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  • Scace and complete first edition of the Bible in Ottoman Turkish publishe in Paris, based on the translation of Ali Ufki.
    Scace and complete first edition of the Bible in Ottoman Turkish publishe in Paris, based on the translation of Ali Ufki.

    [BIBLE].
    [Kitab'i Mukaddes]. 1827.
    $8,248.00

  • Milligan Place, Manhattan.

    ABBOTT, Berenice.
    Milligan Place, Manhattan. 1936.
    $8,248.00

  • The first edition of Giovanni Branca's Le Machine, a key early work on engineering containing the first published depiction of a steam turbine
    The first edition of Giovanni Branca's Le Machine, a key early work on engineering containing the first published depiction of a steam turbine

    BRANCA, Giovanni.
    Le Machine. 1629.
    $8,248.00

  • Second edition of John Narbrough's An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries, the preferred edition with additional map and text on Greenland.
    Second edition of John Narbrough's An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries, the preferred edition with additional map and text on Greenland.

    [NARBROUGH, Sir John]; ROBINSON, Sir Tancred (editor).
    An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries: 1711.
    $8,248.00

  • Single leaf from an Indian Shahnameh with a scene of kai khosrow from mughal india around 1600.
    Single leaf from an Indian Shahnameh with a scene of kai khosrow from mughal india around 1600.

    FERDOWSI, Abdul Qasim.
    [Kai Khosrow, King of Iran, Avenges his Father's Death], c. 1600.
    $8,248.00

  • Single dispersed folio from an illuminated manuscript, with one illuminated miniature, text in Farsi.
    Single dispersed folio from an illuminated manuscript, with one illuminated miniature, text in Farsi.

    GAZURGHAI, Kamal al-Din.
    Abdullah Ansari with Abu Ahmad, second half of 16th century.
    $8,248.00

  • These photographs show the interior and exterior of the I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet boutique on Portobello Road and an anti-apartheid rally in November 1966.
    These photographs show the interior and exterior of the I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet boutique on Portobello Road and an anti-apartheid rally in November 1966.

    LEMOINE, Jean-Marie.
    Who Was Lord Kitchener's Valet? [1966].
    $8,248.00

  • A very attractive copy of Corancez's Histoire des Wahabis, the first European study of the origins and history of Wahabism.
    A very attractive copy of Corancez's Histoire des Wahabis, the first European study of the origins and history of Wahabism.

    [CORANCEZ, Louis Alexandre].
    Histoire des Wahabis, 1810.
    $8,248.00

  • Man Ray's first monograph, with the scarce first issue title-page
    Man Ray's first monograph, with the scarce first issue title-page

    MAN RAY (pseud. RADNITZKY, Emmanuel).
    Photographs by Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934. 1934.
    $8,248.00

  • A pair of engravings on silk showing the racehorses Hermit and Lord Lyon, winners of the Derby in 1867 and 1866.
    A pair of engravings on silk showing the racehorses Hermit and Lord Lyon, winners of the Derby in 1867 and 1866.

    [ANON.]
    Hermit by Newminster out of Seclusion, Winner of the Derby 1867, [1867 and 1866].
    $8,248.00

  • Colour lithograph with screenprint and etching.

    DALI, Salvador.
    Liquid and Gaseous Television 1975-76
    $8,248.00

  • Complete set of six kinetic screenprints, 1969, on aluminium In original black wood box
    Complete set of six kinetic screenprints, 1969, on aluminium In original black wood box

    SEDGLEY, Peter
    Video Discs 1969
    $8,248.00

  • First edition of this compilation containing the first detailed eyewitness ethnography of Russia, a country largely unkown to Europeans at the time.
    First edition of this compilation containing the first detailed eyewitness ethnography of Russia, a country largely unkown to Europeans at the time.

    HERBERSTEIN, Sigismund von.
    Rerum Moscoviticarum auctores. 1600.
    $8,248.00

  • Screenprint in colours, 1969-70, signed in penci, numbered from the edition of 60 published by Marlborough AG Schellenberg, FL, 77.7 x 58cm

    HEPWORTH, Barbara
    Rangatira II
    $8,248.00

  • Showcasing her incredible graphic, the artist said of her 'Opposing Forms' that the drawings were 'sculptures born in the disguise of two dimensions'.

    HEPWORTH, Barbara
    Forms in a Flurry, from Opposing Forms portfolio
    $8,248.00

  • Group of three hand-coloured copper engraved botanical prints, from Trew's Plantae Selectae. Framed and glazed.
    Group of three hand-coloured copper engraved botanical prints, from Trew's Plantae Selectae. Framed and glazed.

    TREW, Christoph & EHRET, Dionysius.
    Group of three engraved botanical plates from Trew's Plantae Selectae: 1750-1773.
    $8,248.00

  • Interior scene of noblewomen and ladies engaging in genteel activities
    Interior scene of noblewomen and ladies engaging in genteel activities

    [CHINA EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER].
    [A Group of 6 Watercolours of Courtly Ladies at Leisure]. 2nd half of 19th century].
    $8,248.00

  • Descourtilz worked for the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro. He was the son of French adventurer, botanist and naturalist Michel Etienne Descourtilz.
    Descourtilz worked for the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro. He was the son of French adventurer, botanist and naturalist Michel Etienne Descourtilz.

