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HORSBURGH, James. The India Directory, or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia, and the Interjacent Ports of Africa and South America.London : 1841-43
An exceptionally well-preserved copy, presented here in an American naval officer's portable book box - as such remarkably uncommon - with the additional appeal of a series of original holograph coastal profiles. This is the fifth edition of this important publication, much enlarged in successive editions from the first of 1809-11, which was to become... Learn More£30,000.00Stock Code: 126537
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DARWIN, Charles. Envelope addressed to William Ogle, with the recipient's name in Darwin's hand and his signature ("C. Darwin") at lower left.[Down, Beckenham] : 5 May 1873
The envelope is addressed to Darwin's fellow botanist and regular correspondent William Ogle (18271912) in London, the recipient's name in Darwin's hand and signed by him "C. Darwin" at bottom left, the addresses completed by other hands. The first address is 7 York Street, Baker Street, W, and the letter was redirected on the same day a short distance... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 146643
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ORWELL, George. Archive of retained correspondence from the files of his first publisher, Victor Gollancz, relating to the publication of Down and Out in Paris and London.3 May 1932 - 25 Sep 1972
Victor Gollancz's archived correspondence relating to their publication of George Orwell's first book, Down and Out in Paris and London, including the original contract for the book. Down and Out was Orwell's memoir of his life among the poor and destitute in and around the two cities, and remains among his best-known non-fiction works.
After... Learn More£25,000.00Stock Code: 131747
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GILLESPIE, Sir Robert Rolo - THORN, William. A Memoir of Major-General Sir R. R. Gillespie, Knight Commander of the most honorable Order of the Bath, &c.London : 1816
First and only contemporary edition of this uncommon posthumous memoir of a remarkable early 19th-century colonial military career, spanning the Caribbean, South and South East Asia. Just six locations on Library Hub, no copies traced at auction. An excellent copy, highly desirable in the original boards, judiciously restored.
Born in Ireland,... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 117017
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ELIZABETH II - HARTNELL, Norman. Bespoke souvenir album containing Hartnell sketches for the Queen's wardrobe for her State Visit to Paris, 1957.London : 1957
A likely unique souvenir of Queen Elizabeth's state visit to Paris in 1957, still spectacular, although sadly now in somewhat tired condition. This album collects original design sketches, fabric swatches, photographs, and calligraphic captions for several of the outfits Hartnell produced for the visit.
Undertaken in the aftermath of the Suez... Learn More£4,000.00Stock Code: 131143
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TAYLOR, Cecil. Cecil Taylor.Japan : 1973
Signed cleanly by the great avant-garde pianist in blue ball-point pen on the front cover. This is the first pressing of one of Taylor's standout releases from this period, recorded in Paris on 30 November 1966, and subsequently released as The Great Paris Concert on both the Freedom and Black Lion labels.
"By the time of his Paris concert,... Learn More£385.00Stock Code: 144517
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CORONELLI, Vincenzo. ISOLE DELL' INDIE divise in FILIPPINE, MOLUCCHE e della SONDA.c1700
Beautiful map of South East Asia from Burma to Northern Australia showing all the islands a little closer together than in reality - Hainan is next to the Philippines, and the Philippines are very close to Celebes. Ornamental cartouche at lower left with title on drape, carried by mermaids. Four scales at top right. Coronelli was possibly the best... Learn More£2,200.00Stock Code: 52970
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PRIVATEERING; WEST INDIES. Collection of 35 documents relating to Captain John McIver and the privateer Swallow.c. 1796-97
An outstanding and extraordinarily comprehensive tranche of documents, including impressive original Letters of Marque, relating to the British-built armed brig Swallow, a privateer out of Liverpool operating in the Caribbean under the experienced command of prize-master John McIver. The archive covers in remarkable breadth and detail the purchase,... Learn More£25,000.00Stock Code: 133528
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THORNTON, Joseph Patrick. The International System of Garment Cutting,London : c.1924
Seventh edition of this title, with relevant contemporary annotations, following and much expanding upon Thornton's earlier Sectional System (1901). This is an uncommon and attractive work offering detailed insight into this misunderstood and under-appreciated art. Under 20 copies of various editions dated between ?1885 and 1935 have been located through... Learn More£950.00Stock Code: 139135
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McSWINY, Owen. Six Plates from Tombeaux des Princes, des Grands Capitaines et autres hommes illustres qui ont fleuri dans la Grande-Bretagne.Paris : [1741]
A rather raffish character, McSwiny made and lost "a moderate younger brother's fortune" as a theatrical impresario in London. With the failure of Handel's Teseo in 1713 he was bankrupted and forced to flee abroad. Settling in Italy he continued to act as an agent for Italian opera in London, recruiting singers and recommending operas, but also moved... Learn More£6,000.00Stock Code: 55920
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FORD, Ford Madox [formerly Ford Hermann Hueffer]. A Call: The Tale of Two Passions.London : 1910
First edition, first impression, presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: "'I have evolved what has been the guiding principle of my life: do what you want & take what you get for it.' 'And God in His mercy pardon the ills we do,' the priest said. 'I had forgotten that,' Grimshaw said. p. 216. A. P. Marwood from... Learn More£4,250.00Stock Code: 122241
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BEATTIE, James - FORBES, Sir William. An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, LL.D.Edinburgh : 1806
First edition of Forbes's principal work, an excellent association copy, inscribed on the front free endpaper to the author's son, "William Forbes Esqr. from the author"; together with a small group of related contemporary autograph material laid in which reflects the strong ties between the Forbes and Beattie families.
