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'83 to '87 in the Soudan

'83 to '87 in the Soudan, 1888.

'Mau Mau' Detainee: the Account by a Kenya African of his Experiences in Detention Camps 1953-1960. Foreword by Margery Perham.

KARIUKI Josiah Mwangi

'Mau Mau' Detainee: the Account by a Kenya… 1963.

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

'The Fort', 'The Old Portuguese Fort' and 'View of Muscat from the Sea'.

[MUSCAT]. & FERNANDEZ (A.R.).

'The Fort', 'The Old Portuguese Fort' and 'View… 1910.

Early Postcards of Muscat

NORDENSKJOLD (Dr. Nils Otto) & & ANDERSSON (Dr Joh. Gunnar).

" Antarctic" Zwei jahre in Schnee und Eis… 1904.

NANSEN (Fridtjof).

" Farthest North" Being the Record of a Voyage… 1897.

BERKELEY (Comyns)

" On Safari.", 1910.

McDOUGALL (George F.)

"Arctic Squadron off Cape Wrath. April 29th 1852", 1852.

BELCHER'S SQUADRON HEADING NORTH

"VIGORNIUS" [WORCESTER (Samuel Melancthon).]

"Essays on Slavery" [A Series of Seventeen Original… 1825.

FRANKLIN (Rosalind E.) & & GOSLING (R.G.)

"Evidence for 2-Chain Helix in Crystalline Structure of… 1953.

THE DISCOVERY OF THE DOUBLE-HELIX: THE EXCLUDED CONTRIBUTOR

NANSEN (Fridtjof).

"Farthest North" Being the Record of a Voyage of… 1897.

NANSEN (Fridtjof).

"Farthest North" Being the Record of a Voyage of… 1897.

"Hard Lying" Eastern Mediterranean 1914-1919, 1923.

AN UNRECORDED EDITION

[DRAFT RIOTS] & [SEYMOUR (Governor Horatio).]

"My Friends" when in July 1863, the city… 1864.

PLAYING POLITICS DURING THE DRAFT RIOTS

[RACE FOR THE NORTH POLE.]

"Sir, I have discovered the North Pole.", 1909.

“Missionary Enterprise in Alaska” [Original illustration from The Graphic.]

“Missionary Enterprise in Alaska” [Original illustration from The… 1900.

[12 photographs captioned in manuscript, depicting the journey of two English speaking travellers by horse and reindeer].

[SIBERIA] & [REINDEER].

[12 photographs captioned in manuscript, depicting the journey… 1910.

[A remarkable ALS relating to the fate of an enslaved family in North Carolina.]

STARBUCK (Darius Henry).

[A remarkable ALS relating to the fate of… 1849.

PLEADING WITH GERRIT SMITH FOR “THE FREEDOM OF EIGHT SLAVES”

[A small archive of her books, photographs and related ephemera].

CRESSY-MARCKS (Violet Olivia).

[A small archive of her books, photographs and… 1915.

A FEMALE EXPLORER WHO CLAIMED TO HAVE VISITED EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD

[Album amicorum.]

[VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS.]

[Album amicorum.], 1840.

[Album of Eight Drawings 1885-1886]. [With] Siberia and the Exile System.

FROST (George Albert). & KENNAN (George).

[Album of Eight Drawings 1885-1886]. [With] Siberia and… 1891.

With Frost's original drawings

[Album of photographs of whaling and trading voyages.]

[PEDERSEN (Captain Christian Theodore)], & LEVY (Aaron), compiler.

[Album of photographs of whaling and trading voyages.], 1930.

TRADING IN THE ARCTIC: C.T. PEDERSEN, ROALD AMUNDSEN, JOHNNIE JOHNS

[ALS to Norman Lockyer

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

"FROZEN FISH COMING TO LIFE AGAIN"

[ALS to Rev. Sheppard describing a trip up the Niger.]

CROWTHER (Rev. Samuel).

[ALS to Rev. Sheppard describing a trip up… 1860.

A NIGERIAN BISHOP IN NIGERIA

[An Apologia to Vindicate the Introduction of Catholics into the higher ranks of the Army and Navy.].

[An Apologia to Vindicate the Introduction of Catholics… 1807.

[An Important Document Addressed to the Lords of the Admiralty and Governors of the American Plantations, Concerning The Confiscation of Pirate Goods and Establishing an Act that will allow Pirates to be Tried and Punished by Courts in the Colonies and Pr

WEST (Richard), Attorney General.

