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  • The first edition of philosopher Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples's condensed version of Boethius's De Arithmetica (On Arithmetic), published by Hneri Estienne in 1503.
    The first edition of philosopher Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples's condensed version of Boethius's De Arithmetica (On Arithmetic), published by Hneri Estienne in 1503.

    BOETHIUS; D'ÉTAPLE, Lefèvre; BOVELLES, J. & C.; CLICHTOVE, J.
    Epitome compendiosaq(ue) introductio in libros Arithmeticos diui Seuerini Boetij: 1503.
    $10,299.00

  • A near-fine set of Don Quixote, undoubtedly one of Ashendene's finest achievements, limited edition of only 225 copies
    A near-fine set of Don Quixote, undoubtedly one of Ashendene's finest achievements, limited edition of only 225 copies

    [ASHENDENE PRESS]; CERVANTES, Miguel de.
    [Don Quixote]. 1927-28.
    $10,299.00

  • The first edition of one of the earliest works on horse anatomy in the English language, The Anatomy of an Horse by Andrew Snape, published in 1683
    The first edition of one of the earliest works on horse anatomy in the English language, The Anatomy of an Horse by Andrew Snape, published in 1683

    SNAPE, Andrew.
    The Anatomy of an Horse. 1683.
    $10,299.00

  • The complete development plans of Saudi Arabia from 1970 to 1995 with supplementary documents and reports including the master plans for Jeddah.
    The complete development plans of Saudi Arabia from 1970 to 1995 with supplementary documents and reports including the master plans for Jeddah.

    [ARABIAN GULF; SAUDI ARABIA].
    Development Plans of the GCC States 1962-1995: Saudi Arabia. 1994.
    $10,299.00

  • First edition of Ghost of Chance by William Burroughs and George Condo, inscribed by Condo to Hilary Gerrard.
    First edition of Ghost of Chance by William Burroughs and George Condo, inscribed by Condo to Hilary Gerrard.

    BURROUGHS, William S.; George Condo.
    Ghost of Chance... 1991.
    $10,299.00

  • The earliest authoritative source of information on China available in Europe at that time. The most important work on China since Marco Polo.
    The earliest authoritative source of information on China available in Europe at that time. The most important work on China since Marco Polo.

    RICCI, Matteo; TRIGAULT, Nicholas.
    De Christiana Expeditione apud Sinas Susepta ab Societate Iesu, 1616.
    $10,299.00

  • First edition of Phillip Brannon's The Park and the Crystal Palace, a scarce set of unusual views of the Crystal Palace, with an additional hand-coloured lithograph titled 'Interior of the Crystal Palace'.
    First edition of Phillip Brannon's The Park and the Crystal Palace, a scarce set of unusual views of the Crystal Palace, with an additional hand-coloured lithograph titled 'Interior of the Crystal Palace'.

    BRANNON, Phillip (illustrator); ACKERMANN, Rudolph (publisher).
    The Park and the Crystal Palace. 1851.
    $10,299.00

  • Benois' Azbuka v Kartinakh is one of the most outstanding examples of Russian book illustration.
    Benois' Azbuka v Kartinakh is one of the most outstanding examples of Russian book illustration.

    BENOIS, Alexander.
    Azbuka v Kartinakh [Alphabet in Pictures]. 1904.
    $10,299.00

  • Autograph letter signed in ink from Winston Churchill to Algernon West thanking him for papers needed, for researching the biography of his father Randolph Churchill
    Autograph letter signed in ink from Winston Churchill to Algernon West thanking him for papers needed, for researching the biography of his father Randolph Churchill

    CHURCHILL, Sir Winston.
    [Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Algernon West]. 5 October, 1902.
    $10,299.00

  • First edition of High Windows by Philip Larkin, inscribed by the author to his editor Brian Cox
    First edition of High Windows by Philip Larkin, inscribed by the author to his editor Brian Cox

    LARKIN, Philip.
    High Windows. 1974.
    $10,299.00

  • Les Portraits Imaginaires: One Plate (30.1.69)
    Les Portraits Imaginaires: One Plate (30.1.69)

    PICASSO, Pablo (After)
    Les Portraits Imaginaires: One Plate (30.1.69) 1969
    $10,299.00

  • Les Portraits Imaginaires: One Plate (30.3.69 II)
    Les Portraits Imaginaires: One Plate (30.3.69 II)

    PICASSO, Pablo (After)
    Les Portraits Imaginaires: One Plate (30.3.69 II) 1969
    $10,299.00

  • Illuminated manuscript on paper of majlisi's zad al maad from Safavid Persia copied in 1728.
    Illuminated manuscript on paper of majlisi's zad al maad from Safavid Persia copied in 1728.

