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  • 111432_2 111432

    The Seat of the War in the East.

    SIMPSON, William.
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    Deluxe edition with the plates hand-coloured. During the Crimean War William Simpson (1823-1899), became a pioneer war artist: dispatched by the pr...

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    Through Masai Land:

    THOMSON, Joseph.
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    Presentation copy. presentation copy on the half-title "to David McIntosh with the Author's Compliments. Lokoja. March 27th."David McIntosh was an ...

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    The American testimonial banquet to Henry M. Stanley.

    [STANLEY, Henry Morton].
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    Paul du Chaillu's copy of the special autograph edition of Stanley's American testimonial banquet.An exceptionally interesting copy of this scarce...

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  • 112333_2 112333

    The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.

    KEYNES, J.M.
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    Contemporary economist's copy. The first edition of Keynes' masterwork. Written in the aftermath of the great depression, The General Theory is reg...

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  • 112326_2 112326

    I dieci libri dell'architettura.

    VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Marcus; BARBARO, Daniele (translator); PALLADIO, Andrea (illustrator).
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    'the most significant Italian edition of the treatise'. First edition of Daniele Barbaro's (1514-1570) translation and commentary. This important p...

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  • 112318_2 112318

    In Darkest Africa

    STANLEY, Henry Morton.
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    Deluxe edition of Stanley. The deluxe edition of Stanley's remarkable account of his expedition from the East Coast through the heart of Africa to ...

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    Switzerland

    YOSY, A.
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    The Bradley Martin copy. The scarce first edition of Yosy's classic work on the costume of Switzerland. With the distinguished provenance of the re...

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    Costume of the army of the British Empire,

    SMITH, Charles Hamilton.
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    Charles Smith's survey of the military uniforms of the Army of the British Empire at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Fifty-four of the pl...

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    A collection of Swiss costumes,

    REINHARDT, Joseph.
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    Reinhardt's fine series of Swiss regional costume subjects set against fully coloured landscape backgrounds. Colas preferred this undated issue to...

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  • 112150_2 112150

    A Voyage to Arabia Fœlix

    LA ROQUE, Jean de.
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    The first part of La Roque's Voyage to Arabia Fœlix describes Yemen and Mocha. Mocha at this time was a considerable trading centre. The second pa...

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    Raccolta di quindici costumi li piu interessanti della Svizzera Desgnati.

    PINELLI, Bartolomeo.
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    An unusual album of Swiss costume plates by the 19th-century artist Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835). Pinelli illustrated works by Dante, Virgil and...

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    Costumes Suisses

    MEYER, Felix.
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    Meyer's scarce series of costume prints, lettered below image with their town of origin.First edition, small 8vo, hand-coloured aquatint frontispi...

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  • 112128_2 112128

    Journal of an Embassy

    CRAWFURD, John
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    The narrative of Crawfurd's Embassy to Burma. In 1827, following the First Anglo-Burmese War, John Crawfurd was chosen to travel to Burma (now Mya...

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  • 112050_2 112050

    Three years in Persia

    FOWLER, George.
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    Scarce and interesting account of Persia. Fowler was a British diplomat in Tehran during the last years of the reign of Fath Ali Shah. 'A book ful...

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  • 111342

    [Cabinet card portrait of Alfred Tennyson, signed by him].

    [TENNYSON, Alfred.] MAYALL, John Jabez Edwin.
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    Tennyson's favourite portrait, signed by him. John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1810-1901) was an English photographer, born Jabez Meal in Lancashire, who f...

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  • 111179_2 111179

    A picturesque illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants of the island of Ceylon.

    DANIELL, Samuel.
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    Magnificent copies of Samuel Daniell's Ceylon and African Scenery, his two masterworks, combined in a fine contemporary binding. Samuel Daniell (1...

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  • 110657

    The Straits Times Annual

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    A good pictorial record of Singapore before the Japanese invasion.First edition. Folio. illustrated throughout, original wrappers, light wear, a v...

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