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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"

The English Bible Containing the Old Testament out of the Original Tongues by Special Command of His Majesty King James the First and Now Reprinted with Text Revised by a Collation of its Early and Other Principal Editions.

DOVES PRESS. & THE HOLY BIBLE

The English Bible Containing the Old Testament out… 1903.

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

[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

Nearest the Pole.

PEARY (Robert E.) & [SHACKLETON (Sir Ernest)]

Nearest the Pole, 1907.

CARRIED ON SHACKLETON'S NIMROD EXPEDITION

The Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke

SHAKESPEARE (William) & CRANACH PRESS

The Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke, 1930.

JO MIELZINER'S COPY OF THE CRANACH HAMLET

Bookbinding. A Manual for those interested in the Craft of Bookbinding.

MATTHEWS (William)

Bookbinding. A Manual for those interested in the… 1929.

WILLIAM MATTHEWS BINDING ON HIS OWN MANUAL OF BOOKBINDING, INSCRIBED TO HIS WIFE

Cinderella

KAWAKAMI (Sumio)

Cinderella, 1943.

The East-meets-West version of Cinderella

Sanbo geishun [New Year's Greetings from a Mountain Hut].

SHIMIZU (Kosho)

Sanbo geishun [New Year's Greetings from a Mountain… 1986.

Exuberant paintings by a retired monk

Kataku no hito [The man of the burning house]

DAN (Kazuo) & TSUKASA (Osamu), illus. and design.

Kataku no hito [The man of the burning… 1979.

A tactile, limited edition of Dan Kazuo's final novel

Malcolm X Speaks.

BRIETMAN (George), editor.

Malcolm X Speaks, 1965.

INSCRIBED BY ONE ACTIVIST TO ANOTHER

Kamaitachi [Weasel's Slash].

HOSOE (Eikoh). & TAKIGUCHI (Shuzo), text.

Kamaitachi [Weasel's Slash], 1969.

AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY

Afrika v Amerike: Antologiya poezii amerikanskikh negrov [trans: Africa in America: An Anthology of American Negro Poetry].

ANISIMOV (Yulian) compiler and translator,, DINAMOVA (Sergei) ed., & MILLER (Loren) afterword.

Afrika v Amerike: Antologiya poezii amerikanskikh negrov [trans:… 1933.

THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE IN THE SOVIET UNION

Navajo Creation Chants.

WHEELWRIGHT (Mary C.) Introduction, & THE SON OF BEAD CHANT SINGER Performer.

Navajo Creation Chants, 1950.

A RARE SET OF NAVAJO RECORDINGS WITH THE ORIGINAL BOOKLET