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  • Pair of Persian album paintings from the Zand period, featuring the traditional gol o morgh motif.
    Pair of Persian album paintings from the Zand period, featuring the traditional gol o morgh motif.

    [MINIATURE PAINTING].
    Pair of Gol o' Morgh paintings, late 18th century.
    £6,000.00

  • Maryam Mirzaei Shamseh illustration on paper from 2004.

    [QUR'AN]. MIRZAEI, Maryam (artist)
    Original Tazhib Illumination of the Shamseh 2004
    £15,000.00

  • A handsome copy of this English translation of Heeren's History of the Political System of Europe, presented at Eton College to Michael Hicks Beach, the future Chancellor of the Exchequer
    A handsome copy of this English translation of Heeren's History of the Political System of Europe, presented at Eton College to Michael Hicks Beach, the future Chancellor of the Exchequer

    HEEREN, Arnold Hermann Ludwig.
    A Manual of the History of the Political System of Europe and its Colonies, 1846.
    £150.00

  • Poster of an anti-semitic board game based upon the sireis of novels 'Le Errant Juif' [The Wandering Jew] by Eugene Sue.

    [ANON].
    De Wandelende Jood. [c. 1850~1858].
    £2,000.00

  • A scarce publication capturing a piece of dance history, published by Cyril W. Beaumont, the legendary London dance scholar, critic and specialist bookseller.
    A scarce publication capturing a piece of dance history, published by Cyril W. Beaumont, the legendary London dance scholar, critic and specialist bookseller.

    WILLOUGHBY, Vera; BEAUMONT, Cyril W.
    The Art of Lubov Tchernicheva 1921.
    £4,750.00

  • A near fine example of an English semi-sombre binding enclosing Thomas à Kempis' great spiritual meditation, De Imitatione Christi in English translation
    A near fine example of an English semi-sombre binding enclosing Thomas à Kempis' great spiritual meditation, De Imitatione Christi in English translation

    KEMPIS, Thomas à.
    [Imitatio Christi]. 1677.
    £2,250.00

  • A beautiful example of Richard Allestree's The Whole Duty of Man, well-preserved in this English Restoration red goatskin binding
    A beautiful example of Richard Allestree's The Whole Duty of Man, well-preserved in this English Restoration red goatskin binding

    ALLESTREE, Richard.
    The Whole Duty of Man, 1675.
    £2,500.00

  • A charming, mid-seventeenth century 'fan' binding of dark brown calfskin tooled in gilt, enclosing a scarce pocket edition of the Kind James Bible
    A charming, mid-seventeenth century 'fan' binding of dark brown calfskin tooled in gilt, enclosing a scarce pocket edition of the Kind James Bible

    [FAN-PATTERN BINDING].
    The Holy Bible 1657.
    £2,750.00

  • An attractive copy in the original wrappers of Barbier's early masterpiece dedicated to Tamara Karsavina.
    An attractive copy in the original wrappers of Barbier's early masterpiece dedicated to Tamara Karsavina.

    BARBIER, George.
    Album dédié a Tamar Karsavina. 1914.
    £5,750.00

  • Métal.
    Métal.

    KRULL, Germaine.
    Métal. [December 1927].
    £22,500.00

  • Monotypes 1961-1965 [Volume I].
    Monotypes 1961-1965 [Volume I].

    CHAGALL, Marc; LEYMARIE, Jean.
    Monotypes 1961-1965 [Volume I]. 1966.
    £17,500.00

  • Sadok Sudei II [A Trap for Judges II].
    Sadok Sudei II [A Trap for Judges II].

    GONCHAROVA, Natalia; BURLIUK, David & Volodymyr; KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei; KHLEBNIKOV, Velimir; GURO, Elena.
    Sadok Sudei II [A Trap for Judges II]. 1913.
    £5,000.00

  • First edition of Marina by T.S. Eliot, one of 400 large-paper copies, signed by the author.
    First edition of Marina by T.S. Eliot, one of 400 large-paper copies, signed by the author.

    ELIOT, T.S.
    Marina. 1930.
    £750.00

  • The first parallel text edition in English and Italian of Castiglione Il Cortegiano, or The Courtier
    The first parallel text edition in English and Italian of Castiglione Il Cortegiano, or The Courtier

    CASTIGLIONE, Baldassare.
    Il Cortegiano, or The Courtier: 1727.
    £1,500.00

  • A first UK edition of A Fight for God 1870-1939 by H. Daniel-Rops and translated by John Warrington.
    A first UK edition of A Fight for God 1870-1939 by H. Daniel-Rops and translated by John Warrington.

