Search results for: 'compat'
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CARLYLE, Thomas. 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 puritanism and German... Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 121513
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ROSENKRANTZ, Timme. Harlem Jazz Adventures. A European Baron's Memoir, 1934-1969.Lanham, Maryland : 2012
First Edition. This copy signed by the editor and translator on the title page, and additionally signed and inscribed by Rosenkrantz's niece, Bente "Topsy" Rosenkrantz Arendrup, who has written a touching and humorous epilogue to the book: "How lucky I am to have been close to my uncle Timme". Garner, a friend and compatriot of Timme Rosenkrantz, has... Learn More£150.00Stock Code: 85653
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MARX, Karl. Autograph letter signed to Lucien-Léopold Jottrand.Brussels : [1847]
An unpublished autograph letter signed in French, Marx's earliest known missive to the Belgian radical journalist and politician Lucien-Léopold Jottrand, president of the Democratic Association in Brussels, of which Marx became vice president. Under the influence of Marx and Engels, the Democratic Association would become one of the principal hubs... Learn More£130,000.00Stock Code: 132140
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BUTLEROV, Aleksandr Mikhailovich. Vvedenie k polnomu izucheniyu organicheskoy khimii (Introduction to the Complete Study of Organic Chemistry).Kazan : 1864
First edition, extremely uncommon with two copies only on OCLC, Deutsches Museum, Munich, and North Carolina; the first edition of the first textbook of organic chemistry to be based on the theory of chemical structure. It is impossible to credit Alexander Mikhailovich Butlerov (1828-1886) as the sole discoverer of chemical structure: the Scot Archibald... Learn More£10,000.00Stock Code: 125476
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BURNET, Thomas. Archaeologiae Philosophicae:London : 1692
First edition of one of the primary works of the natural philosopher and headmaster Thomas Burnet (c.1635-1715), in which he attempted "to demonstrate that his theory of the earth was also compatible with what could be known of ancient accounts of creation" (ODNB). "Burnet's stunning theory of earth formation was an attempt to twist the arm of the Bible's... Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 110054
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(INDIA.) The Subaltern's Log Book.London : 1828
First edition of this uncommon memoir of military service, mainly in India, one copy traced at auction. The work is usually attributed to noted army chaplain and author G. R. Gleig (1796-1888), whose celebrated account of service in the Peninsular War was called The Subaltern (1825), but the narrative is incompatible with Gleig's biography and in volume... Learn More£750.00Stock Code: 122120
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HAWKINS, Sir John. Two manuscript estate indentures relating to Hawkins's property at Chatham, established as a Royal Dockyard in 1567. Signed by Sir John Hawkins and Dame Margaret Hawkins respectively.Chatham, Kent : 1582 & 1599
A superb example of the signature of one of the great sailors of Elizabethan England, the first document showing him acquiring land at Chatham, established as a Royal Dockyard by Elizabeth I in 1567. Sir John Hawkins (1532-1595), merchant, privateer and naval commander, was cousin to Sir Francis Drake "but Hawkins arguably knew more about seamanship... Learn More£10,000.00Stock Code: 115601
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FILMER, Sir Robert. A Discourse Whether it may be Lawful to take Use for Money.London : 1678
First edition under this title, originally published in 1653 under the title of Quaestio quodlibetica. Sir Roger Twysden, the man responsible for its first publication, states in the preface that the work was written "almost thirty yeares since", suggesting a date for its composition in the later 1620s. Filmer here defends the paying of interest on... Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 93458
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BENTHAM, Jeremy. Justice and Codification Petitions:London : 1829
First edition, presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the title page, "To John Galletly Esq. Dundee. from Jeremy Bentham, Queen's Square Place, Westminster, 21 Dec 1829". Bentham dedicated the final years of his life to perfecting his theory of codification, with the hope that his petitions for administrative and legal reform would be passed... Learn More£4,250.00Stock Code: 118356
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BEERBOHM, Max. Original portrait caricature of George Moore.1896
Original pencil and watercolour caricature by Beerbohm, signed "Max" at center and titled "Mr George Moore" lower right. Hart-Davis 1044.
1896 was a banner year for artist, author, and aesthete Max Beerbohm. His boldly titled book The Works of Max Beerbohm was published (opening with his influential essay "Dandies and Dandies"), and his first... Learn More£10,000.00Stock Code: 134481
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SCHLIEMANN, Heinrich. 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 of King Priam's city on the left... Learn More£25,000.00Stock Code: 121338