[An Important Document Addressed to the Lords of… 1720.

PROSECUTING PIRATES IN AMERICA

[Archive of documents, letters ephemera, and publications concerning the first years of the Royal Horticultural Society]

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON., [CULLUM (Sir Thomas Gery).] & [BANKS (Sir Joseph)]

[Archive of documents, letters ephemera, and publications concerning… 1827.

WITH THE VERY RARE FOUNDATION DOCUMENT

[Archive of twelve letters written to his future wife Mary R. Nicholson.]

RODGERS (Dr John Kearney).

[Archive of twelve letters written to his future… 1823.

REPORTS FROM CURAÇAO: MEDICINE & THE ENSLAVED

[Atlas of Italy] Guil. et Joannis Blaeu Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus. Pars Tertia ...

BLAEU (Willem Jansz.). & BLAEU (Johannes).

[Atlas of Italy] Guil. et Joannis Blaeu Theatrum… 1645.

[Carte de visite portrait photograph of Abraham Lincoln.]

[LINCOLN (Abraham)] & CHASE (Henry L.), photographer.

[Carte de visite portrait photograph of Abraham Lincoln.], 1865.

A HAWAIIAN LINCOLN

[Collection of documents concerning the Indian Mutiny 1857-58.]

[INDIAN MUTINY] & SETON-KARR (George).

[Collection of documents concerning the Indian Mutiny 1857-58.], 1858.

VITAL NEWS ON THE MUTINY

[composite sheet] Appearances of the land approaching Palermo ... // Plan of the Environs and Gulf of Palermo ... // 'The East Point of Palermo Bay, ...

SMYTH (William Henry).

[composite sheet] Appearances of the land approaching Palermo… 1823.

[composite sheet] View of the City of Taormina. // Plan of the Bay and Environs of Taormina, ... // View of Schiso Point.

SMYTH (William Henry).

[composite sheet] View of the City of Taormina.… 1823.

[composite sheet]: Plan of the City and Bay of Lipari ... // View of Cape Tyndaris. // View of the City of Lipari. // Plan of Port Madonna & the Bay of Olivieri ...

SMYTH (William Henry).

[composite sheet]: Plan of the City and Bay… 1823.

[Costumes des differentes nations composant les etats hereditaires de S.M. et R.].

KININGER (Vincenz Georg).

[Costumes des differentes nations composant les etats hereditaires… 1821.

[East African Trophy Exhibition.]

[KOLONIAL-HAUS]

[East African Trophy Exhibition.], 1903.

[Edict against secret societies and occult groups.]

[SPANISH INQUISITION.]

[Edict against secret societies and occult groups.], 1815.

[Engraved portrait of Sir Francis Drake with a map of the World] Francisco Draco nobilissimus Angliae Eques ... 1598.

PASSE (Crispin van de, sr.)

[Engraved portrait of Sir Francis Drake with a… 1598.

[Extracts from the diary of the missionary.]

[Extracts from the diary of the missionary.], 1828.

EARLY NEWS FROM NEW ZEALAND

[Five stereocards illustrating Jamaica & the South.]

[COTTON, SUGAR, & COCOA.]

[Five stereocards illustrating Jamaica & the South.], 1899.

[Historia Captae a Turca Constantinopolis]
[Italy?, third quarter of 15th century]

LEONARD OF CHIOS (Archbishop of Mytilene)

[Historia Captae a Turca Constantinopolis] [Italy?, third quarter of… 1450.

THE "MOST AUTHORITATIVE" EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE

[HMS Phoenix and the Breadalbane at the moment when the latter was crushed and sunk. The field of ice, easing off from the Phoenix passed astern to the Breadalbane, and entering her bow, she filled and sank in less than 15 minutes, in 30 fathoms of water.

INGLEFIELD (Edward Augustus), Lieutenant R.N.

[HMS Phoenix and the Breadalbane at the moment when… 1855.

PROOF BEFORE LETTERS

[Loan of 314 Livres 2 Sols 8 Deniers to be Repaid in Good Beaver at the Price and Weight of the Bureau.]

TONTY (Henri de),, DAUPHIN LA FOREST (François) & & JUCHEREAU DE SAINT-DENYS (Charles).

[Loan of 314 Livres 2 Sols 8 Deniers… 1693.

A 17th-CENTURY CONTRACT PRICED IN BEAVER FUR

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