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  • Stockholmska Scener by Hjalmar Morner, containing 16 lithographs of humerous scenes of Swedish life.
    Stockholmska Scener by Hjalmar Morner, containing 16 lithographs of humerous scenes of Swedish life.

    MORNER, Hjalmar (illustrator).
    Stockholmska Scener. [c.1830].
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of Picturesque Views of the Principal Monuments in the Cemetery of Pere La Chaise by John Thomas Serres, with 10 hand-coloured lithograph plates.
    First edition of Picturesque Views of the Principal Monuments in the Cemetery of Pere La Chaise by John Thomas Serres, with 10 hand-coloured lithograph plates.

    SERRES, John Thomas (illustrator).
    Picturesque Views of the Principal Monuments in the Cemetery of Pere La Chaise, 1825.
    £1,250.00

  • Second edition of Views in India by George Francis White, containing 29 handcoloured plates depicting the Himalayas.
    Second edition of Views in India by George Francis White, containing 29 handcoloured plates depicting the Himalayas.

    WHITE, George Francis.
    Views in India, 1838.
    £1,250.00

  • Claes Oldenburg, Museum a la Mode, 1994, lithograph, signed by the artist, from the edition of 175
    Claes Oldenburg, Museum a la Mode, 1994, lithograph, signed by the artist, from the edition of 175

    OLDENBURG, Claes
    Museum à la mode, from the Museum für Moderne Kunst portfolio 1994
    £1,250.00

  • 955,000 is the catalogue for an exhibition organised by Lucy Lippard at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
    955,000 is the catalogue for an exhibition organised by Lucy Lippard at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

    LIPPARD, Lucy.
    955,000. 1970.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition, journal issue of the paper announcing the discovery of telomerase, for which the authors Carol Greider and Elizabeth Blackburn were awarded the Nobel Prize.
    First edition, journal issue of the paper announcing the discovery of telomerase, for which the authors Carol Greider and Elizabeth Blackburn were awarded the Nobel Prize.

    GREIDER, Carol & BLACKBURN, Elizabeth H.
    Identification of a Specific Telomere Terminal Transferase Activity in Tetrahymena Extracts December, 1985.
    £1,250.00

  • A nice, pocket-sized sammelband containing six medical works dating from the turn of the nineteenth century, of which three are official pharmacopoeias.
    A nice, pocket-sized sammelband containing six medical works dating from the turn of the nineteenth century, of which three are official pharmacopoeias.

    CLARKE, E[dward] G[oodman].
    Medicinæ Praxeos Compendium,
    £1,250.00

  • The scarce official account of the Waziristan campaign 1919–1920, and preceding 1917 conflict, with copious views and maps of the scarcely traversed terrain and landscape of Waziristan.
    The scarce official account of the Waziristan campaign 1919–1920, and preceding 1917 conflict, with copious views and maps of the scarcely traversed terrain and landscape of Waziristan.

    GENERAL STAFF ARMY HEADQUARTERS INDIA.
    Operations in Waziristan 1919-1920. 1921.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of Béla Szilárd's 1905 book Radium és Radioaktivitas, the first book on radioactivity published in Hungarian.
    First edition of Béla Szilárd's 1905 book Radium és Radioaktivitas, the first book on radioactivity published in Hungarian.

    SZILÁRD, Béla.
    Radium és Radioaktivitas. 1905.
    £1,250.00

  • TERRA SANCTA.
    TERRA SANCTA.

    ORTELIUS, Abraham.
    TERRA SANCTA. 1598.
    £1,250.00

  • Original stipple engraving, printed in colours and finished by hand, with strong colouring

    BARRABAND, [Jacques].
    Le Perroquet a Face Bleue - Plate 122. [1805].
    £1,250.00

  • A substantial set of manuscript lecture notes on obstetrics made by a student of physician James Hamilton at the University of Edinburgh in 1822.
    A substantial set of manuscript lecture notes on obstetrics made by a student of physician James Hamilton at the University of Edinburgh in 1822.

