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  • Letter Openers.
    Letter Openers.

    THE EASTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY LIMITED.
    Letter Openers. 1887-93.
    £125.00

  • A handsome first edition of Undine by Vasiliy Zhukovsky with illustrations by Arthur Rackham
    A handsome first edition of Undine by Vasiliy Zhukovsky with illustrations by Arthur Rackham

    ZHUKOVSKY, Vasiliy; RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator).
    Undina [Undine]. [1912].
    £2,250.00

  • A complete example of Le Bonheur du Jor by George Barbier with hand-coloured pochoir plates
    A complete example of Le Bonheur du Jor by George Barbier with hand-coloured pochoir plates

    BARBIER, George.
    Le Bonheur du Jour. 1920.
    £17,500.00

  • A hand-coloured etching of God, Time, Space and the Pope by Salvador Dali

    DALI, Salvador.
    God, Time, Space and the Pope, from After 50 Years of Surrealism. 1974.
    £1,800.00

  • A hand-coloured etching of The Curse Conquered by Salvador Dali

    DALI, Salvador.
    The Curse Conquered, from After 50 Years of Surrealism. 1974.
    £1,800.00

  • Charming set of The Fruit Grower's Guide by John Wright and illustrated by May Rivers, one of the classic victorian works of British gardening and fruit trees.
    Charming set of The Fruit Grower's Guide by John Wright and illustrated by May Rivers, one of the classic victorian works of British gardening and fruit trees.

    WRIGHT, John & RIVERS, May.
    The Fruit Grower's Guide. [1891-94].
    £850.00

  • A first edition of The River War by Winston Churchill.
    A first edition of The River War by Winston Churchill.

    CHURCHILL, Winston.
    The River War. 1899.
    £3,750.00

  • This Island Race, Winston Churchill's abridged single volume edition of the earlier four-volume work; History of the English Speaking Peoples, with tipped-in signature
    This Island Race, Winston Churchill's abridged single volume edition of the earlier four-volume work; History of the English Speaking Peoples, with tipped-in signature

    CHURCHILL, Winston.
    The Island Race. 1964.
    £1,500.00

  • A signed, limited edition copy of A Haunting by William Boyd.
    A signed, limited edition copy of A Haunting by William Boyd.

    BOYD, William.
    A Haunting. 2000.
    £350.00

  • John Dryden's translation of The Works of Virgil, including The Aeneid.
    John Dryden's translation of The Works of Virgil, including The Aeneid.

    VIRGIL, Publius Vergilius Maro; DRYDEN, John (translator).
    The Works of Virgil: 1792.
    £800.00

  • Lovely survival of a magnificently illuminated border design from a qajar manuscript.
    Lovely survival of a magnificently illuminated border design from a qajar manuscript.

    [TAZHIB DESIGN].
    Double-page tazhib border illumination, last quarter of 19th century.
    £5,000.00

  • First edition of Wilfred Thesiger's Arabian Sands, his classic narrative of his time spent amongst the Bedouins of South Arabia.
    First edition of Wilfred Thesiger's Arabian Sands, his classic narrative of his time spent amongst the Bedouins of South Arabia.

    THESIGER, Wilfred.
    Arabian Sands. 1959.
    £500.00

  • First edition of the 1941 issue of the The Straits Times Annual of Singapore, profusely illustrated and revealing life in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
    First edition of the 1941 issue of the The Straits Times Annual of Singapore, profusely illustrated and revealing life in Singapore and Southeast Asia.

    [SINGAPORE].
    The Straits Times Annual Singapore 1941. 1941.
    £950.00

  • First edition of Aurel Stein's On Alexander's Track to the Indus, his passion project on the routes and battlefields of Alexander's campaign in the east.
    First edition of Aurel Stein's On Alexander's Track to the Indus, his passion project on the routes and battlefields of Alexander's campaign in the east.

    STEIN, Sir [Marc] Aurel.
    On Alexander's Track to the Indus. 1929.
    £1,250.00

  • Uncommon work by an eminent russian chemist, a detailed systematic description of the mineral springs of the russian empire
    Uncommon work by an eminent russian chemist, a detailed systematic description of the mineral springs of the russian empire

    SCHERER, Alexander Nicolas.
    Versuch einer systematischen Uebersicht der Heilquellen des russischen Reichs. 1820.
    £3,500.00

  • The 1942 edition of the Persian Gulf Pilot, with the 1948 supplement, a scarce pilot guide of the Persian gulf describing Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi, and numerous other villages and towns along the Arabian coast.
    The 1942 edition of the Persian Gulf Pilot, with the 1948 supplement, a scarce pilot guide of the Persian gulf describing Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi, and numerous other villages and towns along the Arabian coast.

    [ARABIAN GULF].
    Persian Gulf Pilot 1942.
    £3,500.00

  • A beautiful binding by Zaehnsdorf of the Poems of Shelley by famed English poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley.
    A beautiful binding by Zaehnsdorf of the Poems of Shelley by famed English poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley.

    SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
    Poems of Shelley 1920.
    £575.00

  • First edition, with a signed letter, of Beyond Petsora Eastward by Henry Pearson, a detailed account of an ornithological journey to North Russia and the Barents Sea.
    First edition, with a signed letter, of Beyond Petsora Eastward by Henry Pearson, a detailed account of an ornithological journey to North Russia and the Barents Sea.

