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  • Physical Observations is notable for the series of eight lithographs of aurora observations including seven of aurora effects on thick brown paper
    Physical Observations is notable for the series of eight lithographs of aurora observations including seven of aurora effects on thick brown paper

    [THE DISCOVERY EXPEDITION].
    Physical Observations 1908.
    $1,030.00

  • Limited edition of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, published by The Golden Cockerel Press and illustrated by Eric Gill.
    Limited edition of The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, published by The Golden Cockerel Press and illustrated by Eric Gill.

    [GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]; CHAUCER, Geoffrey; GILL, Eric (illustrator).
    The Canterbury Tales. 1929-31.
    $9,500.00

  • portrait frontispiece of the poet after Romney, additional pictorial title and 4 further plates after J. Gilbert, mid-twentieth century full morocco
    portrait frontispiece of the poet after Romney, additional pictorial title and 4 further plates after J. Gilbert, mid-twentieth century full morocco

    COWPER, William.
    The Works of...: His Life, Letters and Poems. 1865.
    $344.00

  • Presentation copy of the first edition of Osbert Sitwell's The Man who Lost Himself, inscribed to Sacheverell and Georgia Sitwell.
    Presentation copy of the first edition of Osbert Sitwell's The Man who Lost Himself, inscribed to Sacheverell and Georgia Sitwell.

    SITWELL, Osbert.
    The Man Who Lost Himself. 1929.
    $378.00

  • Copper plate engraving with fine later hand-colouring of Gekkos by Albertus Seba, printed in Amsterdam in 1735.

    SEBA, Albertus.
    Gekkos. 1735.
    $1,716.00

  • First edition of Locher's With Star and Crescent, describing Muscat and Baghdad.
    First edition of Locher's With Star and Crescent, describing Muscat and Baghdad.

    LOCHER, A.
    With Star and Crescent. 1889.
    $618.00

  • First edition of James Weddell's A Voyage towards the South Pole, one of the first attempts at Antarctica post Cook and the start of modern Antarctic exploration.
    First edition of James Weddell's A Voyage towards the South Pole, one of the first attempts at Antarctica post Cook and the start of modern Antarctic exploration.

    WEDDELL, James.
    A Voyage Towards the South Pole, 1825.
    $6,864.00

  • A lifetime edition of Robert Dodsley's Oeconomy of Human Life, a philosophical work which presents itself as the English translation of an ancient Indian text
    A lifetime edition of Robert Dodsley's Oeconomy of Human Life, a philosophical work which presents itself as the English translation of an ancient Indian text

    [DODSLEY, Robert].
    The Oeconomy of Human Life.
    $481.00

  • Monteney-Jephson accompanied Stanley on his expedition to rescue Emin Pasah who had succeeded Gordon as governor of Equatoria in Southern Soudan.
    Monteney-Jephson accompanied Stanley on his expedition to rescue Emin Pasah who had succeeded Gordon as governor of Equatoria in Southern Soudan.

    MOUNTENEY-JEPHSON A[rthur] J[ermy].
    Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator. 1890.
    $440.00

  • Limited edition: number 8282 of 10250 copies.
    Limited edition: number 8282 of 10250 copies.

    GIONO, Jean.
    Le Bal, l'Ecossais Angelo 1965.
    $172.00

  • First US edition of The Labyrinthine Ways by Graham Greene, originally published in the UK as The Power and the Glory.
    First US edition of The Labyrinthine Ways by Graham Greene, originally published in the UK as The Power and the Glory.

    GREENE, Graham.
    The Labyrinthine Ways. 1940.
    $1,716.00

  • The first trilingual edition in English, French, and Latin of this collection of Cicero's thoughts on religion, law and philosophy
    The first trilingual edition in English, French, and Latin of this collection of Cicero's thoughts on religion, law and philosophy

    CICERO; [DAVID, Henry (translator)].
    Thoughts of Cicero, 1750.
    The first trilingual edition in English, French, and Latin of this collection of Cicero's thoughts on religion, law and philosophy
    $618.00

  • 1934 reissue of The Devil's Devices by Douglas Pepler, inscribed by the author.
    1934 reissue of The Devil's Devices by Douglas Pepler, inscribed by the author.

