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  1. 128592

    Black Cap: Murder Will Out.

    London: 1930

    First edition, first impression. This work, an account of various murder trials, was initially intended to be a study of the trials of the Home Office pathologist Bernard Spilsbury (1877-1947), entitled, "Sir Bernard Spilsbury and his Famous Trials". Spilsbury, however, threatened legal action against Marriott, upon receipt... Learn More
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  2. 129128comp

    Log of the Cruise of President Franklin D. Roosevelt aboard the Schooner Yacht Sewanna to Maine, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, 14 July 1936 - 28 July 1936.

    [Washington: 1937]

    First and only edition. A superb association copy, inscribed by President Roosevelt to his son John A. Roosevelt: "For John A. Roosevelt from his affectionate father Franklin D. Roosevelt". John accompanied his father during the presidential trip aboard the schooner, where they fished for tuna and cod. The sojourn was a... Learn More
    £7,500

    Stock Code: 129128

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  3. 128999

    A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.

    London: 1956-8

    First editions, first impressions. Churchill began his history of the British Empire and the United States during his period in the political wilderness in the early 1930s, but did not complete it until after his retirement in the late 1950s. The events of the Second World War, the major interruption in the writing process,... Learn More
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  4. 123344

    Diary of Alexander Jaffray,

    London: 1833

    First edition. A politician and Quaker leader during the English Civil War and Interregnum, Alexander Jaffray represented Aberdeen in parliament between 1644 and 1650 and was one of the covenanter commissioners sent to the Netherlands to negotiate with Charles II. He was later held prisoner by the English for six months... Learn More
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  5. The Cook's Own Book:

    The Cook's Own Book:

    Boston: 1832

    First edition, first issue, of "the first alphabetically arranged culinary encyclopaedia to appear in the United States" (Oxford Companion to Food, p. 17), and one of the most popular American cookbooks of the 19th century (Michigan State University introduction, online). The author's sources are mainly British. The first... Learn More
    £1,750

    Stock Code: 110873

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    Buried Pleasure.

    Braunton, Devon: 1985

    Limited edition of 100 signed and numbered copies, this number 32. This copy additionally signed and inscribed by de Chair on the title page "For Phyllis Roper on her 70th birthday in appreciation of her consistent help". Biography of the English author, politician, poet and connoisseur. In WWII he served as an intelligence... Learn More
    £75

    Stock Code: 103982

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  7. Madame Ambassador. The Life of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.

    Madame Ambassador. The Life of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.

    New York: 1962

    First edition, first impression. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Leah Horwitz with appreciation of all she has done for PPSEWA - which includes the land of Madame Ambassador. With best wishes. Anne Guthrie". Loosely inserted is a typed letter signed from the author to Horwitz thanking her for sending... Learn More
    £250

    Stock Code: 82367

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  8. 128827

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

    London: 1854-5

    An attractive Victorian edition of Gibbon's great work, originally published from 1776 to 1788. Gibbon's seminal work ranks as a "masterpiece of historical penetration and literary style" and has "remained one of the ageless historical works which maintain their hold upon the layman and continue to stimulate the scholar"... Learn More
    £750

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  9. 123902

    Photograph of Margaret Thatcher with the Queen, Queen Mother and Denis Thatcher.

    A framed photograph of Margaret and Denis Thatcher with the Queen and Queen Mother, from Thatcher's personal belongings from her home in Chester Square. The photograph was taken apparently informally; all four are looking in a different direction, perhaps at a different photographer. No other copy of this photograph could... Learn More
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    Remarks on Lady Morgan's Statements Regarding St. Peter's Chair Preserved in the Vatican Basilic.

    Rome: 1833

    First separate publication, following appearance in an English periodical. Presentation copy, inscribed on the title page: "Charles Weld from his friend the author", with Weld's signature in pencil underneath. Nicholas Wiseman (1802- 865) was an Irish Cardinal, who in 1850 became the first Archbishop of Westminster upon... Learn More
    £300

    Stock Code: 128900

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  11. 120920

    Die Cultur der Renaissance in Italien.

    Basel: 1860

    First edition, from the library of Otto Wesendonck, husband of Mathilde Wesendonck and friend of Wagner.
    Otto Wesendonck's (1815-1896) success as a silk merchant made him a generous patron of the arts and allowed him to provided significant financial support to one of his favourite composers, Richard Wagner, throughout... Learn More
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  12. 121513

    The French Revolution.

    London: 1837

    First edition, one of 1,000 copies printed, this copy without the terminal advert leaf in volume 2, but retaining all the half-titles. "Carlyle wrote his French Revolution as a secular 'tract for the times' and as a warning for his compatriots of the frightful consequences of materialism, utilitarianism and democracy. Scottish... Learn More
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  13. 128761

    Pseudo-Martyr.

