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  • Second edition, inscribed presentation copy of Samuel Solly's important work on neurology, The Human Brain, from the library of Oliver Sacks, with his octopus bookplate.
    Second edition, inscribed presentation copy of Samuel Solly's important work on neurology, The Human Brain, from the library of Oliver Sacks, with his octopus bookplate.

    SOLLY, Samuel.
    The Human Brain: Its Structure, Physiology and Diseases. 1847.
    $1,300.00

  • A beautiful and most uncommon item. In some detail, the manuscript depicts a boy, lying down, blowing hard on a conch shell.

    JACOBUS [Admiraal].
    Veelderhanden Schepen... 1702
    $6,771.00

  • 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.
    $342.00

  • John Gould is widely considered the grearest and most ambitious of all Victorian ornithologists.

    GOULD, John; Elizabeth Gould.
    Platycercus Haematogaster [Parakeet]. 1875-88.
    $890.00

  • First English language edition of The Primeval Atom, Georges Lemaitre's popular account of his big bang theory. An unusually attractive copy in the uncommon dust jacket.
    First English language edition of The Primeval Atom, Georges Lemaitre's popular account of his big bang theory. An unusually attractive copy in the uncommon dust jacket.

    LEMAÎTRE, Georges.
    The Primeval Atom. An Essay on Cosmogony. 1950.
    First English language edition of The Primeval Atom, Georges Lemaitre's popular account of his big bang theory. An unusually attractive copy in the uncommon dust jacket.
    $1,710.00

  • the tenth impression of an anthology of English poetry printed at the Clarendon Press in Oxford.
    the tenth impression of an anthology of English poetry printed at the Clarendon Press in Oxford.

    QUILLER-COUCH, A.T. (editor)
    The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900. 1904.
    $479.00

  • Wellsted's classic work on the Gulf States, including Oman and the coasts of Arabia and Nubia.
    Wellsted's classic work on the Gulf States, including Oman and the coasts of Arabia and Nubia.

    WELLSTED, James Raymond.
    Travels to the City of the Caliphs, 1840.
    $6,156.00

  • First edition in book form of chekhov's final masterpiece, an enduring classic.
    First edition in book form of chekhov's final masterpiece, an enduring classic.

    CHEKHOV, Anton.
    Vishneviy Sad: Komediia v chetyrekh deystviiakh. [The Cherry Orchard: A comedy in four acts]. 1904.
    $6,156.00

  • The account of Speke's final expedition. It's purpose was to explore the Victoria Nyanza area and confirm that the lake was the source of the White Nile.
    The account of Speke's final expedition. It's purpose was to explore the Victoria Nyanza area and confirm that the lake was the source of the White Nile.

    SPEKE, John Hanning.
    Journal of the discovery of the source of the Nile. 1863.
    The account of Speke's final expedition. It's purpose was to explore the Victoria Nyanza area and confirm that the lake was the source of the White Nile.
    $3,420.00

  • A unique Selichot Ashkenazi Hebrew manuscript on vellum 'Belonging to the heroes of the Chevra Kadisha on the holy community of Schottland', includes a colour illustration. A rare relic from a 19th-century Jewish community in northern Poland.
    A unique Selichot Ashkenazi Hebrew manuscript on vellum 'Belonging to the heroes of the Chevra Kadisha on the holy community of Schottland', includes a colour illustration. A rare relic from a 19th-century Jewish community in northern Poland.

    [ANON.]
    Selichoth shel K"A Kislev. 1822.
    A unique Selichot Ashkenazi Hebrew manuscript on vellum 'Belonging to the heroes of the Chevra Kadisha on the holy community of Schottland', includes a colour illustration. A rare relic from a 19th-century Jewish community in northern Poland.
    $11,627.00

  • An early and uncommon first edition three-decker mystery novel by Hume.
    An early and uncommon first edition three-decker mystery novel by Hume.

    HUME, Fergus W.
    The Man with a Secret. 1890.
    An uncommon three-decker mystery novel.
    $2,052.00

  • First edition of Stanley's lively account of the British Expedition against the Ashantis in Africa under Sir Garnet Wolesley in 1874.
    First edition of Stanley's lively account of the British Expedition against the Ashantis in Africa under Sir Garnet Wolesley in 1874.

