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AMIS, Martin.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £0.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00| /Presentation copy. First edition of what is widely considered to be Amis' masterpiece, inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, 'To Pete...
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BURNES, Sir Alexander.Original price £1,000.00 - Original price £1,000.00Original price £0.00£1,000.00£1,000.00 - £1,000.00Current price £1,000.00| /Account of Burnes' British commercial mission to the Court of the Emir of Kabul in 1837-38. The Mission was a failure and in 1839 Burnes re-entere...
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An account of the kingdom of Caubul,
ELPHINSTONE, Mountstuart.Original price £1,800.00 - Original price £1,800.00Original price £0.00£1,800.00£1,800.00 - £1,800.00Current price £1,800.00| /the first detailed account of Afghanistan by a western observer. Elphinstone collected important information on the geography, government, languag...
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Out of the Shelter.
LODGE, David.Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00Original price £0.00£1,500.00£1,500.00 - £1,500.00Current price £1,500.00| /The author's copy. The author's copy of his fourth book. Scarce thus, as it was rapidly pulped by the publishers after a litany of misprints and ot...
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Histoire des Wahabis,
[CORANCEZ, Louis Alexandre].Original price £6,000.00 - Original price £6,000.00Original price £0.00£6,000.00£6,000.00 - £6,000.00Current price £6,000.00| /A very attractive copy of he first European study of the origins and history of Wahabism.The book starts with an account of the conversion of Moha...
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The Aga Khan's horses.
LYLE, Robert Charles.Original price £6,500.00 - Original price £6,500.00Original price £0.00£6,500.00£6,500.00 - £6,500.00Current price £6,500.00| /Signed by the Aga Khan. The rare limited edition, signed by the Aga Khan, of the first book on his horses. A beautiful production with fine colour ...
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Dr No.
FLEMING, Ian.Original price £3,250.00 - Original price £3,250.00Original price £0.00£3,250.00£3,250.00 - £3,250.00Current price £3,250.00| /Fleming's sixth James Bond novel, and the first to be made into a film.First edition, first impression; 8vo ( 195 x 135 mm); a few very faint spot...
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The Harder They Fall.
SCHULBERG, Budd.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £0.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00| /Presentation copy. First edition of the author's second book, with his signed presentation inscription in blue ink to the front free endpaper, 'For...
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Offering of the Mandan Indians.
BODMER, Karl.Original price £1,000.00 - Original price £1,000.00Original price £0.00£1,000.00£1,000.00 - £1,000.00Current price £1,000.00| /From the illustrated 'Travels in the Interior of North America between 1832-34' by Prince Maximilian Alexander Philipp Zu Wied-Neuweid, published ...
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Bellvue. Mr. Dougherty's Agency on the Missouri.
BODMER, Karl.Original price £1,000.00 - Original price £1,000.00Original price £0.00£1,000.00£1,000.00 - £1,000.00Current price £1,000.00| /From the illustrated 'Travels in the Interior of North America between 1832-34' by Prince Maximilian Alexander Philipp Zu Wied-Neuweid, published ...
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When We Were Very Young.
MILNE, A.A.Original price £6,500.00 - Original price £6,500.00Original price £0.00£6,500.00£6,500.00 - £6,500.00Current price £6,500.00| /Signed by both the author and his son. A rare double signature by the author and his son, for whom he wrote some verses that grew into the collecti...
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Falconry in the Valley of the Indus.
BURTON, Richard Francis.Original price £4,500.00 - Original price £4,500.00Original price £0.00£4,500.00£4,500.00 - £4,500.00Current price £4,500.00| /Rare: only 500 copies were printed. 'Burton's Falconry is today considered a classic, although it created little stir at the time of its appearanc...
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Les Fleurs Animées.
GRANDVILLE, J.-J.Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00Original price £0.00£2,500.00£2,500.00 - £2,500.00Current price £2,500.00| /First edition, first issue of one of the great modern illustrated books of the 19th century. Grandville was a remarkable caricaturist and he anima...
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Cistineae.
SWEET, RobertOriginal price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00Original price £0.00£2,500.00£2,500.00 - £2,500.00Current price £2,500.00| /Originally published in 28 parts between July 1825 and January 1830, each plate shows a single variety of Cistus, or Rock-rose, and is accompanied...
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Live and Let Die.
FLEMING, Ian.Original price £18,750.00 - Original price £18,750.00Original price £0.00£18,750.00£18,750.00 - £18,750.00Current price £18,750.00| /The second James Bond title, scarce in such bright condition. Well received by critics at the time of publication, with the initial print run of 7...
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