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  • Lion.

    DIXON, Henry.
    Lion. [c.1880].
    £525.00

  • The first edition, first issue of this work by Austin Dobson, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, original cloth gilt, in rare original printed dust-jacket.
    The first edition, first issue of this work by Austin Dobson, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, original cloth gilt, in rare original printed dust-jacket.

    THOMSON, Hugh (illustrator); DOBSON, Austin.
    The Ballad of Beau Brocade and other Poems of the XVIIIth Century. 1892.
    £520.00

  • An early edition of this English-language translation of Seneca's Morals
    An early edition of this English-language translation of Seneca's Morals

    SENECA; L'ESTRANGE, Roger (translator).
    Seneca's Morals by way of Abstract. 1728.
    £500.00

  • First collected edition of The Voyages of William Baffin, edited by Clements Markham, of all five voyages by Baffin to find the Northwest passage.
    First collected edition of The Voyages of William Baffin, edited by Clements Markham, of all five voyages by Baffin to find the Northwest passage.

    MARKHAM, Clements R. (editor).
    The Voyages of William Baffin, 1612-1622. 1881.
    £500.00

  • Gerrit de Veer's The Three Voyages of William Barents follows the expeditions of William Barentsz, Dutch navigator, cartographer, and arctic explorer, who sought a Northeast Passage in the far north.
    Gerrit de Veer's The Three Voyages of William Barents follows the expeditions of William Barentsz, Dutch navigator, cartographer, and arctic explorer, who sought a Northeast Passage in the far north.

    DE VEER, Gerrit.
    The Three Voyages of William Barents to the Arctic regions, 1594, 1595, and 1596. 1876.
    £500.00

  • The first edition of this reply by the religious controversialist John Jackson to Cato's Letters
    The first edition of this reply by the religious controversialist John Jackson to Cato's Letters

    JACKSON, John.
    A Defense of Human Liberty, 1725.
    £500.00

  • The first C. Davis edition of John Bale's Brefe Chronycle, an important source for the life and times of Sir John Oldcastle
    The first C. Davis edition of John Bale's Brefe Chronycle, an important source for the life and times of Sir John Oldcastle

    BALE, John.
    A Brefe Chronycle 1729.
    £500.00

  • First edition of production of Soft Secondaries by Mesotrons by Robert Oppenheimer, a significant early work in particle physics and the path to the discovery of the pion and muon.
    First edition of production of Soft Secondaries by Mesotrons by Robert Oppenheimer, a significant early work in particle physics and the path to the discovery of the pion and muon.

    OPPENHEIMER, Robert; SERBER, Robert; SNYDER, Hartland.
    'The Production of Soft Secondaries by Mesotrons' January 15, 1940.
    £500.00

  • A rare souvenir newsletter titled Bomb Gone, celebrating the supposed detonation of Britain's first hydrogen bomb as part of Operation Grapple in 1957.
    A rare souvenir newsletter titled Bomb Gone, celebrating the supposed detonation of Britain's first hydrogen bomb as part of Operation Grapple in 1957.

    Mid Pacific News.
    Bomb Gone. H-Bomb Puts Britain on Level Terms. Special Souvenir Edition. May 15, 1957.
    £500.00

  • First edition of a rare pamphlet on nuclear-powered space travel, Robert Esnault-Pelterie's De la Bombe Atomique a l'Astronautique, a presentation copy inscribed by the author.
    First edition of a rare pamphlet on nuclear-powered space travel, Robert Esnault-Pelterie's De la Bombe Atomique a l'Astronautique, a presentation copy inscribed by the author.

    ESNAULT-PELTERIE, Robert.
    De la Bombe Atomique a l'Astronautique. 1946.
    £500.00

  • Plate XIV. Cyprinus Tinca. Der Schley. La Tanche. The Tench.
    Plate XIV. Cyprinus Tinca. Der Schley. La Tanche. The Tench.

    [BLOCH, Marcus Elieser].
    Plate XIV. Cyprinus Tinca. Der Schley. La Tanche. The Tench. 1785
    £500.00

  • First edition of Wilfred Thesiger's Arabian Sands, his classic narrative of his time spent amongst the Bedouins of South Arabia.
    First edition of Wilfred Thesiger's Arabian Sands, his classic narrative of his time spent amongst the Bedouins of South Arabia.

    THESIGER, Wilfred.
    Arabian Sands. 1959.
    £500.00

  • First edition of Nineveh and Its Remains by Austen Henry Layard, of his first expedition to Iraq and Mosul.
    First edition of Nineveh and Its Remains by Austen Henry Layard, of his first expedition to Iraq and Mosul.

    LAYARD, Austen Henry.
    Nineveh and Its Remains: 1849.
    £500.00

  • A handsome example of J.S. Mill's spirited defence of Utilitarianism, bound in tree calf gilt with the arms of Brasenose College, Oxford
    A handsome example of J.S. Mill's spirited defence of Utilitarianism, bound in tree calf gilt with the arms of Brasenose College, Oxford

    MILL, John Stuart.
    Utilitarianism. 1879.
    £500.00

  • First edition of A Letter to a Proprietor of the East-India Company, 1750, important pamphlet criticising the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle which ransomed Madras back to the British in 1850.
    First edition of A Letter to a Proprietor of the East-India Company, 1750, important pamphlet criticising the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle which ransomed Madras back to the British in 1850.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY]; [MONSON, William].
    A Letter to a Proprietor of the East-India Company. 1750.
    £500.00

  • First edition of An Authentic Account of the Debates in the House of Lords, scarce and important pamphlet recounting the debates in the House which would result in Pitt's India Act of 1784.
    First edition of An Authentic Account of the Debates in the House of Lords, scarce and important pamphlet recounting the debates in the House which would result in Pitt's India Act of 1784.

