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The Palestine Police Magazine.
[PALESTINE.]

The Palestine Police Magazine., 1947.

£375.00
After Everest.
NORGAY (Tenzing).

After Everest., 1977.

£1,250.00
High and Low Financiers. Some Notorious Swindlers and Their Abuses of Our Modern Stock Selling System.
WASHBURN (Watson). & DE LONG (Edmund S.)

High and Low Financiers. Some Notorious Swindlers and… 1932.

£2,250.00
Limomachia. By His Majesty's Royal Letters Patent, the new-invented Machine for taking Likenesses ...
[PINION (Raphael).]

Limomachia. By His Majesty's Royal Letters Patent, the… 1788.

UNITING MECHANICS WITH THE ART OF PAINTING
£4,500.00
Advice to the Officers of the British Navy.
[ANON.]

Advice to the Officers of the British Navy., 1785.

PROFITEERING ABOVE & BELOW DECKS
£2,250.00
[Pearlware jug decorated with transfer image of Tom Molineux and Tom Cribb facing each other in a boxing match, a verse to the other side.]
[PUGILISM] & [MOLINEAUX (Tom).]

[Pearlware jug decorated with transfer image of Tom… 1815.

AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN BOXER FIGHTS THE ENGLISH CHAMP
£2,750.00
Bucaniers of America: Or, a true Account of the most remarkable Assaults Committed of late Years upon the Coasts of the West-Indies, By the Bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga, both English and French. Wherein are contained more especially, the unparallel'd
EXQUEMELING (Alexandre Oliver).

Bucaniers of America: Or, a true Account of the… 1684.

THE GREATEST EARLY BOOK ON PIRACY
£12,500.00
Malcolm X Speaks.
BRIETMAN (George), editor.

Malcolm X Speaks., 1965.

INSCRIBED BY ONE ACTIVIST TO ANOTHER
£1,250.00
The Bow in the Cloud; or, the Negro's memorial. A collection of original contributions, in prose and verse, illustrative of the evils of slavery, and commemorative of its abolition in the British Colonies.
[RAWSON (Mary Anne), ed.]

The Bow in the Cloud; or, the Negro's… 1834.

THE ONLY BRITISH ANTISLAVERY GIFT BOOK, WITH AN INSCRIPTION IN OTTOMAN TURKISH
£3,750.00
Afrika v Amerike: Antologiya poezii amerikanskikh negrov [trans: Africa in America: An Anthology of American Negro Poetry].
ANISIMOV (Yulian) compiler and translator,, DINAMOVA (Sergei) ed., & MILLER (Loren) afterword.

Afrika v Amerike: Antologiya poezii amerikanskikh negrov [trans:… 1933.

THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE IN THE SOVIET UNION
£1,750.00
Nearest the Pole.
[SHACKLETON (Sir Ernest)] & PEARY (Robert E.)

Nearest the Pole., 1907.

CARRIED ON SHACKLETON'S NIMROD EXPEDITION
£17,500.00
Factory Weather.
HOLMAN (Jamie) & JOHNSTON (Cynthia)

Factory Weather., 2026.

WILLIAM MORRIS REWORKED, A NEW ARTIST'S BOOK
£150.00
Six autograph letters signed (“Elizabeth Barrett Browning’) to [Dinah] Mulock (later Craik).
BROWNING (Elizabeth Barrett).

Six autograph letters signed (“Elizabeth Barrett Browning’) to… 1852.

A MUTUAL LITERARY APPRECIATION: LETTERS TO THE YOUNG WRITER, DINAH CRAIK
£35,000.00
The Reviewer of Mrs. Emma Willard Reviewed.
[EDUCATION OF WOMEN]. & [WILLARD (Emma)].

The Reviewer of Mrs. Emma Willard Reviewed., 1839.

"THE AGE OF CHIVALRY IS NOT GONE"
£850.00
The English Bible Containing the Old Testament out of the Original Tongues by Special Command of His Majesty King James the First and Now Reprinted with Text Revised by a Collation of its Early and Other Principal Editions.
DOVES PRESS. & THE HOLY BIBLE

The English Bible Containing the Old Testament out… 1903.

