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  • First edition of The Unrelenting Struggle by Winston Churchill, inscribed by the author to the head of Roosevelt's Secret Service Detail.
    First edition of The Unrelenting Struggle by Winston Churchill, inscribed by the author to the head of Roosevelt's Secret Service Detail.

    CHURCHILL, Sir Winston S.
    The Unrelenting Struggle. 1942.
    $20,601.00

  • Maryam Mirzaei Shamseh illustration on paper from 2004.

    [QUR'AN]. MIRZAEI, Maryam (artist)
    Original Tazhib Illumination of the Shamseh 2004
    $20,601.00

  • Divan of Hafez Shirazi in shekasteh script from Qajar Persia around 1820.
    Divan of Hafez Shirazi in shekasteh script from Qajar Persia around 1820.

    HAFEZ SHIRAZI.
    Divan, circa 1820 AD.
    $20,601.00

  • First edition of Pierre Simon Laplace's Traité de Mécanique Céleste (Treatise on Celestial Mechanics), published between 1799 and 1825.
    First edition of Pierre Simon Laplace's Traité de Mécanique Céleste (Treatise on Celestial Mechanics), published between 1799 and 1825.

    LAPLACE, Pierre Simon, Marquis de.
    Traité de Mécanique Céleste. AN VII [1799] - AN XI 1802; Courcier, AN XIII, 1805; Huzard-Courcier, AN XIII 1805; Bachelier, 1825.
    $20,601.00

  • A work of huge importance for the inclusion of Captain Cook's paper on the prevention of scurvy.
    A work of huge importance for the inclusion of Captain Cook's paper on the prevention of scurvy.

    PRINGLE, Sir John.
    A Discourse upon some late Improvements of the Means for Preserving the Health of Mariners. 1776.
    $20,601.00

  • First edition of the official record of Hyacinthe de Bougainville's voyage round the world, with superb illustrations.
    First edition of the official record of Hyacinthe de Bougainville's voyage round the world, with superb illustrations.

    BOUGAINVILLE, Hyacinthe Yves Philippe Potentien (Baron de).
    Journal de la navigation autour du globe 1837.
    $20,601.00

  • First English edition of The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot, one of 460 copies handprinted by Leonard and Virginia Woolf
    First English edition of The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot, one of 460 copies handprinted by Leonard and Virginia Woolf

    ELIOT, T.S.
    The Waste Land. 1923.
    $20,601.00

  • One of the rarest and most desirable plate books of the early 20th century, W.L. Schreiber's Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century houses 55 incunable leaves, all with woodcut illustrations, and including 20 leaves in hand colour.
    One of the rarest and most desirable plate books of the early 20th century, W.L. Schreiber's Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century houses 55 incunable leaves, all with woodcut illustrations, and including 20 leaves in hand colour.

    SCHREIBER, W.L. (compiler); BARBEY, André (translator)
    Woodcuts from Books of the 15th Century 1929.
    $20,601.00

  • Cook's third voyage, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, with the atlas and 63 engravings and charts, one of the most important English books published in the last quarter of the eighteenth century.
    Cook's third voyage, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, with the atlas and 63 engravings and charts, one of the most important English books published in the last quarter of the eighteenth century.

    COOK, Captain James; KING, Captain James.
    A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 1785.
    $20,601.00

  • A rare single broadside by Napoleon's famous Cairo Press, advertising new regulations for liquor production (Réglement du Payeur Général sur les Fabriques d'eau-de-vie), circa 1800, by Martin-Roch-Xavier Estève.

    [NAPOLEON'S EGYPT CAMPAIGN]. ESTEVE, [Martin-Roch-Xavier].
    Réglement du Payeur Général sur les Fabriques d'eau - de - vie. c. 1800.
    $20,601.00

  • a popular collection of Sunni muslim devotional prayers for the Prophet Muhammad by Jazuli copied in the Levant around 1800
    a popular collection of Sunni muslim devotional prayers for the Prophet Muhammad by Jazuli copied in the Levant around 1800

    AL-JAZULI, Muhammad ibn Suleyman.
    Dala'il al-Khayrat. n.d., circa 1800.
    $20,601.00

  • First edition of Lionel Walter Rothschild's important book Extinct Birds, one of the limited edition of 300 numbered and signed copies.
    First edition of Lionel Walter Rothschild's important book Extinct Birds, one of the limited edition of 300 numbered and signed copies.

