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  • Very good example of the first novel by retired Oxford don JIM Stewart writing as Michael Innes, introducing crime fans to Sir John Appleby. Very scarce.
    Very good example of the first novel by retired Oxford don JIM Stewart writing as Michael Innes, introducing crime fans to Sir John Appleby. Very scarce.

    INNES, Michael [pseud. STEWART, John Innes Mackintosh].
    Death at the President's Lodging. 1936.
    £3,500.00

  • First edition of Joysprick by Anthony Burgess.
    First edition of Joysprick by Anthony Burgess.

    BURGESS, Anthony.
    Joysprick: 1973.
    £125.00

  • Views in Calcutta.
    Views in Calcutta.

    D'OYLY, Sir Charles.
    Views in Calcutta.
    £15,000.00

  • The first UK edition of Thomas Mann's Death in Venice, later made into an opera by Benjamin Britten.
    The first UK edition of Thomas Mann's Death in Venice, later made into an opera by Benjamin Britten.

    MANN, Thomas.
    Death in Venice. 1928.
    £2,800.00

  • 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

  • Fine copy of the first edition of Shackleton's Last Voyage, the official account of Shackleton's last voyage, Quest, and his death by his second in command.
    Fine copy of the first edition of Shackleton's Last Voyage, the official account of Shackleton's last voyage, Quest, and his death by his second in command.

    WILD, Commander Frank.
    Shackleton's Last Voyage. The Story of the Quest. 1923.
    £2,000.00

  • Lithograph with fine later hand-colour. For the "Birds of New Guinea".

    GOULD, John; W. Hart.
    Lophorhina Minor. 1850-83.
    £580.00

  • Scarce colour-coded map concerning the sugar trade and its link to slavery.

    [SLAVERY]. [CROPPER, James].
    Chart of the world, on Mercator's projection, illustrative of the impolicy of slavery. n.d. [but c. 1825].
    £1,000.00

  • Lion.

    DIXON, Henry.
    Lion. [c.1880].
    £525.00

  • A fine visual record of Sintra in the Sintra Mountains, the royal sanctuary near Lisbon, now a UNESCO heriage site.
    A fine visual record of Sintra in the Sintra Mountains, the royal sanctuary near Lisbon, now a UNESCO heriage site.

    BURNETT, William Hickling.
    Views of Cintra. n.d. circa 1830.
    £1,500.00

  • First edition of Shakespeare's Boy Actors by W. Robertson Davies, in the scarce dustjacket.
    First edition of Shakespeare's Boy Actors by W. Robertson Davies, in the scarce dustjacket.

    DAVIES, W. Robertson.
    Shakespeare's Boy Actors. 1939.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of Edmund Campion by Evelyn Waugh, inscribed by the author.
    First edition of Edmund Campion by Evelyn Waugh, inscribed by the author.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
    Edmund Campion. 1935.
    £3,250.00

  • First edition of William Wilson Hunter's survey of Orissa (Odisha), a scarce fine copy written by one of the great compilers of India.
    First edition of William Wilson Hunter's survey of Orissa (Odisha), a scarce fine copy written by one of the great compilers of India.

    HUNTER, W. W.
    Orissa: 1872.
    £500.00

  • First edition of Twenty Prose Poems by Charles Baudelaire, translated by Michael Hamburger.
    First edition of Twenty Prose Poems by Charles Baudelaire, translated by Michael Hamburger.

    BAUDELAIRE, Charles. Michael Hamburger (Translates)
    Twenty Prose Poems. 1946.
    £95.00

  • Souancé's Perroquets is one of the three great French parrot books
    Souancé's Perroquets is one of the three great French parrot books

    SOUANCÉ, Charles de.
    Iconographie des Perroquets 1857-[58].
    £12,500.00

  • A Letter to Captain Eastwick,

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY]; STRACHAN, J. M.
    A Letter to Captain Eastwick, 1858.
    £125.00

  • The first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's story about a cook and a cake, Smith of Wootton Major
    The first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's story about a cook and a cake, Smith of Wootton Major

    TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
    Smith of Wootton Major. 1967.
    £125.00

  • The first edition of Thomas Simes A Military Course for the Government, with 20 hand-coloured plates, and provenance for Ernest Augustus King of Hanover
    The first edition of Thomas Simes A Military Course for the Government, with 20 hand-coloured plates, and provenance for Ernest Augustus King of Hanover

    SIMES, Thomas.
    A Military Course for the Government and Conduct of a Battalion, 1777.
    £1,250.00

  • A handsome, finely-bound set of the collected works of the eminent William Shakespeare
    A handsome, finely-bound set of the collected works of the eminent William Shakespeare

    SHAKESPEARE, William; HENLEY W.E. (editor).
    The Works of Shakespeare. 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904.
    £2,500.00

  • 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

  • The title is from a song of the 1960s by The Kinks. The image is from a fashion photograph Hamilton found in a dustbin and kept for future use.
    The title is from a song of the 1960s by The Kinks. The image is from a fashion photograph Hamilton found in a dustbin and kept for future use.

    HAMILTON, Richard
    Dedicated Follower of Fashion 1980
    £4,680.00

  • 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.
    £15,000.00

  • Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (c.1460s-1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea.
    Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (c.1460s-1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea.

    GAMA, Vasco da.
    A Journal of the First Voyage of Vasco da Gama. 1898.
    £275.00

  • An important glimpse of the activities of the East India Company in the period 1682 to 1684
    An important glimpse of the activities of the East India Company in the period 1682 to 1684

    HEDGES, William.
    The diary of William Hedges, Esq. (afterwards Sir William Hedges), 1887, 88, 89
    £600.00

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