    DESCOURTILZ, Jean Theodore
    Ornithologie Bresilienne [?1852-1856].
    $8,248.00

  • Two subscriber's proofs, with title and text in both French and English, aquatint engravings, part-printed in colours à la poupée
    Two subscriber's proofs, with title and text in both French and English, aquatint engravings, part-printed in colours à la poupée

    HUNT, Charles, after George Bryant CAMPION, and John Frederick HERRING.
    Special Prize of 5000 Francs, Chantilly, May, 1841. 1st October, 1841.
    $8,248.00

  • lovely and fresh example of this scarce pictorial record of the men who started the construction of a modern russia at the turn of the 18th century
    lovely and fresh example of this scarce pictorial record of the men who started the construction of a modern russia at the turn of the 18th century

    [PETER THE GREAT].
    Petr Velikiy, ego polkovodtsy i ministry: 23 portreta s prisovokupleniem kratkikh o zhizni ikh opisaniy. 1848.
    $8,180.00

  • Black & white photographic prints of King George VI by Hugh Cecil, signed and dated by the King, the other of Queen Elizabeth by Dorothy Wilding, also signed and dated
    Black & white photographic prints of King George VI by Hugh Cecil, signed and dated by the King, the other of Queen Elizabeth by Dorothy Wilding, also signed and dated

    [ROYALTY]; CECIL, Hugh (photographer); WILDING, Dorothy (photographer).
    [King George VI & Queen Elizabeth] 1942.
    $8,042.00

  • First edition of Paul Dirac's authoritative textbook The Principles of Quantum Mechanics, a landmark work that deeply influenced a generation of physicists.
    First edition of Paul Dirac's authoritative textbook The Principles of Quantum Mechanics, a landmark work that deeply influenced a generation of physicists.

    DIRAC, Paul.
    The Principles of Quantum Mechanics. 1930.
    $7,905.00

  • An attractive copy in the original wrappers of Barbier's early masterpiece dedicated to Tamara Karsavina.
    An attractive copy in the original wrappers of Barbier's early masterpiece dedicated to Tamara Karsavina.

    BARBIER, George.
    Album dédié a Tamar Karsavina. 1914.
    $7,905.00

  • Niebuhr went to Egypt, Arabia and Syria, Mount Sinai, went to Jeddah and from there to Mocha. He returned overland Cyprus and Constantinople.
    Niebuhr went to Egypt, Arabia and Syria, Mount Sinai, went to Jeddah and from there to Mocha. He returned overland Cyprus and Constantinople.

    NIEBUHR, Carsten; HERON, Robert (translator).
    Travels Through Arabia, and Other Countries in the East, 1792.
    $7,905.00

  • Krafft's fine illustrated work on Turkestan.
    Krafft's fine illustrated work on Turkestan.

    KRAFFT, Hugues.
    A Travers le Turkestan Russe: 1902.
    $7,905.00

  • Chamber Music.
    Chamber Music.

    JOYCE, James.
    Chamber Music. 1907.
    $7,905.00

  • First edition, early issue, of Ackermann's The Microcosm of London, with an autograph letter from Augustus Welby Pugin to Thomas Bury.
    First edition, early issue, of Ackermann's The Microcosm of London, with an autograph letter from Augustus Welby Pugin to Thomas Bury.

    ACKERMANN, Rudolph (publisher); PUGIN, Augustus Charles, and ROWLANDSON, Thomas (illustrators).
    The Microcosm of London; or, London in miniature. [1808-10].
    $7,905.00

  • First impression, The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame, goog copy of a corner stone work of Edwardian literature, a tale steeped in nostalgia and parental love
    First impression, The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame, goog copy of a corner stone work of Edwardian literature, a tale steeped in nostalgia and parental love

    GRAHAME, Kenneth.
    The Wind in the Willows. 1908.
    $7,905.00

  • Ashenden.
    Ashenden.

    SOMERSET MAUGHAM, William.
    Ashenden. 1928.
    $7,905.00

  • Graham Greene's scarce second book, The Name of Action derives its title from a snatch of Hamlet's famous soliloquy, 'With this regard their currents turn awry / And lose the name of action.' First edition, 1930
    Graham Greene's scarce second book, The Name of Action derives its title from a snatch of Hamlet's famous soliloquy, 'With this regard their currents turn awry / And lose the name of action.' First edition, 1930

    GREENE, Graham.
    The Name of Action. 1930.
    $7,905.00

  • First edition of Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.
    First edition of Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.

    McCARTHY, Cormac.
    Blood Meridian 1985.
    $7,905.00

  • Forster's scarce account of Cook's second voyage.
    Forster's scarce account of Cook's second voyage.

    FORSTER, Johann Reinhold.
    Observations made during a Voyage round the World, 1778.
    $7,905.00

  • Only 1000 copies were printed in the week beginning, 29th November, 1891 of this first impression of Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, regarded as his masterpiece
    Only 1000 copies were printed in the week beginning, 29th November, 1891 of this first impression of Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, regarded as his masterpiece

    HARDY, Thomas.
    Tess of The D'Urbevilles 1891.
    $7,905.00

  • First edition of Horse Accomplishments by Thomas Rowlandson and George Woodward, containing 12 humorous hand-coloured aquatints of horses and riders.
    First edition of Horse Accomplishments by Thomas Rowlandson and George Woodward, containing 12 humorous hand-coloured aquatints of horses and riders.

    Rowlandson, Thomas (engraver); Woodward, George Moutard (illustrator).
    Horse Accomplishments. 1799.
    $7,905.00

  • Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebräuche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen,
    Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebräuche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen,

    GEISSLER, ChristianGottfried Heinrich (artist).
    Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebräuche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, [c. 1804].
    $7,905.00

  • Pollard's rare and celebrated suite of British horse racing prints.
    Pollard's rare and celebrated suite of British horse racing prints.

    POLLARD, James.
    British Horse Racing. 1 November 1836.
    $7,905.00

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