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  • A lovely pair of uncommon original watercolours of designs by Georges Martel for porcelain services by the Desvres factory.
    A lovely pair of uncommon original watercolours of designs by Georges Martel for porcelain services by the Desvres factory.

    [PORCELAIN]. MARTEL, Georges.
    Desvres Porcelain designs. Circa 1900.
    £4,500.00

  • A very fresh example of "one of the finest works of travel literature", describing travels in Turkey, Egypt, Palestine, Persia, and the East Indies
    A very fresh example of "one of the finest works of travel literature", describing travels in Turkey, Egypt, Palestine, Persia, and the East Indies

    DELLA VALLE, Pietro.
    Reise Beschreibung... in Turckey, Egypten, Palestina, Persien, Ost-Indien, 1674.
    £4,500.00

  • To be returned from chiswick auction<br />
    To be returned from chiswick auction<br />

    RAUTH, Leo.
    Collection of hand-coloured lithographs. c. 1910-12].
    £4,500.00

  • Aquatints with stipple-engraving, part-printed in colour and finished by hand, in fine condition with strong fresh colour.
    Aquatints with stipple-engraving, part-printed in colour and finished by hand, in fine condition with strong fresh colour.

    BROOKSHAW, G[eorge].
    [Pair of Melons]. 1812].
    £4,500.00

  • Two views in Brazil
    Two views in Brazil

    WALDER, Henry.
    Two views in Brazil 1882.
    £4,500.00

  • Bodmer made this full-length double portrait whilst at Fort Clark in December 1833.

    BODMER, Karl.
    Sih-Chida & Mahchsi-Karehde - Mandan Indians. 1843.
    £4,500.00

  • Murray recorded many famous buildings in and around Agra and produced a body of work documenting India's architecture that was unsurpassed in the 1800s&#0;
    Murray recorded many famous buildings in and around Agra and produced a body of work documenting India's architecture that was unsurpassed in the 1800s&#0;

    MURRAY, Dr John.
    The Jama Masjid from the garden (with waxed paper negative). [c.1858-62].
    £4,500.00

  • Murray recorded many famous buildings in and around Agra and produced a body of work documenting India's architecture that was unsurpassed in the 1800s&#0;
    Murray recorded many famous buildings in and around Agra and produced a body of work documenting India's architecture that was unsurpassed in the 1800s&#0;

    MURRAY, Dr John.
    Bungalows, Shimla (with waxed paper negative). [c.1865].
    £4,500.00

  • Manuscript Expedition Notes and Original Illustrations and Artwork,
    Manuscript Expedition Notes and Original Illustrations and Artwork,

    [HILLARY, Edmund].
    Manuscript Expedition Notes and Original Illustrations and Artwork, 1960-1961].
    £4,250.00

  • An attractive copy of Album Dédié a Tamar Karsavina by George Barbier in the original wrappers
    An attractive copy of Album Dédié a Tamar Karsavina by George Barbier in the original wrappers

    BARBIER, George.
    Album dédié a Tamar Karsavina. 1914.
    £4,250.00

  • Zapiski o nekotorykh narodakh i zemliakh srednei chasti Azii.
    Zapiski o nekotorykh narodakh i zemliakh srednei chasti Azii.

    [KHANATE OF KOKAND]. NAZAROV, Filipp.
    Zapiski o nekotorykh narodakh i zemliakh srednei chasti Azii. 1821.
    £4,250.00

  • An unrivalled collection of material revealing the history of Qatar from 1820 to 1960, focussing on primary documents from Qatar's first maritime treaty with Britain in 1820 up to the abdication of Ali bin Abdullah in 1960.
    An unrivalled collection of material revealing the history of Qatar from 1820 to 1960, focussing on primary documents from Qatar's first maritime treaty with Britain in 1820 up to the abdication of Ali bin Abdullah in 1960.

