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[Autograph memorial to the King with reference to the difficulty of navigating the seas between the Philippine Islands and New Spain, mentioning the first shipbuilding yard on the Bay of California.]

SANCHEZ VERREGO (Captain Alonso).

[Autograph memorial to the King with reference to… 1675.

SPANISH AMBITIONS IN THE PACIFIC: THE MANILA GALLEON & EXPLORING THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA

Churchill. A Life.

[CHURCHILL (Winston S.)] & GILBERT (Martin).

Churchill. A Life, 1992.

Veterum Inscriptionum Delectus.
Np, 1853[-1887]

Veterum Inscriptionum Delectus. Np, 1853[-1887]

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

The Wilsford Theatre. A small Collection of suggested Plans, Elevations and Drawings made for it.

WHISTLER (Rex).

The Wilsford Theatre. A small Collection of suggested… 1931.

A flower of friendship

Small archive of correspondence relating to his work at the War Office, in M.I.7B

DUNSANY (Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany).

Small archive of correspondence relating to his work… 1919.

A.A. MILNE MENTIONING CHRISTOPHER ROBIN, LORD DUNSANY, AND J.M. BARRIE

What's Bred in the Bone.

DAVIES (Robertson).

What's Bred in the Bone, 1985.

A volume of watercolours depicting topographical scenes in and around the Nassau and the Bahamas, with a further 13 drawings of botanical specimens, plus a fine study of a tarantula.

[BAHAMAS] & SCOTT (Capt. Andrew).

A volume of watercolours depicting topographical scenes in… 1850.

GORGEOUS WATERCOLOURS OF THE BAHAMAS

Hero & Leander trannslated from the Greek of Musaeus by F.L. Lucas.

BUCKLAND-WRIGHT (John)

Hero & Leander trannslated from the Greek of… 1949.

An album of 24 photographs of Shanghai and Peking.

SAUNDERS (William) and others.

An album of 24 photographs of Shanghai and… 1890.

Xi hu quan jing [Complete Scenery of the West Lake].

UNKNOWN CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHER. & possibly DA FANGBO STUDIO.

Xi hu quan jing [Complete Scenery of the… 1910.

Presentation Album of Japan.

Presentation Album of Japan, 1930.

The Right Honorable Lord Macartney, Baron of Lissanoure & Knight of the Most Ancient Royal Order of the White Eagle & of the most Hon. Order of the Bath.

BROWN (M) painter. & HUDSON (Henry), engraver.

The Right Honorable Lord Macartney, Baron of Lissanoure… 1790.

AN IMPORTANT FIGURE IN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS

The Right Honourable William Pitt Lord Amherst, Governor General of India. From a Picture by Sir Thomas Lawrence painted for the British Factory at Canton, upon his Lordship’s return from his Embassy to China.

LAWRENCE (Sir Thomas) painter. & TURNER (Charles), engraver.

The Right Honourable William Pitt Lord Amherst, Governor… 1824.

Notes of Proceedings and Occurrences, During the British Embassy to Pekin, in 1816.

STAUNTON (Sir George Thomas)

Notes of Proceedings and Occurrences, During the British… 1824.

PRIVATELY PRINTED ACCOUNT OF THE AMHERST EMBASSY

The French at Foochow.

ROCHE (James F.) & COWEN (L. L.)

The French at Foochow, 1884.

RARE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT

From Swatow to Canton: [Overland.]

GILES (Herbert A.)

From Swatow to Canton: [Overland.], 1877.

Designs of Chinese Buildings.

CHAMBERS (William).

Designs of Chinese Buildings, 1757.

INFLUENCING CHINOISERIE

Eishiki unyou zensho [A complete English Operational Manual].

[NARES (George Strong)]. & FURUKAWA (Masao), transl.

Eishiki unyou zensho [A complete English Operational Manual], 1871.

FOUNDATION OF THE JAPANESE NAVY

China: Its State and Prospects, with especial Reference to the spread of the Gospel: containing Allusions to the Antiquity, Extent, Population, Civilization, Literature, and Religion of the Chinese.

MEDHURST (Walter Henry).

China: Its State and Prospects, with especial Reference… 1838.

MEDHURST ON CHINA

Chinese and English Dictionary; Containing all the words in the Chinese Imperial Dictionary, arranged according to the Radicals.

MEDHURST (Walter Henry).

Chinese and English Dictionary; Containing all the words… 1843.

Eighty Five Years of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps.

KOUNIN (I. I.) editor. & YARON (Alex) illustrator.

Eighty Five Years of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, 1938.

THE BEST MONOGRAPH ON THE SUBJECT

De horis sinicis et cyclo horario commentationes accedit eiusdem auctoris Parergon sinicum de calendariis sinicis ubi etiam quaedam in doctrina temporum sinica emendantur. [Commentaries on Chinese hours and their hourly cycle...].

BEYER (Gottlieb Siegfried).

De horis sinicis et cyclo horario commentationes accedit… 1735.

THE RELATIVITY OF TIME

Paris and its Environs,

PUGIN (A.), drawings & HEATH (C.), engravings.

Paris and its Environs, 1831.

[Album of World War I photographs.]

[Album of World War I photographs.], 1917.

[Twenty-five letters addressed to the Jacobite Moir.]

[MOIR (James).]

[Twenty-five letters addressed to the Jacobite Moir.], 1745.

JACOBITE RISING OF 1745

Typed Letter Signed (‘WSC’) to Grace Hamblin (‘Dear Miss Hamblin’).

CHURCHILL (Winston S.)

Typed Letter Signed (‘WSC’) to Grace Hamblin (‘Dear… 1934.

The Dream.

CHURCHILL (Winston S.)

The Dream, 1994.

High Adventure.

HILLARY (Sir Edmund).

High Adventure, 1955.

SIGNED BY HILLARY

Through the Moon Door.

GRAHAM (Dorothy)

Through the Moon Door, 1926.

Who’s Who in China – Containing the pictures and biographies of China's best known political, financial, business and professional leaders.

[CHINA WEEKLY REVIEW].

Who’s Who in China – Containing the pictures… 1931.

AN INVALUABLE SCOURCE

My Country and my People.

My Country and my People, 1936.

Peking.

BREDON (Juliet).

Peking, 1931.

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace.

MISHIMA (Yukio).

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace, 1966.

Traité d'économie politique, ou simple exposition de la manière dont se forment, se distribuent et se consomment les richesses.

SAY (Jean-Baptiste).

Traité d'économie politique, ou simple exposition de la… 1826.

The Girls of Slender Means.

SPARK (Muriel).

The Girls of Slender Means, 1963.

Sartre. Romantic Rationalist.

MURDOCH (Iris).

Sartre. Romantic Rationalist, 1953.

The Benefactor.

SONTAG (Susan).

The Benefactor, 1963.

Up the Junction.

Up the Junction, 1966.

A Charmed Life.

MCCARTHY (Mary).

A Charmed Life, 1955.

The Summer Before the Dark.

LESSING (Doris).

The Summer Before the Dark, 1973.

With the author’s signed presentation inscription.

This was the Old Chief's Country.

LESSING (Doris).

This was the Old Chief's Country, 1951.

Signed by the author.

The Late Bourgeois World.

GORDIMER (Nadine).

The Late Bourgeois World, 1966.

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