    AL-MAJLISI, Muhammad Baqer.
    Zad al-Ma'ad, dated Ramadan 1107 AH (1728 AD).
    $10,299.00

  • A lovely set of Edward Donovan's Natural History of British Birds, all first editions save for volume V, in attractive contemporary bindings.
    A lovely set of Edward Donovan's Natural History of British Birds, all first editions save for volume V, in attractive contemporary bindings.

    DONOVAN, Edward.
    The Natural History of British Birds; 1794-1820.
    $10,299.00

  • A handsome first edition of The Hound of the Baskervilles, one of Arthur Conan Doyle's seminal Sherlock Holmes works
    A handsome first edition of The Hound of the Baskervilles, one of Arthur Conan Doyle's seminal Sherlock Holmes works

    CONAN DOYLE, Arthur.
    The Hound of the Baskervilles. 1902.
    $10,299.00

  • An inscribed copy of Eisen und Stahl, an important work in the history of modern photography. It exemplifies Renger-Patzsch's New Objectivity approach and attempts to redefine how industry and technology could be photographed.
    An inscribed copy of Eisen und Stahl, an important work in the history of modern photography. It exemplifies Renger-Patzsch's New Objectivity approach and attempts to redefine how industry and technology could be photographed.

    RENGER-PATZSCH, Albert.
    Eisen und Stahl. 1931.
    $10,299.00

  • Rare presentation copy of James Grant's Walk across Africa, inscribed to the author's daughter 'To my dear little good "Mary Augusta" with her father's fondest love.
    Rare presentation copy of James Grant's Walk across Africa, inscribed to the author's daughter 'To my dear little good "Mary Augusta" with her father's fondest love.

    GRANT, James Augustus.
    A Walk Across Africa 1864.
    $10,299.00

  • First edition of General Views and Special Points of Interest of the City of Lucknow by David Scott Dodgson, a rare work depicting Lucknow during the siege of 1857.
    First edition of General Views and Special Points of Interest of the City of Lucknow by David Scott Dodgson, a rare work depicting Lucknow during the siege of 1857.

    DODGSON, David Scott.
    General Views and Special Points of Interest of the City of Lucknow. 1860.
    $10,299.00

  • First edition, early issue, of James Jenkins's famous The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793-1817, with 55 striking hand-coloured aquatints.
    First edition, early issue, of James Jenkins's famous The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793-1817, with 55 striking hand-coloured aquatints.

    JENKINS, James.
    The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793-1817. [c.1825].
    $10,299.00

  • Fot this artists' book Broomberg & Chanarin re-interpreted Bertolt Brecht's War Primer with images drawn from the early 21st century.
    Fot this artists' book Broomberg & Chanarin re-interpreted Bertolt Brecht's War Primer with images drawn from the early 21st century.

    BROOMBERG, Adam & CHANARIN, Oliver; BRECHT, Bertolt.
    War Primer 2. 2011.
    $10,299.00

  • A very attractive qur'an copied in kashmir in naskh script from circa 1800.
    A very attractive qur'an copied in kashmir in naskh script from circa 1800.

    [QUR'AN].
    Attractive Kashmiri Qur'an, circa 1800.
    $10,299.00

  • Newcastle's work is one of the most attractive books on horsemanship with splendid engraved plates.
    Newcastle's work is one of the most attractive books on horsemanship with splendid engraved plates.

    NEWCASTLE, William Cavendish, Duke of
    A General System of Horsemanship 1743
    $10,299.00

  • The first edition, first printing of J.S. Mill's essay defining the meaning of Utilitarianism, and the school of philosophy associated with the idea
    The first edition, first printing of J.S. Mill's essay defining the meaning of Utilitarianism, and the school of philosophy associated with the idea

    MILL, John Stuart.
    Utilitarianism. 1863.
    $10,299.00

  • Four photographs depicting the son of Diane Arbus's close friend, Shirley Fingerhood.