Sir William Forbes, 6th... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 118450
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BEARDSLEY, Aubrey (illus.); MALORY, Sir Thomas. The Birth, Life, and Acts of King Arthur,London : 1893
First Beardsley edition of Malory's Arthurian epic, this copy in a stunning example of Cedric Chivers's "vellucent" bindings, hand-painted after Beardsley's own artwork within. This copy presents Beardsley's decadent version of Malory's Chivalric romance, noted for illustrations "shockingly overt in their sexuality and eroticism", as a thoroughly luxurious... Learn More£16,500.00Stock Code: 140967
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CORNFORD, Frances. Poems.Hampstead : [1910]
First edition, first impression, of Cornford's second book, following the rare Holtbury Idyll (1908), and first poetry collection, including her poem "Youth", later titled "On Rupert Brooke", as well as the notorious "To a Fat Lady Seen from a Train", which became a much anthologized (and parodied) piece.
Frances Cornford (1886-1960, née Frances... Learn More£200.00Stock Code: 144493
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FORSTER, E. M. - DICKINSON, Goldsworthy Lowes. Appearances.London & Toronto : 1914
First edition, first impression. The copy of E. M. Forster, with his estate label to the front pastedown, and his inscription to the front free endpaper: "Taken from Goldie's room August 6th 1932", Goldie being the author Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, and consequently this also being the author's own copy. A nice association copy: Dickinson became Forster's... Learn More£500.00Stock Code: 133767
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BUCHANAN, George. Ane Detectioun of the Duinges of Marie Quene of Scottes,London : [1571]
First edition thus, highly uncommon, a translation in Scots dialect of Buchanan's De Maria Scotorum Regina, from the Latin edition printed the same year, but including a number of items not included there. It has been described as "the most important" of the early tracts against Mary, Queen of Scots, and "the standard narrative about her descent into... Learn More£17,500.00Stock Code: 128756
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PEEL, Constance Dorothy Evelyn. The Hat Shop.London : 1914
First edition, first and only impression, of this "vivid picture of one side of the world of fashion and of the cost to those who serve it" (Pall Mall Gazette), written by the acclaimed journalist and writer on household management. It is uncommon institutionally and commercially; we have seen one other copy in a cheap "popular edition" binding of flexible... Learn More£650.00Stock Code: 130287
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HARTLEY, Dorothy. Food in England.London : 1954
First edition, first impression. Food in England, "a treasury of information on the gathering, storing, and cooking of food from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries" is widely regarded as the definitive history of English food and cooking techniques (ODNB).
Dorothy Hartley (1893-1985) travelled the country writing a weekly column on English... Learn More£2,000.00Stock Code: 146496
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MEADOWS, Thomas Taylor. The Chinese and their Rebellions,1856
First Edition. Having studied Chinese at the University of Munich, Meadows was employed as Interpreter at the Canton Consulate on the day that the Treaty of Nanking was ratified, "My Chinese experience commenced, therefore, with the inauguration of a new era in Anglo-Chinese intercourse." Meadow's closely observant residence in the centre of events... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 37272
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MASON, George Henry; ALEXANDER, William; DALVIMART, Octavien; PYNE, William Henry; D'OYLY, Charles & Thomas Williamson. The Costume of China; The Punishments of China; The Costume of the Russian Empire; The Costume of Turkey; The Costume of Great Britain; The Costumes and Customs of Modern IndiaLondon : 1800; 1801; 1803; 1804; 1804; c.1824
"A most important series of books on costume" (Hardie, p. 151), this a particularly choice set - presented here in stylish period morocco bindings - of these famous colour plate books, issued by two of the most fashionable publishers of the era, William Miller and Edward Orme.
