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  • An outstanding first edition of this scarce title in the first issue dust-jacket, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and published 11 years after the author's suicide<br />
    An outstanding first edition of this scarce title in the first issue dust-jacket, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and published 11 years after the author's suicide<br />

    TOOLE, John Kennedy.
    A Confederacy of Dunces. 1980.
    £5,000.00

  • One of 25 large paper copies of the Iliad and Odyssey by Homer, edited by Thomas Grenville, presented to the Marquis of Stafford.
    One of 25 large paper copies of the Iliad and Odyssey by Homer, edited by Thomas Grenville, presented to the Marquis of Stafford.

    HOMER; GRENVILLE, Thomas (editor).
    Ilias kai Odysseia [Iliad and Odyssey, in Greek]. 1800-01.
    £8,500.00

  • Trew's Plantae Selectae is one of the greatest eighteenth-century botanical books, with 100 plates after paintings by Georg Dionysius Ehret.
    Trew's Plantae Selectae is one of the greatest eighteenth-century botanical books, with 100 plates after paintings by Georg Dionysius Ehret.

    TREW, Christoph Jakob.
    Plantae Selectae 1750-1773.
    £37,500.00

  • First edition of Charles Richard Weld's A History of the Royal Society, published in 1848 and the first substantial history of the society as an organisaion.
    First edition of Charles Richard Weld's A History of the Royal Society, published in 1848 and the first substantial history of the society as an organisaion.

    WELD, Charles Richard.
    A History of the Royal Society with Memoirs of the Presidents. 1848
    £450.00

  • One of the rarest of big-game books and certainly one of the most luxuriously produced.<br />An 1895 safari to Somaliland and then into the Ogaden
    One of the rarest of big-game books and certainly one of the most luxuriously produced.<br />An 1895 safari to Somaliland and then into the Ogaden

    POTOCKI, Count Joseph.
    Sport in Somaliland, 1900.
    One of the rarest of big-game books and certainly one of the most luxuriously produced.
    £7,500.00

  • First edition of one of the rarest and most beautifully illustrated botanical works, Alexis Jordan's Icones ad Floram Europae, published between 1866 and 1903.
    First edition of one of the rarest and most beautifully illustrated botanical works, Alexis Jordan's Icones ad Floram Europae, published between 1866 and 1903.

    JORDAN, [Claude Thomas] Alexis; FOURREAU, Jules.
    Icones ad Floram Europae 1866-1903.
    First edition of one of the rarest and most beautifully illustrated botanical works.
    £9,500.00

  • The first UK edition of Graham Greene's (1904-1991) classic murder-thriller <em>Brighton Rock</em> in a fine binding by Bayntun Riviere.
    The first UK edition of Graham Greene's (1904-1991) classic murder-thriller <em>Brighton Rock</em> in a fine binding by Bayntun Riviere.

    GREENE, Graham.
    Brighton Rock. 1938.
    £950.00

  • An unusual album of Swiss costume plates by the nineteenth century artist Bartolomeo Pinelli
    An unusual album of Swiss costume plates by the nineteenth century artist Bartolomeo Pinelli

    PINELLI, Bartolomeo.
    Raccolta di quindici costumi li piu interessanti della Svizzera Desgnati. n.d. [but c. 1813].
    £2,500.00

  • A fine set of the works of Sir Thomas Browne, with engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, bound in fine polished calf, spines gilt.
    A fine set of the works of Sir Thomas Browne, with engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, bound in fine polished calf, spines gilt.

    BROWNE, Sir Thomas.
    Works 1836.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of the first complete Russian translation of Boccaccio's Decameron.
    First edition of the first complete Russian translation of Boccaccio's Decameron.

    BOCCACCIO, Giovanni.
    The Decameron. 1891-92.
    £1,250.00

  • First edition of The Testament of Charlotte B edited by Marius Kociejowski, inscribed by the editor to Hilary Gerrard.
    First edition of The Testament of Charlotte B edited by Marius Kociejowski, inscribed by the editor to Hilary Gerrard.

    KOCIEJOWSKI, Marius (editor); SMITH, Richard Shirley (illustrator).
    The Testament of Charlotte B. 1988.
    £225.00

  • First edition of Lee Friedlander at Work, signed by the photographer on the half-title.
    First edition of Lee Friedlander at Work, signed by the photographer on the half-title.