£17,000.00
HMS Calypso hove to for a Pilot outside the reef. Honolulu, Oahu Sandwich Islands.
[ENGLISH SCHOOL] & A.C.

HMS Calypso hove to for a Pilot outside… 1859.

£9,500.00
The Effigie of Patie Birnie.
[SCOTTISH MUSIC].

The Effigie of Patie Birnie., 1700.

"THE FAMOUS FIDLER OF KINGHORN"
£1,000.00
An anthem to be sung in the chapel of the Foundling Hospital, on Sunday the 20th of May, 1781, when a charity sermon will be preached by the Rev. Mr. Duché, Rector of Christ-Church and St. Peter's, Philadelphia.
[FOUNDLING HOSPITAL].

An anthem to be sung in the chapel… 1781.

"BEHOLD, IN MISERY'S DREARY SHADE, / THE WIDOW WITH HER CHILDREN LAID"
£2,250.00
The Art of Archerie
MARKHAM (Major C.A.)

The Art of Archerie, 1634.

A RARE COMPLETE COPY OF AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH BOOK ON ARCHERY
£4,000.00
Album of prints of Persia, France and Italy bound for an English grand tourist.
[GRAND TOUR]

Album of prints of Persia, France and Italy…

£2,200.00
Kew Garden. A Poem.
JONES (Henry).

Kew Garden. A Poem., 1767.

“BANANA NEXT, SUSTAINING PLANT, BEHOLD”
£1,500.00
New Bedford Whaling Ship 'Ocean Crest' taking on supplies at Kealakekua in Sandwich Islands 1842.
G.W.

New Bedford Whaling Ship 'Ocean Crest' taking on… 1842.

£4,500.00
The History of...Don-Quixote of the Mancha
CERVANTÈS SAAVEDRA (Miguel de) & ASHENDENE PRESS

The History of...Don-Quixote of the Mancha, 1927.

THE FINEST MODERN EDITION
£9,000.00
The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus.
MARCUS AURELIUS.

The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus., 1906.

£300.00
The Republic of Plato. Translated into English, with an Analysis and Notes, by John Llewelyn Davies and David James Vaughan.
PLATO.

The Republic of Plato. Translated into English, with… 1866.

£500.00
Lord Macaulay's Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome.
MACAULAY (Thomas Babington, Lord).

Lord Macaulay's Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome., 1886.

£250.00
Tokyo Keisatsu Byoin shinchiku kinen. [Memorial Album of the Newly Built Tokyo Police Hospital].
OKURA DOBOKU CO.

Tokyo Keisatsu Byoin shinchiku kinen. [Memorial Album of… 1929.

£950.00
Sigmund Freud.
STEADMAN (Ralph).

Sigmund Freud., 1979.

£100.00
Rhyme Stew. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
DAHL (Roald).

Rhyme Stew. Illustrated by Quentin Blake., 1989.

£65.00
So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish.
ADAMS (Douglas).

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish., 1984.

£75.00
The Aleph and Other Stories, 1933-1969.
BORGES (Jorge Luis).

The Aleph and Other Stories, 1933-1969., 1971.

£275.00
Engraved fork from relief ship SY Morning.
[BRITISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1901-1904].

Engraved fork from relief ship SY Morning., 1901.

FROM THE WARDROOM OF SY MORNING
£2,250.00
A New Directory Map of Shanghai - Xin Shanghai Ditu.
SOO (Chia Yong). i.e. & SU (Jiarong).

A New Directory Map of Shanghai - Xin… 1940.

£750.00
A Bill for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, at a Time to be limited.
[WILBERFORCE (William).]

A Bill for the Abolition of the Slave… 1804.

RARE, EARLY ABOLITION BILL
£2,500.00
Original scribal manuscript draft, with numerous manuscript corrections, of Senior's 'Report - On the State of Agriculture'. Published anonymously in the Quarterly Review (July 1821), pp. 467-504.
SENIOR (Nassau William).

