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  • First collected edition of mathematician Oronce Finé's Protomathesis, a beautifully illustrated publication encompassing arithmetic, geometry, cosmography, and sundials.
    First collected edition of mathematician Oronce Finé's Protomathesis, a beautifully illustrated publication encompassing arithmetic, geometry, cosmography, and sundials.

    FINÉ, Oronce.
    Protomathesis: 1532 [part titles of 'De geometria' dated 1530 and of 'De solaribus horologiis' 1531].
    First collected edition, a magnificent, large copy.
    £50,000.00

  • THVSCIAE DESCRIPTIO AVCTORE HIERONYMO BELLARMATO.

    ORTELIUS, Abraham.
    THVSCIAE DESCRIPTIO AVCTORE HIERONYMO BELLARMATO. 1598.
    £750.00

  • First US edition of The Condor and the Cows by Christopher Isherwood.
    First US edition of The Condor and the Cows by Christopher Isherwood.

    ISHERWOOD, Christopher.
    The Condor and the Cows. 1949.
    £75.00

  • Presentation copy of the first trade edition of Henry Miller Grandeur Nature, inscribed by Brassai to Michel Moine in 1975.
    Presentation copy of the first trade edition of Henry Miller Grandeur Nature, inscribed by Brassai to Michel Moine in 1975.

    BRASSAI.
    Henry Miller Grandeur Nature. 1975.
    £325.00

  • First edition of Stamford Raffles, Substance of a Minute, the copy of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), Governor of the Leeward Islands in the British West Indies from 1809 to 1814 and Governor of Madras from 1814 to 1820.
    First edition of Stamford Raffles, Substance of a Minute, the copy of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), Governor of the Leeward Islands in the British West Indies from 1809 to 1814 and Governor of Madras from 1814 to 1820.

    RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford.
    Substance of a Minute 1814.
    £6,500.00

  • Six hand-coloured plates of Grapes, printed in colour and finished by hand
    Six hand-coloured plates of Grapes, printed in colour and finished by hand

    GALLESIO, Giorgio.
    [A Group of Six Plates of Grapes 1817-[1839].
    £6,500.00

  • First edition of Ceylon by James Emerson Tennent, a scarce classic survey of Ceylon in the mid-nineteenth-century.
    First edition of Ceylon by James Emerson Tennent, a scarce classic survey of Ceylon in the mid-nineteenth-century.

    TENNENT, Sir James Emerson.
    Ceylon. 1859.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of The Long Traverse by John Buchan.
    First edition of The Long Traverse by John Buchan.

    BUCHAN, John.
    The Long Traverse. 1941.
    £85.00

  • The first parallel text edition in English and Italian of Castiglione Il Cortegiano, or The Courtier
    The first parallel text edition in English and Italian of Castiglione Il Cortegiano, or The Courtier

    CASTIGLIONE, Baldassare.
    Il Cortegiano, or The Courtier: 1727.
    £1,500.00

  • Crawfurd was sent on an envoy mission to Burma in 1826, by Hastings's successor Lord Amherst, in the aftermath of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
    Crawfurd was sent on an envoy mission to Burma in 1826, by Hastings's successor Lord Amherst, in the aftermath of the First Anglo-Burmese War.

    CRAWFURD, John.
    Journal of an embassy from the Governor-General of India to the court of Ava 1834.
    £1,500.00

  • Alexander's inland journey from Cape Town during which he collected many specimens of fauna and flora.
    Alexander's inland journey from Cape Town during which he collected many specimens of fauna and flora.

    ALEXANDER, James Edward.
    An Expedition of discovery 1838.
    £1,350.00

  • 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].
    £7,500.00

  • The Demoiselle of Numidia. Pl. 134.

    EDWARDS, George.
    The Demoiselle of Numidia. Pl. 134. 1747-1751
    £225.00

  • The Swiss Family Robinson.
    The Swiss Family Robinson.

    ROBINSON, T. H., illustrator. Johann David Wyss [author].
    The Swiss Family Robinson. 1910.
    £275.00

  • Original hand-coloured lithograph on fine paper mounted on card as issued from the subscription edition of Roberts' 'Egypt'.

    ROBERTS, David; HAGHE, Louis.
    Entrance to the Tombs of the King's of Thebes. 1849].
    £1,250.00

  • Pococke remained three years in the Easter Mediterranean visiting Egypt, Palestine, Asia Minor and Greece.
    Pococke remained three years in the Easter Mediterranean visiting Egypt, Palestine, Asia Minor and Greece.

    POCOCKE, R.
    A description of the East and some other countries [bound with] 1743-1745 & 1752.
    £7,500.00

  • Helen Levitt's A Way of Seeing is a key 'New York' photography book. It was born in 1945 when she and James Agee worked together on In the Street, a documentary film shot in Harlem
    Helen Levitt's A Way of Seeing is a key 'New York' photography book. It was born in 1945 when she and James Agee worked together on In the Street, a documentary film shot in Harlem

    LEVITT, Helen.
    A Way of Seeing. 1965.
    £750.00

  • First edition, second issue of Stamboul Train by Graham Greene.
    First edition, second issue of Stamboul Train by Graham Greene.

    GREENE, Graham.
    Stamboul Train. 1932.
    £1,250.00

  • First editions of A History of the English Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill, signed by the author in volume one
    First editions of A History of the English Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill, signed by the author in volume one

    CHURCHILL, Winston.
    A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. 1956, 1957, 1958.
    £11,500.00

  • First edition collection of short stories and vignettes that marked the American debut of Ernest Hemingway and brought him fame. In scarce dust jacket<br /><br />
    First edition collection of short stories and vignettes that marked the American debut of Ernest Hemingway and brought him fame. In scarce dust jacket<br /><br />

    HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
    In Our Time. 1925.
    The collection of short stories and vignettes that marked Hemingway's American debut.
    £15,750.00

  • Four mezzotint engravings printed in colour and finished by hand of gourds by Johann Weinmann.
    Four mezzotint engravings printed in colour and finished by hand of gourds by Johann Weinmann.

    WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm.
    Group of four engravings of Gourds. 1737-1745.
    £3,000.00

  • A very good first edition of the first book in the hilarious Samuel Marchbanks trilogy.
    A very good first edition of the first book in the hilarious Samuel Marchbanks trilogy.

    DAVIES, Robertson.
    The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks. 1947.
    £125.00

  • Set of three stipple-engraved plates of Pineapple and plants, printed in colours and finished by hand
    Set of three stipple-engraved plates of Pineapple and plants, printed in colours and finished by hand

    REDOUTE, Pierre-Joseph.
    Set of Three Bromelia (Pineapples) 1802-16
    £10,000.00

  • First edition of A Packet for Ezra Pound by W.B. Yeats, one of 425 copies printed at the Cuala Press.
    First edition of A Packet for Ezra Pound by W.B. Yeats, one of 425 copies printed at the Cuala Press.

    YEATS, W.B.
    A Packet for Ezra Pound. 1929.
    £500.00

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