    London: 1610

    First edition of Donne's first published book (though written after Biathanatos), an argument for conformity by English Catholics. A desirable copy with a rich provenance: from the Buxton family library at Shadwell Park, Norfolk, with book label dated 1842; subsequent collectors' book labels and plates of Clarence S. Bemens,... Learn More
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  14. 124018

    Photograph of Margaret Thatcher with the Queen.

    1995

    A photograph of Margaret Thatcher and the Queen standing with Denis Thatcher and Prince Philip, from Thatcher's personal belongings from her home in Chester Square. The photograph was taken on Thatcher's 70th birthday party at Claridge's in October 1995, with the Queen in attendance. The attendance of the Queen at a politician's... Learn More
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  15. 125600

    A New Version of the Psalms of David, Fitted to the Tunes Used in Churches.

    London: 1793

    A handsomely bound copy of the psalms, with the name and mayoral title of Thomas Staniforth (1735-1803) emblazoned on the front cover in gilt, dated 1797. Staniforth, a former slave-trader and merchant, was elected Major of Liverpool in 1797, a post he held until the following year. It is probable that the book was presented... Learn More
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  16. 128707

    Palestine Memories.

    Canterbury: 1925

    First edition, first impression, of the author's account of his military service in Palestine during the First World War, and his return in 1925 to Mandatory Palestine. A valuable account, well-illustrated with photographs and drawings, of the region in this tumultuous time. Learn More
    £150

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  17. 128470

    The Chronicles.

    London: 1836

    Second edition in English, first published the previous year, of the annals of Ben Meir. Rabbi Ben Meir (1496-1575) - more commonly known as Joseph ha-Kohen - wrote his annals of the Jewish people from 1558 to 1563, and continued to revise it until his death a decade later. It stands as one of the great achievements of Jewish... Learn More
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  18. 128614

    The Black Maria, or, The Criminals' Omnibus.

    London: [1935]

    First edition, first impression, of this collection of the editorial introductions to volumes of the series Notable British trials. Notable British Trials was first published in 1905, covering the cause celebres from 1586 to modern times. Founded by Harry Hodge as a hobby, it achieved great success and attracted considerable... Learn More
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  19. 124114

    Twenty Two Select Colloquies out of Erasmus Roterodamus,

    London: 1711

    First edition with Thomas Brown's additions, with L'Estrange's translation having originally been published in 1689. Roger L'Estrange (1616-1704) was an English author and pamphleteer, known for his strong defence of royalism. His translation of Erasmus joined his other late 17th-century translations of Aesop, Cervantes,... Learn More
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  20. 123783

    Constitution of the Original Hawaiian Church.

    [Honolulu: 1830]

    The first printing of the Hawaiian church's founding constitution, the text of which "was drawn up in Boston just prior to the departure of the first American Protestant missionaries to Hawaii. Although issued without an imprint or colophon it can be dated to 1830. The last signatures on this are those of the Third Company... Learn More
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  21. 127350

    Typed letter signed.

    2003

    The letter written by Margaret Thatcher in response to Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman's letter of condolence, on the occasion of the death of her husband Denis in 2003. Thatcher writes in her customary blue ink "Dear Elaine, it was so good of you and Edward to write. Yours ever, Margaret", with the typed letter, dated 23 July... Learn More
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  22. 126891

    La Religion des Mahometans,

    The Hague: 1721

    First edition in French, first published in Latin in 1705, an English edition was published in 1712, and a German in 1715. "Edited by David Durand this important work by the Dutch orientalist Reeland sets out to correct misconceptions in the popular about Islam, and to bring a better understanding of it. The work was based... Learn More
    £750

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  23. 114757detail

    A series of letters to art historian and biographer Auguste Bréal.

    Roquebrune, London, Nice, etc.: 1919-40

    Dorothy Bussy (née Strachey) had translated Bréal's book on Velazquez back in 1905 and the present letters have an easy intimacy throughout. In the first she introduces J. M. Keynes "(pronounced Canes) He is something of a swell an intimate friend of my brother Lytton's, Duncan Grant's chief patron, the headquarters... Learn More
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  24. 127262detail

    The Dispatches of Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington,

    London: 1837-8

    The New Edition, complete with the index and the volume of General Orders. Indispensable for the study of Wellington's campaigns, and perhaps the only source for the occasional glimpse of the man. This is a particularly handsome set, bound by Francis Bedford, "considered the leading English bookbinder of his time, surpassed... Learn More
    £6,500

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  25. 126854detail

    Eton College Chronicle.

