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  • First editions of Eyup Sabri Pasa's Mir'âtü'l-Mecca and Mir'âtü'l-Haremayn, a scarce history of of the Haramayn and Hejaz, Mecca and Medina, in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic.
    First editions of Eyup Sabri Pasa's Mir'âtü'l-Mecca and Mir'âtü'l-Haremayn, a scarce history of of the Haramayn and Hejaz, Mecca and Medina, in Ottoman Turkish and Arabic.

    SABRI PAŞA, Eyüp.
    Mir'âtü'l-Mecca [and] Mir'âtü'l-Haremayn. 1302-06 AH (1885-90 CE).
    £14,500.00

  • First and only edition of "My Log" by Alexander Carnegy, a rare account of travel through the Arabian Gulf, stopping at Bahrain and Kuwait before travelling up the Euphrates. Owned by the author's nephew and cousin.
    First and only edition of "My Log" by Alexander Carnegy, a rare account of travel through the Arabian Gulf, stopping at Bahrain and Kuwait before travelling up the Euphrates. Owned by the author's nephew and cousin.

    CARNEGY, Alexander.
    "My Log." 1878.
    £14,500.00

  • The first edition of Sir James Steuart's Inquiry into the Principles of Political Oeconomy, handsomely bound in contemporary mottled calf.
    The first edition of Sir James Steuart's Inquiry into the Principles of Political Oeconomy, handsomely bound in contemporary mottled calf.

    STEUART, Sir James.
    An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Oeconomy: 1767.
    £14,500.00

  • First and only edition, including in the preface Dalrymple's appeal to lead a voyage of discovery to the South Atlantic.
    First and only edition, including in the preface Dalrymple's appeal to lead a voyage of discovery to the South Atlantic.

    DALRYMPLE, Alexander.
    A Collection of Voyages chiefly in the Southern Atlantick Ocean. 1775.
    £14,000.00

  • A Large Collection of Lantern Slides Depicting the Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb.
    A Large Collection of Lantern Slides Depicting the Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb.

    CARTER, Howard; BURTON, Harry.
    A Large Collection of Lantern Slides Depicting the Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb. 1924].
    £13,500.00

  • The first English edition of the first Russian circumnavigation, providing detailed information on Japan, the Northwest coast of America and Hawai'i.
    The first English edition of the first Russian circumnavigation, providing detailed information on Japan, the Northwest coast of America and Hawai'i.

    KRUSENSTERN, Capt. A.J. von.
    Voyage round the World 1813.
    £13,500.00

  • An excellent set of the first edition of Sven Hedin's Southern Tibet, masterwork, on his third and most ambitious expedition. He was the first European to reach the holy Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar.
    An excellent set of the first edition of Sven Hedin's Southern Tibet, masterwork, on his third and most ambitious expedition. He was the first European to reach the holy Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar.

    HEDIN, Sven.
    Southern Tibet. 1916-1922.
    £13,500.00

  • Modes et manières d'aujourd'hui.
    Modes et manières d'aujourd'hui.

    BARBIER, George; LEPAPE, Georges; MARTIN, Charles; MARTY, Andre.
    Modes et manières d'aujourd'hui. 1913-1922.
    £13,500.00

  • Alex Katz, Olivia 1, 2025, silkscreen, signed by the artist, from the edition of 50, on saunders 425 gsm paper
    Alex Katz, Olivia 1, 2025, silkscreen, signed by the artist, from the edition of 50, on saunders 425 gsm paper

    KATZ, Alex
    Olivia 1 2025
    £13,500.00

  • Descriptive Map of London Poverty 1889.
    Descriptive Map of London Poverty 1889.

    BOOTH, Charles.
    Descriptive Map of London Poverty 1889. 1891.
    £13,500.00

  • Claes Oldenburg, Miniature Soft Drum Set, 1970, screenprint, canvas, washline, wood, spray enamel, signed, from the edition of 200
    Claes Oldenburg, Miniature Soft Drum Set, 1970, screenprint, canvas, washline, wood, spray enamel, signed, from the edition of 200

    OLDENBURG, Claes
    Miniature Soft Drum Set 1970
    £13,000.00

  • Archive of letters to Verney Lovett Cameron compiled by his wife Amy,
    Archive of letters to Verney Lovett Cameron compiled by his wife Amy,

    CAMERON, Verney Lovett.
    Archive of letters to Verney Lovett Cameron compiled by his wife Amy, 1870-1894; London, Daldy, Isbister & Co, 1877.
    £12,500.00

  • The first edition in English of the collected works of Niccolò Machiavelli, comprising The Prince, History of Florence, Discourses on Livy, and The Art of War, together with his lesssener known works.
    The first edition in English of the collected works of Niccolò Machiavelli, comprising The Prince, History of Florence, Discourses on Livy, and The Art of War, together with his lesssener known works.

    MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò; NEVILLE, Henry (translator).
    The Works of the Famous Nicolas Machiavel, 1675.
    £12,500.00

  • The first edition of the collected works of the Protestant marturs William Tyndale, John Frifth and Robert Barnes in English
    The first edition of the collected works of the Protestant marturs William Tyndale, John Frifth and Robert Barnes in English

    TYNDALE, William; FRITH, John; BARNES, Robert; FOXE, John (editor).
    [The whole workes of W. Tyndall, An. 1573].
    £12,500.00

  • The first edition of the defining doctrinal statement of the Edwardian Refomation, comprising his catechism and the Forty-Two Articles
    The first edition of the defining doctrinal statement of the Edwardian Refomation, comprising his catechism and the Forty-Two Articles

    [PONET, John].
    Catechismus brevis Chistianae disciplinae summam continens, Anno Do. M. D. LIII [1553].
    £12,500.00

  • First edition, large paper copy, of The History of Java by Thomas Stamford Raffles, specially bound for presentation, of this iconic and foundational work on Java and Southeast Asia.
    First edition, large paper copy, of The History of Java by Thomas Stamford Raffles, specially bound for presentation, of this iconic and foundational work on Java and Southeast Asia.

    RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford.
    The History of Java. 1817.
    £12,500.00

  • An exquisite album of Japanese watercolours depicting 64 varieties of camellia and 12 hibiscus, handmade by Mataemon Shibakawa II in 1933.
    An exquisite album of Japanese watercolours depicting 64 varieties of camellia and 12 hibiscus, handmade by Mataemon Shibakawa II in 1933.

    SHIBAKAWA, Mataemon II.
    Hana yose. 1933.
    £12,500.00

  • First edition of Brindesi's Souvenirs de Constantinople in excellent condition and in the original cloth, an important set of views of the Ottoman Empire.
    First edition of Brindesi's Souvenirs de Constantinople in excellent condition and in the original cloth, an important set of views of the Ottoman Empire.

    BRINDESI, Jean.
    Souvenirs de Constantinople. [1855].
    £12,500.00

  • [A Group of eight engravings of Flowers, Insects and Fruits].
    [A Group of eight engravings of Flowers, Insects and Fruits].

    [MERIAN, Maria Sibylla].
    [A Group of eight engravings of Flowers, Insects and Fruits]. 1719.
    £12,500.00

  • Arrowsmith's Map of India of 1804, dedicated to Mark Wood, showing British India following the defeat of Tipu Sultan and the conquest of Mysore.

    ARROWSMITH, A.
    To Mark Wood Esq. M.P., Colonel of the Army in India, 1804.
    £12,500.00

  • First edition of Roderick Mackenzie's A Sketch of the War with Tippoo Sultaun, the first Indian printed account of the Third Anglo-Mysore War, and the first printed eye-witness account alongside that of the much shorter and more common Dirom.
    First edition of Roderick Mackenzie's A Sketch of the War with Tippoo Sultaun, the first Indian printed account of the Third Anglo-Mysore War, and the first printed eye-witness account alongside that of the much shorter and more common Dirom.

    MACKENZIE, Roderick.
    A Sketch of the War with Tippoo Sultaun; 1793-1794.
    £12,500.00

  • An early and scarce example of the kazan quran printed in 1821
    An early and scarce example of the kazan quran printed in 1821

    [QUR'AN].
    Kazan Qur'an. 1821.
    £12,500.00

  • First edition of Van de Velde's Le Pays d'Israel, one of the best illustrated works on the Holy Land and Lebanon with 100 lithographs.
    First edition of Van de Velde's Le Pays d'Israel, one of the best illustrated works on the Holy Land and Lebanon with 100 lithographs.

