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  • Tabrouba.
    Tabrouba.

    MERIAN, Maria Sibylla, Mulder, J.
    Tabrouba. c.1720].
    £1,250.00

  • Maccai.
    Maccai.

    MERIAN, Maria Sibylla, Mulder, J.
    Maccai. c.1720].
    £1,250.00

  • Gùajava àlba dulcis.
    Gùajava àlba dulcis.

    MERIAN, Maria Sibylla, SLUYTER, P.
    Gùajava àlba dulcis. c.1720].
    £1,250.00

  • Water Scorpion and Giant Beetle. Pl. LVI.
    Water Scorpion and Giant Beetle. Pl. LVI.

    MERIAN, Maria Sibylla, SLUYTER, P.
    Water Scorpion and Giant Beetle. Pl. LVI. c.1720].
    £1,250.00

  • Original screenplay for the 1970 film adaptation of Joe Orton's 1965 stage play <em>Loot</em>, with the extremely scarce press pack used to promote the film's release.<br />
    Original screenplay for the 1970 film adaptation of Joe Orton's 1965 stage play <em>Loot</em>, with the extremely scarce press pack used to promote the film's release.<br />

    [ORTON, Joe] GALTON, Ray & SIMPSON, Alan.
    Loot: Final Draft Screenplay [with] Press Book. 1969.
    £1,250.00

  • James Wyld's Map of the countries between England and India, hand-coloured engraved map showing Asia and Arabia from 1873.
    James Wyld's Map of the countries between England and India, hand-coloured engraved map showing Asia and Arabia from 1873.

    WYLD, James.
    Map of the countries between England and India. 1873.
    £1,250.00

  • Fourth edition of Francis Orpen Morris's The History of British Birds, the classic standard text on British birds.
    Fourth edition of Francis Orpen Morris's The History of British Birds, the classic standard text on British birds.

    MORRIS, Francis Orpen.
    A History of British Birds 1895-1896
    £1,250.00

  • William Robertson's An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India and Account of the Life and Writings of William Robertson, first editions of both.
    William Robertson's An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India and Account of the Life and Writings of William Robertson, first editions of both.

    ROBERTSON, William.
    An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India; 1791; 1801.
    £1,250.00

  • First and only edition of Cairo, Petra, and Damascus, in 1839, by John Kinnear, a scarce work.
    First and only edition of Cairo, Petra, and Damascus, in 1839, by John Kinnear, a scarce work.

    KINNEAR, John Gardiner.
    Cairo, Petra, and Damascus, in 1839. 1841.
    £1,250.00

  • Scarce parliamentary paper, Correspondence respecting insults in China, detailing the diplomatic incidents between 1842 and 1856 that precipitated the Second Opium War.

    [CHINA].
    Correspondence Respecting Insults in China. 1857.
    £1,250.00

  • The first edition of Isaac Ware's continuation to William Kent's Designs of Inigo Jones, illustrated with 53 engraved plates, including 5 double-page designs
    The first edition of Isaac Ware's continuation to William Kent's Designs of Inigo Jones, illustrated with 53 engraved plates, including 5 double-page designs

    JONES, Inigo; [KENT, William; BURLINGTON, Lord; WARE, Isaac].
    Designs of Inigo Jones [c.1731-1733].
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of a scarce early work by Dr. Seuss, This is Ann, She's Dying to Meet You, published in August 1943 to educate US troops about malaria prevention.
    First edition of a scarce early work by Dr. Seuss, This is Ann, She's Dying to Meet You, published in August 1943 to educate US troops about malaria prevention.

    SEUSS, Dr. [pseud., GEISEL, Theodor Seuss].
    This is Ann. She's dying to meet you. August 1943.
    £1,250.00

  • Author's presentation copy of <em>The Kodak Mantra Diaries</em>, inscribed to Ringo Starr's friend and business manager Hilary Gerrard. Together with the author's corrected typescript of the book, inscribed on the title page.
    Author's presentation copy of <em>The Kodak Mantra Diaries</em>, inscribed to Ringo Starr's friend and business manager Hilary Gerrard. Together with the author's corrected typescript of the book, inscribed on the title page.

    SINCLAIR, Iain.
    The Kodak Mantra Diaries October 1966 to June 1971 [together with] Original Corrected Typescript. 1971.
    £1,250.00

  • In Trachsler's scarce book, each plate features a male and female figure against a grey aquatint background.
    In Trachsler's scarce book, each plate features a male and female figure against a grey aquatint background.

    TRACHSLER.
    Neue Samlung von Schweizer Trachetn aus allen Cantonen. [1816].
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of the first complete Russian translation of Boccaccio's Decameron.
    First edition of the first complete Russian translation of Boccaccio's Decameron.

    BOCCACCIO, Giovanni.
    The Decameron. 1891-92.
    £1,250.00

  • First issue of popular edition from 1911. handsomely bound, VG, replete with illustrations in each volume, with the distinctive Art-Nouveau gilt decoration
    First issue of popular edition from 1911. handsomely bound, VG, replete with illustrations in each volume, with the distinctive Art-Nouveau gilt decoration

    BRONTË, Charlotte, Emily and Anne.
    The Novels of the Sisters Brontë 1911
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of Sharard Osborn's Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal, the account of his search for the Franklin expedition.
    First edition of Sharard Osborn's Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal, the account of his search for the Franklin expedition.

    OSBORN, Sherard.
    Stray Leaves from an Arctic journal; 1852.
    £1,250.00

  • A scarce children's book celebrating the electricians fixing the overhead cables, illustrated in a Constructivist style.
    A scarce children's book celebrating the electricians fixing the overhead cables, illustrated in a Constructivist style.