    Eton: 1892-1926

    First editions. Complete 34 year run of the Eton College magazine which typically reports on sporting and other school events, but covering the period of both the Second Anglo-Boer War and, crucially, the First World War, also contains numerous obituaries and other biographical and service-related material. A copy typescript... Learn More
    £2,500

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  26. 37120

    The River War.

    1902

    Second edition, revised, first one volume edition. 1000 copies printed on the 15th October, 1902. The text had been revised considerably, and a new chapter added describing the ultimate destruction of the Khalifa and the end of the war. Learn More
    £1,375

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  27. 127115

    Obsequies of His Grace the Late Illustrious Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, KG, KCB, &c. &c. 18th November 1852.

    London: 1852

    First edition, distinctly uncommon: Copac locates copies at V&A and Guildhall only among British and Irish institutional libraries; OCLC cites just Harvard and Free Library of Philadelphia. The plates depict The Lying in State at Chelsea Hospital, Passing Apsley House, Passing Trafalgar Square, Arrival at St. Pauls; the... Learn More
    £200

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  28. 127099

    An Essay on Certain Points of Resemblance Between the Ancient and Modern Greeks.

    London: 1813

    First edition. Douglas (1791-1819) embarked on a two year tour of Greece from 1810 to 1812, and on his return wrote the present work, an examination of the climate, population, language, literature and customs of modern Greece as compared to ancient Greece. The work underwent a second edition the same year. Learn More
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  29. 125986

    Serindia.

    Oxford: 1921

    First edition, first impression, of this landmark work which has a strong claim to be the single most important text on Central Asia. Stein explains in his introduction: "The term Serindia, as adopted (in the form Sérinde) by valued French fellow-scholars, is excellently suited for the designation of this region, well-defined... Learn More
    £17,500

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  30. 126794

    Britannia Rediviva.

    Oxford: 1660

    First edition of this collection of verses by Oxford men celebrating the restoration of Charles II to the throne, written in Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, Greek, French and English. Oxford, Charles I's capital during the Civil War, had remained a bastion of royalism, and by all accounts the University welcomed the Stuarts' return.... Learn More
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  31. 126552detail

    La Sainte Bible,

    Paris: 1789-1804

    First edition thus, with the plates after two of the finest French illustrators of the period, Marillier and Monsiau, presented here in the superior quarto issue. This is a beautiful set bound by Charles Hering (d. 1809), "the artistic successor to Roger Payne, the doyen of English bookbinders" (Judith Goldstein Marks,... Learn More
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  32. 43623

    Alliance Israélite Universelle - Une Mission de l'Alliance au Yémen.

    Paris: [1910]

    First edition thus. Scarce, one copy only on OCLC, at Harvard. Extracted from the Bulletin de l'Alliance Israélite Universelle, paginated pp. 48-162, this copy has the MS notation "Edition corrigée" to the upper wrap. Based in Paris, the Alliance, the first international Jewish organization, advocated the emancipation... Learn More
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  33. 124503

    Photograph of Margaret Thatcher with the Queen.

    1995

    A photograph of Margaret Thatcher and the Queen standing with Denis Thatcher and Prince Philip, from Thatcher's personal belongings from her home in Chester Square. Thatcher had the photograph placed in a frame by Smythson of Bond Street, the purveyors of luxury leather goods, and retained the original box. The photograph... Learn More
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  34. 118029comp

    The Revolution Betrayed.

    New York & London: 1937 & 1938

    The American journalist and labour activist Benjamin Stolberg (1891-1951) was a member of the Dewey Commission and had strong association links..."> First US edition, first printing, presentation copy, inscribed from Trotsky to Benjamin Stolberg on the front free endpaper, "devotedly yours, Leon Trotsky, 21/11 1937, Coyoacan".
    The American journalist and labour activist Benjamin Stolberg (1891-1951) was a member of the Dewey Commission and had strong association links... Learn More
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  35. 126157

    Kibbo Kift.

    London: 1931

    The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift imbued Baden-Powell's scouting movement..."> First edition of this rare Kibbo Kift handbook written by "Head Man" of the Kindred, John "White Fox" Hargrave (1894-1982). All original Kibbo Kift productions are rare, and this one apparently particularly so, with no copy recorded on Copac or OCLC.
    The Kindred of the Kibbo Kift imbued Baden-Powell's scouting movement... Learn More
    £750

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  36. 125824

    De la démocratie en Amérique.

