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  • A finely bound copy of Colonel Meinertzhagen's 'Birds of Arabia', the definitive work on Arabian birds.
    A finely bound copy of Colonel Meinertzhagen's 'Birds of Arabia', the definitive work on Arabian birds.

    MEINERTZHAGEN, Colonel R.
    Birds of Arabia. 1954.
    $5,131.00

  • A scarce complete set of La Revolution Surrealiste, the first and most famous surrealist journal, whose first issue marks the official birth of the movement.<br />
    A scarce complete set of La Revolution Surrealiste, the first and most famous surrealist journal, whose first issue marks the official birth of the movement.<br />

    (SURREALISM) NAVILLE, Pierre; PÉRET, Benjamin; BRETON, André (editors).
    La Révolution Surréaliste. Nos. 1-12 (all published). 1924-1929.
    $5,131.00

  • Second edition of James Forbes's Oriental Memoirs, with numerous fine natural history plates by Sir William Hooker.
    Second edition of James Forbes's Oriental Memoirs, with numerous fine natural history plates by Sir William Hooker.

    FORBES, James.
    Oriental memoirs. 1834-5.
    $5,131.00

  • The extra-illustrated "Connoisseur Edition", no. 3 of 200 copies, of History of India edited by Abraham Jackson.
    The extra-illustrated "Connoisseur Edition", no. 3 of 200 copies, of History of India edited by Abraham Jackson.

    JACKSON, Abraham Valentine Williams (editor).
    History of India. 1906-07.
    $5,131.00

  • First edition of Knowing My Place by Paul Muldoon, the author's first book.
    First edition of Knowing My Place by Paul Muldoon, the author's first book.

    MULDOON, Paul.
    Knowing My Place. 1971.
    $5,131.00

  • First French edition of Helmuth Moltke's Campagnes des Russes dans la Turquie, his history of the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829, with the rare atlas volume.
    First French edition of Helmuth Moltke's Campagnes des Russes dans la Turquie, his history of the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829, with the rare atlas volume.

    MOLTKE, Helmuth von; DEMMLER, A. (translator).
    Campagnes des Russes dans la Turquie d'Europe en 1828 et 1829, 1854; 1876.
    $5,131.00

  • Scarce Hebrew bible from Mantua, Italy, with Five Scrolls, Haftarot at the end of the volume, and calendars of Holidays and fasts for 120 years at the beginning.
    Scarce Hebrew bible from Mantua, Italy, with Five Scrolls, Haftarot at the end of the volume, and calendars of Holidays and fasts for 120 years at the beginning.

    [HEBREW BIBLE].
    Motzah Pi HaShem [Pentateuch with Five Scrolls and Haftarot]. 1785.
    $5,131.00

  • Moriyama Daido's Shashin yo Sayonara Bye Bye Photography is the central book of the Provoke movement.
    Moriyama Daido's Shashin yo Sayonara Bye Bye Photography is the central book of the Provoke movement.

    MORIYAMA, Daido.
    Shashin yo Sayonara. 1972.
    $5,131.00

  • The second issue of Costume of the Russian Army by Edward Orme, containing eight handsome plates showing Russian military uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars.
    The second issue of Costume of the Russian Army by Edward Orme, containing eight handsome plates showing Russian military uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars.

    ORME, Edward (publisher).
    Costume of the Russian Army. 1814.
    $5,131.00

  • Ray Johnson collaborated with a range of artists on the fringes of the avant-garde. He was at the centre of a far-reaching mail art network – The New York Correspondence School, which he founded in the early 1960s.

    JOHNSON, Ray.
    Untitled (The Ultimate Protest). [c. 1964].
    $5,131.00

  • JohnGossage took these photographs in Berlin using a telephoto lens and surveillance film. The series title relates to Gossage's memory of a graffiti warning he often saw whilst growing up in New York City in the 1950s and '60s.
    JohnGossage took these photographs in Berlin using a telephoto lens and surveillance film. The series title relates to Gossage's memory of a graffiti warning he often saw whilst growing up in New York City in the 1950s and '60s.

    GOSSAGE, John.
    LAMF 1987].
    $5,131.00

  • First edition of Select Views of the Antiquities and Harbours in the South of France by Jean Albanis de Beaumont, with 12 hand-coloured aquatint views.
    First edition of Select Views of the Antiquities and Harbours in the South of France by Jean Albanis de Beaumont, with 12 hand-coloured aquatint views.

