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  • The scarcer Arabic edition of Two Glorious Years in the History of Abu Dhabi (Amman Zahyan fi Tarikh 'Imarat Abu Dhabi), produced to mark the second anniversary of Sheikh Zayed's rule.
    The scarcer Arabic edition of Two Glorious Years in the History of Abu Dhabi (Amman Zahyan fi Tarikh 'Imarat Abu Dhabi), produced to mark the second anniversary of Sheikh Zayed's rule.

    [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES].
    Amman Zahyan fi Tarikh 'Imarat Abu Dhabi. [1968].
    £8,500.00

  • Alexander Calder, Frontispiece, 1976, lithograph in colours, signed and numbered, artists proof, edition of 175
    Alexander Calder, Frontispiece, 1976, lithograph in colours, signed and numbered, artists proof, edition of 175

    CALDER, Alexander
    Frontispiece, from Our Unfinished Revolution 1976
    £8,500.00

  • Photographic Album of India, Delhi, and Agra by Samuel Bourne, containing 51 captivating views of Delhi, Agra and surrounding environs of the Utter Pradesh.
    Photographic Album of India, Delhi, and Agra by Samuel Bourne, containing 51 captivating views of Delhi, Agra and surrounding environs of the Utter Pradesh.

    BOURNE, Samuel.
    [Photographic Album of India, Delhi, and Agra]. [c.1880].
    £8,500.00

  • Lewis travelled to the Levant, but these drawings were made by Coke Smyth who was in Constantinople several years before Lewis visited that city.
    Lewis travelled to the Levant, but these drawings were made by Coke Smyth who was in Constantinople several years before Lewis visited that city.

    LEWIS, John Frederick.
    Illustrations in Constantinople made during a residence in that city in the years 1835-6. [1838].
    £8,500.00

  • A complete set of the exquisite series Falbalas et Fanfreluches by George Barbier
    A complete set of the exquisite series Falbalas et Fanfreluches by George Barbier

    BARBIER, George.
    Falbalas et Fanfreluches. 1922-1926.
    £8,500.00

  • First edition in original cloth of Richard Burton's Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, his account of his pilgrimage to be the first English Christian to freely enter Mecca.
    First edition in original cloth of Richard Burton's Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, his account of his pilgrimage to be the first English Christian to freely enter Mecca.

    BURTON, Sir Richard Francis.
    Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah. 1855-1856.
    £8,500.00

  • First edition. A rare and sought-after exhibition catalogue designed by El Lissitzky.
    First edition. A rare and sought-after exhibition catalogue designed by El Lissitzky.

    LISSITZKY, El.
    Vystavka Iaponskoe Kino [Exhibition of Japanese Cinema]. 1929.
    £8,500.00

  • An exceptional album containing hundreds of delicate and elaborate Chinese jianzhi paper cut-outs.
    An exceptional album containing hundreds of delicate and elaborate Chinese jianzhi paper cut-outs.

    [PAPER ART].
    Album of 19th-century Chinese jianzhi paper cut-outs. c. 1870.]
    £8,500.00

  • One of 25 large paper copies of the Iliad and Odyssey by Homer, edited by Thomas Grenville, presented to the Marquis of Stafford.
    One of 25 large paper copies of the Iliad and Odyssey by Homer, edited by Thomas Grenville, presented to the Marquis of Stafford.

    HOMER; GRENVILLE, Thomas (editor).
    Ilias kai Odysseia [Iliad and Odyssey, in Greek]. 1800-01.
    £8,500.00

  • Wyndham Lewis' Blast, together with Blast War Issue, one of the greatest periodicals of the 20th century.
    Wyndham Lewis' Blast, together with Blast War Issue, one of the greatest periodicals of the 20th century.

    LEWIS, Wyndham (editor); POUND, Ezra; ELIOT, T.S. [et al.].
    Blast [and] Blast: War Issue (all published). 1914 & 1915.
    £8,500.00

  • First edition of Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak in the first state dustjacket.
    First edition of Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak in the first state dustjacket.

