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Japanese Leather Paper

Japanese Leather Paper, 1886.

Late c.19th imported wallpapers from Japan

Kuwait Street Directory.

[KUWAIT] & SAI'DAN (Hamad M.)

Kuwait Street Directory, 1978.

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon with Narratives and Anecdotes Illustrative of the Habits and Instincts of the Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Insects, &c. including a Monograph of the Elephant.

TENNENT (Sir J. Emerson).

Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon with… 1861.

A BEAUTIFUL COPY PRESENTED BY THE AUTHOR

The Palestine Police Magazine.

The Palestine Police Magazine, 1947.

After Everest.

NORGAY (Tenzing).

After Everest, 1977.

High and Low Financiers. Some Notorious Swindlers and Their Abuses of Our Modern Stock Selling System.

WASHBURN (Watson). & DE LONG (Edmund S.)

High and Low Financiers. Some Notorious Swindlers and… 1932.

Limomachia. By His Majesty's Royal Letters Patent, the new-invented Machine for taking Likenesses ...

[PINION (Raphael).]

Limomachia. By His Majesty's Royal Letters Patent, the… 1788.

UNITING MECHANICS WITH THE ART OF PAINTING

Factory Weather.

HOLMAN (Jamie) & JOHNSTON (Cynthia)

Factory Weather, 2026.

WILLIAM MORRIS REWORKED, A NEW ARTIST'S BOOK

The Reviewer of Mrs. Emma Willard Reviewed.

[EDUCATION OF WOMEN]. & [WILLARD (Emma)].

The Reviewer of Mrs. Emma Willard Reviewed, 1839.

"THE AGE OF CHIVALRY IS NOT GONE"

HMS Calypso hove to for a Pilot outside the reef. Honolulu, Oahu Sandwich Islands.

[ENGLISH SCHOOL] & A.C.

HMS Calypso hove to for a Pilot outside… 1859.

The Effigie of Patie Birnie.

[SCOTTISH MUSIC].

The Effigie of Patie Birnie, 1700.

"THE FAMOUS FIDLER OF KINGHORN"

An anthem to be sung in the chapel of the Foundling Hospital, on Sunday the 20th of May, 1781, when a charity sermon will be preached by the Rev. Mr. Duché, Rector of Christ-Church and St. Peter's, Philadelphia.

[FOUNDLING HOSPITAL].

An anthem to be sung in the chapel… 1781.

"BEHOLD, IN MISERY'S DREARY SHADE, / THE WIDOW WITH HER CHILDREN LAID"

The Art of Archerie

MARKHAM (Major C.A.)

The Art of Archerie, 1634.

A RARE COMPLETE COPY OF AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH BOOK ON ARCHERY

Album of prints of Persia, France and Italy bound for an English grand tourist.

Album of prints of Persia, France and Italy…

Kew Garden. A Poem.

Kew Garden. A Poem, 1767.

“BANANA NEXT, SUSTAINING PLANT, BEHOLD”

New Bedford Whaling Ship 'Ocean Crest' taking on supplies at Kealakekua in Sandwich Islands 1842.

New Bedford Whaling Ship 'Ocean Crest' taking on… 1842.

The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus.

MARCUS AURELIUS.

The Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, 1906.

The Republic of Plato. Translated into English, with an Analysis and Notes, by John Llewelyn Davies and David James Vaughan.

The Republic of Plato. Translated into English, with… 1866.

Lord Macaulay's Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome.

MACAULAY (Thomas Babington, Lord).

Lord Macaulay's Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome, 1886.

Tokyo Keisatsu Byoin shinchiku kinen. [Memorial Album of the Newly Built Tokyo Police Hospital].

OKURA DOBOKU CO.

Tokyo Keisatsu Byoin shinchiku kinen. [Memorial Album of… 1929.

Sigmund Freud.

STEADMAN (Ralph).

Sigmund Freud, 1979.

Rhyme Stew. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.

Rhyme Stew. Illustrated by Quentin Blake, 1989.

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish.

ADAMS (Douglas).

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, 1984.

The Aleph and Other Stories, 1933-1969.

BORGES (Jorge Luis).

The Aleph and Other Stories, 1933-1969, 1971.

Engraved fork from relief ship SY Morning.

[BRITISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1901-1904].

Engraved fork from relief ship SY Morning, 1901.

FROM THE WARDROOM OF SY MORNING

A New Directory Map of Shanghai - Xin Shanghai Ditu.

