LESSING (Doris). The Summer Before the Dark, 1973. With the author’s signed presentation inscription. £475
KILIAN (Georg Christoph) Denkmäler des Alten Roms oder Sammlung der vornehmsten… 1767. RARE FIRST EDITIONS OF TWO SUPERB COLLECTIONS OF PLATES £6,500
MACHIAVELLI (Niccolò) & [DIECI DI BALÌA] Manuscript document appointing Bernardino da Bartoli captain of… 1508. DOCUMENT BEARING MACHIAVELLI'S NAME £10,000
OVIDIUS NASO Metamorphoseon libri XV. In singulas quasque fabulas argumeta.… 1567. WOODCUTS OF VIRGIL SOLIS £4,500
DIPLOMA Paduan doctoral degree diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 1641. A SCOTTISH SCHOLAR IN ITALY, WITH THE ILLUMINATOR'S STRIKING ADVERTISEMENT £10,000
GAUTIER DE CHATILLON (Philippe) Alexandri Magni regis Macedonum vita. Strasbourg: Reinhard Beck, 1513, 1513. A FASCINATING SAMMELBAND, WITH THE RARE ALEXANDREIS £11,000
[CHINA WEEKLY REVIEW]. Who’s Who in China – Containing the pictures… 1931. AN INVALUABLE SCOURCE £700
CHURCHILL (Winston S.) The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; The… 1948. Inscribed to Grace Hamblin, "the longest-serving member of Churchill’s secretarial staff". £15,000
CHURCHILL (Winston S.) A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, 1956. A pre-publication presentation copy £12,500
CHURCHILL (Winston S.) The War Speeches: Into Battle; The Unrelenting Struggle;… 1945. A fine presentation set, Vols. 1-6 inscribed by Churchill £25,000
CHURCHILL (Winston S.) Thoughts and Adventures, 1942. Inscribed to Grace Hamblin, "the longest-serving member of Churchill’s secretarial staff" £5,000
[MOIR (James).] [Twenty-five letters addressed to the Jacobite Moir.], 1745. JACOBITE RISING OF 1745 £1,250
BEYER (Gottlieb Siegfried). De horis sinicis et cyclo horario commentationes accedit… 1735. THE RELATIVITY OF TIME £1,600
KOUNIN (I. I.) editor. & YARON (Alex) illustrator. Eighty Five Years of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, 1938. THE BEST MONOGRAPH ON THE SUBJECT £3,500
MEDHURST (Walter Henry). Ancient China: the Shoo-king, or, The Historical Classic:… 1846. FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE SHU-JING £4,800