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TOLSTOÏ [TOLSTOY] (Léon). [(Leo).]

La Guerre et la Paix. Roman historique traduit… 1879.

THE RARE FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION OF TOLSTOY'S MASTERPIECE

£7,500

BOCCACCIO (Giovanni)

Le Philocope de Messire Jehan Boccace florentin, contena(n)t… 1542.

OWNED BY A PICARDY COUNTESS IN THE LATE SIXTEENTH CENTURY

£9,500

[JUDAICA] & RIES (Jacob).

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

COURT DWARF AND JESTER TO THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE

£4,500

MACHIAVELLI (Niccolò)

Historie de nicolo machiavelli, cittadino, et Secretario Fiorentino, 1550.

RARE COMPLETE SET OF MACHIAVELLI, WITH ENGLISH PROVENANCE

£15,000

BANDETTINI (Teresa)

Visione in morte di S.E.D. Ottavia odescalchi principessa… 1829.

COMMEMORATIVE POETRY BY AN EARLY ITALIAN IMPROVISATRIX

£4,000

[D'AGUERRE (Chrétienne), Comtesse de Sault]

Manuscript notarial account book for regional Provence, 1584.

LA COMTESSE DE SAULT FINANCES THE FRENCH CATHOLIC LEAGUE

£12,500

UNION MEDAL COMPANY.

New Union Medal, Historic, Patriotic, Statistic, and Numeric, 1862.

COMMEMORATING THE SIXTH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS

£750

WILDE (Oscar).

Signed and dated photographic portrait of Wilde, 1892.

Signed during the first run of Lady Windemere's Fan

£20,000

DOSTOEVSKY [DOSTOYEVSKY] (Fyodor).

Buried Alive, or Ten Years of Penal Servitude… 1881.

THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD

£4,250

ADAMS (Richard).

Watership Down, 1972.

FIRST EDITION, WITH TWO PIECES OF EPHEMERA SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

£2,750

OPPENHEIMER (Robert) et al.

Symposium on Atomic Energy and its Implications, 1946.

THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS

£1,500

FORSTER (Johann Reinhold).

A Catalogue of the Animals of North America, 1771.

AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY PRIMER FOR AMERICAN NATURALISTS

£7,500

DOUGLASS (Frederick).

My Bondage and Freedom, 1855.

THE MOST IMPORTANT BLACK ABOLITIONIST IN AMERICA

£5,000

[SAMPSON (Abel)] & KENDALL (Edmund Hale).

The Wonderful Adventures of Abel Sampson, 1847.

RARE FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE WAR OF 1812

£1,750

[LIBERIA] & ROBERTS (Joseph Jenkins).

[Letter rejoicing that he had arrived in Liberia:… 1839.

"IN THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE OPPRESSED"

£6,500

[GRONNIOSAW (Ukawsaw) AKA James Albert].

A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in… 1814.

AN IMPORTANT EARLY AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY A BLACK AUTHOR

£2,250

CASSÉUS (Dr. Augustus).

Du Rôle Civilisateur de la Race Noire, 1911.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA

£6,000

"MADAM CONNOISSEUR"

The Dreamer's own Book; or a complete interpretation… 1850.

FORTUNE TELLING BY DREAMS AND MOLES

£750

CARTER (John Money).

Views in the Island of Barbados, West Indies,… 1836.

EXCEEDINGLY RARE LITHOGRAPHS OF BARBADOS

£12,500

BLYDEN (Edward).

From West Africa to Palestine, 1873.

THE FATHER OF PAN-AFRICANISM

£4,500

LEWIS (C.S.)

The Last Battle, 1956.

First edition.

£1,800

DA CASTIGLIONE (Sabba)

Ricordi overo ammaestramenti, 1554.

WITH UNUSUAL WOODCUT DEPICTION OF THE LEFT-HANDED SCHOLAR

£2,750

SARTRE (Jean-Paul).

La Nausée, 1938.

INSCRIBED BY SARTRE, IN A REVORIM BINDING BY JEAN DE GONET

£5,000

SHASTREE (Trevangadacharya).

Essays on Chess, Adapted to the European Mode… 1814.

SIR GEORGE STAUNTON'S COPY

£5,500

O'BRIEN (Edna).

A Pagan Place, 1970.

A presentation copy, inscribed and with a warm letter from the author.

£450

LEWIS (Matthew Gregory).

The Monk: A Romance, 1807.

A charming edition English-language edition published in Paris.

£1,250

FLEMING (Ian).

A Complete Set of the James Bond Novels… 1953.

With one copy signed by the dust jacket artist Kenneth Lewis.

£130,000

CHURCHILL (Winston S.)

The Second World War and An Epilogue on… 1959.

INSCRIBED BY DENIS KELLY TO GRACE HAMBLIN

£750

[RADICAL ALTERNATIVES TO PRISON.]

The Abolitionist: A Quarterly Journal from Radical Alternatives… 1979.

UNBROKEN RUN OF AN INFLUENTIAL UK PRISON ABOLITION JOURNAL.

£500

WIRGMAN (Charles), editor.

Japan Punch, 1880.

‘INCUNABLE’ OF COMIC PRINTING IN YOKOHAMA

£6,500

VERDIZOTTI (Giovanni)

Cento favole morali de i piu illustri antichi… 1570.

DESIGNS DRAWN ON THE BLOCKS BY VERDIZOTTI HIMSELF

£6,500

MAURY (Commander Matthew Fontaine).

Ob Issledovanii Yuzhnykh Polyarnykh Stran: Pismo G. Mori… 1861.

AN EARLY PROPOSAL FOR AN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

£8,500

SHACKLETON (Sir Ernest).

The Heart of the Antarctic, 1909.

INSCRIBED BY SHACKLETON WITH AN ALTERNATE SLEDGE FLAG DESIGN

£12,500

GARNIER (Pierre)

The Battle of Ibera at which the Romans… 1480.

FROM A LAVISH MANUSCRIPT HISTORY OF ROME

£13,500

[NEWTON (John)].

An Authentic Narrative of some Remarkable and Interesting… 1764.

THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION OF NEWTON'S REMARKABLE CONVERSION

£17,500

[INSCRIPTIONS]

Veterum Inscriptionum Delectus.  Np, 1853[-1887], 1853.

MANUSCRIPT REPRODUCTIONS OF BEAUTIFUL LATIN AND GREEK INSCRIPTIONS, FOLLOWED BY NOTES ON ROMAN HISTORY AND COSTUMES

£750

[CABET (Étienne).]

Colonie Icarienne aux États-Unis d'Amerique. Sa constitution, ses… 1856.

EXCEEDINGLY RARE ACCOUNT OF THE ICARIAN COLONY

£5,500

[AMISTAD.] & INGERSOLL (Sen. Charles Jared).

28th Congress, 1st Session, H.R. 328. ... A… 1844.

COMPENSATING SPAIN FOR THE LOSS OF THE AMISTAD

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DEXTER (Elisha).

Narrative of the loss of the whaling brig… 1848.

WITH THE IMPORTANT APPENDIX

£2,500

O'CONNOR (Flannery).

A Good Man is Hard to Find, 1968.

First edition of the author's second published book, and first collection of short stories.

£350

O'BRIEN (Edna).

The Country Girls, The Lonely Girl, Girls in… 1960.

The first novel inscribed by the author.

£975

MCCARTHY (Mary).

The Group, 1963.

First edition.

£200