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  • Claes Oldenburg, Sculpture in the Form of a Bicycle Saddle, 1976, cast ceramic, mahogany, sand, signed, from the edition of 36
    Claes Oldenburg, Sculpture in the Form of a Bicycle Saddle, 1976, cast ceramic, mahogany, sand, signed, from the edition of 36

    OLDENBURG, Claes
    Sculpture in the Form of a Bicycle Saddle 1976
    £7,500.00

  • The Essay marks the beginning of the modern development in knowledge of crystal structure.
    The Essay marks the beginning of the modern development in knowledge of crystal structure.

    BOYLE, Robert.
    An Essay About the Origine & Virtues of Gems, 1672.
    £7,500.00

  • A fine 19th-century Esther Scroll from the Balkans, in a silver gilt case, in Hebrew Sephardic Script.

    [ESTHER SCROLL].
    [Esther Scroll housed in silver gilt decorative case, untitled]. 19th century.
    £7,500.00

  • Finely produced portfolio of illustrations by the official artist of the Citroen Central Asia Expedition, capturing the peoples and landcapses of Peris<br />
    Finely produced portfolio of illustrations by the official artist of the Citroen Central Asia Expedition, capturing the peoples and landcapses of Peris<br />

    IACOVLEFF, Alexandre [YAKOVLEV, Aleksandr].
    Dessins et peintures d'Asie. [1934].
    £7,500.00

  • The present work is illustrated by George Barbier who provides beautiful illustrations of the mythological Centaur and the Bacchante, a follower of Bacchus
    The present work is illustrated by George Barbier who provides beautiful illustrations of the mythological Centaur and the Bacchante, a follower of Bacchus

    BARBIER, George (illustrator); GUÉRIN, Maurice de.
    Poèmes en Prose 1928.
    £7,500.00

  • A fine example of Les Masques et les Personnages de la Comédie Italienne by d'Houville, with full set of 12 pochoir plates by Reidel after Brunelleschi.
    A fine example of Les Masques et les Personnages de la Comédie Italienne by d'Houville, with full set of 12 pochoir plates by Reidel after Brunelleschi.

    BRUNELLESCHI, Umberto (artist); d'HOUVILLE, Gérard.
    Les Masques et les Personnages de la Comédie Italienne. 1914.
    £7,500.00

  • A modern Haggadah with hand-printed illustrations by Yaacov Agam, one of 9 copies signed by the artist.
    A modern Haggadah with hand-printed illustrations by Yaacov Agam, one of 9 copies signed by the artist.

    [HAGGADAH]. AGAM, Yaacov (illustrator).
    Haggadah shel Pesach. 1985.
    £7,500.00

  • A fine pair of marine drawings depicting East India Company ships.
    A fine pair of marine drawings depicting East India Company ships.

    HOOD, John.
    A fine pair of marine drawings depicting East India Company ships.
    £7,500.00

  • Important art nouveau work incorporating plants into decorative motifs. 3 colour titles and 196 lithograph plates, 113 in colour. Original binding.
    Important art nouveau work incorporating plants into decorative motifs. 3 colour titles and 196 lithograph plates, 113 in colour. Original binding.

    SEDER, Anton.
    Die Pflanze in Kunst und Gewerbe. n.d. [1890].
    £7,500.00

  • [Album of Istanbul].
    [Album of Istanbul].

    BERGGREN, G[uillaume].
    [Album of Istanbul]. [late 19th century].
    £7,500.00

  • A most attractive series of watercolours on vellum including a fine China rose.
    A most attractive series of watercolours on vellum including a fine China rose.

    DRUMMOND, Charlotte.
    Album of Botanical Watercolours. 1820.
    £7,500.00

  • Hog Hunting, the set of 4.
    Hog Hunting, the set of 4.

