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Catalogue of the Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition
JACOBS, Joseph; WOLF, Lucien.Original price $4,301.00 - Original price $4,301.00Original price $0.00$4,301.00$4,301.00 - $4,301.00Current price $4,301.00| /Edition De Luxe. De Luxe numbered edition of the Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition catalogue.The Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition was held at th...
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A Monumental Indian Shahnameh,
FERDOWSI, Abdul Qasim.Original price $29,776.00 - Original price $29,776.00Original price $0.00$29,776.00$29,776.00 - $29,776.00Current price $29,776.00| /A monumental Indian Shahnameh with 17 large scale miniatures in the textThis Shahnameh presents a rare example of early eighteenth century manuscr...
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[De Officiis].
[CICERO, Marcus Tullius]; L'ESTRANGE, Sir Roger (translator).Original price $2,978.00 - Original price $2,978.00Original price $0.00$2,978.00$2,978.00 - $2,978.00Current price $2,978.00| /A father's advice to his son. An exceptional copy in contemporary black morocco, in the style of the Queens' binders, of the L'Estrange (1616-1704)...
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The Metamorphoses
(GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS). OVID.Original price $3,309.00 - Original price $3,309.00Original price $0.00$3,309.00$3,309.00 - $3,309.00Current price $3,309.00| /Ovid's Metamorphoses in a beautiful modern edition, specially bound with an additional suite of plates including three not published in the regula...
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Über das Zerplatzen des Urankernes durch langsame Neutronen.
HAHN, Otto & STRASSMAN, Fritz.Original price $1,655.00 - Original price $1,655.00Original price $0.00$1,655.00$1,655.00 - $1,655.00Current price $1,655.00| /The discovery of nuclear fission. The Abhandlungen offprint of the first of Hahn and Strassman's 'three fundamental papers on nuclear fission, cont...
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19 meticulous birding notebooks kept during the 1980s and early 1990s.
BOLTSON, Howard.Original price $3,309.00 - Original price $3,309.00Original price $0.00$3,309.00$3,309.00 - $3,309.00Current price $3,309.00| /A decade's worth of birdwatching. An exceptional set of notebooks recording the observations of an Audubon Master Birder between 1985 and 1992, pri...
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An Alphabet.
NICHOLSON, William.Original price $1,589.00 - Original price $1,589.00Original price $0.00$1,589.00$1,589.00 - $1,589.00Current price $1,589.00| /Nicholson had been working with Heinemann since the mid-1890s. As well as designing their windmill device, Nicholson created a number of books for...
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An exceptional, early Victorian natural history manuscript.
[NATURAL HISTORY] [ANON.]Original price $9,926.00 - Original price $9,926.00Original price $0.00$9,926.00$9,926.00 - $9,926.00Current price $9,926.00| /Hundreds of watercolours including unusual animals and plants. A remarkable English natural history album of beautifully-executed watercolours and ...
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La Decoration Arabe.
PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant Théodore Emile.Original price $3,971.00 - Original price $3,971.00Original price $0.00$3,971.00$3,971.00 - $3,971.00Current price $3,971.00| /Prisse d'Avennes's classic work on Arabic decoration. Features architecture, textiles, pottery, etc.First edition. Folio. iv pp., 110 lithographed...
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My Camera on Point Lobos.
WESTON, Edward.Original price $1,655.00 - Original price $1,655.00Original price $0.00$1,655.00$1,655.00 - $1,655.00Current price $1,655.00| /An exceptional example of the fragile dust-jacket. Weston made these photographs during many visits to Point Lobos State Natural Reserve in Califor...
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Narrative of a journey in the interior of China:
ABEL, Clarke.Original price $6,286.00 - Original price $6,286.00Original price $0.00$6,286.00$6,286.00 - $6,286.00Current price $6,286.00| /Rothschild copy with arms. A finely bound copy of Abel's China with Rothschild provenance, bound by the Royal bookbinder, Simier.Abel was the natur...
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Yusuf wa Zuleikha,
JAMI, Abdul Rahman.Original price $16,542.00 - Original price $16,542.00Original price $0.00$16,542.00$16,542.00 - $16,542.00Current price $16,542.00| /Copied only 23 years after the author's death. An exceptionally early manuscript example of the well-known medieval Islamic allegorical love story ...
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A Fine Illuminated Qur'an,
[QUR'AN].Original price $36,392.00 - Original price $36,392.00Original price $0.00$36,392.00$36,392.00 - $36,392.00Current price $36,392.00| /Commissioned for fath 'ali shah qajar. A fine Qajar Qur'an copied for Fath 'Ali Shah by a royal scribe of the Qajar courts. The scribe Muhammad 'Al...
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Skazka Pro Mar'iu Morevnu [Maria Morevna].
ZWORYKIN, Boris.Original price $3,640.00 - Original price $3,640.00Original price $0.00$3,640.00$3,640.00 - $3,640.00Current price $3,640.00| /A scarce and luxurious rendition of this classic Russian fairy tale, beautifully illustrated by Zworykin and heightened in gold. Bilibin's Maria M...
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An Essay on the Principle of Population;
MALTHUS, Thomas.Original price $6,617.00 - Original price $6,617.00Original price $0.00$6,617.00$6,617.00 - $6,617.00Current price $6,617.00| /In essence a 'new work'. The second edition, substantially revised and in essence a 'new work' in which Malthus defends his views against a host of...
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[The Novels].
AUSTEN, Jane; THOMSON, Hugh (illustrator); BROCK, Charles E. (illustrator).Original price $3,640.00 - Original price $3,640.00Original price $0.00$3,640.00$3,640.00 - $3,640.00Current price $3,640.00| /Hugh Thomson (1860-1920) the renowned illustrator, in pen and ink, of classic titles was born in Ireland where his skills as an illustrator were r...
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Fabric Map of Hofuf and Bandar Abbas.
[ARABIAN GULF].Original price $1,655.00 - Original price $1,655.00Original price $0.00$1,655.00$1,655.00 - $1,655.00Current price $1,655.00| /Map of Qatar and the UAE. An excellent example of a double-sided coloured escape map of the Arabian Gulf, showing the UAE and Oman to recto, and Qa...
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