    DANIEL-ROPS, Henri; WARRINGTON, John (Translator).
    A Fight for God 1870-1939. 1966.
    £150.00

  • Showing the Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, with his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh..... <br />
    Showing the Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, with his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh..... <br />

    [QUEEN ELIZABETH II].
    [Signed Christmas Card by H. M. Queen Elizabeth II] 2020.
    £850.00

  • A signed first edition of Annigoni: Spanish Sketchbook by Pietro Annigoni and Alex Sterling.
    A signed first edition of Annigoni: Spanish Sketchbook by Pietro Annigoni and Alex Sterling.

    ANNIGONI, Pietro; STERLING, Alex (editor).
    Annigoni: Spanish Sketchbook. 1957.
    £150.00

  • Last edition issued before WW1

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Egypt and the Sudan. 1914
    £230.00

  • Allemagne. Le Rhin de Bale a Dusseldorf
    Allemagne. Le Rhin de Bale a Dusseldorf

    BAEDEKER, C.
    Allemagne. Le Rhin de Bale a Dusseldorf 1852
    £1,500.00

  • Kistnagherry.

    ALLEN, Captain.
    Kistnagherry. 1794].
    £50.00

  • Grolla

    BLAEU, Joan.
    Grolla 1649.
    £100.00

  • Panorama Du Fleuve. Panorama De La Montagne. Panorama De La Côte.
    Panorama Du Fleuve. Panorama De La Montagne. Panorama De La Côte.

    EXTER, Alexandra (illustrator); COLMONT, Marie.
    Panorama Du Fleuve. Panorama De La Montagne. Panorama De La Côte. 1937-1938.
    £1,250.00

  • Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova.

    BLAEU, Willem and Johannes.
    Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova. 1635].
    £2,500.00

  • Map of the County of Dorset,

    GREENWOOD, Christopher & John.
    Map of the County of Dorset, 1829
    £450.00

  • Cenomanorum Galliae regionis typus: vulgo Le Mans.

    BLAEU, Joan.
    Cenomanorum Galliae regionis typus: vulgo Le Mans. n.d. [c. 1650].
    £75.00

  • Lionnois, Forest, Beaviolois et Masconnois.

    BLAEU, Joan.
    Lionnois, Forest, Beaviolois et Masconnois. n.d. [c. 1650].
    £100.00

  • Languedoc.

    BLAEU, Joan.
    Languedoc. n.d. [c. 1650].
    £75.00

  • Bituricum Ducatus. Duche de Berri.

    BLAEU, Joan.
    Bituricum Ducatus. Duche de Berri. n.d. [c. 1650].
    £75.00

  • Ducatus Turonensis.

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

  • Les Portraits Imaginaires: One Plate (6.4.69 I)
    Les Portraits Imaginaires: One Plate (6.4.69 I)

    PICASSO, Pablo (After)
    Les Portraits Imaginaires: One Plate (6.4.69 I) 1969
    £8,000.00

  • Le Gouvernment General de Provence

    SANSON, [Nicolas]. [and] JAILLOT [Alexis] H[ubert].
    Le Gouvernment General de Provence 1692.
    £1,250.00

  • Durio Zibethinus. L. [Durian].

    NOOTEN, Berthe Hoola van.
    Durio Zibethinus. L. [Durian]. [1880].
    £850.00

  • Carte Des isles philippines,

    Bellin, [Jacques Nicolas]
    Carte Des isles philippines, 1752
    £175.00

  • Davies's New Map of London and Its Environs.
    Davies's New Map of London and Its Environs.

    DAVIES, B[enjamin] R[ees].
    Davies's New Map of London and Its Environs. 1893
    £950.00

  • A very handsome two volume set of Jonathan Swift's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World and the third of Teerink's three issues, all published within two months of each other in 1726.
    A very handsome two volume set of Jonathan Swift's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World and the third of Teerink's three issues, all published within two months of each other in 1726.

    [SWIFT, Jonathan].
    Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. 1726.
    £6,500.00

  • A handsoem copy of the first edition of Pemberton's classic introduction to Sir Isaac Newton's natural philosophy, illustrated with engraved plates

    [PEMBERTON, Henry].
    A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy. 1728.
    £1,850.00

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