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Sheiling Song.
MACLEOD (Fiona). Words. & TITHERINGTON (Frederick). Music

Sheiling Song., 1954.

£5.00
Something like Fire. Peter Cook Remembered.
COOK (Lin), editor.

Something like Fire. Peter Cook Remembered., 1996.

£35.00
Thomas Gray's Commonplace Book Edited by Ruth Abbott.
GRAY (Thomas).

Thomas Gray's Commonplace Book Edited by Ruth Abbott.

£260.00
Thomas Gray's Commonplace Book [With] Thomas Gray's Naturalist's Journal 1767-1771. Edited by Ruth Abbott
GRAY (Thomas).

Thomas Gray's Commonplace Book [With] Thomas Gray's Naturalist's…

£400.00
The Little Holland House Album. With an introduction & notes by John Christian. The Roxburghe Club: 2024
BURNE-JONES (Sir Edward Coley).

The Little Holland House Album. With an introduction…

£75.00
The Bunter's Wedding
[SLIP SONG].

The Bunter's Wedding, 1820.

A POVERTY-STRICKEN WEDDING
£250.00
The Philobiblon Society. Sociability and book collecting in mid-Victorian Britain. By David McKitterick.
McKITTERICK (David).

The Philobiblon Society. Sociability and book collecting in… 2020.

£75.00
The Roxburghe Club: A Bicentenary History. By Nicolas Barker.
BARKER (Nicolas).

The Roxburghe Club: A Bicentenary History. By Nicolas… 2012.

£95.00
Esther Inglis’s Les Proverbes de Salomon a facsimile with an introduction by Nicolas Barker.
INGLIS (Esther).

Esther Inglis’s Les Proverbes de Salomon a facsimile… 2012.

£60.00
CONDY (Mrs. N.M. [Flora Ross]).

Reminiscences of a Yachting Cruise., 1852.

£250.00
The Arabian Nights. Tales from the Thousand and One Nights.
DETMOLD (Edward Julius)., illustrated by.

The Arabian Nights. Tales from the Thousand and… 1924.

£1,000.00
Notes of a journey in the north of Ireland in the summer of 1827.
[JACKSON (Mrs. John)?]

Notes of a journey in the north of… 1828.

£750.00
History of the New World...
BENZONI (Girolamo), & SMYTH (Rear-Admiral W.H.) trans./ed.

History of the New World..., 1857.

£220.00
Short Street Schools...To the Working Classes...A Course of Interesting Lectures.
[EDUCATION FOR THE POOR].

Short Street Schools...To the Working Classes...A Course of… 1853.

SAMUEL TAMATOA WILLIAMS LECTURES THE LONDON POOR ON THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
£500.00
Sadie Cass. The Real Octaroon. The Smart Little Lady in Versatility. Comedienne, Clog, Buck and Sand Dancer and Novelty Baton Juggler.
CASS (Sadie).

Sadie Cass. The Real Octaroon. The Smart Little… 1910.

A SMART TURN. A SURE SUCCESS.
£750.00
Guy Fawkes: or, The Gunpowder Treason. An Historical Romance. With Illustrations by George Cruikshank.
AINSWORTH (William Harrison).

Guy Fawkes: or, The Gunpowder Treason. An Historical… 1857.

£275.00
The Archaeology of Knowledge.
FOUCAULT (Michel).

The Archaeology of Knowledge., 1972.

£350.00
Dialectics of Nature.
ENGELS (Frederick [Friedrich]).

Dialectics of Nature., 1940.

£200.00
La Guerre et la Paix. Roman historique traduit avec l'autorisation de l'auteur par une Russe.
TOLSTOÏ [TOLSTOY] (Léon). [(Leo).]

La Guerre et la Paix. Roman historique traduit… 1879.

THE RARE FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION OF TOLSTOY'S MASTERPIECE
£7,500.00
A Lady & Children.
PINE (Robert Edge) artist,

A Lady & Children., 1780.

AN 18TH-CENTURY MEZZOTINT OF A BREAST FEEDING WOMAN
£2,500.00
Two ALS to Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle.
DRYANDER (Jonas Carlsson).

Two ALS to Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle., 1790.

A botanist remarks "I fear Burke's book will do harm; I mean promote political bigottry."
£3,500.00
[History of the Kings of Persia: being A Complete Chronicle of Events of that Ancient Country, from the Prehistoric Times down to the Settlement of Parsis in India.]
DESAI (Palanji Barjorji).