The Costume of China has plates by the accomplished stipple engraver... Learn More£17,500.00Stock Code: 145507
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GARDNER, John. Win, Lose or Die.London : 1989
First edition, first impression; the eighth of Gardner's James Bond books. Learn More£125.00Stock Code: 147151
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HAYDN, Joseph. Die Schoepfung, Ein Oratorium … The Creation, An Oratorio.Vienna : 1800
First edition, published by the composer, extremely uncommon, particularly so with the seldom-encountered 4-leaf subscribers list; an excellent copy of this monumental work, widely recognised as one of the highpoints of the Western musical canon. "The Creation is a masterwork in the special sense that it has no weak point, nothing that could be changed... Learn More£12,000.00Stock Code: 125770
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RAPKIN, J. VAN DIEMEN'S ISLAND OR TASMANIA1851.
A highly decorative map for the period with vignettes showing towns and local scenes, the whole enclosed in an elegant border. Small views of Hobart Town and Residence of he V.D.I company's Agent, circular head. Learn More£55.00Stock Code: 56916
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RAPKIN, J. VAN DIEMEN'S ISLAND OR TASMANIA1851.
A highly decorative map for the period with vignettes showing towns and local scenes, the whole enclosed in an elegant border. Small views of Hobart Town and Residence of he V.D.I company's Agent, circular head. Learn More£55.00Stock Code: 56917
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MILES, William Augustus. A Political Mirror;London : 1779
First edition. A scarce and desirable piece of Americana with just eleven institutional copies located worldwide for this first edition; the second edition of the following year omits the list of ships.
Unusually solely the BL copy is located in the UK, the rest in the US - Huntington, Lilly, JCB, NYHS, Yale, Society of the Cincinnati, Clements... Learn More£850.00Stock Code: 143439
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LOWRY, L. S. Get Well card with an original drawing by Lowry, together with Three Portraits of the Lowrys.A "get well" card, featuring an original drawing by Lowry for his friend the sculptor Leopold "Leo" Solomon (19191976), also jokingly signed by their mutual friend and fellow artist Martin Levy as "L. S. Levy"; it is acccompanied by the Lowry Commemorative Portfolio, containing three offset lithographs, each signed by Lowry, and the bronze medallion... Learn More£8,750.00Stock Code: 111652
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ESQUIROL, Jean-Étienne Dominique. Des maladies mentales considérées sous les rapports médical, hygiénique et médico-légal.Paris : 1838
First edition of "the first modern textbook of psychiatry" (Norman); this copy of especial interest as including, bound into the first volume, a fine original pencil drawing (dated 1836) of a psychiatric patient, ascribed by a later hand to the engraver Ambroise Tardieu, along with a suite of 19 proof engravings. Tardieu appears to have been responsible... Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 128843
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LAUREL, Stan (Arthur Stanley Jefferson). A collection of original Laurel and Hardy scenarios and scripts from the files of the Hal Roach studio.[Los Angeles] : 1927-35
A superb collection of original script material from the golden age of the most successful comic partnership in film history. In 1926, under contract to Hal Roach Studios for the third time, the English-born comedian Stan Laurel (Arthur Stanley Jefferson) reworked an old sketch of his father's into a two-reel comedy, Home from the Honeymoon, featuring... Learn More£45,000.00Stock Code: 65988
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DUNCAN, Adam, Viscount. A Collection of contemporary materials commemorating Admiral Lord Duncan and the Battle of Camperdown.[1797-c.1800]
A fascinating and unusual collection, offering insight into the construction and presentation of the fame of an undeservedly neglected naval hero; "One sailor wrote of him 'They can't make too much of him. He is heart of oak; he is a seaman every inch of him, and as to a bit of broadside it only makes the old cock young again."
