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GASKELL (Elizabeth Cleghorn).

The Life of Charlotte Brontë, 1947.

DUST JACKET DESIGNED BY JOHN MINTON

£50

ANGELOU (Maya).

The Heart of a Woman, 1981.

Inscribed by the author.

£500

POWELL (Anthony).

John Aubrey and his Friends, 1948.

£40

BEARDSLEY (Aubrey).

The Savoy, 1896.

A RARE SET IN THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS AND BOARDS

£4,300

WELLS (H.G.)

The Works of H.G. Wells. Atlantic Edition, 1924.

£2,500

COCKBURN (Samuel)]

Japanese Ideas of London, 1873.

£350

HOCHI SHIMBUN.

Presentation Album of Japan, 1930.

£2,500

BURTON (William Kinnimond). & OGAWA (Kazumasa).

Panorama of Matsushima, 1895.

£1,200

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

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

FOUNDATION OF THE JAPANESE NAVY

£7,500

TRIGAULT (Nicolas).

De Christianis apvd Japonios trivmphis sive de gravissima… 1623.

FIRST ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF JESUIT MARTYRDOMS IN JAPAN

£16,000

PERRY (Commodore Matthew).

Japan Expedition Press. Additional Regulations, Agreed between Commodore… 1854.

IMPORTANT SHIPBOARD IMPRINTS FROM THE PERRY JAPAN EXPEDITION

£56,000

SOUTHERN FRENCH ARTIST

Two historiated initials depicting St Mark and Two…

TWO SUPERB LARGE INITIALS, ONE OF ST. MARK

£7,500

VERDIZOTTI (Giovanni Mario)

Cento favole morali de i piu illustri antichi… 1586.

£2,500

KIPLING (Rudyard).

Quartette, 1885.

RARE EARLY KIPLING FAMILY SHORT STORIES AND POEMS

£2,750

MARX (Karl).

El Capital. Crítica de la Economía Política. Traducido… 1898.

FIRST COMPLETE SPANISH TRANSLATION OF DAS KAPITAL

£15,000

MARX (Karl). & ENGELS (Friedrich).

The Manifesto of the Communists, 1886.

First British edition in book form of the Communist Manifesto

£12,500

SAMUELSON (Paul A.)

Correspondence with Mark Donoghue, 1992.

A RICH LITTLE ARCHIVE OF FIVE LONG AND SUBSTANTIAL LETTERS

£10,000

[DUPONT DE NEMOURS (Pierre Samuel).]

De l'origine et des progrès d'une science nouvelle, 1768.

A lovely copy of this important exposition of physiocrat doctrine

£6,500

FLAUBERT (Gustave).

Madame Bovary. Provincial Manners. Translated from the French… 1886.

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION

£4,500

MILL (John Stuart).

Utilitarismo. Prima versione italiana fatta sulla seconda edizione… 1866.

FIRST ITALIAN TRANSLATION OF MILL'S UTILITARIANISM

£1,250

PLATO.

The Works of Plato Abridg'd:, 1772.

£1,500

SHIBAYAMA (Mochitoyo). & TOSA (Mitsusada), artist.

Hyakunin isshu [One hundred poems by one hundred… 1808.

A sumptuous hyakunin isshu with the original envelope

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WOOLF (Virginia)

Jacob’s Room, 1922.

First edition signed by Virginia Woolf.

£22,000

WAUGH (Evelyn)

Black Mischief, 1932.

INSCRIBED BY WAUGH TO MRS. ANTHONY POWELL

£6,500

AESOP

Fabellas una cum argumentis novis.   Brescia, heirs of Ludovico… 1563.

A RARE IMPRINT, PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED - ONLY ONE OTHER COPY KNOWN

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LAUD (William, Archbishop of Canterbury).

A Letter sent by William Laud Archbishop of… 1641.

DONATING MANUSCRIPTS TO THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY

£1,500

NAMIKI (Takeo).

Shina kakumei shashin-cho. Dai 1-hen. [Photograph album of… 1912.

EXCEEDINGLY RARE

£3,500

ENGELS (Friedrich).

Die lage der Arbeitenden Klasse in England. Nach… 1845.

ENGELS'S FIRST BOOK

£37,500

POWELL (Anthony).

What's Become of Waring, 1939.

£750

MARX (Karl)., ENGELS (Friedrich). & LASKI (Harold J.)., Introduction.

Communist Manifesto: Socialist Landmark. A New Appreciation written… 1948.

£175

KEYNES (John Maynard).

Essays in Biography, 1933.

WITH THE RARE DUST JACKET

£4,250

BOHM-BAWERK (Eugen von).

Capital and Interest. Volume I: History and Critique… 1959.

THE COMPLETE ENGLISH TRANSLATION

£150

BROOKE (Rupert).

Selected Poems, 1917.

Inscribed by Marsh to Cathleen Nesbitt.

£950

POCOCK (George).

The Aeropleustic Art, or Navigation in the Air,… 1834.

KITE PROPULSION

£1,250

WITTGENSTEIN (Ludwig).

Philosophical Investigations, 1953.

Wittgenstein's second masterpiece

£1,800

BOWEN (Elizabeth).

The Demon Lover and Other Stories, 1945.

£100

BOWEN (Elizabeth).

Seven Winters, 1942.

£250

BOWEN (Elizabeth).

A World of Love, 1955.

£40

CHRISTIE (Agatha).

Destination Unknown, 1954.

£250

CHRISTIE (Agatha).

A Caribbean Mystery, 1964.

£165

CHRISTIE (Agatha).

At Bertram's Hotel, 1965.

£200

CHRISTIE (Agatha).

The Clocks, 1963.

£185