    ALBANIS de BEAUMONT, Jean François.
    Select Views of the Antiquities and Harbours in the South of France; 1794.
    $5,131.00

  • First English edition of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce.
    First English edition of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce.

    JOYCE, James.
    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. [1917].
    $5,131.00

  • First edition of Lectures to Women, the first book by the early woman doctor and suffragette Alice Ker (1853-1943).

    KER, Alice.
    Lectures to Women. 1884.
    $5,131.00

  • First edition of this striking 1972 portfolio of Soviet Space Art by Andrei Sokolov and A. Leonov, Kosmicheskie Dali [Cosmic Distances], presentation copy inscribed by Sokolov.
    First edition of this striking 1972 portfolio of Soviet Space Art by Andrei Sokolov and A. Leonov, Kosmicheskie Dali [Cosmic Distances], presentation copy inscribed by Sokolov.

    [SPACE ART]. LEONOV, A.A. & SOKOLOV, A. (illustrators); DENISOV, V.P.; ALIMOV, V.I.
    Kosmicheskie Dali [Cosmic Distances]. 1972.
    $5,131.00

  • First edition of Ross's famous first voyage of discoveryfor the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay and inquiring into the probability of a North-West Passage.
    First edition of Ross's famous first voyage of discoveryfor the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay and inquiring into the probability of a North-West Passage.

    ROSS, John.
    A Voyage of Discovery, 1819.
    $5,131.00

  • First edition of Henry Lambert's Flore Naturelle, containing 80 hand-coloured plates of flowers.
    First edition of Henry Lambert's Flore Naturelle, containing 80 hand-coloured plates of flowers.

    LAMBERT, Henry.
    Flore Naturelle. Études par Henry Lambert c. 1890
    $5,131.00

  • First edition of The Quare Fellow by Brendan Behan, inscribed by the author.
    First edition of The Quare Fellow by Brendan Behan, inscribed by the author.

    BEHAN, Brendan.
    The Quare Fellow: 1956.
    $5,131.00

  • According to Hinrichsen this "second part" covering Central and Northern Germany was never published.
    According to Hinrichsen this "second part" covering Central and Northern Germany was never published.

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Deutschland und das Österreichische Ober-Italien. 1858.
    $5,131.00

  • The 1918 and 1919 issues of Tee-Square magazine, created by staff of the Vickers Airship Drawing Office at Barrow-in-Furness to celebrate Christmas.
    The 1918 and 1919 issues of Tee-Square magazine, created by staff of the Vickers Airship Drawing Office at Barrow-in-Furness to celebrate Christmas.

    VICKERS AIRSHIP DRAWING OFFICE.
    The Tee-Square Magazine Christmas 1918 [and] Christmas 1919. 1918 & 1919.
    $5,131.00

  • A handsomely bound imperial octavo set, all first editions, copiously illustrated.
    A handsomely bound imperial octavo set, all first editions, copiously illustrated.

    YARRELL, William & BELL, Thomas.
    A History of British Birds [with] A History of British Fishes with Supplement [and] A History of British Quadrupeds [and] A History of British Reptiles. 1843, 1836, 1837, & 1839.
    $5,131.00

  • First edition, first issue of Churchill's first published work The Malakand Field Force.
    First edition, first issue of Churchill's first published work The Malakand Field Force.

    [MILITARY]. CHURCHILL, Winston.
    The Story of the Malakand Field Force. 1898.
    $5,131.00

  • double page copper engraved map with later hand colouring from the fifth and final and most complete French edition of the Theatre de l'univers
    double page copper engraved map with later hand colouring from the fifth and final and most complete French edition of the Theatre de l'univers

    ORTELIUS, Abraham.
    JAPONIAE INSVLAE DESCRIPTIO. 1598.
    $5,131.00

  • Includes descriptions of Najd, Hejaz and Yemen.
    Includes descriptions of Najd, Hejaz and Yemen.

