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  • A fine 19th-century Esther Scroll from the Balkans, in a silver gilt case, in Hebrew Sephardic Script.

    [ESTHER SCROLL].
    [Esther Scroll housed in silver gilt decorative case, untitled]. 19th century.
    £7,500.00

  • The enlarged third edition of physician John French's work on the distillation of pharmaceuticals, The Art of Distillation, with numerous woodcut illustrations, 1664.
    The enlarged third edition of physician John French's work on the distillation of pharmaceuticals, The Art of Distillation, with numerous woodcut illustrations, 1664.

    FRENCH, John.
    The Art of Distillation: 1664.
    The enlarged third edition of physician John French's work on the distillation of pharmaceuticals, The Art of Distillation, with numerous woodcut illustrations, 1664.
    £3,600.00

  • An extraordinary, rediscovered letter from Thomas Paine to Colonel John Fellows reiterating his call for President George Washington to retire from office.
    An extraordinary, rediscovered letter from Thomas Paine to Colonel John Fellows reiterating his call for President George Washington to retire from office.

    PAINE, Thomas.
    Autograph letter signed Thomas Paine to Colonel John Fellows. 20th January 1797.
    An extraordinary, rediscovered lettered signed by and in the hand of Thomas Paine.
    £95,000.00

  • First editions of the Geology section of the Natural History Museum's series of scientific reports which resulted from the Terra Nova expedition. With two manuscript letters from Sir Raymond Priestley to the principal author Walter Smith.
    First editions of the Geology section of the Natural History Museum's series of scientific reports which resulted from the Terra Nova expedition. With two manuscript letters from Sir Raymond Priestley to the principal author Walter Smith.

    PRIESTLEY, Sir Raymond Edward; SMITH, Walter Campbell (et al).
    British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910. Natural History Reports. Geology vols I and II. 1914-64.
    £1,500.00

  • An important and rare collection of working music scores from the personal collection of Anna Pavlova.
    An important and rare collection of working music scores from the personal collection of Anna Pavlova.

    PAVLOVA, Anna.
    Collection of four music scores. 1910s-1920s.
    An important and rare collection of working music scores from the personal collection of Anna Pavlova.
    £8,000.00

  • Main street, Colombo.

    [Photographer unknown].
    Main street, Colombo. [c.1875].
    £125.00

  • [Museum at Gizeh, Cairo].

    [Photographer unknown].
    [Museum at Gizeh, Cairo]. [1891].
    £1,250.00

  • A Masulah Boat.

    [ANON.]
    A Masulah Boat. [c.1870].
    £125.00

  • An early edition of this guide for inkeepers and butlers on the making of fruit wines, and methods to improve foreign wines.
    An early edition of this guide for inkeepers and butlers on the making of fruit wines, and methods to improve foreign wines.

    DAVIES, John.
    The Innkeeper and Butler's Guide: 1824.
    £150.00

  • Group of Egyptian Monarchy.

    [EGYPT.
    Group of Egyptian Monarchy. c.1880].
    £225.00

  • Perhaps by Stephen Spender, privately printed and signed by the author Frederic Prokosch.
    Perhaps by Stephen Spender, privately printed and signed by the author Frederic Prokosch.

    SPENDER, Stephen.
    Perhaps. 1933.
    £2,250.00

  • Tournefort visited islands in the Cyclades (Andros, Tino, Delos, Santorini etc.) and the Northern Sporades (Samos, Mitylene, Skyros, Tenedos).
    Tournefort visited islands in the Cyclades (Andros, Tino, Delos, Santorini etc.) and the Northern Sporades (Samos, Mitylene, Skyros, Tenedos).

    TOURNEFORT, Joseph Pitton de.
    Relation d'un Voyage du Levant, fait par ordre du Roy. 1717.
    £3,500.00

  • Group portrait taken at Mah-Low-Toom, South Africa.

    [ANON.]
    Group portrait taken at Mah-Low-Toom, South Africa. [1867].
    £225.00

  • An early edition of Voltaire's The Age of Louis XV, his history of the court of the penultimate ancien régime King of France
    An early edition of Voltaire's The Age of Louis XV, his history of the court of the penultimate ancien régime King of France

    VOLTAIRE, (pseud. AROUET, François-Marie).
    The Age of Louis XV. 1774.
    £450.00

  • Damascus.

    BONFILS, Paul-Felix.
    Damascus. [c.1865].
    £225.00

  • First edition, first printing, first issue of Alice's Adventures Under Ground, by Lewis Carroll, with an inscription from the author to half-title page
    First edition, first printing, first issue of Alice's Adventures Under Ground, by Lewis Carroll, with an inscription from the author to half-title page

    CARROLL, Lewis.
    Alice's Adventures Under Ground. 1886.
    Presentation inscription by Lewis Carroll.
    £11,500.00

  • [The old Chamois hunter of the Griesbach].

    [Photographer unknown].
    [The old Chamois hunter of the Griesbach]. [c.1870].
    £150.00

  • [Caves of Elephanta, Bombay].

    [SACHE, Edward (attributed to)].
    [Caves of Elephanta, Bombay]. [c.1870].
    £1,500.00

  • Minaret of the bride, Umayyad Mosque, Damascus.

    BONFILS, Paul-Felix.
    Minaret of the bride, Umayyad Mosque, Damascus. [c.1880].
    £275.00

  • [Elephants at work].

    [Photographer unknown].
    [Elephants at work]. [c.1880].
    £330.00

  • With an original drawing by Blobel-Riche and manuscript essay from Pierre Benoit.
    With an original drawing by Blobel-Riche and manuscript essay from Pierre Benoit.

    BENOIT, Pierre; LOBEL-RICHE, Almery (illustrator).
    L'Atlantide. 1922.
    £3,750.00

  • A Persian translation of the history on the the German Emperor Wilhelm I printed in 1899 in persian
    A Persian translation of the history on the the German Emperor Wilhelm I printed in 1899 in persian

    TAHIR IBN ISKANDARI, Muhammad (translator)
    Tarikh'i Gilum [History of the reign of the German Emperor Wilhelm I], dated 7 Jumada I 1317 AH (13 September 1899 AD)
    £750.00

  • Opisanie starinnykh tsarskikh utvarei, odezh, oruzhiia, ratnykh dospekhov i konskogo pribora, izvlechnnoe iz rukopisei arkhiva moskovskoi oruzhennoi palaty
    Opisanie starinnykh tsarskikh utvarei, odezh, oruzhiia, ratnykh dospekhov i konskogo pribora, izvlechnnoe iz rukopisei arkhiva moskovskoi oruzhennoi palaty

    SAVVAITOV, Pavel Ivanovich.
    Opisanie starinnykh tsarskikh utvarei, odezh, oruzhiia, ratnykh dospekhov i konskogo pribora, izvlechnnoe iz rukopisei arkhiva moskovskoi oruzhennoi palaty 1865.
    £2,500.00

  • Jaffa vu de la mer - View of Jaffa from the sea.

    [BONFILS, Felix].
    Jaffa vu de la mer - View of Jaffa from the sea. c.1880s
    £350.00

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