    SENDAK, Maurice.
    Where The Wild Things Are. 1963.
    £8,500.00

  • Sam Francis, For the Blue Sons of the Air, 1990, edition of 150, screenprint in colours, wove paper
    Sam Francis, For the Blue Sons of the Air, 1990, edition of 150, screenprint in colours, wove paper

    FRANCIS, Sam
    For the Blue Sons of the Air 1990
    £8,500.00

  • Claes Oldenburg, Tea Bag, from the portfolio 4 on Plexiglas, 1966, screenprint, vinyl, felt, plexiglas, cord, signed, from the edition of 125
    Claes Oldenburg, Tea Bag, from the portfolio 4 on Plexiglas, 1966, screenprint, vinyl, felt, plexiglas, cord, signed, from the edition of 125

    OLDENBURG, Claes
    Tea Bag, from the portfolio 4 on Plexiglas 1966
    £8,500.00

  • Four mezzotint engravings by and after Ridinger showing hunting scenes.
    Four mezzotint engravings by and after Ridinger showing hunting scenes.

    RIDINGER, Johann Elias.
    Group of four mezzotint hunting plates. n.d. circa 1750.
    £8,500.00

  • A group of seven apples by Poiteau and Turpin. Fine stipple-engraved plates printed in colours and finished by hand.
    A group of seven apples by Poiteau and Turpin. Fine stipple-engraved plates printed in colours and finished by hand.

    POITEAU, A. & TURPIN, P.
    A Group of Seven Apples 1807-1835.
    £8,500.00

  • A set of 10 watercolour and gouache studies on pith paper. Contemporary red patterned silk binding.
    A set of 10 watercolour and gouache studies on pith paper. Contemporary red patterned silk binding.

    [CHINA EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER].
    Ceremonies with fantastic animals. 2nd half of 19th century].
    £8,500.00

  • The book is a compilation of texts from a number of the Red Books he had composed since his last publication, many of them now lost
    The book is a compilation of texts from a number of the Red Books he had composed since his last publication, many of them now lost

    REPTON, Humphry.
    Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. 1803.
    £8,500.00

  • A handsome sixteeth-century edition of the Geneva Bible, finely bound in eighteenth-century gilt-panelled calf, without the Concordance, but with the Booke of Common Prayer and metrical Psalmes
    A handsome sixteeth-century edition of the Geneva Bible, finely bound in eighteenth-century gilt-panelled calf, without the Concordance, but with the Booke of Common Prayer and metrical Psalmes

    [GENEVA VERSION]; STERNHOLD & HOPKINS (Psalmes).
    The Bible. 1589.
    £8,000.00

  • Les Portraits Imaginaires: One Plate (6.4.69 I)
    Les Portraits Imaginaires: One Plate (6.4.69 I)

    PICASSO, Pablo (After)
    Les Portraits Imaginaires: One Plate (6.4.69 I) 1969
    £8,000.00

  • An Original Illustration in the style of Reza Abbasi, possibly of Shah Abbas I, from Qajar Persia circa 1800

    [PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING].
    A teacher with his pupils, possibly a portrait of Shah Abbas I, circa 1800.
    £8,000.00

  • An important and rare collection of working music scores from the personal collection of Anna Pavlova.
    An important and rare collection of working music scores from the personal collection of Anna Pavlova.

    PAVLOVA, Anna.
    Collection of four music scores. 1910s-1920s.
    £8,000.00

  • The first edition in English of the Idiota de Mente, an important philosophical dialogue by the German humanist and Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa.
    The first edition in English of the Idiota de Mente, an important philosophical dialogue by the German humanist and Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa.

    [CUSANUS, Nicolas] CUSA, Nicholas of.
    The Idiot 1650.
    £8,000.00

  • 'This reprint from the second edition of Baedeker's Handbook to Greece (1894) is intended for sale solely within the kingdom of Greece.'
    'This reprint from the second edition of Baedeker's Handbook to Greece (1894) is intended for sale solely within the kingdom of Greece.'

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Athens and Its Immediate Environs. 1896.
    £8,000.00

  • Mezzotints on laid paper, good impressions.
    Mezzotints on laid paper, good impressions.