    HAMILTON, James.
    Notes of Lectures on Midwifery & the Diseases of Women and Children, 1822.
    £1,250.00

  • Three rare offprints published in 1926 and 1939 by the Nobel Prize-winning biochemists Gerty and Carl Cori, who did important research on carbohydrate metabolism.
    Three rare offprints published in 1926 and 1939 by the Nobel Prize-winning biochemists Gerty and Carl Cori, who did important research on carbohydrate metabolism.

    CORI, Gerty T. & Carl F.
    'The Activating Effect of Glycogen on the Enzymatic Synthesis of Glycogen from the Glucose-1-Phosphate', November 1939, [with] 1926 & 1939.
    £1,250.00

  • A handsome thin paper edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's prose works in a deluxe red calf binding
    A handsome thin paper edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's prose works in a deluxe red calf binding

    DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan.
    [Prose Works]. 1924-1933.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of A Picturesque Guide to Bath by Julies Ibbetson, john Hassell and John Laporte, with 16 hand-coloured aquatints.
    First edition of A Picturesque Guide to Bath by Julies Ibbetson, john Hassell and John Laporte, with 16 hand-coloured aquatints.

    IBBETSON, Julius Caesar; HASSELL, John; LAPORTE, John.
    A Picturesque Guide to Bath, Bristol Hot-Wells, the River Avon, and the Adjacent Country; 1793.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of Collinso Furioso by Mary Egerton, a sweet children's book with 14 hand-coloured aquatint plates.
    First edition of Collinso Furioso by Mary Egerton, a sweet children's book with 14 hand-coloured aquatint plates.

    [EGERTON, Michael].
    Collinso Furioso; 1825.
    £1,250.00

  • Freshly illustrated edition of Tobias Smollett's translation of the Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane, containing 15 hand-coloured aquatints.
    Freshly illustrated edition of Tobias Smollett's translation of the Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane, containing 15 hand-coloured aquatints.

    LESAGE, Alain-René; SMOLLETT, Tobias (translator).
    The Adventures of Gil Blas de Santillane. 1819.
    £1,250.00

  • Insectes.
    Insectes.

    SEGUY, E[ugene] A[lain].
    Insectes. [1924].
    £1,250.00

  • Schweinfurth expanded knowledge of the flora and fauna of central Africa as well as the ethnology of its inhabitants. He was the first European to encounter the Akka Pygmies of East Africa
    Schweinfurth expanded knowledge of the flora and fauna of central Africa as well as the ethnology of its inhabitants. He was the first European to encounter the Akka Pygmies of East Africa

    SCHWEINFURTH, Georg.
    The Heart of Africa. 1873.
    £1,250.00

  • A wonderful group of artworks by the pioneering Oxford chemist Muriel Tomlinson that document her science education during the 1920s.
    A wonderful group of artworks by the pioneering Oxford chemist Muriel Tomlinson that document her science education during the 1920s.

    TOMLINSON, Muriel.
    Small group of original artworks, including 15 pencil drawings of women practising chemistry. 1920s].
    £1,250.00

  • The Mechanical Bride:
    The Mechanical Bride:

    MCLUHAN, Herbert Marshall.
    The Mechanical Bride: 1951.
    £1,250.00

  • A lovely copy of the Janus Cornarius translation of the works of Hippocrates, this edition published in 1562 and handsomely bound.
    A lovely copy of the Janus Cornarius translation of the works of Hippocrates, this edition published in 1562 and handsomely bound.

    [MEDICINE] HIPPOCRATES; CORNARIUS, Janus (translator).
    Hippocrates coi Medicorum Omnium Longe Principis, Opera quae apud nos Extant Omnia. 1562.
    £1,250.00

  • Scarce early book of the Laws of The London Great Synagogue, published on the year following the completion of it's first building.
    Scarce early book of the Laws of The London Great Synagogue, published on the year following the completion of it's first building.