    STANLEY, Henry Morton.
    Coomassie and Magdala: 1874.
    $2,052.00

  • First British edition, first printing of Richard Hughes' <em>A High Wind in Jamaica</em>, his first and most famous novel.

    HUGHES, Richard.
    A High Wind in Jamaica. 1929.
    $308.00

  • Comprising Hunting Tours; Nimrod abroad; Northern Tour; The Horse and the Hound, uniform red half morocco for Hatchards, gilt hunting motifs to spines.
    Comprising Hunting Tours; Nimrod abroad; Northern Tour; The Horse and the Hound, uniform red half morocco for Hatchards, gilt hunting motifs to spines.

    APPERLEY, C.J.
    Hunting Tours; Nimrod Abroad; Northern Tour; The Horse and the Hound. 1835, 1842, 1857, 1858.
    $2,257.00

  • An illuminated manuscript on paper of the Divan of poetry by Khwaju Kermani from Qajar Persia.
    An illuminated manuscript on paper of the Divan of poetry by Khwaju Kermani from Qajar Persia.

    KHWAJU KERMANI.
    Qazaliyaat, first half of the 19th century.
    $13,679.00

  • This posthumous account is valuable for its information on the various social classes, and the author's observations on such sports as riding and fishing.
    This posthumous account is valuable for its information on the various social classes, and the author's observations on such sports as riding and fishing.

    PLOWDEN, Walter Chichele.
    Travels in Abyssinia and the Galla country 1868.
    $2,736.00

  • A Song and a Diary for A.
    A Song and a Diary for A.

    GOREY, Edward (illustrator); ELLIOTT, Richard.
    A Song and a Diary for A. 1973.
    $753.00

  • Richardson (1740-1795) was one of the leading Orientalists of his time. 'A Specimen of Persian Poetry,' first published in 1774, was his first major work.
    Richardson (1740-1795) was one of the leading Orientalists of his time. 'A Specimen of Persian Poetry,' first published in 1774, was his first major work.

    RICHARDSON John; Samuel Rousseau, editor.
    A specimen of Persian poetry; 1802.
    $1,710.00

  • A rare, early American edition of surgeon William Cheselden's The Anatomy of the Human Body (1913), published in 1796 under the title Anatomical Tables of the Human Body.
    A rare, early American edition of surgeon William Cheselden's The Anatomy of the Human Body (1913), published in 1796 under the title Anatomical Tables of the Human Body.

    CHESELDEN, William.
    Anatomical Tables of the Human Body. 1796.
    A rare, early American edition of surgeon William Cheselden's The Anatomy of the Human Body (1913), published in 1796 under the title Anatomical Tables of the Human Body.
    $1,710.00

  • The scarce first edition of Przhevalsky's third expedition.
    The scarce first edition of Przhevalsky's third expedition.

    PRZHEVALSKY, Nikolay.
    Iz Zaisana cherez Khami v Tibet i na verkhoviia Zheltoi reki. 1883.
    $6,498.00

  • A defence by Harry Verelst (1734-1785) of the British administration in Bengal during his governorship.
    A defence by Harry Verelst (1734-1785) of the British administration in Bengal during his governorship.

    VERELST, Harry.
    A view of the rise, progress, and present state of the English government in Bengal: 1772.
    $1,300.00

  • A delightfully illustrated edition of one of Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream, illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, in his inimitable, amusing style, first thus, 1914

    SHAKESPEARE, William; ROBINSON, W. Heath (illustrator).
    A Midsummer's Night Dream. 1914.
    A delightfully illustrated edition of one of Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream, illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, in his inimitable, amusing style, first thus, 1914
    $922.00

  • A remarkably scarce example of Victorian detective fiction, not in the British Library, and with only one copy we could trace in other holdings.
    A remarkably scarce example of Victorian detective fiction, not in the British Library, and with only one copy we could trace in other holdings.

    KINGSTON, Keedy.
    The Great Pimlico Mystery. [1896].
    $1,300.00

  • An attractively bound second printing of the standard reference for Australian parrots, Alan Lendon's Australian Parrots in Field and Aviary.
    An attractively bound second printing of the standard reference for Australian parrots, Alan Lendon's Australian Parrots in Field and Aviary.

    LENDON, Alan.
    Australian Parrots in Field and Aviary. 1976.
    $137.00

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