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  • Last edition of Egypt published in any language.
    Last edition of Egypt published in any language.

    BAEDEKER, Karl
    Egypt and the Sudan. 1929
    £350.00

  • Last edition in the series
    Last edition in the series

    BAEDEKER, Karl
    Austria together with Budapest, Prague, Karlsbad, Marienbad. 1929
    £150.00

  • The Marsh Arabs of Lower Mesopotamia.
    The Marsh Arabs of Lower Mesopotamia.

    DOWSON, Valentine Hugh & BUXTON, Patrick Alfred.
    The Marsh Arabs of Lower Mesopotamia. 1921.
    £1,200.00

  • Rare survivals of early photographs of the newly married Samuel and Florence Baker between their return from the Nile and expedition on behalf of Khedive Ismail.<br />

    [BAKER, Samuel White].
    Samuel and Florence Baker Signed Pair of Carte-de-Visite. circa 1865-1869].
    £2,000.00

  • A rare pair of manuscripts revealing the attempts made to revive horse breeding in the Gujarat, especially the Kathiawar peninsula, and the Deccan, namely in Pune (Poonah) and along the Bhima River, in the 1820s and 1830s.
    A rare pair of manuscripts revealing the attempts made to revive horse breeding in the Gujarat, especially the Kathiawar peninsula, and the Deccan, namely in Pune (Poonah) and along the Bhima River, in the 1820s and 1830s.

    [INDIAN HORSES; BOWER, Colonel John].
    Summary of Proceedings regarding the improvement of the breed of horses in Guzerat &c. [circa 1813-1840]; 1838-39.
    £15,000.00

  • Manuscript Account Book of an East-India Company merchant.
    Manuscript Account Book of an East-India Company merchant.

    [EAST INDIA COMPANY; AGNEW, William].
    Manuscript Account Book of an East-India Company merchant. 1787-97.
    £7,500.00

  • Farewell Address to The Honourable J.B. Norton.
    Farewell Address to The Honourable J.B. Norton.

    [MADRAS; NORTON, John Bruce.]
    Farewell Address to The Honourable J.B. Norton. 1871.]
    £4,750.00

  • Anna Pavlova.
    Anna Pavlova.

    SVETLOV [IVCHENKO], Valerian.
    Anna Pavlova. 1922.
    £2,250.00

  • Farewell Address of the Native Inhabitants of Madras
    Farewell Address of the Native Inhabitants of Madras

    [MADRAS; LORD ELPHINSTONE].
    Farewell Address of the Native Inhabitants of Madras 29 August, 1842.
    £85,000.00

  • Manuscript Account of a Voyage to Melbourne, Australia in 1871 in the SS <em>Great Britain</em>.
    Manuscript Account of a Voyage to Melbourne, Australia in 1871 in the SS <em>Great Britain</em>.

    [AUSTRALIA].
    Manuscript Account of a Voyage to Melbourne, Australia in 1871 in the SS Great Britain. 1871.
    £2,750.00

  • Manuscript Founding Documents for the First Convent in India, the Mosteiro of Santa Monica in Goa.
    Manuscript Founding Documents for the First Convent in India, the Mosteiro of Santa Monica in Goa.

    [FIRST INDIA CONVENT].
    Manuscript Founding Documents for the First Convent in India, the Mosteiro of Santa Monica in Goa. 1874.
    £3,500.00

  • An Album of Sketches and Drawings Around the World Owned by a French Lady of Court.
    An Album of Sketches and Drawings Around the World Owned by a French Lady of Court.

    [COLOMBIA; ROWE, George James et al].
    An Album of Sketches and Drawings Around the World Owned by a French Lady of Court. 1826-1829.
    £1,850.00

  • A Geographical Analysis of the Date Palm Industry of Iraq.
    A Geographical Analysis of the Date Palm Industry of Iraq.

    AL DABBAGH, Abdullwahhab H.
    A Geographical Analysis of the Date Palm Industry of Iraq. 1948].
    £1,750.00

  • Manuscript Trench Orders of Mesopotamia Campaign,
    Manuscript Trench Orders of Mesopotamia Campaign,

    [SIKH; WWI]
    Manuscript Trench Orders of Mesopotamia Campaign, 1917.
    £850.00

  • Travel Journal to Egypt, the Holy Land, and Australia.
    Travel Journal to Egypt, the Holy Land, and Australia.

    [BROCKLEHURST, William Walter].
    Travel Journal to Egypt, the Holy Land, and Australia. 29 September 1848 - 7 April 1853.
    £4,750.00

  • A War Diary 1914-1915.
    A War Diary 1914-1915.

    LOWTHER, Sir Cecil.
    A War Diary 1914-1915. August 13th 1914 - August 21st 1915.
    £2,750.00

  • A rare firsthand account of France in the immediate aftermath of Napoleon's abdication in 1814, kept by Frederick Shaw, a British soldier as he marched home across the country having served in the final battles of Wellington in south-west France.
    A rare firsthand account of France in the immediate aftermath of Napoleon's abdication in 1814, kept by Frederick Shaw, a British soldier as he marched home across the country having served in the final battles of Wellington in south-west France.