    ROTHSCHILD, Lionel Walter, Baron.
    Extinct Birds. 1907.
    $20,601.00

  • Manuscript Afsharid Quran dedicated to Prince Nasrollah Mirza, with calligraphy by Muhammad Hashimi dated 1787.
    Manuscript Afsharid Quran dedicated to Prince Nasrollah Mirza, with calligraphy by Muhammad Hashimi dated 1787.

    [QUR'AN].
    Rare Afsharid Qur'an, dated 1202 AH (1787 AD).
    $20,601.00

  • First edition in English of Pliny's Natural History, translated by Philemon Holland.
    First edition in English of Pliny's Natural History, translated by Philemon Holland.

    [PLINY THE ELDER] PLINIUS SECUNDUS, Gaius; HOLLAND, Philemon (translator).
    The Historie of the World. 1601.
    $20,601.00

  • Le Decameron de Jean Boccace.
    Le Decameron de Jean Boccace.

    [EROTICA]. BOCCACCIO, Giovanni.
    Le Decameron de Jean Boccace. 1757-61.
    $20,601.00

  • The elusive first American edition of Adam Smith's first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, published by Anthony Finley in Philadelphia in 1817
    The elusive first American edition of Adam Smith's first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, published by Anthony Finley in Philadelphia in 1817

    SMITH, Adam.
    The Theory of Moral Sentiments; 1817.
    $20,601.00

  • The Earl of Carnarvon's copy of Thomas Braddell's rare pamphlet Singapore and the Straits Settlements Described, that laid the ground work for the establishment of Singapore as an independent colony and its first constitution.
    The Earl of Carnarvon's copy of Thomas Braddell's rare pamphlet Singapore and the Straits Settlements Described, that laid the ground work for the establishment of Singapore as an independent colony and its first constitution.

    BRADDELL, T[homas].
    Singapore and the Straits Settlements Described; [1858].
    $20,601.00

  • A presentation copy inscribed by both artists to Boris Anrep.
    A presentation copy inscribed by both artists to Boris Anrep.

    GONCHAROVA, Natalia; LARIONOV, Mikkail; PARNAKH, Valentin.
    L'art decoratif theatral moderne. [15 June 1919].
    $20,601.00

  • Screenprint unique trial proofs, printed by Rupert Jansen Smith, NY, with his blindstamp., published by Fondazione Amelio, Naples, Italy

    WARHOL, Andy
    Ladies and Gentlemen 1975
    $20,601.00

  • First edition, Atlas only, of Jean Barbault's Nouveau Recueil de Vues des Principales Eglises Places Rues et Palais de Rome Moderne, containing 44 large engraved plates of Rome's monuments.
    First edition, Atlas only, of Jean Barbault's Nouveau Recueil de Vues des Principales Eglises Places Rues et Palais de Rome Moderne, containing 44 large engraved plates of Rome's monuments.

    [BARBAULT, Jean].
    Nouveau Recueil de Vues des Principales Eglises Places Rues et Palais de Rome Moderne 1763.
    $20,601.00

  • A cornerstone of Antarctic exploration. A reproduction of the South Polar Times magazine issued during the Antarctic expeditions of Robert F. Scott.
    A cornerstone of Antarctic exploration. A reproduction of the South Polar Times magazine issued during the Antarctic expeditions of Robert F. Scott.

    SHACKLETON, Ernest Henry; BERNACHI, L.C.; CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley (editors).
    The South Polar Times. 1907-1914.
    $20,601.00

  • An important geographical treatise by Hamdallah Qazvini called Nuhzat al Qulub from Zand Persia in 1781.
    An important geographical treatise by Hamdallah Qazvini called Nuhzat al Qulub from Zand Persia in 1781.

    QAZVINI, Hamdallah Mustawfi.
    Nuhzat al-Qulub. dated 17 Muharram 1243 AH (1781 AD).
    $20,601.00

  • Rare complete set consisting of Batavia, Java, Buitenzorg, and De Buitenbezittingen (outer possessions).
    Rare complete set consisting of Batavia, Java, Buitenzorg, and De Buitenbezittingen (outer possessions).