    [ARABIAN GULF; QATAR]. TUSON, Penelope.
    Records of Qatar Primary Documents: 1820-1960. 1991.
    £4,250.00

  • The 'Prague' edition of Shevchenko's Kobzar, published by Oleksandr Rusov on behalf of the Kyiv Hromada.
    The 'Prague' edition of Shevchenko's Kobzar, published by Oleksandr Rusov on behalf of the Kyiv Hromada.

    SHEVCHENKO, Taras.
    Kobzar. 1876.
    £4,250.00

  • A fine copy of Kozlov's detailed account of his expedition to the Gobi desert and the excavation of Khara-Khoto between 1907 and 1909.
    A fine copy of Kozlov's detailed account of his expedition to the Gobi desert and the excavation of Khara-Khoto between 1907 and 1909.

    KOZLOV, Petr Kuzmich.
    Mongoliia i Amdo i mertvyi gorod Khara-Khoto [Mongolia, and Amdo, and the dead city of Khara-Khoto]. 1923.
    £4,250.00

  • A first deluxe edition of Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse with 26 colour plates, original moire cloth binding, near fine.
    A first deluxe edition of Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse with 26 colour plates, original moire cloth binding, near fine.

    POTTER, Beatrix.
    The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse. 1910.
    £4,250.00

  • First edition, presentation copy, of The Recognitions by William Gaddis, the author's first novel.
    First edition, presentation copy, of The Recognitions by William Gaddis, the author's first novel.

    GADDIS, William.
    The Recognitions. 1955.
    £4,250.00

  • Translation of the Koran by George Sale in 1795.
    Translation of the Koran by George Sale in 1795.

    [QUR'AN]. SALE, George (translator).
    The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, 1795.
    £4,250.00

  • A fine example of the first French translation of a classic Russian epic with lifetime translations of Zhukovsky's most famous ballads.
    A fine example of the first French translation of a classic Russian epic with lifetime translations of Zhukovsky's most famous ballads.

    ZHUKOVSKY, Vasiliy; BLANCHARD, N. (translator).
    Igor, poema geroicheskaia: perevod s russkogo s prisokupleniem dvukh ballad vziatykh iz Zhukovskogo s rossiyskim podlinnikom i raznykh stikhotvoreniy. 1823.
    £4,250.00

  • First issue of this anonymous account of the janissary rebellions which unseated Sultan Ahmed III and put his nephew Mahmoud on the Ottoman throne in 1730.
    First issue of this anonymous account of the janissary rebellions which unseated Sultan Ahmed III and put his nephew Mahmoud on the Ottoman throne in 1730.

    [CONSTANTINOPLE].
    Relation des deux rebellions 1737.
    £4,250.00

  • Murray recorded many famous buildings in and around Agra and produced a body of work documenting India's architecture that was unsurpassed in the 1800s&#0;

    MURRAY, Dr John.
    Bashny Ghat on Jumna, Delhi. 1858.
    £4,200.00

  • Complete with childlike stick figures and crudely scrawled texts, they speak to the paranoid fantasies and everyday pathos of adulthood.<br />
    Complete with childlike stick figures and crudely scrawled texts, they speak to the paranoid fantasies and everyday pathos of adulthood.<br />

    SHRIGLEY, David
    Untitled (fire) 2019
    £4,160.00

  • Gazeteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman, and Central Arabia.
    Gazeteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman, and Central Arabia.

    LORIMER, John Gordon.
    Gazeteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman, and Central Arabia. 2003.
    £4,000.00

  • John Lorimer's Gazeteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman, and Central Arabia, one of the most important primary sources for the study of the Gulf.
    John Lorimer's Gazeteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman, and Central Arabia, one of the most important primary sources for the study of the Gulf.

    [ARABIAN GULF]. LORIMER, John Gordon.
    Gazeteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman, and Central Arabia. 2003.
    £4,000.00

  • One of Narbut's best children's books.
    One of Narbut's best children's books.

