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Voina i nasha trofei [The War and Our Trophies].
BOZHERYANOV, Ivan Nikolaevich; SOKOLOVSKIY, Mikhail Konstantinovich; DIMITRIEV-KAVKAVSKIY, Lev Evgrafovich (illus.); RUNDALTSEV, Mikhail Viktorovich (illustrator).Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00Original price £1,500.00£1,500.00£1,500.00 - £1,500.00Current price £1,500.00Internally fresh example of the first edition of this richly illustrated work, published again in 1916 and 1917. It details and illustrates a mili...
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Grand Steeple Chace run at Hog's Norton exemplified in Six Plates.
'J. B.'Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00Original price £1,500.00£1,500.00£1,500.00 - £1,500.00Current price £1,500.00RARE. Humorous prints of a steeplechase in which the mounts are shown as hogs, one of the prints is dated 1831. A very rare collection intended f...
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Travels to the seat of war in the East,
ALEXANDER, Captain James Edward.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £1,250.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00Having served with the East India Company, Alexander (1803-1885) was aide-de-camp to Colonel Kinneir, British envoy to Persia, and was present wit...
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The Russian Empire.
HAXTHAUSEN, August von, Baron.Original price £1,150.00 - Original price £1,150.00Original price £1,150.00£1,150.00£1,150.00 - £1,150.00Current price £1,150.00First edition. 2 volumes, 8vo., xxvii, 432; viii, 463pp., bound as an Eton College leaving present, contemporary polished calf gilt, covers with g...
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The Skipper in Arctic Seas.
CLUTTERBUCK, Walter.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £1,250.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00Scarce account of a party of amateurs sending out on an expedition in the Spitzbergen area. Hunting and dining seem to be their major concerns in ...
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A manual of the district of Cuddapah
GRIBBLE, James Dunning Baker.Original price £1,150.00 - Original price £1,150.00Original price £1,150.00£1,150.00£1,150.00 - £1,150.00Current price £1,150.00Scarce. COPAC lists BL, Edinburgh University, and SOAS only.A thorough survey of the district.First edition. 8vo, xi, 369 pp., errata slip, mounte...
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Russlands Pferde-Racen.
FREYTAG, Dr. Carl.Original price £1,950.00 - Original price £1,950.00Original price £1,950.00£1,950.00£1,950.00 - £1,950.00Current price £1,950.00First and only edition. Uncommon study of different breeds of Russian horses. Complete with 20 full page lithographic plates after drawings by Dr....
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Travels in Mesopotamia.
BUCKINGHAM, James Silk.Original price £1,650.00 - Original price £1,650.00Original price £1,650.00£1,650.00£1,650.00 - £1,650.00Current price £1,650.00The second part of Buckingham's overland journey to India from Egypt in 1816-17.First octavo edition, 2 volumes, 8vo., xx, [ii], 479; vi, [ii], 53...
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Stories from the Pentamerone.
GOBLE, Warwick (illustrator).Original price £1,650.00 - Original price £1,650.00Original price £1,650.00£1,650.00£1,650.00 - £1,650.00Current price £1,650.00A rarity in the original binding. The collection of Italian folk-tales by Giambattista Basile, Conte di Torrone, 1566-1632, (who is believed to hav...
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Sefer Torat Chayim.
EDREHI, Moses ben Isaac [EDREI, Moshe] (editor).Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £1,250.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00Book of kabbalistic readings and prayers for Friday nights, customarily recited in the Eastern cities of Morocco. Moshe Edrehi (c. 1774-1842) was ...
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Le Vrai & Le Faux Chic.
SEM [pseud. of Georges GOURSAT].Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £1,250.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00La Belle Epoque. In this lively album Sem illustrates pre war fashion with numerous illustrations of fashionable ladies in fashionable hats.Georges...
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Voyage de la Propontide et du Pont-Euxin;
LECHEVALIER, J.B.Original price £1,650.00 - Original price £1,650.00Original price £1,650.00£1,650.00£1,650.00 - £1,650.00Current price £1,650.00In 1787, after a sojourn at Constantinople in the service of Choiseul-Gouffier, Le Chevalier accompanied Alexander Ipsilanti, the Hospodar (ruler)...
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Scenes and occurences
PHILLIPS, Thomas.Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00Original price £1,500.00£1,500.00£1,500.00 - £1,500.00Current price £1,500.00Scarce. An account of a three month stay in South Africa in 1825. Much information on the native people and Graham's Town.First edition. 8vo, xvi,...
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Puteshestvie po Kitayu v 1874-1875 gg.
[PIASSETSKY, Pavel].Original price £1,850.00 - Original price £1,850.00Original price £1,850.00£1,850.00£1,850.00 - £1,850.00Current price £1,850.00The rare Russian first edition.Pavel Piasetskiy (1843 - 1919) was not only a respected doctor but also talented artist and writer. These versatile...
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Der Kamf. Monatshrift farn Poyle-Tsienistishn Gedank.
BISNOVATY, (Hrsg.).Original price £1,200.00 - Original price £1,200.00Original price £1,200.00£1,200.00£1,200.00 - £1,200.00Current price £1,200.00Extremely rare Polish-Zionist magazine, published in Paris. The publication, which was obviously part of the circle of the General Jewish Labour B...
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The Diary of A.V. Khrapovitskiy 1782 - 1793.
BARSUKOV, Nikolai (editor).Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £1,250.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00First edition of this diary written by a close aide to Catherine II giving an insight into the life and mind of the most powerful woman in Russian...
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Tsar' Fedor Ioannovich v postanovke moskovskogo khudozhestvennogo teatra.
TOLSTOY, Aleksey Konstantinovich.Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00Original price £1,500.00£1,500.00£1,500.00 - £1,500.00Current price £1,500.00The moscow art theatre's inaugural performance . Complete portfolio showing scenes from the famous play produced by Konstantin Stanislavsky. Tsar F...
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[Le Jeu des fortifications].
[LA BOISSIERE, Gilles de (artist)].Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £1,250.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00Lovely set of uncommon military playing cards. The cards were drawn by Gilles de La Boissière (as shown on the later Daumont issue). Each card dep...
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