AH (1728 AD).
    £7,500.00

  • The rare first edition. Thomson was a British geologist and explorer who played an important part in the Scramble for Africa.
    The rare first edition. Thomson was a British geologist and explorer who played an important part in the Scramble for Africa.

    THOMSON, Joseph.
    Through Masai Land: 1885.
    £2,750.00

  • First edition of La Casa dei Doganieri by Eugenio Montale, inscribed by the author and signed by the contributing artists.
    First edition of La Casa dei Doganieri by Eugenio Montale, inscribed by the author and signed by the contributing artists.

    MONTALE, Eugenio.
    La Casa dei Doganieri e altri versi 1932.
    £6,750.00

  • First edition of Diogo Pacheco's Emanuelis Lusitan, that in 1514 resulted in the Papal Bull that granted Portugal a monopoly on the East including Arabia and the Gulf.
    First edition of Diogo Pacheco's Emanuelis Lusitan, that in 1514 resulted in the Papal Bull that granted Portugal a monopoly on the East including Arabia and the Gulf.

    PACHECO, Diogo.
    Emanuelis Lusitan: 1514.
    £50,000.00

  • A Personal account of Kedem Zadeh's pilgrimage to Mecca between 1910 and 1911, printed in Paris in 1912.
    A Personal account of Kedem Zadeh's pilgrimage to Mecca between 1910 and 1911, printed in Paris in 1912.

    KAZEM ZADEH, Hoseyn.
    Relation d'un pèlerinage à la Mecque en 1910-1911. 1912.
    £5,000.00

  • First edition of Edgar Collins Boehm's The Persian Gulf and South Sea Isles, an early description of Muscat and Bahrain as visited in 1901
    First edition of Edgar Collins Boehm's The Persian Gulf and South Sea Isles, an early description of Muscat and Bahrain as visited in 1901

    BOEHM, Sir Edgar Collins.
    The Persian Gulf and South Sea Isles. 1904.
    £2,500.00

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