As the French... Learn More£3,000.00Stock Code: 44566
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GIRARDOT, Alexandre Antoine. Two albums compiled from an artist's sketchbooks recording nearly 40 years of life in Algeria.Algeria : 1830-67
Alexandre Antoine Girardot (1815-c.1877) has left but few traces of what must have been an unusual and adventurous life. Born in Paris in February 1815, he enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts on 6 October 1836. A student of Blondel, he exhibited regularly at the Salon between 1841 and 1848, submitting views of Algeria and other "oriental" subjects.... Learn More£95,000.00Stock Code: 110595
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CHINDITS. Collection of material relating to Wingate's Chindits and their campaigns in Burma.1940s-1980s]
Superb collection of material concerning the Chindits, includes Wingate's Report on the Operations of 77th Brigade; the original MS of the Hedley's book Jungle Fighter; a number of SEAC Chindit publications; a small trove of pieces from the collection of a serving Chindit officer, including intelligence reports, some excellent press photographs, and... Learn More£7,500.00Stock Code: 65880
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CHERRY-GARRARD, Apsley. The Worst Journey in the World:London : 1922
Interesting group comprising two polar rarities, a first edition of The Worst Journey in the World, and two autograph letters. The Worst Journey in the World, "the best written and most enduring account of exploits in the Antarctic" (Taurus) and "widely regarded as the masterpiece of polar exploration" (Books on Ice), is presented here in Cherry-Garrard's... Learn More£12,500.00Stock Code: 136850
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SELDEN, John. The Historie of Tithes.[London : 1618
First edition. John Selden (1584-1654) was perhaps the most notable jurist and legal scholar of the first half of the 17th century; John Milton declared him in the Areopagitica "the chief of learned men reputed in this land". The Historie of Tithes marked a major refinement in Selden's theory and practice of history, and was meticulously researched,... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 129239
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GOTHEIN, Marie Louise. A History of Garden Art.London : 1928
First edition in English, originally published in German in 1913. With a superb provenance: from the library of the artist Walter Beck (1864-1954), with his delightful "Singing Trees" bookplates (designed by him and wood-engraved by T. Cole) and captioned "Innisfree" after his celebrated gardens at Millbrook, New York; both volumes - but particularly... Learn More£3,500.00Stock Code: 114828
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STUART, General Sir Charles. Letter Book of correspondence with Admiral Duckworth during the retaking of Minorca, 1798-9.Mahon : 1798-9
It is rare indeed that British Military History throws up a general who seriously could be considered as an exemplar of Sun Tzu's Sage Commander. And it is perhaps not particularly surprising, in view of the generally sanguinary tendencies of the historians of the British Army, that his greatest feat "being bloodless, has been absolutely forgotten"... Learn More£3,500.00Stock Code: 120807
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DIVANOV, Khudaibergen. Eighteen original photographs of Khiva and its people.Khiva : c.1920
Eloquent and atmospheric sequence of images showing the ancient Silk Road city of Khiva during a period of rapid transition, the work of Khudaibergen Divanov, Uzbekistan's first photographer whose life and fate mirrored his times. Proscribed and executed in Stalin's Great Purge, vintage prints from Divanov's studio are exceptionally scarce.
All... Learn More£29,250.00Stock Code: 113773
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BELLEW, Henry Walter. The History of Cholera in India from 1862 to 1881London : 1885
First edition thus of this important contribution to the literature of the disease. The conclusions of this substantial work, based on painstaking statistical surveys, are considered among the best-judged of the period, and remain epidemiologically sound.