    D'AVRIL, Adolphe.
    L'Arabie contemporaine avec la description du pelerinage de la mecque. 1868.
    $5,131.00

  • Reinhardt's fine series of Swiss regional costume subjects set against fully coloured landscape backgrounds.
    Reinhardt's fine series of Swiss regional costume subjects set against fully coloured landscape backgrounds.

    REINHARDT, Joseph.
    A collection of Swiss costumes, [1828].
    $5,131.00

  • First edition of Isidore Helman's Faits Memorables des Empereurs de la Chin, a much celebrated French production of the Dijian Tushuo or 'The Emperor's Mirror'.
    First edition of Isidore Helman's Faits Memorables des Empereurs de la Chin, a much celebrated French production of the Dijian Tushuo or 'The Emperor's Mirror'.

    HELMAN, Isidore-Stanislaus-Henri.
    Faits Memorables des Empereurs de la Chine, 1788.
    $5,131.00

  • An exceptionally fresh example of the first edition in the original binding.
    An exceptionally fresh example of the first edition in the original binding.

    [UKRAINE]. KULZHENKO, Stefan Vasilyevich; ARTEL, A.D; VASNETSOV, Viktor; NESTEROV, Mikhail.
    Sobor Sviatogo Ravnoapostol'nogo Kniazia Vladimira v Kieve [The Cathedral of St. Vladimir in Kiev]. 1898.
    $5,131.00

  • Rare publication on the doctrine and practices of islam printed in Nicosia, 1889.
    Rare publication on the doctrine and practices of islam printed in Nicosia, 1889.

    [ISLAM].
    'Ilmu hal. A manual of the doctrine & practice of Islam. 1889.
    $5,131.00

  • First edition of this illustrated description of peoples governed by the Russian Tsar, Alexander I.
    First edition of this illustrated description of peoples governed by the Russian Tsar, Alexander I.

    HEMPEL, Friedrich Ferdinand; GEISSLER, C.G.H.
    Abbildung und Beschreibung der Voelkerstaemme und Voelker unter des Russischen Kaisers Alexander menschenfreundlichen Regierung. [1803].
    $5,131.00

  • The first Macmillan edition of Yeats' The Wild Swans at Coole, introducing 17 new poems not included in the earlier Cuala Press version.
    The first Macmillan edition of Yeats' The Wild Swans at Coole, introducing 17 new poems not included in the earlier Cuala Press version.

    YEATS, W.B.
    The Wild Swans at Coole. 1919.
    $4,500.00

  • The first quarto edition of Sebastiano Serlio's Libro Primo to Qvinto, bound with the Libro Estraordinario, an illustrated introduction to architecture.
    The first quarto edition of Sebastiano Serlio's Libro Primo to Qvinto, bound with the Libro Estraordinario, an illustrated introduction to architecture.

    SERLIO, Sebastiano.
    Libro Primo[-Qvinto]. D'Architettvra, Di Sebastiano Serlio Bolognese, 1566.
    $5,131.00

  • Abraham Mears' Book of Religtion is the earliest translation to English of the Jewish prayer-book.
    Abraham Mears' Book of Religtion is the earliest translation to English of the Jewish prayer-book.

    [MEARS, Abraham].
    The book of religion, ceremonies, and prayers of the Jews, 1738.
    $5,131.00

  • First UK editions of Philip Pullman's acclaimed fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials, signed by the author on the title of The Northern Lights.
    First UK editions of Philip Pullman's acclaimed fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials, signed by the author on the title of The Northern Lights.

    PULLMAN, Philip.
    His Dark Materials trilogy. 1995, 1997 & 2000.
    $5,131.00

  • First impression of The Palm Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola, inscribed by the author
    First impression of The Palm Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola, inscribed by the author

    TUTUOLA, Amos.
    The Palm-Wine Drinkard. 1952.
    $5,131.00

  • LEAR, Edward and John GOULD.<br />[A Group of Four Wading Birds] Common Night Heron; Little Egret; Great Egret; Rufous Backed Egret.

    LEAR, Edward and John GOULD.
    Rufous Backed Egret. 1837
    $5,131.00

  • A pair of very well-preserved paintings on glass showing two flagships of Lord Nelson
    A pair of very well-preserved paintings on glass showing two flagships of Lord Nelson

    [LORD NELSON]. MAY, John.
    H. M. S. Victory and H. M. S. Foudroyant.
    $5,131.00

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