    Brussels: 1840

    Second complete Brussels edition, in the scarce and appealing original wrappers, of de Tocqueville's magnum opus. The first appearances of De la démocratie en Amérique in Brussels were published by Louis Hauman in the same years as the first editions (Paris: Charles Gosselin, 1835 & 1840). Meline also published a two volume... Learn More
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  37. 125292

    The Journal of the Proceedings of the Lds Commissioners of Both Nations, in the Treaty of Union, …

    London: 1706

    First London editions of both of these works, relating to the Act of Union. The first work is the record of the proceedings of the Lord Commissioners of both Scotland and England, who met from the 16 April to the 22 July 1706, the day the English Parliament ratified the Union with Scotland Act. The Scottish Parliament passed... Learn More
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  38. 126323

    Conversations with M. Thiers, M. Guizot, and other distinguished persons during the Second Empire.

    London: 1878

    First edition of Senior's posthumously-published records of his discussions with leading French figures in the years 1852 to 1863. Learn More
    £375

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  39. 114663

    Etat de la France,

    London: 1727

    First edition, published posthumously, complete with the rare third volume. Boulainvillier's work, an administrative survey of France, provides an essential account of the political and social structure of the Ancien Régime. As with his other historical works, published in the years following his death in 1722, Boulainvillier... Learn More
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  40. 125235

    Matrimonial Ceremonies Display'd:

    London: 1748

    First edition under this title, originally written in Italian but first published in French as Les ceremonies nuptiales de toutes les nations in 1680, with Italian and English translations first appearing in 1685, the English one as Nuptial Rites. Louis de Gaya's account of the plurality of marriage rituals across the world... Learn More
    £975

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  41. 98387

    Œuvres.

    Paris: 1773

    First collected edition in French of the author's collected works. The first part is entirely devoted to electricity and includes previously unpublished pieces. Translated by Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg (1709-1779) from the fourth edition in the original English. A close friend of Franklin and his translator and publisher in... Learn More
    £1,250

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  42. 90894

    Ars Moriendi.

    Nuremberg: [1510]

    First of three Latin editions printed by Weissenburger. The book derives from the Tractatus (or Speculum) artis bene moriendi, composed in 1415 by an anonymous Dominican friar, probably at the request of the Council of Constance. The Ars Morienda is taken from the second chapter of that work, and deals with the five temptations... Learn More
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  43. 125928

    Marlborough. His Life and Times.

    London: 1933-8

    First editions, first impressions, trade issue, in a handsome binding. "Marlborough: his Life and Times took its place at once among the classics of historical writing. As the story of his ancestor's leadership of a grand alliance to prevent the domination of the continent by a single power, it was also a source of inspiration... Learn More
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  44. 125015

    Petit Glossaire,

    Paris: 1835

    First edition of this glossary on bureaucratic matters by French archaeologist and writer Jacques Bouther de Perthes (1788-1868), who was one of the first to establish the presence of prehistoric man in Europe. Learn More
    £425

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  45. 124635

    The History of Nadir Shah, formerly called Thamas Kuli Khan, the Present Emperor of Persia.

    London: 1742

    Second edition, same year as the first. Appointed a writer to the Bombay presidency in 1730, Fraser spent some ten years at the company's trading posts at Mocha in the Yemen and at Cambay and Surat, in western India. He had a great aptitude for languages and "not only mastered the vernacular languages used around the Arabian... Learn More
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  46. 121338

    Five large original photographs of excavations at Troy (3), Mycenae (1) and Samothrace (1) - from the private collection of Heinrich Schliemann, with his holograph annotations.

    Troy, Mycenae, Samothrace (present day western Turkey and Greece): c.1879

    Fascinating, unpublished and extremely scarce archive of four original photographs from Schliemann's pioneering excavations at Troy and Mycenae, and another of Samothrace, where work was conducted by Schliemann's compatriot Alexander Conze (1831-1914). The three views taken at Troy (1871-73) show the massive outer walls... Learn More
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  47. 123030

    History of the Expedition to the sources of the Missouri,

    Philadelphia: 1814

    First edition of the "definitive account of the most important exploration of the North American continent" (Wagner-Camp). A cornerstone of Western Americana, the book describes the government-backed expedition to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase undertaken from 1804 to 1806 by ascending the Missouri to its... Learn More
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  48. 125483

    The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments:

    Edinburgh: 1758

    A pleasing and fairly typical example of the distinctively Scottish herringbone binding style. The style was established by 1725 and was in decline by the late 1770s. The herringbone consists of a vertical stem placed in the centre of the cover with "ribs" of paired tools placed symmetrically on either side. A variety of... Learn More
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  49. .

    Abraham Lincoln. The War Years.