    NARBUT, Heorhiy.
    Igrushki [Toys]. [1911].
    £4,000.00

  • A lithographed and extensively illustrated edition of the Ajaib al Makhluqat by Zakariyah Qazvini printed in Tehran in 1866.
    A lithographed and extensively illustrated edition of the Ajaib al Makhluqat by Zakariyah Qazvini printed in Tehran in 1866.

    QAZWINI, Zakariyah.
    Aja'ib al-Makhluqat, dated 1283 AH (1866 AD).
    £4,000.00

  • A miniature painting from India depicting Hanuman bowing before Rama and Lakshmana
    A miniature painting from India depicting Hanuman bowing before Rama and Lakshmana

    [INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING].
    Hanuman bowing before Rama and Lakshmana, mid-19th century.
    £4,000.00

  • First edition of the first book on steam navigation.
    First edition of the first book on steam navigation.

    HULLS, Jonathan.
    A Description and Draught of a New-Invented Machine 1737.
    £4,000.00

  • First edition of Travels in Arabia Deserta by Charles Doughty, a classic of exploration of Arabia which contains so much information on the topography of the area that it was used as a textbook by the British army during the Arab Revolt.
    First edition of Travels in Arabia Deserta by Charles Doughty, a classic of exploration of Arabia which contains so much information on the topography of the area that it was used as a textbook by the British army during the Arab Revolt.

    DOUGHTY, Charles M[ontague].
    Travels in Arabia Deserta. 1888.
    £4,000.00

  • A Ragamala painting of the scene Todi Ragini, a lady stands with a vina feeding two deer, from Datia circa 1725.
    A Ragamala painting of the scene Todi Ragini, a lady stands with a vina feeding two deer, from Datia circa 1725.

    [RAGAMALA PAINTING].
    [Todi Ragini: a lady stands with a vina, feeding two deer. circa 1725 AD].
    £4,000.00

  • The Singing Head by W.B. Yeats, privately printed and signed by the author Frederic Prokosch.
    The Singing Head by W.B. Yeats, privately printed and signed by the author Frederic Prokosch.

    YEATS, W.B.
    The Singing Head. xmas 1934.
    £4,000.00

  • Leda and the Swan by W.B. Yeats, privately printed and signed by the author Frederic Prokosch.
    Leda and the Swan by W.B. Yeats, privately printed and signed by the author Frederic Prokosch.

    YEATS, W.B.
    Leda and the Swan. Christmas 1935.
    £4,000.00

  • The House of Guardaboschi (Plate 9), from Eine Nachlese/Dernière grebe/An Aftermath portfolio

    KLIMT, Gustav.
    The House of Guardaboschi (Plate 9), from Eine Nachlese/Dernière grebe/An Aftermath portfolio 1931
    £4,000.00

  • Church at Unterach on Lake Atter (Plate 28), from Eine Nachlese/Dernière grebe/An Aftermath portfolio

    KLIMT, Gustav.
    Church at Unterach on Lake Atter (Plate 28), from Eine Nachlese/Dernière grebe/An Aftermath portfolio 1931
    £4,000.00

  • New editon of the George Sale Koran printed in Bath in 1795.
    New editon of the George Sale Koran printed in Bath in 1795.

    [QUR'AN] SALE, George (translator).
    The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed 1795.
    £4,000.00

  • First English edition of William Ruschenberger's Narrative of a Voyage Round The World, the narrative of the signing of the first trade agreement between America and an Arabian country.
    First English edition of William Ruschenberger's Narrative of a Voyage Round The World, the narrative of the signing of the first trade agreement between America and an Arabian country.

    RUSCHENBERGER, William Samuel Waithman.
    Narrative of a Voyage Round The World, during the years 1835, 36, and 37; 1838.
    £4,000.00

  • Scoop.
    Scoop.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
    Scoop. 1933.
    £4,000.00

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