    SHAW, Frederick.
    Manuscript journal of a British soldier marching home through France in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. 1814.
    £1,500.00

  • Zhou Peichun was a famous Beijing folk artist and export painter in the late Qing Dynasty.
    Zhou Peichun was a famous Beijing folk artist and export painter in the late Qing Dynasty.

    ZHOU PEICHUN.
    Album of Chinese Export Watercolours Depicting the People of Beijing. fl.1880-1910.]
    £12,500.00

  • a collection of signed printed ephemera from Shackleton's first Antarctic expedition, with the provenance of the Ship's chief engineer.
    a collection of signed printed ephemera from Shackleton's first Antarctic expedition, with the provenance of the Ship's chief engineer.

    [SHACKLETON, Sir Ernest. NIMROD EXPEDITION].
    Signed Menus and Ephemera of Henry Dunlop, 1907-1913.
    £19,500.00

  • An early issue of Baedeker's Belgique et Hollande, with end-papers dated May 1869.
    An early issue of Baedeker's Belgique et Hollande, with end-papers dated May 1869.

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Belgique et Hollande: 1869.
    £250.00

  • A signed, limited edition set of Marlborough by Winston Churchill
    A signed, limited edition set of Marlborough by Winston Churchill

    CHURCHILL, Winston.
    Marlborough 1933, 1934, 1936, & 1938.
    £17,500.00

  • First edition of The Greatest: My Own Story by Muhammad Ali, inscribed by the author to his editor Selma Shapiro
    First edition of The Greatest: My Own Story by Muhammad Ali, inscribed by the author to his editor Selma Shapiro

    ALI, Muhammad.
    The Greatest: My Own Story. 1975.
    £4,750.00

  • First edition with original dust jacket
    First edition with original dust jacket

    BAEDEKER, Karl
    Russia with Teheran, Port Arthur, and Peking. 1914
    £1,500.00

  • first and only edition in English
    first and only edition in English

    BAEDEKER, Karl
    Russia with Teheran, Port Arthur, and Peking. 1914
    £850.00

  • This title only covers Paris and its environs.
    This title only covers Paris and its environs.

    BAEDEKER, Karl
    France. Paris and its environs, with routes from London to Paris 1874
    £200.00

  • Town plans include Aberdeen, Birmingham, Edinburgh, London, York, Oxford and Cambridge.
    Town plans include Aberdeen, Birmingham, Edinburgh, London, York, Oxford and Cambridge.

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Great Britain 1901.
    £70.00

  • A first edition, seventh printing of James Watson's The Double Helix, signed by the author.
    A first edition, seventh printing of James Watson's The Double Helix, signed by the author.

    WATSON, James D.
    The Double Helix. 1968.
    £2,000.00

  • Ian Fleming's second title in the 'Blofeld trilogy', preceded by Thunderball (1961) and concluding with You Only Live Twice (1964), On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    Ian Fleming's second title in the 'Blofeld trilogy', preceded by Thunderball (1961) and concluding with You Only Live Twice (1964), On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    FLEMING, Ian.
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service. 1963.
    £950.00

  • A handsome, early edition of Adam Smith's Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, bound in contemporary mottled calf
    A handsome, early edition of Adam Smith's Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, bound in contemporary mottled calf

    SMITH, Adam.
    An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. 1799.
    £3,750.00

  • There is only one edition of this Russian phrase-book published by Baedeker in English
    There is only one edition of this Russian phrase-book published by Baedeker in English

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Manual of the Russian Language 1914.
    £3,000.00

  • How I Found Livingstone.
    How I Found Livingstone.

    STANLEY, Henry Morton.
    How I Found Livingstone. 1872
    £1,750.00

  • The handsome deluxe edition of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and Poems and Stories by J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The handsome deluxe edition of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and Poems and Stories by J.R.R. Tolkien.

    TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
    The Hobbit Or There and Back Again [with] The Lord of the Rings [with] Poems and Stories. 1984, 1979, 1980.
    £1,400.00

  • A handsome copy of the English-language edition of Leon Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution, bound by Bayntun-Riviere
    A handsome copy of the English-language edition of Leon Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution, bound by Bayntun-Riviere

    TROTSKY, Leon; EASTMAN, Max (translator).
    The History of the Russian Revolution. 1934.
    £450.00

  • A charming edition of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.
    A charming edition of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.

    CARROLL, Lewis [pseud. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge]; ROWNTREE, Harry (illustrator).
    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [and] Through the Looking-Glass. 1928.
    £450.00

  • Second and last edition.
    Second and last edition.

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Nordamerika. 1904
    £375.00

  • Jane Austen's Emma, llustrated by C E. Brock, with colour frontispiece, decorative title-page, and a further 22 colour plates
    Jane Austen's Emma, llustrated by C E. Brock, with colour frontispiece, decorative title-page, and a further 22 colour plates

    AUSTEN, Jane; BROCK, C.E. (illustrator).
    Emma 1909.
    £250.00

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