    New York: 1939

    First edition, trade issue. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title to "John Steinbeck, as between two soldiers, citizens and fellow strugglers - with affection good wishes, Carl Sandburg, Los Gatos, 1940", with Steinbeck's embossed library stamp to the front free endpaper and title page of each volume.... Learn More
    £6,500

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  50. 124802comp

    How to Pay for the War:

    London: 1916

    First edition, first impression. With a presentation inscription from Sidney Webb to Professor Phillip Bradley dated 25 November 1925 pasted to the front free endpaper. Loosely inserted is an autograph letter from Webb to Bradley from 28 July 1936, in which Webb writes that he read Bradley's Road to War "with almost painful... Learn More
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  51. 124769

    An Account of the Life and Writings of David Hume, Esq.

    London: 1807

    First edition of the first book-length biography of Hume. Ritchie was critical of Hume's achievements as a metaphysician and as a moralist, with his works suggesting that Ritchie himself was a disciple of Thomas Reid, whose philosophy was antithetical to Hume's. Ritchie is also dismissive of Hume's essays, criticising their... Learn More
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  52. 119977comp

    Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc.

    New York: 1906

    Inscribed by the author on the second blank, "Truly yours, Mark Twain, Dec /08". Uncommon inscribed, with five other copies traced at auction. Clemens often signed works under both his pseudonym and as Clemens; this novel is the only work to be published under the alternate pseudonym of Louis de Conte. Originally published... Learn More
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    Stock Code: 119977

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  53. 124609

    Hymns Ancient and Modern.

    London: c.1900

    A finely bound hymn book produced by the distinguished Florentine booksellers, binders and paper makers Giulio Giannini and aimed directly at the high-end Grand Tour market. Founded originally in 1856 by Pietro Giannini (1811-1882), the business was radically transformed by his son Giulio Sr. (1853-1931) who concentrated... Learn More
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  54. 124662

    [Histories.]

    Birmingham: 1773

    First edition. John Baskerville (1706-1775) was perhaps the most important English typographer of the 18th century, whose typeface remains in use today. Preceding the private press movement by over a century, Baskerville took considerable care in every aspect of the design and production of his books, with the aim of creating... Learn More
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  55. 2

    The Collected Works.

    London: 1887-93

    A handsomely bound set. Learn More
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  56. 118449

    The State of the Prisons in England and Wales,

    Warrington: 1777

    First edition of Howard's pioneering work on prisons and penal reform, "the first major practical work on the subject (Beccaria's book was primarily theoretical)" (PMM). Learn More
    £1,750

    Stock Code: 118449

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  57. 117606

    Bibliothèque orientale.

    The Hague: 1777-9.

    First published in 1697, this revised and expanded edition of d'Herbelot's monumental work is "generally considered the best" (Arcadian Library, p. 238), containing supplements by J. J. Reiske, "undoubtedly the best Arabist in Germany" (ibid.), Leiden professor H. A. Schultens, and other pre-eminent 18th-century orientalists.... Learn More
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  58. Litterae iaponicae annorum M.DC.IX et X. ad R. admodum piae mem. P. Claudium Aquavivam generalem praepositum Societatis Iesu A.R.P. Provinciali eiusdem in Iapone Societ. missae.

    Litterae iaponicae annorum M.DC.IX et X. ad R. admodum piae mem. P. Claudium Aquavivam generalem praepositum Societatis Iesu A.R.P. Provinciali eiusdem in Iapone Societ. missae.

    Antwerp: 1615

    Second Latin edition of this relation concerning the Jesuit mission to Japan during the years 1609 and 1610, the first Italian edition was published by Bartolomeo Zanetti in Rome, 1615, and the first Latin edition, translated by Halloix, appeared in Douai, 1615. The report was addressed to the Superior General of the order,... Learn More
    £3,750

    Stock Code: 87948

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  59. 123984

    A View of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the English Government in Bengal:

    London: 1772

    First edition. Harry Verelst (1734-1785) succeeded Robert Clive as Governor of Bengal in 1767 and held the post until his resignation in December 1769. Verelst's policy with regard to Bengal was to maintain Clive's dual system, upholding the native government under East India Company control rather than fully asserting British... Learn More
    £750

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  60. 123947

    A Dictionary of Books Relating to America.

    New York: [1967]

    An attractively bound set of Sabin's monumental bibliography, compressing the original 29 volumes into two through fitting eight of the original pages onto each page. The bibliography, originally printed from 1868 to 1939, was begun by Sabin, continued by Wilberforce Eames, and finished by Robert Vail. It is the most notable... Learn More
    £375

    Stock Code: 123947

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