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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

The Egyptian Travelling Interpreter or Arabic without a Teacher for English Travellers visiting Egypt.

SACROUG (Gabriel).

The Egyptian Travelling Interpreter or Arabic without a… 1874.

ARABIC PHRASEBOOK BY THE INTERPRETER TO THE BRITISH CONSULATE IN CAIRO

Three Hours in Aden: Being a Description of the Settlement with a Short Account of the Surrounding Countries and Three Maps.

[ADEN.] & UNIDENTIFIED AUTHOR.

Three Hours in Aden: Being a Description of… 1902.

LAWN TENNIS AND BUTTERFLY HUNTING IN ADEN

Sense and Sensibility.

Sense and Sensibility, 1856.

Arabian Adventurer: the Story of Haji Williamson.

HOPE (Stanton).

Arabian Adventurer: the Story of Haji Williamson, 1951.

AN EXCELLENT SOURCE ON THE ARABIAN GULF

Printed trade card of Naeem Shaikh Adam, Goldsmith and Silversmith.

[SHARJAH.] & ADAM (Naeem Shaikh).

Printed trade card of Naeem Shaikh Adam, Goldsmith… 1975.

A SHARJAH SILVERSMITH

Catalogue of an Exhibition of Arab Portraits by Eric H. Kennington. With a Prefatory Note by T.E. Lawrence.

LAWRENCE (T.E.). & ERNEST BROWN & PHILLIPS.

Catalogue of an Exhibition of Arab Portraits by… 1921.

ONE OF THE RAREST BOOKS IN THE LAWRENCE CANON

Utilitarianism.

MILL (John Stuart).

Utilitarianism, 1863.

THE GREATEST HAPPINESS PRINCIPLE

El Capital. Critica de la Economía Politica. Tomo I-III. Versión del alemán por Wenceslao Roces.

El Capital. Critica de la Economía Politica. Tomo… 1946.

The first complete Mexican edition of all three volumes of Das Kapital

La Gitanilla de madrid...Primera Parte. (Secunda Parte).

[POPULAR PRINT]

La Gitanilla de madrid...Primera Parte. (Secunda Parte), 1816.

PRINTED BY A WOMAN

(Title in Greek, then:) De sacris notis & sculpturis duo.
Paris, Jacob Kerver (colophon: G. Morel),

(Title in Greek, then:) De sacris notis &… 1551.

HORAPOLLO AS AN EMBLEM BOOK

Reglement de l'Hôtel-Dieu d'Alençon

[FILLES DE LA CHARITE] & [ORLEANS (Elisabeth d']

Reglement de l'Hôtel-Dieu d'Alençon, 1705.

NAMING & SHAMING NEGLECTFUL WIDOWS

Biblische Chronica, darinn die fürtrefliche Geschicht der heiligen Patriarchen, Propheten, hohen Priester, Fürsten, Richter und Könige des Hauses Juda unnd Israel, auch allerley merckliche Historien, nit allein ordenlich verfasst, sonder auch

GOLTWURM (Caspar)

Biblische Chronica, darinn die fürtrefliche Geschicht der heiligen… 1558.

NO COPIES OUTSIDE GERMANY

Saitoro sashi no uta [A Song of Saitoro-sashi]

OKAMURA (Kichiemon).

Saitoro sashi no uta [A Song of Saitoro-sashi], 1961.

The song of the tafu weaver

The Handbook of Dining

SIMPSON (Leonard Francis) & BRILLAT-SAVARIN (Jean Anthelme)

The Handbook of Dining, 1859.

'It is a melancholy fact that London does not know "HOW TO DINE!"'

Dansk Marine-Ordbog.

FUNCH (Diderik Hansteen).

Dansk Marine-Ordbog, 1846.

The Death of Captain Cook.

BEAGLEHOLE (J.C.).

The Death of Captain Cook, 1979.

Lives of Mahomet and his Successors.

IRVING (Washington).

Lives of Mahomet and his Successors, 1850.

A Journey into Greece.

WHELER (George).

A Journey into Greece, 1682.

Arabia and the Isles.

INGRAMS (Harold).

Arabia and the Isles, 1952.

Aden to the Hadhramaut. A Journey in South Arabia.

MEULEN (D. van der).

Aden to the Hadhramaut. A Journey in South… 1947.

The Land of Uz.

MANSÛR (Abdullah).

The Land of Uz, 1911.

The Kingdom of Melchior. Adventure in South West Arabia.

The Kingdom of Melchior. Adventure in South West… 1949.

The Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis Restored: An Essay on Ancient Assyrian and Persian Architecture.

FERGUSSON (James).

The Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis Restored: An… 1851.

In the High Yemen.

In the High Yemen, 1942.

Arabia and the Isles.

INGRAMS (Harold).

Arabia and the Isles, 1946.

Kurds, Turks and Arabs. Politics, Travel and Research in North-Eastern Iraq 1919-1925.

EDMONDS (C.J.).

Kurds, Turks and Arabs. Politics, Travel and Research… 1957.

The Frontiers of Baluchistan. Travels on the Borders of Persia and Afghanistan.

The Frontiers of Baluchistan. Travels on the Borders… 1909.

Attack Upon 'Christendom' 1854-1855.

KIERKEGAARD (Søren).

Attack Upon 'Christendom' 1854-1855, 1944.

Petit Waux-Hall.

[PLEASURE GARDENS].

Petit Waux-Hall, 1780.

INTRIGUE AND AMOROUS ADVENTURES IN A PARISIAN PLEASURE GARDEN

A Ballad Upon A Wedding.

SUCKLING (Sir John) & RAVILIOUS (Eric), illustrator.

A Ballad Upon A Wedding, 1927.

A Critical and Philosophical Enquiry into the Causes of Prodigies and Miracles, as related by Historians. With an Essay towards restoring a Method and Purity in History. In Which, The Characters of the most celebrated Writers of every Age, and of the seve

[WARBURTON (William).]

A Critical and Philosophical Enquiry into the Causes… 1727.

Disowned by its author

Versuch vom Menschlichen Verstande. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen versehen von Heinrich Engelhard Poleyen.

Versuch vom Menschlichen Verstande. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt… 1757.

Rare first German translation of Locke's Essay

The Life of the Great Statesman William Cecil, Lord Burghley,

COLLINS (Arthur).

The Life of the Great Statesman William Cecil,… 1732.

PONTING (Herbert).

"Into the Pack Ice", 1910.

SIGNED BY PONTING, A VIEW FROM THE RIGGING OF TERRA NOVA

System des transscendentalen Idealismus.

SCHELLING (Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von).

System des transscendentalen Idealismus, 1800.

Schelling's 'Naturphilosophie'

Journey to the North of India, overland from England, through Russia, Persia and Affghaunistaun.

CONOLLY (Lieut. Arthur).

Journey to the North of India, overland from… 1838.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. With a Memoir of the Author's Life. Complete in One Volume.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of… 1848.

RARE ONE-VOLUME EDITION

Extrait du porte-feuille de M. Villiaume, précédé d'un opuscule sur son agence et ses mariages.

[VILLIAUME (Claude).]

Extrait du porte-feuille de M. Villiaume, précédé d'un… 1813.

LOOKING FOR LOVE IN NAPOLEONIC FRANCE

China and the Roman Orient;

HIRTH (Friedrich).

China and the Roman Orient;, 1885.

INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY

Lang Jing Shan - Photographic Works of Chin-San Long.

LONG (Chin-san).

Lang Jing Shan - Photographic Works of Chin-San… 1972.

Letters from Cannes and Nice.

BREWSTER (Margaret Maria).

Letters from Cannes and Nice, 1857.