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The Heart of the Antarctic

SHACKLETON (Sir Ernest H.)

The Heart of the Antarctic, 1909.

WORDIE'S COPY OF THE DELUXE EDITION

Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge (1735-1814).

[JEAN (Philip).]

Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge (1735-1814), 1795.

COMMANDER ON THE PHIPPS ARCTIC EXPEDITION

South Polar Times.

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

South Polar Times, 1914.

Collected Poems. 1934-1952.

THOMAS (Dylan).

Collected Poems. 1934-1952, 1952.

ONE OF ONLY 65 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Creature from the Black Lagoon.

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

Creature from the Black Lagoon, 1954.

Eleven Poems.

HEANEY (Seamus).

Eleven Poems, 1965.

"These pamphlets are very valuable."

Izu no odoriko [The Dancing Girl of Izu]

KAWABATA (Yasunari).

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

SIGNED BY JAPAN'S FIRST NOBEL PRIZE WINNER FOR LITERATURE

Complete Poems and Prose.

WHITMAN (Walt).

Complete Poems and Prose, 1888.

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

Christ Among the Doctors, an illuminated cutting from a Book of Hours on vellum. [France (eastern?), 15th century (c.1470s/80s)]

Christ Among the Doctors, an illuminated cutting from a…

FROM THE RENOWNED BURCKHARDT-WILDT ALBUM

Squarings. Twelve Poems. Lithographs by Felim Egan.

HEANEY (Seamus).

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

'SHIFTING BRILLIANCIES' SIGNED BY HEANEY AND FELIM EGAN

The Nativity, historiated initials on a leaf from an early Book of Hours, in Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Northern France (Picardy, Noyon?), 14th century (c. 1370s)]

NORTHERN FRENCH ARTIST

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

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

MOLIERE (Jean Baptiste Poquelin)

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

A MASTERPIECE OF 18TH CENTURY FRENCH ILLUSTRATION

Death of A Naturalist.

HEANEY (Seamus).

Death of A Naturalist, 1966.

Christmas card for 1950.

WAUGH (Evelyn).

Christmas card for 1950, 1950.

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

The Origin, Tendencies and Principles of Government: Or a Review of the Rise and Fall of Nations from Early Historic Time to the Present;

WOODHULL (Victoria C.)

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

AMERICA'S FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

[ALS to Norman Lockyer

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

"FROZEN FISH COMING TO LIFE AGAIN"

Master Humphrey's Clock. [Embracing] Barnaby Rudge, [and] The Old Curiosity Shop.

DICKENS (Charles).

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

Printed invitation to the 'Boz Ball' along with a ticket to a literary dinner held the next week.

[DICKENS (Charles)]

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

Death of a Naturalist.

HEANEY (Seamus).

Death of a Naturalist, 1966.

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

DICKENS (Charles).

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1839.

BOUND FROM THE MONTHLY PARTS IN ORIGINAL CLOTH

A Great Mystery Solved.

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

A Great Mystery Solved, 1878.

[Opera] Metamorphoseon libri XV.

[Opera] Metamorphoseon libri XV, 1547.

RARE POCKET EDITION OF OVID

The Island People.

HEANEY (Seamus).

The Island People, 1968.

The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany. Illustrated by Select Specimens of Foreign and Indigenous Plants.

[DUPPA (Richard).]

The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System… 1816.

The Nineteen Tragedies and Fragments of Euripides. Translated by Michael Woodhull, Esq.

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

Typed Letter Signed (

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"

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

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

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

Autograph Letter Signed (“CD.”) to “My Dear Mitton” [Thomas Mitton, friend and solicitor], regarding an engagement with Miss Coutts.

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Author.

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

Theatre Royal Covent Garden [...] Robert's Moving Diorama of the Polar Expedition. Being a series of Views representing the progress of His Majesty's Ships the Hecla and Fury, in their endeavour to discover A North-West Passage...

ROBERTS (David).

Theatre Royal Covent Garden [...] Robert's Moving Diorama… 1830.

WILLIAM PARRY'S EXPEDITION

Beowulf.

HEANEY (Seamus).

Beowulf, 1999.

Tales of Mystery and Imagination.

POE (Edgar Allan). & CLARKE (Harry). Illustrator.

Tales of Mystery and Imagination, 1919.

APPROPRIATELY EERIE GOTHIC ILLUSTRATIONS

The Wind Among the Reeds.

The Wind Among the Reeds, 1899.

AN UNUSUALLY NICE COPY

Kolgosp Tvarin. Kazka. [Animal Farm. A Fairy Story.]

ORWELL (George).

Kolgosp Tvarin. Kazka. [Animal Farm. A Fairy Story.], 1947.

FIRST UKRAINIAN EDITION OF ANIMAL FARM

This Portrait of Captain Penny ...

PEARCE (Stephen).

This Portrait of Captain Penny , 1863.

Bilbo: En Hobbits Aventyr. [The Hobbit, or There and Back Again].

TOLKIEN (J.R.R.), & JANSSON (Tove). Illustrator.

Bilbo: En Hobbits Aventyr. [The Hobbit, or There… 1962.

THE HOBBIT ILLUSTRATED BY TOVE JANSSON

L'office de la Semaine Sainte a l'usage de la Maison du Roy... nouvelle édition.
Paris, Jacques Collombat, 1743

L'office de la Semaine Sainte a l'usage de… 1743.

The Great White South.

PONTING (Herbert G.)

The Great White South, 1928.

INSCRIBED BY PONTING

Dunblane traditions; being a series of warlike and legendary narratives, biographical sketches of eccentric characters, &c.

MONTEATH (John).

Dunblane traditions; being a series of warlike and… 1835.

A RARE WORK OF SCOTTISH FOLKLORE

Liberalism and the Social Problem.

CHURCHILL (Winston S.)

Liberalism and the Social Problem, 1909.

The Suicides Grave Being the Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner Written by Himself with a Detail of Curious Traditionary Facts & Other Evidence by the Editor.

The Suicides Grave Being the Private Memoirs and… 1895.

DEMONIC DOPPELGANGERS

A Thin Ghost and Other Stories.

A Thin Ghost and Other Stories, 1919.

James' third collection of ghost stories.

Thunderball.

Thunderball, 1961.

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