    FRIEDLANDER, Lee; BENSON, Richard.
    Lee Friedlander at Work. 2002.
    £250.00

  • First and only edition of Floral Illustrations of the Seasons, 55 fine floral plates by Margaret Roscoe, published in seven parts between 1829 and 1831.
    First and only edition of Floral Illustrations of the Seasons, 55 fine floral plates by Margaret Roscoe, published in seven parts between 1829 and 1831.

    ROSCOE, Margaret.
    Floral Illustrations of the Seasons, 1829-1831.
    £3,000.00

  • The Schwerdt-Jeanson copy of the rare first edition, first issue of The National Sports of Greta Britain by Henry Alken.
    The Schwerdt-Jeanson copy of the rare first edition, first issue of The National Sports of Greta Britain by Henry Alken.

    ALKEN, Henry Thomas.
    The National Sports of Great Britain. 1820-1821.
    £17,500.00

  • A fine timurid copy of Rumi's most celebrated text, the mathnavi, illuminated manuscript on paper from the mid fifteenth century
    A fine timurid copy of Rumi's most celebrated text, the mathnavi, illuminated manuscript on paper from the mid fifteenth century

    RUMI, Jalal al-Din Muhammad.
    Mathnavi. mid-15th century.
    £30,000.00

  • First printings of Wolf-Watching and Giant Dream of Elephants by Ted Hughes, each signed by the author.
    First printings of Wolf-Watching and Giant Dream of Elephants by Ted Hughes, each signed by the author.

    HUGHES, Ted.
    Wolf-Watching [with] Giant Dream of Elephants. July, 1982.
    £575.00

  • A rare complete example of the fourth distinct folio edition of the King James Bible, beautifully bound in red morocco gilt
    A rare complete example of the fourth distinct folio edition of the King James Bible, beautifully bound in red morocco gilt

    [FOURTH FOLIO KING JAMES].
    The Holy Bible, 1634.
    A rare complete example of the fourth distinct folio edition in striking red morocco.
    £18,500.00

  • First edition of Speech of Major Gen Sir John Malcolm, the Governor of Bombay who dieid in 1833.
    First edition of Speech of Major Gen Sir John Malcolm, the Governor of Bombay who dieid in 1833.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY].
    Speech of Major-Gen. Sir John Malcolm, G.C.B., &c. &c. 1833.
    £150.00

  • Remarkably fine series of hand-coloured prints of military costumes after Paul I in an exceptional conteemporary Russian binding.
    Remarkably fine series of hand-coloured prints of military costumes after Paul I in an exceptional conteemporary Russian binding.

    [PETROVICH, Paul I (Tsar of Russia)].
    Risunki sobstvennym voiskam pokoinago Imperatora Pavle I. 1835.
    £12,500.00

  • 15 hand-coloured aquatints by Rawlins, publisher's green morocco, a very good copy
    15 hand-coloured aquatints by Rawlins, publisher's green morocco, a very good copy

    RAWSTORNE, Lawrence; RAWLINS, J.T. (illustrator).
    Gamonia: or, the Art of Preserving Game; 1837.
    £1,400.00

  • Intended for officers coming to Zanzibar for the first time, comprising 'information as to the general conditions of life of a nature not always to be found in official publications
    Intended for officers coming to Zanzibar for the first time, comprising 'information as to the general conditions of life of a nature not always to be found in official publications

    [ZANZIBAR].
    Notes for officers appointed to Zanzibar. 1926.
    £750.00

  • A remarkable collection of fine large format Chinese watercolours. The binder of the album, George Mullen, was the most famous bookbinder in Ireland.
    A remarkable collection of fine large format Chinese watercolours. The binder of the album, George Mullen, was the most famous bookbinder in Ireland.

    [CHINA.
    Watercolour Album. Circa 1800].
    £45,000.00

  • The first collected edition of The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stories by the prolific Arthur Conan Doyle.
    The first collected edition of The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stories by the prolific Arthur Conan Doyle.

    CONAN DOYLE, Arthur.
    The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stories. 1928.
    £550.00

  • Le Decameron de Jean Boccace.
    Le Decameron de Jean Boccace.

    [EROTICA]. BOCCACCIO, Giovanni.
    Le Decameron de Jean Boccace. 1757-61.
    £15,000.00

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