    PEPLER, Douglas; GILL, Eric (illustrator).
    The Devil's Devices 1915 [but 1934].
    $687.00

  • First edition of radical activist Edward Aveling's book on Darwin's theories, The Student's Darwin, published in 1881.
    First edition of radical activist Edward Aveling's book on Darwin's theories, The Student's Darwin, published in 1881.

    AVELING, Edward B.
    The Student's Darwin. 1881.
    $344.00

  • A handsome set of the collected works of Edmund Burke, widely regarded as the founding-father of modern Conservatism
    A handsome set of the collected works of Edmund Burke, widely regarded as the founding-father of modern Conservatism

    BURKE, Edmund.
    The Works and Correspondence 1852.
    $3,089.00

  • First edition of Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809 by Thomas Broughton, with ten hand-coloured aquatints of domestic indian scenes.
    First edition of Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809 by Thomas Broughton, with ten hand-coloured aquatints of domestic indian scenes.

    BROUGHTON, Thomas Duer.
    Letters written in a Mahratta camp during the year 1809, 1813.
    $3,432.00

  • passionate account of the extraordinary life of a young professional violinist in Switzerland, a senior British diplomat around the world.
    passionate account of the extraordinary life of a young professional violinist in Switzerland, a senior British diplomat around the world.

    CECIL, Desmond.
    The Wandering Civil Servant of Stradivarius. 2021.
    $31.00

  • Sketched on the spot by F.B. Spilsbury and drawn by D. Orme for 'Picturesque Scenery in the Holy Land and Syria'.

    SPILSBURY, Francis B.
    The Grand Vizier's Tent. Plate XVI. 1803.
    $344.00

  • First edition, large paper copy, of The History of Java by Thomas Stamford Raffles, specially bound for presentation, of this iconic and foundational work on Java and Southeast Asia.
    First edition, large paper copy, of The History of Java by Thomas Stamford Raffles, specially bound for presentation, of this iconic and foundational work on Java and Southeast Asia.

    RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford.
    The History of Java. 1817.
    $17,160.00

  • The rare first edition. Thomson was a British geologist and explorer who played an important part in the Scramble for Africa.
    The rare first edition. Thomson was a British geologist and explorer who played an important part in the Scramble for Africa.

    THOMSON, Joseph.
    Through Masai Land: 1885.
    $3,776.00

  • First edition of Richard Madden's The Shrines and Sepulchres of the Old and New World, a comprehensive work on ancient tombs and funerary practices by an avid abolitionist of his day.
    First edition of Richard Madden's The Shrines and Sepulchres of the Old and New World, a comprehensive work on ancient tombs and funerary practices by an avid abolitionist of his day.

    MADDEN, R.R.
    The Shrines and Sepulchres of the Old and New World: 1851.
    $1,167.00

  • Although Arabia had been all but closed to Europeans for some time, Palgrave, a Jesuit, undertook this journey to ascertain how far missionary enterprise was possible among Arabs
    Although Arabia had been all but closed to Europeans for some time, Palgrave, a Jesuit, undertook this journey to ascertain how far missionary enterprise was possible among Arabs

    PALGRAVE, William Gifford
    Narrative of a year's journey 1866.
    $893.00

  • Gertrude Bell's account of her five-month journey along the Euphrates. Scarce.
    Gertrude Bell's account of her five-month journey along the Euphrates. Scarce.

    BELL, Gertrude Lowthian.
    Amurath to Amurath. 1924.
    $1,099.00

  • A superb set in full contemporary tree-calf gilt of Macaulay's History of England
    A superb set in full contemporary tree-calf gilt of Macaulay's History of England

    MACAULAY, Thomas Babington (Lord).
    The History of England 1881.
    $2,060.00

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