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[Album of hand-coloured photographs showing famous sites of Japan]

UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER

[Album of hand-coloured photographs showing famous sites of… 1906.

La Cause des Esclaves Nègres et des Habitans de la Guinée, Portée au Tribunal de la Justice, de la Religion, de la Politique, ou, Histoire de la traite & de l'esclavage des nègres: preuves de leur illégitimité, moyens de les abolir sans nuire ni aux colon

FROSSARD (Benjamin-Sigismond).

La Cause des Esclaves Nègres et des Habitans… 1789.

A HANDSOME COPY IN CONTEMPORARY CALF

A Tribute in Loving Memory of the Late Malcolm X...

[MALCOLM X] & MICHAUX (Lewis H.)

A Tribute in Loving Memory of the Late… 1965.

A RARE TRIBUTE FROM FRIEND AND BOOKSELLER

Minutes of the Evidence taken ... before the Committee of the Whole House to whom the BILL for providing certain Temporary Regulations respecting the Transportation of the Natives of Africa, in British Ships, to the West Indies, and elsewhere, was committ

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Minutes of the Evidence taken ... before the… 1789.

EVIDENCE ON THE SLAVE TRADE & THE FOUNDING OF SIERRA LEONE

My Bondage and Freedom.

DOUGLASS (Frederick).

My Bondage and Freedom, 1855.

THE MOST IMPORTANT BLACK ABOLITIONIST IN AMERICA

The Race Problem and Peace.

JOHNSON (James Weldon).

The Race Problem and Peace, 1924.

"WHAT IS THE NEGRO GOING TO DO WITH AMERICA?"

Jacob Ries der Sohn Marcus, gebohren in der königl. Bohemb. haubt statt Prag, jetzo aber in der kai Resid. statt Wien sich aufhaltend 1710.

[JUDAICA] & RIES (Jacob).

Jacob Ries der Sohn Marcus, gebohren in der… 1710.

COURT DWARF AND JESTER TO THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

An Account of Several Late Voyages & Discoveries to the South and North.

NARBROUGH (John). & ROBINSON (Tancred), ed.

An Account of Several Late Voyages & Discoveries… 1694.

THE CLASSIC VOYAGE

Travels to Chile, over the Andes, in the years 1820 and 1821.

SCHMIDTMEYER (Peter).

Travels to Chile, over the Andes, in the… 1822.

THE TRUE FIRST EDITION IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

A volume of watercolours depicting topographical scenes in and around the Nassau and the Bahamas, with a further 13 drawings of botanical specimens, plus a fine study of a tarantula.

[BAHAMAS] & SCOTT (Capt. Andrew).

A volume of watercolours depicting topographical scenes in… 1850.

GORGEOUS WATERCOLOURS OF THE BAHAMAS

The Last September.

BOWEN (Elizabeth).

The Last September, 1929.

First edition of Bowen's greatest novel.

Youth: a Narrative and Two Other Stories. [The Heart of Darkness].

CONRAD (Joseph).

Youth: a Narrative and Two Other Stories. [The… 1902.

THE HEART OF DARKNESS

A Book of Common Prayer.

A Book of Common Prayer, 1977.

Run River.

Run River, 1963.

First edition of Joan Didion's debut novel.

The Hound of the Baskervilles.

DOYLE (Arthur Conan).

The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1902.

The Sound and the Fury.

FAULKNER (William).

The Sound and the Fury, 1929.

An excellent copy of Faulkner's fourth novel.

The Old Man and the Sea.

HEMINGWAY (Ernest).

The Old Man and the Sea, 1952.

First edition, first issue.

Broadsides. A Collection of Old and New Songs.

Broadsides. A Collection of Old and New Songs, 1935.

Signed by the editors W. B. Yeats and F. R. Higgins.

Memories of a Catholic Girlhood.

MCCARTHY (Mary).

Memories of a Catholic Girlhood, 1957.

Inscribed by the author.

Ugolino.

HEANEY (Seamus).

Ugolino, 1979.

First edition, copy no. 21 of a total edition of 125 copies, signed by Heaney.

The Art of Spiritual Harmony by Wassily Kandinsky: Translated with an Introduction by M. T. H. Sadler. [Sadleir].

KANDINSKY (Wassily).

The Art of Spiritual Harmony by Wassily Kandinsky:… 1914.

My Recipe Book

GARRET (Frank) [Binder)

My Recipe Book, 1929.

The Mystique of Vellum

BROCKMAN (James), FRANKLIN (Colin), BROCKMAN (Stuart) & TURNER (Decherd)

The Mystique of Vellum, 1984.

BOUND BY FATHER AND SON

Tracts, chiefly relating to the antiquities and laws of England.

BLACKSTONE (William).