[History of the Kings of Persia: being A… 1895.

AN IMPORTANT PARSIS HISTORY
£2,750.00
Iwe Irohin.
[YORUBA LANGUAGE] & TOWNSEND (Henry) editor.

Iwe Irohin., 1864.

A VITAL SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON ABEOKUTA, LAGOS & YORUBALAND
£1,500.00
A Military Course for the Government and Conduct of a Battalion,
SIMES (Thomas).

A Military Course for the Government and Conduct… 1777.

THE MACCELSFIELD COPY
£1,250.00
West-Indian Sugar Duties. Arguments for their continuance answered.
[TAX AND TARIFFS]

West-Indian Sugar Duties. Arguments for their continuance answered., 1824.

"Sugar cannot properly be called the staple of a country, which can only afford to produce and sell it under the artificial aid of bounties and protecting duties."
£2,000.00
Importer and Dealer in Wines and Spiritous Liquors. No. 35, St Swithings Lane, London.
ALLICOCKE (Joseph).

Importer and Dealer in Wines and Spiritous Liquors.… 1795.

AN ANTIGUAN ACTIVIST & WINE DEALER
£950.00
Les Créoles en Orient. Drame en cinq actes.
JEUNE (Jean-Louis).

Les Créoles en Orient. Drame en cinq actes., 1916.

EXCEEDINGLY RARE
£1,500.00
LS to John Brown and James Catts.
BOYER (Jean-Pierre).

LS to John Brown and James Catts., 1818.

A RARE LETTER FROM A HAITIAN PRESIDENT
£2,000.00
Representation of the State of Government Slaves and Apprentices in the Mauritius; with Observations.
[VICARS (Captain Richard). & D'EPINAY (Prosper), annotater.]

Representation of the State of Government Slaves and… 1830.

PRESENTED AND ANNOTATED BY THE AUTHOR
£3,250.00
The Nauigation and v[o]yages of Lewes Vertomannus, Gentleman of the citie of Rome, to the regions of Arabia, Egypte, Persia, Syria, Ethiopia, and East India, both within and without the ryver of Ganges. etc. In the yeere of our Lorde 1503. Conteynyng many
VARTHEMA (Lodovico di). & EDEN (Richard), trans.

The Nauigation and v[o]yages of Lewes Vertomannus, Gentleman… 1576.

FIRST APPEARANCE IN ENGLISH OF VARTHEMA’S FAMOUS ACCOUNT OF MECCA & MEDINA
£15,000.00
Memoir of the Late Captain Joseph Huddart, F.R.S. &c.
HUDDART (Captain Joseph).

Memoir of the Late Captain Joseph Huddart, F.R.S.… 1821.

"AN OUTSTANDING HYDROGRAPHER AND AMONG THE GREATEST ENGINEERS OF THE DAY" (ODNB).
£2,500.00
To His Excellency Colonel the Right Hon'ble Sir Francis Stanley Jackson, P. C., G. C. L. E. Governor of Bengal. May it please Your Excellency...
[BENGAL, DINAJPUR] & JACKSON (Sir Francis), presented to.

To His Excellency Colonel the Right Hon'ble Sir… 1928.

A LAVISH PLEA TO A COLONIAL ADMINISTRATOR, PRINTED ON SILK
£3,500.00
Iraq Command - Report. October, 1922 - April, 1924.
[IRAQ.] & SALMOND (J.M.).

Iraq Command - Report. October, 1922 - April,… 1924.

"FOR OFFICIAL USE" - PETER HOPKIRK'S COPY
£1,750.00
Field Notes Afghanistan.
GENERAL STAFF, INDIA.

Field Notes Afghanistan., 1918.

"For official use only" - REMARKABLY DETAILED HANDBOOK ON AFGHANISTAN
£2,000.00
A Handbook of Arabia. Volume I General.
[HOGARTH (David George), editor.] & ADMIRALTY WAR STAFF, INTELLIGENCE DIVISION.

A Handbook of Arabia. Volume I General., 1920.

ONE OF THE MOST DESIRABLE OFFICIAL BOOKS ON ARABIA
£3,750.00
Relation de l'Audience Publique, donnée par le Grand-Seigneur, à l'Envoyé Extraordinaire de la République Française près la Porte Ottomane, le 7 Floréal an Quatrième, (26 Avril 1796).
[FRENCH EMBASSY, CONSTANTINOPLE.]