    PEARSON, Henry J.
    "Beyond Petsora Eastward". 1899.
    £850.00

  • Fourth printing, an exceptional copy of Foundations of Potential Theory by Oliver Dimon Kellog, in a beautiful example of the dust jacket.
    Fourth printing, an exceptional copy of Foundations of Potential Theory by Oliver Dimon Kellog, in a beautiful example of the dust jacket.

    KELLOG, Oliver Dimon.
    Foundations of Potential Theory. 1970.
    £250.00

  • Drawing of a lion hunting scene from an album with painted floral border designs, from Mughal India in the mid-nineteenth century
    Drawing of a lion hunting scene from an album with painted floral border designs, from Mughal India in the mid-nineteenth century

    [INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING].
    Drawing of a Lion Hunting scene, mid-19th century, possibly with later additions.
    £3,000.00

  • Panel of nasta'liq calligraphy from mughal India signed by abd al Rashid.

    [CALLIGRAPHY].
    Panel of Nasta'liq Calligraphy, mid-17th century.
    £10,000.00

  • First edition of W. Golden Mortimer's classic work, Peru. History of Coca, the most comprehensive book on the plant and its cultivation and use published up to that time.
    First edition of W. Golden Mortimer's classic work, Peru. History of Coca, the most comprehensive book on the plant and its cultivation and use published up to that time.

    MORTIMER, W.G.
    Peru. History of Coca. 1901.
    £350.00

  • An Original Illustration in the style of Reza Abbasi, possibly of Shah Abbas I, from Qajar Persia circa 1800

    [PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING].
    A teacher with his pupils, possibly a portrait of Shah Abbas I, circa 1800.
    £8,000.00

  • First editionso of Views in Palestine and Views in the Ottoman Empire by Luigi Mayer, often found together, with 48 impressive coloured plates showing the Holy Land and the Ottoman Empire.
    First editionso of Views in Palestine and Views in the Ottoman Empire by Luigi Mayer, often found together, with 48 impressive coloured plates showing the Holy Land and the Ottoman Empire.

    MAYER, Luigi.
    Views in Palestine, 1804, 1803.
    £3,750.00

  • First and only edition of this uncommon microscopical work on invertebrates, Natuurkundige Verlustigingen by Martinus Slabber, published in eighteen parts between 1769 and 1778.
    First and only edition of this uncommon microscopical work on invertebrates, Natuurkundige Verlustigingen by Martinus Slabber, published in eighteen parts between 1769 and 1778.

    SLABBER, Martinus.
    Natuurkundige Verlustigingen, 1769-1778.
    £950.00

  • A handsome first English edition of My Life, The Rise and Fall of a Dictator by Leon Trotsky, who wrote it during his exile from Kazakhstan,, following his expulsion in 1929
    A handsome first English edition of My Life, The Rise and Fall of a Dictator by Leon Trotsky, who wrote it during his exile from Kazakhstan,, following his expulsion in 1929

    TROTSKY, Leon.
    My Life. The Rise and Fall of a Dictator. 1930.
    £1,500.00

  • A first edition of the Garnett translation of Anna Karenin by Leo Tolstoy.
    A first edition of the Garnett translation of Anna Karenin by Leo Tolstoy.

    TOLSTOY, Leo.
    Anna Karenin. 1901.
    £1,750.00

  • First edition of Nineveh and Its Remains by Austen Henry Layard, of his first expedition to Iraq and Mosul.
    First edition of Nineveh and Its Remains by Austen Henry Layard, of his first expedition to Iraq and Mosul.

    LAYARD, Austen Henry.
    Nineveh and Its Remains: 1849.
    £500.00

  • Scace and complete first edition of the Bible in Ottoman Turkish publishe in Paris, based on the translation of Ali Ufki.
    Scace and complete first edition of the Bible in Ottoman Turkish publishe in Paris, based on the translation of Ali Ufki.

    [BIBLE].
    [Kitab'i Mukaddes]. 1827.
    £6,000.00

  • Maps include Versailles and Fontainebleau.
    Maps include Versailles and Fontainebleau.

    BAEDEKER, Karl
    Paris ses Environs. 1876
    £220.00

  • Scarce emergency reprint.
    Scarce emergency reprint.

    BAEDEKER Karl
    Norwegen 1914
    £875.00

  • Last edition before World War I.
    Last edition before World War I.

    BAEDEKER, Karl
    Egypt and the Sudan. 1914
    £220.00

  • Pre world war ! Baedeker Egypt 1914
    Pre world war ! Baedeker Egypt 1914

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Egypt and the Sudan. 1914
    £200.00

  • A handsome example of J.S. Mill's spirited defence of Utilitarianism, bound in tree calf gilt with the arms of Brasenose College, Oxford
    A handsome example of J.S. Mill's spirited defence of Utilitarianism, bound in tree calf gilt with the arms of Brasenose College, Oxford

    MILL, John Stuart.
    Utilitarianism. 1879.
    £500.00

  • It was the last edition in the series.
    It was the last edition in the series.

    MURRAY, John.
    Mediterranean. Handbook to the Mediterranean. 1890
    £300.00

  • A handsome edition of The Complete Poetical Works of Jon Keats.
    A handsome edition of The Complete Poetical Works of Jon Keats.

    KEATS, John.
    The Complete Poetical works of John Keats 1907.
    £225.00

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