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  • Kabuki classical Japanese dance-drama scenes and actor portraits, vividly capturing the stylised expression and elaborate make-up of the performers.
    Kabuki classical Japanese dance-drama scenes and actor portraits, vividly capturing the stylised expression and elaborate make-up of the performers.

    KUNISADA (Toyokuni III)
    A Kabuki Album. 1856
    £5,750.00

  • Very rare first edition of this legal treatise on trade and commerce. 2 volumes in one, folio, engraved allegorical frontispiece, Frankfurt, 1662.
    Very rare first edition of this legal treatise on trade and commerce. 2 volumes in one, folio, engraved allegorical frontispiece, Frankfurt, 1662.

    MARQUARD, Johann.
    Tractatus politico-juridicus 1662.
    £5,750.00

  • A very good copy of the atlas from the most desirable edition enhanced with new and larger plates.
    A very good copy 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.
    £5,750.00

  • Engravings with mezzotint, fine original hand-colour, fine impressions with margins.
    Engravings with mezzotint, fine original hand-colour, fine impressions with margins.

    BURFORD, Thomas (1710-1774); SEYMOUR, James (after).
    [Set of Four Fox Hunting Prints]. 1787.
    £5,750.00

  • First edition, the complete set with both text and photo volumes, of this important, early scientific report on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by representatives f the Manhattan Project.
    First edition, the complete set with both text and photo volumes, of this important, early scientific report on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by representatives f the Manhattan Project.

    [Manhattan Project]. Manhattan Engineer District.
    The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [and] Photographs of the Atomic Bombings [June 29, 1946].
    £5,700.00

  • A rare and important record of Hamilton's voyage across Egypt to Sudan and the Hedjaz, with a dedicated chapter on Islam and the life of the Prophet.
    A rare and important record of Hamilton's voyage across Egypt to Sudan and the Hedjaz, with a dedicated chapter on Islam and the life of the Prophet.

    HAMILTON, James.
    Sinai, the Hedjaz, and Soudan: 1857.
    £5,500.00

  • An impressive mid-seventeenth century King James Bible, splendidly preserved in an English Restoration binding of gilt panelled blackmorocco with silver furniture including the original working clasps
    An impressive mid-seventeenth century King James Bible, splendidly preserved in an English Restoration binding of gilt panelled blackmorocco with silver furniture including the original working clasps

    [KING JAMES VERSION]; STERNHOLD & HOPKINS (Psalms).
    The Holy Bible 1648.
    £5,500.00

  • Group of Six Wedgewood Ceramics

    RATHBONE, Frederick.
    Group of Six Wedgewood Ceramics 1898
    £5,500.00

  • First edition and the last series started by Karl Baedeker himself.
    First edition and the last series started by Karl Baedeker himself.

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Frankreich. Paris und Umgebungen, 1855.
    £5,500.00

  • 44 hand-coloured lithographed plates on Parisian & London life by Henry Monnier, in which he recorded the manners and life of both cities.
    44 hand-coloured lithographed plates on Parisian & London life by Henry Monnier, in which he recorded the manners and life of both cities.

    MONNIER, Henry, illustrator
    Moeurs Administrative dessinés d'aprés nature 1828.
    £5,500.00

  • [Beirut].

    DE CLERCQ, Louis.
    [Beirut]. [c.1860].
    £5,500.00

  • Joan Miro, One Plate, from Ubu au Baleares, 1971, on Japon nacre paper, signed, printed by Mourlot
    Joan Miro, One Plate, from Ubu au Baleares, 1971, on Japon nacre paper, signed, printed by Mourlot

    MIRO, Joan
    One Plate, from Ubu aux Baléares 1971
    £5,200.00

  • Joan Miro, One Plate, from Ubu au Baleares, 1971, on Japon nacre paper, signed, printed by Mourlot
    Joan Miro, One Plate, from Ubu au Baleares, 1971, on Japon nacre paper, signed, printed by Mourlot

    MIRO, Joan
    One Plate, from Ubu aux Baléares 1971
    £5,200.00

  • Screenprint, 1976, edition of 100 with 15 artist's proofs, printed at Kelpra Studio, London, published by Waddington Graphics, London

    CAULFIELD, Patrick
    For John Constable
    £5,200.00

  • This edition of Thomas Hobbe's Art of Rhetoric marks the first publication of his Dialogue between a Phylosopher and a Student of the Common-Laws of England
    This edition of Thomas Hobbe's Art of Rhetoric marks the first publication of his Dialogue between a Phylosopher and a Student of the Common-Laws of England

    HOBBES, Thomas.
    The Art of Rhetoric, 1681.
    £5,000.00

  • The first edition of Stewart Kyd's Treatise on the Law of Corporations, uncut in the orignal boards
    The first edition of Stewart Kyd's Treatise on the Law of Corporations, uncut in the orignal boards

    KYD, Stewart.
    A Treatise on the Law of Corporations. 1793-1794.
    £5,000.00

  • The first Merriam-Webster edition of An American Diction of the English Language in the publisher's presentation binding to Richard Cobden
    The first Merriam-Webster edition of An American Diction of the English Language in the publisher's presentation binding to Richard Cobden

    WEBSTER, Noah.
    An American Dictionary of the English Language; 1848.
    £5,000.00

  • The second edition of the collected works in English of Niccolò Machiavelli, bound in cotnemporary blind-ruled calf
    The second edition of the collected works in English of Niccolò Machiavelli, bound in cotnemporary blind-ruled calf

    MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò; NEVILLE, Henry (translator).
    The Works 1680.
    £5,000.00

  • The first edition in English of Aristotle's Metaphysics, translated by Thomas Taylor
    The first edition in English of Aristotle's Metaphysics, translated by Thomas Taylor