Relation de l'Audience Publique, donnée par le Grand-Seigneur,… 1796.

FROM THE PRESS OF THE FRENCH EMBASSY AT CONSTANTINOPLE
£7,500.00
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.
DEFOE (Daniel).

The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson… 1801.

CRUSOE IN PARIS
£950.00
Portfolio of photographs of Iraqi views and people.
[IRAQ.], ELDORADO STUDIO. & [KOUYOUMDJIAN (Ovaness).]

Portfolio of photographs of Iraqi views and people., 1930.

STRIKING LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS OF IRAQ, FROM AN ARMENIAN STUDIO
£4,500.00
A collection of seven broadsides warning the inhabitants of Huddersfield in Yorkshire of the rising threat of revolution.
[COUNTER REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS]

A collection of seven broadsides warning the inhabitants… 1793.

"TRAITORS, REBELS AND SEDITIOUS PERSONS" IN 18TH-CENTURY YORKSHIRE
£12,500.00
Marins d'Autrefois. Lettres d'un Officier de l'Astrolabe à sa cousine (1838-1839).
[DUMONT D'URVILLE (Jules).] & BARLATIER DE MAS (François).

Marins d'Autrefois. Lettres d'un Officier de l'Astrolabe à… 1909.

UNPUBLISHED CORRESPONDENCE FROM DUMONT D'URVILLE'S PÔLE SUD VOYAGE
£19,500.00
E Piti Himene no te faa Arii Raa Ia Pomare III … Himene I and Himene II [Two Songs for the King of Pomare III ... Song I and Song II].
[TAHITI.]

E Piti Himene no te faa Arii Raa… 1824.

EARLY FRUITS OF THE WINDWARD MISSION PRESS
£5,000.00
Descriptive catalogue of the British Naval & Military Gallery
[ORME (Daniel).]

Descriptive catalogue of the British Naval & Military… 1798.

APPARENTLY UNRECORDED
£4,500.00
From West Africa to Palestine.
BLYDEN (Edward).

From West Africa to Palestine., 1873.

THE FATHER OF PAN-AFRICANISM
£4,500.00
The Calcutta Review.
[KAY (Sir John William) & & DUFF (Rev. Alexander).]

The Calcutta Review., 1845.

LIFE IN MID-19th CENTURY INDIA
£5,000.00
[Notes on the Current Iraqi War] Iraka dair harb notlar.
HUSAMEDDIN , translator.

[Notes on the Current Iraqi War] Iraka dair… 1917.

CAPTURED BY TURKISH FORCES
£3,250.00
An Act to allow a Drawback of the duties of Customs on the Exportation of Tea to any of his Majesty's Colonies or Plantations in America;
[TEA ACT].

An Act to allow a Drawback of the… 1773.

THE INFAMOUS TEA ACT: A KEY DOCUMENT IN THE STORY OF AMERICA'S INDEPENDENCE - THE CATALYST FOR THE BOSTON TEA PARTY
£25,000.00
Ramaseeana, or a Vocabulary of the Peculiar Language used by the Thugs, with an Introduction and Appendix, descriptive of the System pursued by that Fraternity and of the Measures Adopted ... for its Suppression.
SLEEMAN (Col. W.H.)

Ramaseeana, or a Vocabulary of the Peculiar Language… 1851.

GRISLY DETAILS OF THE THUGS
£7,500.00
[An album of twenty-eight watercolours depicting Qajar tradespeople.]
[IRAN.] & [UNIDENTIFIED ARTIST.]

[An album of twenty-eight watercolours depicting Qajar tradespeople.], 1842.

WATERCOLOURS OF QAJAR IRAN, WITH TWO RARE PORTRAITS OF AFRO-IRANIANS
£20,000.00
Wuthering Heights, and Agnes Grey. With a preface, and memoir of both authors, by Charlotte Brontë.
BRONTE (Emily and Anne).

Wuthering Heights, and Agnes Grey. With a preface,… 1885.

£400.00
Paradise Lost. In Twelve Books. With Other Poems. From the Text of Thomas Newton. With the Life of the Author.
MILTON (John).

Paradise Lost. In Twelve Books. With Other Poems.… 1821.

£650.00
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