    RAPPARD, Josias Cornelis (illustrator); PERELAUER, M.T.H; VAN REES, Willem Adriaan.
    Nederlandsch-Indië Teekeningen. 1881-1883.
    $20,601.00

  • Brierly's fine and rare series of plates of the English and French fleets in the Baltic, during the Crimean War.
    Brierly's fine and rare series of plates of the English and French fleets in the Baltic, during the Crimean War.

    BRIERLY, Sir Oswald Walters.
    The English & French fleets in the Baltic, 1845. 1854-1855.
    $20,601.00

  • The deluxe edition with the plates hand-coloured.
    The deluxe edition with the plates hand-coloured.

    SIMPSON, William.
    The Seat of the War in the East. 1855-1856.
    $20,601.00

  • An important presentation copy of Lewis Hine's Men at Work, inscribed to Owen R. Lovejoy who served as the general secretary of the National Child Labor Committee from 1907 to 1926, where Lewis Hine was a staff photographer and art director of their magazine
    An important presentation copy of Lewis Hine's Men at Work, inscribed to Owen R. Lovejoy who served as the general secretary of the National Child Labor Committee from 1907 to 1926, where Lewis Hine was a staff photographer and art director of their magazine

    HINE, Lewis W[ickes].
    Men at Work. 1932.
    $20,601.00

  • The coloured issue of Samuel Alken's Delineations of British Field Sports ranks as one of the rarest sporting books of the period
    The coloured issue of Samuel Alken's Delineations of British Field Sports ranks as one of the rarest sporting books of the period

    ALKEN, Samuel.
    Delineations of British Field Sports, 1822.
    $20,601.00

  • First French edition of Collection des costumes Espagnols anciens et modernes, Cruz Cano Y Olemedilla's popular Spanish work.
    First French edition of Collection des costumes Espagnols anciens et modernes, Cruz Cano Y Olemedilla's popular Spanish work.

    CRUZ CANO Y OLEMEDILLA, Juan de la.
    Collection des costumes Espagnols anciens et modernes. 1791.
    $20,601.00

  • Robert Indiana, Tulip from A Garden of Love, 1982, screenprint, signed by the artist, artist's proof, on Fabriano paper
    Robert Indiana, Tulip from A Garden of Love, 1982, screenprint, signed by the artist, artist's proof, on Fabriano paper

    INDIANA, Robert
    Tulip, from The Garden of Love 1982
    $20,601.00

  • One of the most delightful of all Cubist illustrated books with an introduction by Tristan Tzara. Marcoussis illustrates quotations by favourite authors.
    One of the most delightful of all Cubist illustrated books with an introduction by Tristan Tzara. Marcoussis illustrates quotations by favourite authors.

    MARCOUSSIS, Louis; TZARA, Tristan.
    Planches de salut: 1931.
    $20,601.00

  • First edition, presentation copy, of You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming, inscribed by the author.
    First edition, presentation copy, of You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming, inscribed by the author.

    FLEMING, Ian.
    You Only Live Twice. March 1964.
    $20,601.00

  • One of 200 copies, a fine example signed by Miro in red pencil, 20 colour lithographs and 5 black & white by Miro, illustrating Desnos' first work in prose
    One of 200 copies, a fine example signed by Miro in red pencil, 20 colour lithographs and 5 black & white by Miro, illustrating Desnos' first work in prose

    MIRO, Joan; DESNOS, Robert.
    Pénaltiés de l'enfer ou les nouvelles Hebrides. 1974.
    $20,601.00

  • A fine copy of Thomas Baskett's 1751 edition of the Holy Bible, from the library of the second Duke of Newcastle.
    A fine copy of Thomas Baskett's 1751 edition of the Holy Bible, from the library of the second Duke of Newcastle.

    [KING JAMES VERSION].
    The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, 1751.
    $20,601.00

  • a unique copy extra-illustrated with two copper plates and original drawings by multiple artists
    a unique copy extra-illustrated with two copper plates and original drawings by multiple artists

    FLAUBERT, Gustave; HUARD, Charles; van ELSEN, Théodore; FARNETI, Carlo (illustrators).
    Madame Bovary. Moeurs de province. 1930.
    $20,601.00

  • Views in Calcutta.
    Views in Calcutta.

    D'OYLY, Sir Charles.
    Views in Calcutta.
    $20,601.00

  • Rare example of early original drawing by one of Alexander Pushkin's favourite artists.

    ORLOWSKI, Alexandre.
    Cossacks escorting a convoy. 1799.
    $20,601.00

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