    ARISTOTLE; TAYLOR, Thomas (translator).
    The Metaphysics of Aristotle, 1801.
    £5,000.00

  • The first edition of Francis Bacon's Twoo Bookes of the proficiencie and advancement of learning, one of his earliest philosophical works and the only one published in England
    The first edition of Francis Bacon's Twoo Bookes of the proficiencie and advancement of learning, one of his earliest philosophical works and the only one published in England

    BACON, Francis.
    The Tvvoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. 1605.
    £5,000.00

  • The first edition of Andrew Carnegie's The Gospel of Wealth, inscribed by him to Robert Story, Principal of the University of Glasgow
    The first edition of Andrew Carnegie's The Gospel of Wealth, inscribed by him to Robert Story, Principal of the University of Glasgow

    CARNEGIE, Andrew.
    The Gospel of Wealth, 1901.
    £5,000.00

  • A first edition of Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming, the second book in the James Bond series.
    A first edition of Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming, the second book in the James Bond series.

    FLEMING, Ian.
    Live and Let Die. 1954.
    £5,000.00

  • Sadok Sudei II [A Trap for Judges II].
    Sadok Sudei II [A Trap for Judges II].

    GONCHAROVA, Natalia; BURLIUK, David & Volodymyr; KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei; KHLEBNIKOV, Velimir; GURO, Elena.
    Sadok Sudei II [A Trap for Judges II]. 1913.
    £5,000.00

  • Lovely survival of a magnificently illuminated border design from a qajar manuscript.
    Lovely survival of a magnificently illuminated border design from a qajar manuscript.

    [TAZHIB DESIGN].
    Double-page tazhib border illumination, last quarter of 19th century.
    £5,000.00

  • First edition of Sporting Discoveries or the Miseries of Shooting by Henry Alken, with 7 satirical hand-coloured plates.
    First edition of Sporting Discoveries or the Miseries of Shooting by Henry Alken, with 7 satirical hand-coloured plates.

    ALKEN, Henry.
    Sporting Discoveries, 1816.
    £5,000.00

  • The first facsimile edition of the first folio containing the Comedes, Histories, & Tragedies of William Shakespeare
    The first facsimile edition of the first folio containing the Comedes, Histories, & Tragedies of William Shakespeare

    SHAKESPEARE, William.
    Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. 1807].
    £5,000.00

  • Moorcroft's travel narrative traces the journey of the author and Trebeck from Bareilly to Bokhara in the years 1819 to 1825.
    Moorcroft's travel narrative traces the journey of the author and Trebeck from Bareilly to Bokhara in the years 1819 to 1825.

    MOORCROFT, William; TREBECK, George.
    Travels in the Himalayan provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab; 1841.
    £5,000.00

  • A fine book containing the earliest known illustrations of British field sports
    A fine book containing the earliest known illustrations of British field sports

    BLOME, Richard.
    The Gentleman's Recreation. 1686.
    £5,000.00

  • The poor rate assessment ledger for the parish of St. James Duke's Place, Aldgate, a testament to a thriving Jewish community in the heart of London.
    The poor rate assessment ledger for the parish of St. James Duke's Place, Aldgate, a testament to a thriving Jewish community in the heart of London.

    [POOR RATE LEDGER].
    St. James Dukes Place Poor Rate from Lady Day 1825 to Midsummer 1825. 1825.
    £5,000.00

  • The Pittsburgh Stock Exchange.
    The Pittsburgh Stock Exchange.

    [STOCK EXCHANGE RESULTS 1910-1932]
    The Pittsburgh Stock Exchange. 1910-1932
    £5,000.00

  • First edition, first printing of the founding text of modern psychology
    First edition, first printing of the founding text of modern psychology

    JAMES, William.
    The Principles of Psychology. 1890.
    £5,000.00

  • The edition deluxe of Birds of Arabia by Meinerthagen, one of ten specially bound copies with a unique bird of prey design to the front cover.
    The edition deluxe of Birds of Arabia by Meinerthagen, one of ten specially bound copies with a unique bird of prey design to the front cover.

    MEINERTZHAGEN, Colonel R.
    Birds of Arabia. 1980.
    £5,000.00

  • A superb copy of Ferer Maldonado's account of a spurious 1588 voyage, during which the Spanish navigator claimed to have discovered the Northwest Passage.
    A superb copy of Ferer Maldonado's account of a spurious 1588 voyage, during which the Spanish navigator claimed to have discovered the Northwest Passage.

    FERRER MALDONADO, Lorenzo.
    Viaggio dal mare Atlantico al Pacifico per la via del nord-ouest fatto 1811.
    £5,000.00

  • First edition of The Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea by Carlo Bossoli, containing 51 views of Crimea and the Ukraine.
    First edition of The Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea by Carlo Bossoli, containing 51 views of Crimea and the Ukraine.

    [UKRAINE]. BOSSOLI, Carlo (illustrator).
    The Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea. 1856.
    £5,000.00

  • The first edition printed in England of Jean Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, in a contemporary English gilt calf binding.
    The first edition printed in England of Jean Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion, in a contemporary English gilt calf binding.

    CALVIN, Jean; BUNNY, Edmund (editor).
    Institutio Christianae Religionis. 1576.
    £5,000.00

  • The rare, mimeographed text of Robert Oppenheimer's Caltech lecture series The Problems of the Interaction of Elementary Particles, presented in January of 1950.
    The rare, mimeographed text of Robert Oppenheimer's Caltech lecture series The Problems of the Interaction of Elementary Particles, presented in January of 1950.

    OPPENHEIMER, Robert.
    The Problems of the Interaction of Elementary Particles. January, 1950.
    £5,000.00

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