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Autograph Manuscript, 'Imitation of Calderon. The Lament of Sigismundo La Vida es Sueño', signed 'G. Santayana'.

SANTAYANA (George).

Autograph Manuscript, 'Imitation of Calderon. The Lament of… 1923.

Original autograph manuscript of Santayana's translation of Segismundo's soliloquy.

The Life of Saint David.

The Life of Saint David, 1927.

The Fragrant Concubine. A Tragedy.

GUINNESS (Bryan).

The Fragrant Concubine. A Tragedy, 1937.

Personal Narrative of a Voyage to Japan, Kamatschatka, Siberia, Tartary,

TRONSON (J. M.)

Personal Narrative of a Voyage to Japan, Kamatschatka,… 1859.

Lettres de Julie a Eulalie, ou Tableau du Libertinage de Paris.

[PROSTITUTION].

Lettres de Julie a Eulalie, ou Tableau du… 1784.

"IL ÉTALA À MES YEUX UN MEMBRE VIRIL DONT L'ASPECT ME FIT TEMBLER": THE FICTIOUS PORNOGRAPHIC MEMOIRS OF A PARISIAN PROSTITUTE

Julie, ou J'ai Sauvé ma Rose. Par Madame de C***.

[CHOISEUL-MEUSE (Félicité de)].

Julie, ou J'ai Sauvé ma Rose. Par Madame… 1807.

AN EROTIC LESBIAN ROMANCE WHICH WAS BANNED AND ORDERED TO BE DESTROYED

Tout Est Possible a L'Amitié ou Histoire de Milord Love-Rose et de Sophie Mostain.

MALARME (Madame de).

Tout Est Possible a L'Amitié ou Histoire de… 1786.

A LOVE AFFAIR FORGED BY SMALL POX

Motions Adressées à l'Assemblée Nationale en Faveur du Sexe.

[DELAGUETTE (Mara Catherine)].

Motions Adressées à l'Assemblée Nationale en Faveur du… 1789.

"LA PLUS GRANDE SOMME DES MAUX EST IMPOSÉE À LA FEMME"

Memoirs of the Voluptuous Conduct of the Capuchins in Regard to the Fair Sex:

[EROTIC STORIES].

Memoirs of the Voluptuous Conduct of the Capuchins… 1763.

"WHOREDOMS, ADULTERIES, AND SACRILEGES"

Les Fouteries Chantantes,

[EROTIC SATIRE].

Les Fouteries Chantantes, 1791.

"QUANT À MOI, JE FOUTS TOUT AU MIEUX / OUI, BIEN FOUTRE, C’EST MON AFFAIRE"

La Famille Elliot, ou l’Ancienne Inclination;

[AUSTEN (Jane)].

La Famille Elliot, ou l’Ancienne Inclination;, 1828.

AN IMPORTANT EARLY FRENCH TRANSLATION OF AUSTEN'S PERSUASION

Opinion d’une Femme sur les Femmes.

[RAOUL (Marie-Françoise, or Fanny)].

Opinion d’une Femme sur les Femmes, 1801.

Trial of Pedro de Zulueta, Jun., in the Central Criminal Court of the City of London, on the 27th, 28th, and 30th of October, 1843, on a charge of Slave-Trading.

Trial of Pedro de Zulueta, Jun., in the… 1844.

Fly Fishing

HARTLEY (J.R.) & [RUSSELL (Michael)]

Fly Fishing, 1991.

William Morris to Whistler. Papers and Addresses on Art and Craft and the Commonweal.

CRANE (Walter).

William Morris to Whistler. Papers and Addresses on… 1911.

Teppo densho me-ate jo [Target practice scroll]

Teppo densho me-ate jo [Target practice scroll], 1802.

Where to aim your bow and arrow

Moortown

Moortown, 1979.

Alciphron: or, the Minute Philosopher. In seven dialogues. Containing an Apology for the Christian Religion, against those who are called Freethinkers.

BERKELEY (George).

Alciphron: or, the Minute Philosopher. In seven dialogues.… 1732.