Tracts, chiefly relating to the antiquities and laws… 1771.

A FINE COPY OF BLACKSTONE’S SHORTER LEGAL WRITINGS

La Voix et le Phénomène. Introduction au problème du signe dans la phénoménologie de Husserl.

DERRIDA (Jacques).

La Voix et le Phénomène. Introduction au problème… 1967.

POST-PHENOMENOLOGY: DERRIDA ON HUSSERL

Individualism and the Economic Order.

HAYEK (Friedrich August von).

Individualism and the Economic Order, 1949.

SIGNED BY HAYEK

Differenz des Fichte'schen und Schelling'schen Systems der Philosophie in Beziehung auf Reinhold's Beyträge zur leichtern Übersicht des Zustands der Philosophie zu Anfang des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, 1stes Heft.

HEGEL (Georg Wilhelm Friedrich).

Differenz des Fichte'schen und Schelling'schen Systems der Philosophie… 1801.

HEGEL'S FIRST BOOK, UNCUT WITH WIDE MARGINS

Vernunft und Existenz.

JASPERS (Karl).

Vernunft und Existenz, 1935.

INSCRIBED TO HANS-GEORGE GADAMER

A Revision of the Treaty. Being a Sequel to The Economic Consequences of the Peace.

KEYNES (John Maynard).

A Revision of the Treaty. Being a Sequel… 1922.

FROM THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY

A Treatise on Money. Volume I: The Pure Theory of Money. Volume II: The Applied Theory of Money.

KEYNES (John Maynard).

A Treatise on Money. Volume I: The Pure… 1930.

KEYNES' MOST COMPREHENSIVE WORK ON MONETARY THEORY; WITH THE RARE DUST JACKETS

The Life and Character of Mr. John Locke.

LE CLERC (Jean). & [LOCKE (John).]

The Life and Character of Mr. John Locke, 1706.

THE FIRST ENGLISH BIOGRAPHY OF LOCKE

Portfolio Selection: Efficient Diversification of Investments.

MARKOWITZ (Harry M.)

Portfolio Selection: Efficient Diversification of Investments, 1959.

A CORNERSTONE OF MODERN INVESTMENT THEORY

Utilitarianism.

MILL (John Stuart).

Utilitarianism, 1863.

THE GREATEST HAPPINESS PRINCIPLE

Postscript to the Logic of Scientific Discovery: Realism and the Aim of Science (Volume 1); The Open Universe (Volume 2); Quantum Theory and the Schism in Physics (Volume 3). Edited by W. W. Bartley, III.

POPPER (Karl R.)

Postscript to the Logic of Scientific Discovery: Realism… 1982.

ALL THREE VOLUMES INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

L'Être et le Néant. Essai d'ontologie phénoménologique.

SARTRE (Jean-Paul).

L'Être et le Néant. Essai d'ontologie phénoménologique, 1943.

BEING AND NOTHINGNESS: INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

History of Economic Analysis. Edited from Manuscript by Elizabeth Boody Schumpeter.

SCHUMPETER (Joseph A.)

History of Economic Analysis. Edited from Manuscript by… 1954.

"A MONUMENTAL TAPESTRY"

Democracy in America.

TOCQUEVILLE (Alexis de).

Democracy in America, 1838.

“ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WORKS EVER WRITTEN ON AMERICAN POLITICAL AND CIVIL LIFE”

Letters concerning the English Nation.

VOLTAIRE (François Marie Arouet de).

Letters concerning the English Nation, 1733.

CONTAINING THE FIRST REFERENCE TO NEWTON'S APPLE

Ueber den Willen in der Natur. Eine Erörterung der Bestätigungen, welche die Philosophie des Verfassers, seit ihrem Auftreten, durch die empirischen Wissenschaften erhalten hat.

SCHOPENHAUER (Arthur).

Ueber den Willen in der Natur. Eine Erörterung… 1836.

Presentation copy of Schopenhauer's On the Will in Nature

Eight Dollars Reward. Ran-away from the subscriber...an apprentice boy, named Jesse Coe.

[ABSCONDING APPRENTICE].

Eight Dollars Reward. Ran-away from the subscriber...an apprentice… 1792.

"STOOPS WHEN HE WALKS"

Qualifying for a Campain [sic]

[AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR].].

Qualifying for a Campain [sic], 1777.

THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AS CHILD'S PLAY

Ecclesiasticae historiae gentis Anglorum, Libri V.

BEDE , The Venerable, 673/4-735.

Ecclesiasticae historiae gentis Anglorum, Libri V, 1566.

CAREFULLY COLLATED WITH THE OLD ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND ANNOTATED THROUGHOUT BY THE SCHOLAR FRANCIS TATE