    PLATT, Capt. John.
    Hog Hunting, the set of 4. c. 1840].
    £7,500.00

  • Grayson Perry's self portrait of the artist in his studio. Reclining Artist is both an idealized fantasy and also the messy reality.
    Grayson Perry's self portrait of the artist in his studio. Reclining Artist is both an idealized fantasy and also the messy reality.

    PERRY, Grayson
    Reclining Artist 2017
    £7,280.00

  • First French edition of Roggeveen's voyage by Carl Friedrich Behrens, the commander of marines, and the first European to step foot on Rapa Nui
    First French edition of Roggeveen's voyage by Carl Friedrich Behrens, the commander of marines, and the first European to step foot on Rapa Nui

    [BEHRENS, Carl Friedrich].
    Histoire de l'expedition de trois vasseaux, 1739.
    £7,250.00

  • Esther scroll housed in an elaborately decorated silver case. Manuscript on vellum, text arranged in 19 lines, in Hebrew Sephardic Script.
    Esther scroll housed in an elaborately decorated silver case. Manuscript on vellum, text arranged in 19 lines, in Hebrew Sephardic Script.

    [ESTHER SCROLL].
    [Esther Scroll housed in silver decorative case, untitled]. early 19th century.
    £7,150.00

  • Portrait of Djuna Barnes.

    ABBOTT, Berenice.
    Portrait of Djuna Barnes. 1925.
    £7,000.00

  • Le Petit Tiranon, Versailles.

    ATGET, Eugène.
    Le Petit Tiranon, Versailles. 1921.
    £7,000.00

  • rare inscribed copy of the first edition of Mawson's classic account of heroic age exploit' with stunning photography
    rare inscribed copy of the first edition of Mawson's classic account of heroic age exploit' with stunning photography

    MAWSON, Sir Douglas.
    The Home of the Blizzard 1915.
    £7,000.00

  • 'These are very handsome folio plates whose composition is similar to those in Dresser's book' (Jackson).
    'These are very handsome folio plates whose composition is similar to those in Dresser's book' (Jackson).

    BOOTH, Edward Thomas.
    Rough notes on the birds observed during twenty-five years' shooting and collecting in the British Islands. 1881-1887.
    £7,000.00

  • embossing and screenprint to honour Leo Castelliu Gallery.

    JOHNS, Jasper
    The Critic Sees, from Ten from Leo Castelli portfolio 1967
    £7,000.00

  • Showcasing her incredible graphic, the artist said of her 'Opposing Forms' that the drawings were 'sculptures born in the disguise of two dimensions'.

    HEPWORTH, Barbara
    Two Ancestral Figures
    £7,000.00

  • deluxe version uncommon lavish production dedicated to the patriotic war, rarely complete and here in the very scarce preferred version fully bound
    deluxe version uncommon lavish production dedicated to the patriotic war, rarely complete and here in the very scarce preferred version fully bound

    [NAPOLEONIC WARS]. BOZHOVSKIY, Vasiliy Konstantinovich.
    Vystavka 1812 goda: illyustrirovannoe izdanie. 1913.
    £7,000.00

  • a collection of the earliest views of the russian cities on the volga river and in siberia, engraved by russian masters
    a collection of the earliest views of the russian cities on the volga river and in siberia, engraved by russian masters

    MAKHAEV, Mikhail Ivanovich and others.
    Piat' vidov rossiyskikh i sibirskikh gorodov. 1769-1771.
    £6,950.00

  • Officina Bodoni, Verona, text in Latin, Italian, English, one of the most beautiful of Mardesteig's productions with hand-colouring
    Officina Bodoni, Verona, text in Latin, Italian, English, one of the most beautiful of Mardesteig's productions with hand-colouring

    AESOP.
    The Fables... 1973.
    £6,900.00

  • Two screenprints from 1967 firmly rooted in the British Pop Art movement show the artists lifelong interest in collage.