Christ's Comet. The Story of a Thirty Year's Journey that began and ended on the same Day.

HASSALL (Christopher).

Christ's Comet. The Story of a Thirty Year's… 1937.

Fasting, Feasting.

Fasting, Feasting, 1999.

James Watt.

CARNEGIE (Andrew).

James Watt.

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

The Ark. Hand-coloured illustrations by Conor Fallon.

BANVILLE (John).

The Ark. Hand-coloured illustrations by Conor Fallon, 1996.

SIGNED LIMITED EDITION

Tricks and Traps of New York City.

[HERBERT (Henry William).]

Tricks and Traps of New York City, 1857.

WITH THE FRONTISPIECE OF A FEMALE PICKPOCKET

Suk Abu Dhabi.

TART (Spencer W.). & [ABU DHABI.]

Suk Abu Dhabi, 1985.

A TEXTILE SOUK IN ABU DHABI

With Lawrence in Arabia.

THOMAS (Lowell).

With Lawrence in Arabia, 1924.

WITH A RARE POSTCARD - "£250,000 REWARD! DEAD OR ALIVE!"

Jeddah 68/69.

UNIVERSITY PRESS OF ARABIA.

Jeddah 68/69, 1968.

VISITING JEDDAH IN THE 1960s

A Discourse upon some late Improvements Of the Means for Preserving the Health of Mariners.

PRINGLE (Sir John).

A Discourse upon some late Improvements Of the… 1776.

Madame Sun Yat-sen.

Madame Sun Yat-sen, 1944.

Superstitions orientales, ou tableau des erreurs et des superstitions des principaux peuples de l'orient, de leurs moeurs, de leurs usages et de leur législation. Par un Société de gens de lettres [ J.C. Poncelin de la Roche-Tilhac]

PONCELIN DE LA ROCHE-TILHAC (Jean Charles)

Superstitions orientales, ou tableau des erreurs et des… 1785.

The Cat Jumps.

BOWEN (Elizabeth).

The Cat Jumps, 1934.

The East Indies, with the Roads. By Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to the King. M D C C LXVIII. The Second Edition. To the Directors of the Honble. East India Company, Tho.s Jefferys humbly Dedicates this Map.

JEFFERYS (Thomas sr.)

The East Indies, with the Roads. By Thomas… 1768.

Veteris & novi testamenti opus singulare, ac plane divinum.

VELMATIUS (Joannes Maria)

Veteris & novi testamenti opus singulare, ac plane… 1538.

PROHIBITED BOOK

Della sfera mondiale... libri quattro.

MICALORI (Giacomo)

Della sfera mondiale... libri quattro, 1626.

AN EARLY REFERENCE TO THE TELESCOPE

The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; The Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.

CHURCHILL (Winston S.)

The Second World War: The Gathering Storm; The Finest… 1948.

Catalogus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum.

TRITHEMIUS (Johannes)

Catalogus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum, 1531.

TRITHEIM'S FAMOUS BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Failure of the New Economics. An Analysis of the Keynesian Fallacies.

HAZLITT (Henry).

The Failure of the New Economics. An Analysis… 1959.

A LINE-BY-LINE REFUTATION OF KEYNES'S GENERAL THEORY

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.

[Watercolour of a falcon in Abu Dhabi.]

[FALCONRY.] & MARSHALL (J.).

[Watercolour of a falcon in Abu Dhabi.], 1995.

FALCONRY IN ABU DHABI

A Short History of the Bait Al Falaj Fort.

SULTAN'S ARMED FORCES MUSEUM.

A Short History of the Bait Al Falaj… 1985.

Biru no Osama [King of Beer].

YANASE (Takashi).

Biru no Osama [King of Beer], 1958.

From the creator of Anpanman

South

SHACKLETON (Sir Ernest).

South, 1919.

FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION

Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle Earth. Edited with introduction, commentary, index and maps by Christopher Tolkien.

TOLKIEN (J.R.R.)

Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle Earth. Edited… 1980.