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SHACKLETON (Sir Ernest H.)

The Heart of the Antarctic, 1909.

WORDIE'S COPY OF THE DELUXE EDITION

£37,500

[JEAN (Philip).]

Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge (1735-1814), 1795.

COMMANDER ON THE PHIPPS ARCTIC EXPEDITION

£19,750

SHACKLETON (Sir Ernest),, BERNACCHI (L.C.), & & CHERRY-GARRARD (A.G.B.)

South Polar Times, 1914.

A HANDSOME SET

£15,000

DICKENS (Charles).

Sketches by 'Boz,' Illustrative of every-day People and… 1836.

A HANDSOME SET OF DICKENS' FIRST TWO BOOKS, WITH EARLY PROVENANCE.

£12,500

THOMAS (Dylan).

Collected Poems. 1934-1952, 1952.

ONE OF ONLY 65 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

£10,000

COLEBROOKE (H.T.)

A Grammar of the Sanscrit Language, vol. 1… 1805.

SCHOLARSHIP IN THE EAST INDIA COMPANY: FROM THE COLLEGE AT FORT WILLIAM

£7,500

HARTLEY (L. P.)

Night Fears and Other Stories, 1924.

A superlative copy, inscribed by the author

£7,500

HEANEY (Seamus).

Eleven Poems, 1965.

"These pamphlets are very valuable."

£7,500

[FEARN (John Russell)]. & STATTEN (Vargo). Pseudonym.

Creature from the Black Lagoon, 1954.

£7,500

KAWABATA (Yasunari).

Izu no odoriko [The Dancing Girl of Izu], 1932.

SIGNED BY JAPAN'S FIRST NOBEL PRIZE WINNER FOR LITERATURE

£6,800

WHITMAN (Walt).

Complete Poems and Prose, 1888.

THE DEFINITIVE LIFETIME EDITION OF WHITMAN'S WORKS, BOLDLY SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

£6,500

FRENCH ARTIST

Christ Among the Doctors, an illuminated cutting from a…

FROM THE RENOWNED BURCKHARDT-WILDT ALBUM

£6,500

HEANEY (Seamus).

Squarings. Twelve Poems. Lithographs by Felim Egan, 1980.

'SHIFTING BRILLIANCIES' SIGNED BY HEANEY AND FELIM EGAN

£6,000

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The Nativity, historiated initials on a leaf from… 1370.

£5,500

MOLIERE (Jean Baptiste Poquelin)

Oeuvres. Nouvelle édition. Paris, [Pierre Prault], 1734, 1734.

A MASTERPIECE OF 18TH CENTURY FRENCH ILLUSTRATION

£5,000

HEANEY (Seamus).

Death of A Naturalist, 1966.

£5,000

BEARDSLEY (Aubrey) & WILDE (Oscar)

Salome, 1894.

THE VERY ESSENCE OF THE DECADENT

£4,500

WAUGH (Evelyn).

Christmas card for 1950, 1950.

Gaetano Giulio Zumbo's plague diorama, the perfect Christmas card for Scrooge-like Waugh

£4,500

WOODHULL (Victoria C.)

The Origin, Tendencies and Principles of Government: Or… 1871.

AMERICA'S FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

£4,000

GRAHAME (Kenneth).

The Wind in the Willows, 1908.

FIRST EDITION

£4,000

RAE (John).

[ALS to Norman Lockyer "The Editor of Nature".], 1888.

"FROZEN FISH COMING TO LIFE AGAIN"

£3,750

SHACKLETON (Sir Ernest).

The British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-9, 1909.

SIGNED BY ERNEST JOYCE

£3,750

DICKENS (Charles).

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1839.

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£3,500

[DICKENS (Charles)]

Printed invitation to the 'Boz Ball' along with… 1842.

£3,500

DAHL (Roald).

The Twits, 1980.

£3,500

HEANEY (Seamus).

Death of a Naturalist, 1966.

£3,500

DICKENS (Charles).

Master Humphrey's Clock. [Embracing] Barnaby Rudge, [and] The… 1840.

£3,500

JAMES (M. R.)

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, 1904.

QUINTESSENTIAL GHOST STORIES

£3,500

[CATHOLICISM IN SCOTLAND.]

Epitome Ritualis Romani, in Usum Missionum Scotiae, 1783.

CLANDESTINE CATHOLICISM

£3,250

SHAKESPEARE (William).

The Plays of William Shakespeare, 1803.

£3,000

CALVIN (Jean)

Institutio Christianae religionis. Geneva, Jean le Preux, 1592.

CALVIN'S LANDMARK WORK - FINELY BOUND

£2,750

HEANEY (Seamus).

The Island People, 1968.

£2,500

DICKENS (Charles). & [JEVONS (Shirley Byron).].

A Great Mystery Solved, 1878.

£2,500

[DUPPA (Richard).]

The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System… 1816.

£2,500

OVIDIUS NASO

[Opera] Metamorphoseon libri XV, 1547.

RARE POCKET EDITION OF OVID

£2,500

FLEMING (Ian).

From Russia with Love, 1957.

£2,500

SENDAK (Maurice).

In the Night Kitchen, 1970.

"I love my book - my most private lovely book."

£2,250

[DOUGLASS (Frederick)] & GREGORY (James M.)

Frederick Douglass the Orator. Containing an Account of… 1893.

THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF DOUGLASS BY A BLACK AUTHOR

£2,250

IWAI (Taketoshi)., KATO (Minoo). & KAWAI (Kanjiro). design

Kyoto minka fu [Record of Kyoto's Minka Houses], 1934.

A LAST LOOK

£2,200

EURIPIDES

The Nineteen Tragedies and Fragments of Euripides. Translated… 1782.

£2,000

CHRISTIE, (Agatha)

Typed Letter Signed ("Agatha Christie") to Frederick Bason… 1929.

"I hope to have another play on sometime but plays are very uncertain things"

£2,000

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Author.

Autograph Letter Signed (“CD.”) to “My Dear Mitton”…

£2,000