    VAN DE VELDE, Carel Wilhelm Meredith.
    Le Pays d'Israel. 1857.
    £12,500.00

  • A large manuscript topographic map of the Georgian capital Tbilisi.
    A large manuscript topographic map of the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

    [MANUSCRIPT MAP OF TBILISI].
    Nivellirnyi plan goroda Tiflisa sostavlennyi po trianguliatsii, semke i invellirovke goroda v 1879-1881 gg. inzhenerami putei soobshcheniia S. Umanskim, A. Popovy, i P. Zamiatninym. 1879 - 1881.
    £12,500.00

  • First edition, the complete 1953 volume of the journal Nature containing the first four papers on the structure of DNA, signed by Francis Crick on the first paper, 'A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid'
    First edition, the complete 1953 volume of the journal Nature containing the first four papers on the structure of DNA, signed by Francis Crick on the first paper, 'A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid'

    CRICK, Francis; WATSON, James; WILKINS, Maurice; FRANKLIN, Rosalind.
    Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: 'A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid', 1953.
    £12,500.00

  • First edition of The Poem by Aleister Crowley, one of only 10 copies.
    First edition of The Poem by Aleister Crowley, one of only 10 copies.

    CROWLEY, Aleister.
    The Poem. 1898.
    £12,500.00

  • A complete set of the first edition of Edward Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
    A complete set of the first edition of Edward Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

    GIBBON, Edward.
    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 1776-1788.
    £12,500.00

  • My Camera in White Sands.
    My Camera in White Sands.

    CLERGUE, Lucien.
    My Camera in White Sands. 1988
    £12,500.00

  • Thumbprint-signed copy of the eighth printing of Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, presented to the former porter at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge.
    Thumbprint-signed copy of the eighth printing of Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, presented to the former porter at Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge.

    HAWKING, Stephen.
    A Brief History of Time. From the Big Bang to Black Holes. 1988.
    £12,500.00

  • A manuscript in dual Arabic and coptic text copied in the monastery of saint anthony in Egypt in 1830.
    A manuscript in dual Arabic and coptic text copied in the monastery of saint anthony in Egypt in 1830.

    [PSALTER].
    Bilingual Coptic-Arabic Psalter. 26th day of Bashans 1546 (June 1830 AD).
    £12,500.00

  • The first and best edition of Joseph Nashs monumental illustrated history of The Mansions of England, with 106 fine hand-coloured litographic plates
    The first and best edition of Joseph Nashs monumental illustrated history of The Mansions of England, with 106 fine hand-coloured litographic plates

    NASH, Joseph.
    The Mansions of England 1839-1849] & 1869.
    £12,500.00

  • First edition of The Confidential Agent by Graham Greene in the first issue dustjacket.
    First edition of The Confidential Agent by Graham Greene in the first issue dustjacket.

    GREENE, Graham.
    The Confidential Agent. 1939.
    £12,500.00

  • Concertina manuscript of the life and teachings of krishna, from north india, 17th century.

    [KRISHNA].
    [Life and Teachings of Krishna]. 17th century (?).
    £12,500.00

  • An illuminated manuscript of the poems of Nizami, the Khamsa, from Safavid Persia with illustrations in the text.
    An illuminated manuscript of the poems of Nizami, the Khamsa, from Safavid Persia with illustrations in the text.

    NIZAMI, Jamal al-Din.
    Khamsa, dated 1008 AH (1600 AD).
    £12,500.00

  • Single illustration from the Rasikapriya by Kishav Das from Malwa 1630

    [INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING]. [KESHAV DAS].
    [Rasikapriya], circa 1630 AD.
    £12,500.00

  • Complete copy of Falda's Il Nuovo Teatro delle Fabriche, et Edificii, in Prospettiva di Roma Moderna<em>, </em>and the first two parts (of four) of<em> </em>Le Fontane di Roma nelle piazze.
    Complete copy of Falda's Il Nuovo Teatro delle Fabriche, et Edificii, in Prospettiva di Roma Moderna<em>, </em>and the first two parts (of four) of<em> </em>Le Fontane di Roma nelle piazze.

    FALDA, Giovanni Battista; Venturini, Giovanni Francesco; ROSSI, Giovanni Giacomo de.
    Il Nuovo Teatro delle Fabriche, et Edificii, in Prospettiva di Roma Moderna, 1665-[1669]; [c.1684].
    £12,500.00

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