    FRIDMAN, Polina Borisovna; G. T. (illustrator).
    Pochemu Tramvai ne Edut [Why the trams aren't moving]. 1927.
    £1,250.00

  • First US edition of The Labyrinthine Ways by Graham Greene, originally published in the UK as The Power and the Glory.
    First US edition of The Labyrinthine Ways by Graham Greene, originally published in the UK as The Power and the Glory.

    GREENE, Graham.
    The Labyrinthine Ways. 1940.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene.
    First edition of A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene.

    GREENE, Graham.
    A Gun for Sale. 1936.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of The Longest Journey by E.M. Forster.
    First edition of The Longest Journey by E.M. Forster.

    FORSTER, E.M.
    The Longest Journey. 1907.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of the children's book The Wonder World of Insects by graphic design pioneer Marie Neurath, in the rare dust jacket.
    First edition of the children's book The Wonder World of Insects by graphic design pioneer Marie Neurath, in the rare dust jacket.

    NEURATH, Marie.
    The Wonder World of Insects. 1953.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of the children's book Rockets and Jets by graphic design pioneer Marie Neurath, in the rare dust jacket.
    First edition of the children's book Rockets and Jets by graphic design pioneer Marie Neurath, in the rare dust jacket.

    NEURATH, Marie.
    Rockets and Jets. 1951.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of How the Wold Was Explored, a children's book by graphic design pioneer Marie Neurath, with the rare dust jacket.
    First edition of How the Wold Was Explored, a children's book by graphic design pioneer Marie Neurath, with the rare dust jacket.

    NEURATH, Marie; LAUWERYS, J.A.
    How the World Was Explored. 1951.
    £1,250.00

  • A lovely six-volume edition of Alexander Pope's collected works, illustrated with 24 engraved plates
    A lovely six-volume edition of Alexander Pope's collected works, illustrated with 24 engraved plates

    POPE, Alexander.
    The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. 1764.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of Robert Fortune's Three Years Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China, recounting Fortune's travels between 1843 and 1845 in Kuangtung, Fukien, the Chekiang coast, and Shanghai.
    First edition of Robert Fortune's Three Years Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China, recounting Fortune's travels between 1843 and 1845 in Kuangtung, Fukien, the Chekiang coast, and Shanghai.

    FORTUNE, Robert.
    Three Years' Wanderings in the northern provinces of China, 1847.
    £1,250.00

  • The expeditions to Asia Minor took place between 1856 and 1859 and were mostly concerned with the excavations of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.
    The expeditions to Asia Minor took place between 1856 and 1859 and were mostly concerned with the excavations of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus.

    NEWTON, Charles Thomas.
    Travels and discoveries in the Levant. 1865.
    £1,250.00

  • A Journey to Mequinez by John Windus is an early English account of Morocco. Windus was the historian of a mission dispatched by George I in 1720.
    A Journey to Mequinez by John Windus is an early English account of Morocco. Windus was the historian of a mission dispatched by George I in 1720.

    WINDUS, John.
    A Journey to Mequinez; 1725.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of The Victim by Saul Bellow, signed by the author.
    First edition of The Victim by Saul Bellow, signed by the author.

    BELLOW, Saul.
    The Victim. 1947.
    £1,250.00

  • The second appearance of William Lambard's Eirenarcha, an important legal manual on the administration of local justice in Tudor England.
    The second appearance of William Lambard's Eirenarcha, an important legal manual on the administration of local justice in Tudor England.

    LAMBARD, William.
    Eirenarcha: 1582.
    £1,250.00

  • The first edition of Joseph Conrad's novel Nostromo, the first printing with p.187 mispaginated 871.
    The first edition of Joseph Conrad's novel Nostromo, the first printing with p.187 mispaginated 871.

    CONRAD, Joseph.
    Nostromo. 1904.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition, second issue of Stamboul Train by Graham Greene.
    First edition, second issue of Stamboul Train by Graham Greene.

    GREENE, Graham.
    Stamboul Train. 1932.
    £1,250.00

  • An excellent example of a double-sided coloured escape map of the Arabian Gulf, showing the UAE and Oman to recto, and Qatar to verso.
    An excellent example of a double-sided coloured escape map of the Arabian Gulf, showing the UAE and Oman to recto, and Qatar to verso.

    [ARABIAN GULF].
    Fabric Map of Hofuf and Bandar Abbas. 1957.
    £1,250.00

  • Freshly translated Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Mabinogion by Gwyn and Thomas Jones, one of the great pieces of British literature from the Middle Ages.
    Freshly translated Golden Cockerel Press edition of The Mabinogion by Gwyn and Thomas Jones, one of the great pieces of British literature from the Middle Ages.

    JONES, Gwyn and JONES, Thomas; BRABY, Dorothea (illustrator).
    The Mabinogion. 1948.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of the first French work on Chinese gastronomy, Henri Lecourt's La Cuisine Chinoise. Today the work is appreciated as groundbreaking as well as a thoroughly useful and successful recipe book.
    First edition of the first French work on Chinese gastronomy, Henri Lecourt's La Cuisine Chinoise. Today the work is appreciated as groundbreaking as well as a thoroughly useful and successful recipe book.

    [COOKERY] LECOURT, Henri.
    La Cuisine Chinoise. 1925.
    £1,250.00

  • Claes Oldenburg, Notebook Torn in Half State I, 1997, lithograph, signed and numbered, artist's proof, from the edition of 97

    Claes Oldenburg
    Notebook Torn in Half (State I) 1997
    £1,250.00

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