    TILSON, Joe
    New York Decals 3 and 4
    £6,780.00

  • The first edition in English of Max Weber's seminal essay on The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism, translated into English by Talcott Parsons
    The first edition in English of Max Weber's seminal essay on The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism, translated into English by Talcott Parsons

    WEBER, Max.
    The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism. 1930.
    £6,750.00

  • The first edition in English of Tacitus' Annal and Germania translated by Richard Grenewey, bound with, as issued, the Histories and Life of Agricola by Sir Henry Savile
    The first edition in English of Tacitus' Annal and Germania translated by Richard Grenewey, bound with, as issued, the Histories and Life of Agricola by Sir Henry Savile

    TACITUS, Publius Cornelius; GRENEWEY, Richard & SAVILE, Sir Henry (translators).
    The Annales of Cornelius Tacitus. 1598.
    £6,750.00

  • Rare oval variant of the well-known engraving of Cook's death, after an original oil painting of the scene by John Webber.

    WEBBER, John (after); BARTOLOZZI, Francesco (engraver) & BYRNE, William (engraver).
    Death of Captain Cook in February 1779, [1784].
    £6,750.00

  • First English edition of Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse, in the exceptionally rare dustjacket
    First English edition of Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse, in the exceptionally rare dustjacket

    HESSE, Hermann; CREIGHTON, Basil (translator).
    Steppenwolf. 1929.
    £6,750.00

  • First edition of La Casa dei Doganieri by Eugenio Montale, inscribed by the author and signed by the contributing artists.
    First edition of La Casa dei Doganieri by Eugenio Montale, inscribed by the author and signed by the contributing artists.

    MONTALE, Eugenio.
    La Casa dei Doganieri e altri versi 1932.
    £6,750.00

  • The first edition of the only known Halakhic work by Recanati, who is better known for his Kabbalistic work.
    The first edition of the only known Halakhic work by Recanati, who is better known for his Kabbalistic work.

    RECANATI, Menahem ben Benjamin.
    Piskey Halakhot M'hamekubal. 1538.
    £6,750.00

  • The Happy Prince comprises five children's stories by Oscar Wilde, first edition illusttrated and embellished by Walter Crane and Jacomb Hood, 1888, dust-jacket
    The Happy Prince comprises five children's stories by Oscar Wilde, first edition illusttrated and embellished by Walter Crane and Jacomb Hood, 1888, dust-jacket

    WILDE, Oscar; CRANE, Walter & HOOD, Jacomb (illustrators).
    The Happy Prince and Other Tales. 1888.
    £6,750.00

  • The first 4to edition of Jean Baptiste Du Halde's Description Géographique, Historique, Chronologique, Politique et Physique de l'Empire de la Chine, one of the most important early works on China amalgamating 27 different missionary voyages.
    The first 4to edition of Jean Baptiste Du Halde's Description Géographique, Historique, Chronologique, Politique et Physique de l'Empire de la Chine, one of the most important early works on China amalgamating 27 different missionary voyages.

    DU HALDE, Jean Baptiste.
    Description Géographique, Historique, Chronologique, Politique et Physique 1736.
    £6,750.00

  • Every Building on the Sunset Strip.
    Every Building on the Sunset Strip.

    RUSCHA, Ed.
    Every Building on the Sunset Strip. 1966.
    £6,750.00

  • Attractive, fresh example of the atlas, from the most desirable edition enhanced with new and larger plates
    Attractive, fresh example of the atlas, from the most desirable edition enhanced with new and larger plates

    CHARDIN, Sir John.
    Voyages du Chevalier Chardin, en Perse, et autres lieux de l'Orient, 1811.
    £6,750.00

  • A signed, limited edition copy of Orlando by Virginia Woolf, Nigel Nicholson, Vita Sackville-West's son, declared <em>Orlando</em> to be 'the longest love letter in literature', 1928
    A signed, limited edition copy of Orlando by Virginia Woolf, Nigel Nicholson, Vita Sackville-West's son, declared <em>Orlando</em> to be 'the longest love letter in literature', 1928

    WOOLF, Virginia.
    Orlando: A Biography. 1928.
    £6,500.00

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