    [EAST INDIA COMPANY].
    An Authentic Account of the Debates in the House of Lords, 1783.
    £500.00

  • The first edition in English of the Baron de Sainte-Croix's Life of Alexander the Great, translated from the original French by Sir Richard Clayton
    The first edition in English of the Baron de Sainte-Croix's Life of Alexander the Great, translated from the original French by Sir Richard Clayton

    SAINTE-CROIX, Baron de; CLAYTON, Sir Richard (translator).
    A Critical Inquiry into the Life of Alexander the Great, 1793.
    £500.00

  • Parashat Drakhim ('Crossroads' in Hebrew) is a homiletical work by Judah ben Samuel Rosanes, the Chief Rabbi of the Ottoman Empire.
    Parashat Drakhim ('Crossroads' in Hebrew) is a homiletical work by Judah ben Samuel Rosanes, the Chief Rabbi of the Ottoman Empire.

    ROSANES, Judah ben Samuel.
    Sefer Parashat Drakhim. 1799.
    £500.00

  • The first edition, first issue of John Stuart Mill's Autobiography in the publisher's pebble-grain green cloth
    The first edition, first issue of John Stuart Mill's Autobiography in the publisher's pebble-grain green cloth

    MILL, John Stuart.
    Autobiography. 1873.
    £500.00

  • First edition of these memoirs of an early nineteenth-century English-Jewish circus comedian.
    First edition of these memoirs of an early nineteenth-century English-Jewish circus comedian.

    DECASTRO, J[acob]; HUMPHRYS, R. (editor).
    The Memoirs of J. Decastro, Comedian. 1824.
    £500.00

  • First edition of the laws of the Great Synagogue.
    First edition of the laws of the Great Synagogue.

    [THE GREAT SYNAGOGUE].
    Laws of the Congregation of the Great Synagogue, Duke's Place, London. 1827.
    £500.00

  • 'Sefer Trumat Hadeshen' and 'Psukim U'Ktavim' concidered important responsa works by one of the greatest halakhic authorities of Ashkenaz.
    'Sefer Trumat Hadeshen' and 'Psukim U'Ktavim' concidered important responsa works by one of the greatest halakhic authorities of Ashkenaz.

    ISSERLEIN, Israel ben Pethachiah Ashkenazi.
    Sefer Trumat HaDeshen 1778.
    £500.00

  • A first edition of The British Museum is Falling Down by David Lodge.
    A first edition of The British Museum is Falling Down by David Lodge.

    LODGE, David.
    The British Museum is Falling Down. 1965.
    £500.00

  • The Potting Shed.
    The Potting Shed.

    GREENE, Graham.
    The Potting Shed. 1958.
    £500.00

  • First edition of Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene, inscribed by the author to Jeanne Stonor.
    First edition of Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene, inscribed by the author to Jeanne Stonor.

    GREENE, Graham.
    Monsignor Quixote. 1982.
    £500.00

  • The Family Herbal,
    The Family Herbal,

    HILL, Sir John.
    The Family Herbal, 1812.
    £500.00

  • First edition of First Childhood by Lord Berners, inscribed by the author.
    First edition of First Childhood by Lord Berners, inscribed by the author.

    BERNERS, [Gerald] Lord.
    First Childhood. 1934.
    £500.00

  • A first edition, first impression copy of Nerve by Francis Dick
    A first edition, first impression copy of Nerve by Francis Dick

    FRANCIS, Dick.
    Nerve. 1964.
    £500.00

  • A handsome copy of The Art of Golf by Sir W.G. Simpson.
    A handsome copy of The Art of Golf by Sir W.G. Simpson.

    SIMPSON, Sir W.G.
    The Art of Golf. 1892.
    £500.00

  • First American edition of Tolkien's The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
    First American edition of Tolkien's The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

    TOLKIEN, J. R. R.
    The Adventures of Tom Bombadil 1963.
    £500.00

  • A finely bound set of Lord Byron's works
    A finely bound set of Lord Byron's works

    BYRON, Lord.
    The Works of the Right Honorable Lord Byron. 1815.
    £500.00

  • An attractive later printing of Samuel Bagster's Polyglot Bible, bound in contemporary black morocco with hallmarked silver clasps in full working order
    An attractive later printing of Samuel Bagster's Polyglot Bible, bound in contemporary black morocco with hallmarked silver clasps in full working order

    [Biblia Polyglotta].
    The English Version of the Polyglot Bible; [c.1868].
    £500.00

  • First edition of Parkinson's account of the narrative of the ocean telegraph to India with a colour lithograph frontispiece and two further lithographs.
    First edition of Parkinson's account of the narrative of the ocean telegraph to India with a colour lithograph frontispiece and two further lithographs.

    PARKINSON, J.C.
    The ocean telegraph to India 1870.
    £500.00

  • First edition of Robert Rhea's contribution to Dow Theory, named for the founder of The Wall Street Journal, Charles Dow and his trend-following aproach.
    First edition of Robert Rhea's contribution to Dow Theory, named for the founder of The Wall Street Journal, Charles Dow and his trend-following aproach.

    RHEA, Robert.
    The Dow Theory. 1932.
    £500.00

  • A first edition of Queen Victoria by Richard R. Holmes with illustrated plates depicting her domestic life.
    A first edition of Queen Victoria by Richard R. Holmes with illustrated plates depicting her domestic life.

    HOLMES, Richard R.
    Queen Victoria. 1897.
    £500.00

  • The second edition of John Evelyn's Memoirs. Ex libris of the celebrated Romantic poet, Samuel Rogers.
    The second edition of John Evelyn's Memoirs. Ex libris of the celebrated Romantic poet, Samuel Rogers.

    EVELYN, John.
    Memoirs, 1819.
    £500.00

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