"The almost invariable validity of Bellew's general statements on locality and climate... Learn More£850.00Stock Code: 82407
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HASTINGS, Elizabeth - BARNARD, Thomas. An Historical Character relating to The holy and exemplary Life of the Right Honourable the Lady Elisabeth Hastings:Leeds : 1742
First edition of the principal biography of the celebrated Lady Elizabeth Hastings, known as "Lady Betty" (1682-1739). Extremely well known in her lifetime, Hastings "became notable for her intelligence, her pious character, and her support of charitable causes. She was commemorated in no. 42 of The Tatler (16 July 1709) as 'Aspasia', a 'female philosopher',... Learn More£300.00Stock Code: 135086
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STRABO. De situ orbis.Venice : 1516
Editio princeps, that is, the first edition in the original Greek, of the first attempt at a unified treatise of geographical knowledge, which is "by far the most important source for ancient geography, a priceless document of the Augustan age, and a compendium of important material derived from lost authors" (Oxford Classical Dictionary, p. 1447).... Learn More£75,000.00Stock Code: 142408
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KAFKA, Franz; COESTER, Otto (illus.) Promĕna. [Metamorphosis.]Moravia : April 1929
Suite of illustrations for the first Czech edition, number 97 of 120 copies only, signed by the illustrator on the half-title in pencil and printed by the Graphic Union in Prague under the supervision of Josef Čapek. The illustrations were drawn by Coester in 1927 and are the first to be created for Kafka's masterpiece. The illustration of The Metamorphosis... Learn More£5,750.00Stock Code: 140159
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SECOND SINO-JAPANESE WAR. Ammunition Manufacturing Report No. 23. Construction Progress … First Report.Nanping, Manchukuo : 1938
An historically significant and fascinating album chronicling the progress of the construction of factories at Ningpo near Fuzhou for the manufacture, mixing, drying, and separation of smokeless yellow and brown gunpowder for the Imperial Japanese Kwantung Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Following their stunning victory in the Russo-Japanese... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 98082
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BUTLER, Herbert J. Motor Bodywork; the Design and Construction of Private, Commercial and Passenger Types.London : 1924
First edition, first impression, of the most comprehensive contemporary book on the subject, with a preface by Sir Herbert Austin. The 30 chapters cover open bodies, racing and sporting bodies, cape hoods, closed bodies, bodies with folding heads, shooting and luggage breaks and protected phaetons, seat fittings, windscreens, private bodywork, materials,... Learn More£875.00Stock Code: 122003
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PEAKE, Mervyn. Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor.London : 1939
First edition, first impression, with a fine original pencil sketch by Peake on the front free endpaper, showing Captain Slaughterboard sitting on a rock holding a piece of paper. Across the paper is written in ink "Elizabeth" and below the sketch "from Doc"; i.e. this is a presentation copy from the artist's father, Ernest Cromwell Peake MD (1874-1949),... Learn More£12,500.00Stock Code: 138692
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GILBRETH, Frank B. Motion Study. A Method for Increasing the Efficiency of the Workman.New York : 1911
First edition, first printing, UK issue (with Constable's imprint to foot of spine and American sheets). Gilbreth was a pioneer in motion control studies, and though he worked closely with Frederick Winslow Taylor for a number of years, the two fundamentally disagreed about the purpose of motion control. Taylor hoped to increase speed and profits for... Learn More£350.00Stock Code: 124452
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JAMES, M. R. Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary.London : 1904
First edition, first impression. With the publisher's adverts dated November 1904. Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was a scholar and the author of numerous ghost stories which he began writing after entering Cambridge in 1882, quickly becoming known for his candlelit readings to fellow scholars.
Several of James's ghost stories were printed... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 143512
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JAMES, M. R. Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary.London : 1904
First edition, first impression, in much brighter condition that this edition is usually found. With the publisher's adverts dated November 1904. Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was a scholar and the author of numerous ghost stories which he began writing after entering Cambridge in 1882, quickly becoming known for his candlelit readings to fellow... Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 143511
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HAITIAN SLAVE REVOLT. Log book of Commodore John Ford.1792 - 1794
A conspicuous survival from a period of violent tumult in the Caribbean: the log book of the distinguished Royal Navy officer Commodore John Ford, kept while Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Station. "At the start of the French Revolutionary War Ford d. 1796 had nine small vessels including three frigates in addition to his flagship at Jamaica. Having been... Learn More£8,750.00Stock Code: 128585
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MANNING, Frederick. The Middle Parts of Fortune.London : 1929
First edition, the unexpurgated limited edition, number 273 of 525 copies. The book was published in this limited edition in 1929, garnering informed praise and intemperate notoriety in close to equal measure, and an expurgated edition, under the title Her Privates We (taken from the line in Shakespeare's Hamlet immediately following "The Middle Parts... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 124207
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CARROLL, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.London : 1866
First published edition, rare presentation copy, inscribed by the author to one of his child-friends on the half-title, "Ella Chlora Williams from the author", together with three letters from the author mounted on the third, fourth, and fifth blanks.
Ella Chlora Faithfull Bickersteth (née Monier-Williams, 1859-1954) was the only daughter of... Learn More£75,000.00Stock Code: 127698
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CONSETT, Thomas. The Present State and Regulations of the Church of Russia.London : 1729
First edition, a collection of Russian documents in English translation, all serving the compiler's attempt to cement the reputation of Peter the Great (who had died four years earlier) as a great leader and reformer.