    ARBUS, Diane.
    Four photographs depicting the son of Diane Arbus's close friend, Shirley Fingerhood. Circa 1967
    $10,299.00

  • First edition of Fifteen Months' Pilgrimage through untrodden tracts of Khuzistan and Persia by Joachim Stocqueler, rare and sought after account of a journey from Muscat up through Kuzistan and the Bakhtiari Mountains.
    First edition of Fifteen Months' Pilgrimage through untrodden tracts of Khuzistan and Persia by Joachim Stocqueler, rare and sought after account of a journey from Muscat up through Kuzistan and the Bakhtiari Mountains.

    STOCQUELER, Joachim Hayward.
    Fifteen Months' Pilgrimage through untrodden tracts of Khuzistan and Persia, 1832.
    $10,299.00

  • First edition, first printing of The story of Doctor Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting, with illustrations by the author, with a page each from original manuscript and letter
    First edition, first printing of The story of Doctor Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting, with illustrations by the author, with a page each from original manuscript and letter

    LOFTING, Hugh.
    The Story of Doctor Dolittle [together with] A page of the original manuscript for 'Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake' [and] TLS. 1920.
    $10,299.00

  • Warren Hastings's A Narrative of the Insurrection was the first historical publication to be printed in Calcutta and only the fourth book to be printed by the East India Company's press.
    Warren Hastings's A Narrative of the Insurrection was the first historical publication to be printed in Calcutta and only the fourth book to be printed by the East India Company's press.

    [HASTINGS, Warren].
    A Narrative of the Insurrection which happened in the Zemeedary of Banaris in the Month of August 1781, 1782.
    $10,299.00

  • Quad poster, first issue with sea-foam green background (later printings with white background) otherwise a very good example of this iconic Bond poster.
    Quad poster, first issue with sea-foam green background (later printings with white background) otherwise a very good example of this iconic Bond poster.

    [FLEMING, Ian; MCGINNIS, Robert E. (artist)].
    "Thunderball" [1965].
    $10,299.00

  • First complete edition of this collection of two hundred prints
    First complete edition of this collection of two hundred prints

    CLAUDE LORRAIN [i.e. Claude GELEE].
    Liber veritatis. [1777]-1819.
    $10,299.00

  • First edition of Skizzen von der Insel Java by Josef Jakob Xaver Pfyffer zu Neueck, with 15 fine hand-coloured plates of Javanese costume, weapons, coins, and wildlife.
    First edition of Skizzen von der Insel Java by Josef Jakob Xaver Pfyffer zu Neueck, with 15 fine hand-coloured plates of Javanese costume, weapons, coins, and wildlife.

    PFYFFER zu NEUECK, Josef Jakob Xaver.
    Skizzen von der Insel Java 1829-1832.
    $10,299.00

  • Signed presentation copy of Scott's Last Expedition, from Scott's Widow Kathleen to Edward Nelson, biologist of the Terra Nova.
    Signed presentation copy of Scott's Last Expedition, from Scott's Widow Kathleen to Edward Nelson, biologist of the Terra Nova.

    SCOTT, Robert Falcon.
    Scott's Last Expedition. 1913.
    $10,299.00

  • First edition of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, inscribed by the author to Leslie Bricusse.
    First edition of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller, inscribed by the author to Leslie Bricusse.

    MILLER, Arthur.
    Death of a Salesman. 1949.
    $10,299.00

  • First edition of Paulo Mascagni's groundbreaking anatomical atlas of the lymphatic system, Vasorum Lymphaticorum Corporis Humani, published in 1787.
    First edition of Paulo Mascagni's groundbreaking anatomical atlas of the lymphatic system, Vasorum Lymphaticorum Corporis Humani, published in 1787.

    MASCAGNI, Paulo.
    Vasorum Lymphaticorum Corporis Humani Historia et Ichnographia. 1787.
    $10,299.00

  • New York Is.
    New York Is.

    FRANK, Robert.
    New York Is. [1959].
    $10,299.00

  • Octopus, from Our Unfinished Revolution
    Octopus, from Our Unfinished Revolution

    CALDER, Alexander
    Octopus, from Our Unfinished Revolution 1976
    $10,299.00

  • Animals, from Our Unfinished Revolution
    Animals, from Our Unfinished Revolution

    CALDER, Alexander
    Animals, from Our Unfinished Revolution 1976
    $10,299.00

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