SOO (Chia Yong). i.e. & SU (Jiarong).

A New Directory Map of Shanghai - Xin… 1940.

A Bill for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, at a Time to be limited.

[WILBERFORCE (William).]

A Bill for the Abolition of the Slave… 1804.

RARE, EARLY ABOLITION BILL

Seven Pillars of Wisdom a triumph.

LAWRENCE (T.E.)

Seven Pillars of Wisdom a triumph, 1926.

THE GARNETT COPY OF THE SUBSCRIBERS, OR "CRANWELL" EDITION, ONE OF 170 COMPLETE COPIES INSCRIBED BY LAWRENCE

Original scribal manuscript draft, with numerous manuscript corrections, of Senior's 'Report - On the State of Agriculture'. Published anonymously in the Quarterly Review (July 1821), pp. 467-504.

SENIOR (Nassau William).

Original scribal manuscript draft, with numerous manuscript corrections,… 1821.

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF SENIOR'S FIRST PUBLISHED ARTICLE ON ECONOMICS

Token Ryubisho [Notes about Attractive Eyes].

HORIGUCHI (Daigaku).

Token Ryubisho [Notes about Attractive Eyes], 1976.

Poetry and luxurious lacquer

Saionjike kurumazu. [Illustrations of Saionji style Palanquins].

UNKNOWN ARTIST.

Saionjike kurumazu. [Illustrations of Saionji style Palanquins], 1750.

A very fine draft scroll with excellent provenance

The Bow in the Cloud; or, the Negro's memorial. A collection of original contributions, in prose and verse, illustrative of the evils of slavery, and commemorative of its abolition in the British Colonies.

[RAWSON (Mary Anne), ed.]

The Bow in the Cloud; or, the Negro's… 1834.

THE ONLY BRITISH ANTISLAVERY GIFT BOOK, WITH AN INSCRIPTION IN OTTOMAN TURKISH

Two ALS to Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle.

DRYANDER (Jonas Carlsson).

Two ALS to Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, 1790.

A botanist remarks "I fear Burke's book will do harm; I mean promote political bigottry."

[History of the Kings of Persia: being A Complete Chronicle of Events of that Ancient Country, from the Prehistoric Times down to the Settlement of Parsis in India.]

DESAI (Palanji Barjorji).

[History of the Kings of Persia: being A… 1895.

AN IMPORTANT PARSIS HISTORY

[Pearlware jug decorated with transfer image of Tom Molineux and Tom Cribb facing each other in a boxing match, a verse to the other side.]

[PUGILISM] & [MOLINEAUX (Tom).]

[Pearlware jug decorated with transfer image of Tom… 1815.

AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN BOXER FIGHTS THE ENGLISH CHAMP

Iwe Irohin.

[YORUBA LANGUAGE] & TOWNSEND (Henry) editor.

Iwe Irohin, 1864.

A VITAL SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON ABEOKUTA, LAGOS & YORUBALAND

Importer and Dealer in Wines and Spiritous Liquors. No. 35, St Swithings Lane, London.

ALLICOCKE (Joseph).

Importer and Dealer in Wines and Spiritous Liquors.… 1795.

AN ANTIGUAN ACTIVIST & WINE DEALER

Les Créoles en Orient. Drame en cinq actes.

JEUNE (Jean-Louis).

Les Créoles en Orient. Drame en cinq actes, 1916.

EXCEEDINGLY RARE

Representation of the State of Government Slaves and Apprentices in the Mauritius; with Observations.

[VICARS (Captain Richard). & D'EPINAY (Prosper), annotater.]

Representation of the State of Government Slaves and… 1830.

PRESENTED AND ANNOTATED BY THE AUTHOR

[An exceptionally long and detailed ALS to Isaac Taylor (1787-1865) the writer and inventor, relating his journey from Kolobeng, across the Kalahari Desert to Lake Ngami.]

LIVINGSTONE (David).

[An exceptionally long and detailed ALS to Isaac… 1849.

Descriptive catalogue of the British Naval & Military Gallery

[ORME (Daniel).]

Descriptive catalogue of the British Naval & Military… 1798.

APPARENTLY UNRECORDED

[Notes on the Current Iraqi War] Iraka dair harb notlar.

HUSAMEDDIN , translator.

[Notes on the Current Iraqi War] Iraka dair… 1917.

CAPTURED BY TURKISH FORCES