Original scribal manuscript draft, with numerous manuscript corrections,… 1821.

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF SENIOR'S FIRST PUBLISHED ARTICLE ON ECONOMICS
£15,000.00
Time Was Away. A Notebook in Corsica.
ROSS (Alan) & MINTON (John), illustrator.

Time Was Away. A Notebook in Corsica., 1948.

£1,000.00
The Snail that Climbed the Eiffel Tower and Other Stories.
CROSS (Odo).

The Snail that Climbed the Eiffel Tower and… 1947.

£300.00
Kamaitachi [Weasel's Slash].
HOSOE (Eikoh). & TAKIGUCHI (Shuzo), text.

Kamaitachi [Weasel's Slash]., 1969.

AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY
£4,200.00
Stories that Must Not Die. Vols 1-4 [all published].
SAUVAGEAU (Juan).

Stories that Must Not Die. Vols 1-4 [all… 1975.

BILINGUAL LATINO FOLK TALES
£200.00
Vector. Vol. 1. No. 1 [and] Vol. 1. No. 2.
[SOCIETY FOR INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS]

Vector. Vol. 1. No. 1 [and] Vol. 1.… 1965.

"DEDICATED TO BELIEF IN THE WORTH OF THE HOMOSEXUAL"
£300.00
Iapi Oaye. The Word Carrier. [Five issues:] Vol. IX. No. 7.; X. No. 8.; XI. No. 9.; XII. No. 4.; XII. No. 9.
RIGGS (Alfred L.).

Iapi Oaye. The Word Carrier. [Five issues:] Vol.… 1880.

DAKOTA LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER
£1,250.00
[The Rights of Women at Sea.] Pravo Zhenshchin na More.
SEDOV (Georgy).

[The Rights of Women at Sea.] Pravo Zhenshchin… 1908.

PROMOTING WOMEN'S EDUCATION AT SEA
£1,750.00
The Oriental Astronomer: Being a Complete System of Hindu Astronomy, accompanied with a translation and numerous explanatory notes. With an Appendix.
UL?L?AMUD?AIYA¯N & HOISINGTON (H.R.) translator.

The Oriental Astronomer: Being a Complete System of… 1848.

£2,500.00
Thucidide historico greco delle guerre fatte fra i popoli della morea et gli atheniesi
THUCYDIDES

Thucidide historico greco delle guerre fatte fra i… 1564.

HANDSOMELY BOUND THUCYDIDES
£1,250.00
Christ Among the Doctors, an illuminated cutting from a Book of Hours on vellum.   [France (eastern?), 15th century (c.1470s/80s)]
FRENCH ARTIST

Christ Among the Doctors, an illuminated cutting from a…

FROM THE RENOWNED BURCKHARDT-WILDT ALBUM
£6,500.00
Miscellaneous No. 3 (1939). Correspondence between Sir Henry McMahon, His Majesty’s High Commissioner at Cairo, and the Sherif Hussein of Mecca, July 1915—March 1916.
GREAT BRITAIN. PARLIAMENT.

Miscellaneous No. 3 (1939). Correspondence between Sir Henry… 1939.

THE MCMAHON-HUSSEIN CORRESPONDENCE
£1,250.00
Essays in Persuasion.
KEYNES (John Maynard).

Essays in Persuasion., 1931.

£3,000.00
Keep Within Compass and you shall be sure to avoid many Troubles which others Endure.
[WOMEN]

Keep Within Compass and you shall be sure… 1785.

"WHILE THOSE WHO PLAY DEEP SOON EMPTY THEIR PURSE, AND THEN TAKE TO DRINKING & MAKE BAD THINGS WORSE"
£850.00
The Folly of 1771.
[WOMEN'S FASHION].

The Folly of 1771., 1771.

EXCESSIVE HAIR
£1,800.00
The Tunnel!!! or another Bubble Burst!
[THAMES TUNNEL]. & [BRUNEL (Marc Isambard)].

The Tunnel!!! or another Bubble Burst!, 1827.

"MY HYPOTHESIS IS GONE TO THE DEVIL"
£1,800.00
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