    FRYE, Thomas (1710-1762).
    [A group of four fashionable ladies]. [1761-2].
    £8,000.00

  • A charming prayer scroll containing prayers arranged in accordance to the 7 days of the week, Arabic manuscirpt on paper from Qajar Persia.
    A charming prayer scroll containing prayers arranged in accordance to the 7 days of the week, Arabic manuscirpt on paper from Qajar Persia.

    [QUR'ANIC SCROLL].
    Prayers for Daily Use, early 19th century.
    £8,000.00

  • Second, expanded edition in Italian of Nicolas de Nicolay's Le navigationi et viaggi, the finest pictorial introduction to Turkish characters and costume.
    Second, expanded edition in Italian of Nicolas de Nicolay's Le navigationi et viaggi, the finest pictorial introduction to Turkish characters and costume.

    NICOLAY, Nicolas de.
    Le navigationi et viaggi, fatti nella Turchia, 1580.
    £8,000.00

  • Limited edition of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, published by The Golden Cockerel Press and illustrated by Eric Gill.
    Limited edition of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, published by The Golden Cockerel Press and illustrated by Eric Gill.

    [GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]; CHAUCER, Geoffrey; GILL, Eric (illustrator).
    The Canterbury Tales. 1929-31.
    £8,000.00

  • Four mezzotints printed in colours of: Horation Nelson; Lieutenant General Hay Macdowall; John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun and Colonel Banastre Tarleton.
    Four mezzotints printed in colours of: Horation Nelson; Lieutenant General Hay Macdowall; John Hope, 4th Earl of Hopetoun and Colonel Banastre Tarleton.

    MACBETH-RAEBURN, Henry.
    English Nobility.
    1924.
    £8,000.00

  • Group of eight watercolour and gouache on pith paper showing Exotic Fruits, edged in turquoise silk ribbon and laid on paper. Framed and glazed.
    Group of eight watercolour and gouache on pith paper showing Exotic Fruits, edged in turquoise silk ribbon and laid on paper. Framed and glazed.

    [CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER].
    [A Group of 8 Watercolours of Exotic Fruit]. [Mid to late 19th century].
    £8,000.00

  • Large manuscript plan of Strasbourg - a unique item with fine colours, very unusual.

    [STRASBOURG] -
    Plan de Strasbourg avec ses environs. 1735.
    £8,000.00

  • A powerful etched portrait of Theodor Herzl by Hermann Struck, signed by both Hermann Struck and by Theodor Herzl himself.

    STRUCK, Hermann.
    Bildnis Theodor Herzl. 1903.
    £8,000.00

  • a fresh example with wide margins of this edition comprising 86 original fables of the 'russian lafontaine'
    a fresh example with wide margins of this edition comprising 86 original fables of the 'russian lafontaine'

    KRYLOV, Ivan Andreevich.
    Russian Fables by A.I. Krylov with parallel translation into French and Italian by different authors. 1825.
    £8,000.00

  • Royal Muscadine Grape plate no.48, "Muscatt of Alexander Grape plate no. 53, White Frontiniac Grape plate no. 54 & White Hamburgh Grape plate no. 60.
    Royal Muscadine Grape plate no.48, "Muscatt of Alexander Grape plate no. 53, White Frontiniac Grape plate no. 54 & White Hamburgh Grape plate no. 60.

    BROOKSHAW, George.
    [Series of Four Grapes]. 1812.
    £8,000.00

  • A fine set of the deluxe edition of a Himalayan classic, complete with all four volumes.
    A fine set of the deluxe edition of a Himalayan classic, complete with all four volumes.

    CONWAY, William Martin.
    Climbing and Exploration in The Karakoram-Himalayas. 1894.
    £7,750.00

  • Journal of H.M.S. "Royal George".
    Journal of H.M.S. "Royal George".

    [CRIMEAN WAR]; GRANT, A.D.
    Journal of H.M.S. "Royal George". 1853-1856.
    £7,500.00

  • First edition of Edward Donovan's important and beautifully hand-coloured entomological work, Epitome of the Natural Histry of the Insects of China, published in 1798.
    First edition of Edward Donovan's important and beautifully hand-coloured entomological work, Epitome of the Natural Histry of the Insects of China, published in 1798.

    DONOVAN, Edward.
    An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China: 1798.
    £7,500.00

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