    [ANON.]
    Takanot HaKehilah DeKahal Kodesh Ashkenazim DeBe"HaK HaGdolah London. 1791.
    £1,250.00

  • A beautifully produced edition of Herrick's poetry, illustrated by Sir William Russell Flint, in the special deluxe binding with extra plates.
    A beautifully produced edition of Herrick's poetry, illustrated by Sir William Russell Flint, in the special deluxe binding with extra plates.

    [GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]; HERRICK, Robert; Sir William Russell Flint (illustrator).
    One Hundred and Eleven Poems. 1955.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of L'Envers du Music-Hall by Colette, inscribed by the author to the French Jeweller Pierre Sterlé.
    First edition of L'Envers du Music-Hall by Colette, inscribed by the author to the French Jeweller Pierre Sterlé.

    COLETTE, [Sidonie-Gabrielle].
    L'Envers du Music-Hall. [1913].
    £1,250.00

  • This charming illustrated edition of Pushkin's The Undertaker is notably scarce, we could only locate two copies in libraries.
    This charming illustrated edition of Pushkin's The Undertaker is notably scarce, we could only locate two copies in libraries.

    PUSHKIN, Alexander Sergeevich; ZARETSKY, Nikolai Vasilevich (illustrator).
    Grobovshchik [The Undertaker]. 1923.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of the mathematical theory of atomic spectral lines that influenced quantum theory, Recherches sur la Constitution des Spectra by J.R. Rydberg.
    First edition of the mathematical theory of atomic spectral lines that influenced quantum theory, Recherches sur la Constitution des Spectra by J.R. Rydberg.

    RYDBERG, J.R.
    Recherches sur la Constitution des Spectra d'Émission des Éléments Chimiques. 1890.
    £1,250.00

  • The first of Hahn and Strassman's three fundamental papers on the discovery of nuclear fission, the Abhandlungen offprint of 1939.

    HAHN, Otto & STRASSMAN, Fritz.
    Über das Zerplatzen des Urankernes durch langsame Neutronen. 1939.
    £1,250.00

  • My Camera on Point Lobos.
    My Camera on Point Lobos.

    WESTON, Edward.
    My Camera on Point Lobos. 1950.
    £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

  • Zolotoi Petushok [The Golden Cockerel].
    Zolotoi Petushok [The Golden Cockerel].

    BILIBIN, Ivan (artist); PUSHKIN, Alexander.
    Zolotoi Petushok [The Golden Cockerel]. 1909.
    £1,250.00

  • Maps include Baghdad and Environs, The Environs of Basrah and several road maps to Southern and Northern Iraq..
    Maps include Baghdad and Environs, The Environs of Basrah and several road maps to Southern and Northern Iraq..

    [IRAQ]
    Maps of Iraq 1929.
    £1,250.00

  • Canaan (1882-1964), was one of the outstanding Palestinian scholars of his time and Mohammedan Saints and Sanctuaries is his finest work.
    Canaan (1882-1964), was one of the outstanding Palestinian scholars of his time and Mohammedan Saints and Sanctuaries is his finest work.

    CANAAN, Taufik.
    Mohammedan saints and sancturies in Palestine. 1927.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of Poem-Scapes by Kenneth Patchen, one of 75 copies hand-painted by the author.
    First edition of Poem-Scapes by Kenneth Patchen, one of 75 copies hand-painted by the author.

    [ASSOCIATES.] PATCHEN, Kenneth.
    Poem-Scapes. 1958.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of The Flight From the Enchanter by Iris Murdoch, with the Edward Bawden dustjacket and Book Society wraparound band.
    First edition of The Flight From the Enchanter by Iris Murdoch, with the Edward Bawden dustjacket and Book Society wraparound band.

    MURDOCH, Iris.
    The Flight from the Enchanter. 1956.
    £1,250.00

  • Stigand's Game of British East Africa is a handsome volume that examines wild game, its habitat, and spoor within Kenya, Uganda
    Stigand's Game of British East Africa is a handsome volume that examines wild game, its habitat, and spoor within Kenya, Uganda

    STIGAND, Capt. C[hauncey] H[ugh].
    The Game of British East Africa. 1909.
    £1,250.00

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