Thomas Consett was the first Anglican priest of the "British Factory", the association of British merchants who were resident... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 144543
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SMITH, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.London : 1776
First edition, a superb copy by both binding and association: in its first binding - a beautiful and highly finished gilt contemporary calf - purchased and inscribed within a month of publication by Scottish physician and customs official Thomas Moffatt (c.1702-1787), shortly before emigrating from London to America. The first edition of the Wealth... Learn More£300,000.00Stock Code: 136834
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BOMBAY GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society.Bombay : 1874
First edition, from the library of the distinguished British Arabist Colonel S. B. Miles, one of the primary contributors. The British Raj maintained close surveillance over the Trucial States of Eastern Arabia before the Arab states gained independence, and the Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society contain some of the most significant publications... Learn More£120,000.00Stock Code: 139718
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ELLIS, Sarah Stickney. The Englishwoman's Family Library.London : [from 1843]
A handsome set of Ellis's four most important works, housed inside the beautifully preserved publisher's glass-fronted presentation case and advertised together as "The Englishwoman's Family Library". While individual volumes of Ellis's works in varying editions do occasionally appear at auction, we can trace no uniform sets, nor any together with the... Learn More£6,500.00Stock Code: 133527
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HUNGER STRIKES. Hunger strike medal awarded to Elsie Wolff van Sandau.London : March 1912
Hunger strike medal awarded by the WSPU to Elsie Wolff van Sandau, complete with the original presentation box, the printed dedication on the silk-lined inner lid reading, "Presented to Elsie Wolff van Sandau by the Women's Social and Political Union in recognition of a gallant action, whereby through endurance to the last extremity of hunger and hardship... Learn More£27,500.00Stock Code: 134407
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MILTON, John. Comus.London : 1901
First Essex House edition, number 82 of 150 copies printed on vellum and hand illuminated. In 1634 Milton was asked to compose the text of a masque "which was to be mounted in Ludlow in honour of the inauguration of John Egerton, earl of Bridgewater, as lord president of Wales. In 1637 or early in 1638 Lawes published Milton's text (without any indication... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 137091
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TARLETON, Priscilla Susan Bertie. Manuscript volume of poetry with numerous pen, ink, and pencil vignettes.London : 1796-1821
A superbly presented and deeply personal manuscript volume of largely unpublished poetry and drawings by Priscilla Susan Bertie Tarleton (1778-1864), wife of the notorious army officer and rakehell Sir Banastre Tarleton. The manuscript was produced between the years 1796, when the author was only 18 years old, and 1821, when she was 43. It contains... Learn More£6,500.00Stock Code: 94720
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ARABIAN NIGHTS; BURTON, Richard F. (trans.) The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night.London : 1897
The Library Edition, a most striking and handsome set of Burton's Arabian Nights, retaining the imposing box which has kept the set in lovely condition. "The Arabian Nights had been an important part of Burton's life for decades. In 1882 he began translating it in earnest. Although there were other translations of the Nights in English, Burton's was... Learn More£12,500.00Stock Code: 131161
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SOUTH AFRICA; BOER WAR - MONCRIEFF, Lieutenant A. R., Royal Scots Greys. Personal photograph album with accompanying manuscript notebook.South Africa : 1902
Fascinating, well-documented and vivid album of original photographs taken by a cavalry officer attached to a mounted infantry unit in South Africa after the conclusion of the Second Boer War (31 May 1902). Lieutenant Moncrieff was serving with number 4 troop, "C" squadron of the 12th Mounted Infantry, known as The Highland Company, and attached to... Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 120114
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VERNAY, Arthur Stannard. Collection of 16 photographic albums; [together with:] typescript diary.[1920s-30s]
An extraordinary personal archive of over 3,000 original photographs assembled by one of the most renowned naturalists and big-game hunters of the inter-war years. Spanning Africa, the Middle East, India, and East Asia, these albums offer an unrivalled insight into some of the most significant scientific expeditions of the period, many undertaken at... Learn More£125,000.00Stock Code: 133409
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RACKHAM, Arthur. Complete deluxe limited editions set.1905–51
IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. London: William Heinemann, 1905
Quarto. Original vellum, titles to spine and front board gilt, pictorial image blocked in gilt to front cover, brown endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, cream ribbon ties. Housed in a custom green cloth slipcase. Colour frontispiece and 49 colour plates mounted on brown... Learn More£100,000.00Stock Code: 144251
