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AUTOGRAPH ALBUM – MUSIC. An album of signatures, signed photographs and drawings, chiefly musical and early 20th century, the contributors includi...

BOLÍVAR, Simón (1783-1830). Letter signed (‘Bolivar’) to Robert Sutherland Jnr., Lima, 24 February 1825, two pages, 4to, integral address leaf (so...

CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965). Typed letter signed ('Winston S. Churchill') to [Roger] Fleetwood-Hesketh, 10 Downing Street, 1 February 1...

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). Autograph letter signed ('Charles Dickens') to David Roberts, Tavistock House, 13 September 1856, suggesting travel ...

FREUD, Sigmund (1856-1939). Autograph letter signed (‘Freud’) to Dr Gregory Stragnell [American neuropsychiatrist, 1888-1963], Berggasse 19, Vienn...

GREENE, Graham (1904-91). Autograph manuscript, 'The Grillardin Club', in pen, with revisions, La Residence des Fleurs, Antibes, [1980s], 2 pages,...

POLITICAL PAPERS. A collection of the letters and documents of D. J. MACDONALD, 1922-1939, comprised chiefly of correspondence from Winston CHURCH...

LAWRENCE, Thomas Edward (1888–1935). Two autograph letters signed (‘R’ for [John Hume] Ross, his early pseudonym) to [R.A.M. Guy], n.p. [the secon...

MARCONI WIRELESS TELEGRAPH COMPANY – A collection of material relating to the evolution of broadcasting in the early 20th century, comprising: A ...

NAVAL – Edward H. ARDEN, lieutenant RN (1843-1879). Drawings and photographs from voyages aboard HMS Druid and HMS Boxer, 1874-1878, the topograph...

NAVAL – SHIPS’ LOGS. Manuscript logs of two voyages by George Law (shipowner and merchant of Kingston, Jamaica), ‘Journal of Passage from Jamaica ...

NAVAL – the Hon. John BYRON (1723-1786). Manuscript order book as commander and (from 30 December 1746) captain of the sloop Vulture, 1 May – 16 S...

PUCCINI, Giacomo (1858-1924). Autograph letter signed (‘G. Puccini’) to Sir Herbert Hugh Harvey, Torre del Lago, 15 November 1908, ‘Mi mandi pure ...

WAGNER, Richard (1813-1883). Autograph letter signed (‘Rich. Wagner’) to Hans Richter (here grandly entitled ‘Oberhofgeneralmusikdirektor’ on the ...

ARISTOTLE (384-322 B.C.). Opera, in Greek, part one only: Organon. Edited by Aldus and others. Venice: Aldus Manutius, 1 November 1495. Aldine 2° ...

AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius (Saint, 354-430). De civitate Dei, in Italian: De la cita d'dio. [?Venice: Antonio di Bartolommeo da Bologna (Miscomini), c. ...

BOHADINUS, Yusuf ibn Raffi ibn Shaddad, known as (1145-1234). Vita et res gestae Sultani, almalichi alnasiri, Saladini. Edited and translated by A...

CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer (1874-1965) – Secret Session Speeches. Edited by Charles Eade. London et al.: Cassel and Company, Ltd., 1946. 8° (217 x...

D'ANGOULEME, Margaret, Queen Consort of Henry II, King of Navarre. Heptameron. Les nouvelles de Marguerite, reine de Navarre. Bern: chez la Nouvel...

[DUBOIS CHATELERAUT, Michel.] Gravûres représentant les differentes machines servant à la fabrication des monnoyes au balancier, construites à ven...

DUMONT, Jean, baron de Carlscroon (1667-1727). Histoire militaire du prince Eugene de Savoie, du prince et duc de Marlborough, et du prince de Nas...

[DUMONT, Jean, baron de Carlscroon (1667-1727).] The Military History of the late Prince Eugene of Savoy, and of the late John Duke of Marlborough...

EROTICA -- [KERGAS, René.] An album of original watercolours titled 'Foutaises fantaisistes par F. R.' [sic], 1886. 2° (400 x 300mm). 32 watercolo...

Anthologia diaforon epigrammaton palaion (graece) ... Florilegium diversorum epigrammatum veterum. [Geneva]: Henricus Stephanus, 1566. 4° (257 x 1...

KORAN -- Refutatio Alcorani and Alcorani textus universus. Edited by Luigi Marracci. Padua: Seminary Press, 1698. 2 parts in one volume, 2° (370 x...

MAUROLICO, Francesco (1494-1575). Martyrologium … Francisci Maurolyci … multo quam antea purgatum, & locupletatum. Venice: Lucas Antonius Giunta, ...

MEGGED, Aharon (b.1920). Hagadat ha-Atzma'ut [Haggadah of Independence]. Tel Aviv: Moshe Shoham, 1952. 8° (200 x 152mm). 36pp. Text printed in bla...

MEIBOM, Marcus (c. 1630-1711). Antiquae musicae auctores septem. Graece et Latine...restituit ac notis explicavit. Amsterdam: Louis Elzevir, 1652....

[MIGNAULT, Claude.] Discours sur la chrestienne & louable enterprise de haut & puissant Prince, Monseigneur Charles de Lorraine, Marquis de Maine,...

[NONESUCH PRESS.] -- DICKENS, Charles. Works. Edited by Arthur Waugh, Hugh Walpole, Walter Dexter, and Thomas Hatton. London: The Nonesuch Press, ...

ONE HUNDRED ACTS OF PARLIAMENT of the Reign of George III-IV, relating to trade and the opening of ports in Newfoundland, Canada, the American Col...

PLATO (c.427-347 B.C.). Opera. In Greek. Basel: Johann Valderus, 1534. Part I only (of 2), 2° (300 x 198mm.) Historiated initials. (Lacking Proclu...

POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). Tales of Mystery and Imagination. London: George G. Harrap, 1919. 4° (270 x 200mm). Frontispiece and 23 white-on-bla...

The Mass Extermination of Jews in German Occupied Poland. London: Hutchinson for the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs [1943]. 8° (216 x 140mm). ...

A COLLECTION OF 49 POLITICAL PAMPHLETS, two published in Mexico, the others London: 1648-1814, four High Court Acts stitched together, two others ...

A COLLECTION OF 62 ‘PARLIAMENTARY POLITICAL’ PAMPHLETS, NEWSPAPERS AND BROADSIDES, London: 1681-1683, bound in one volume, 2° (287 x 180mm).18th-c...

POLITICAL AND MILITARY TRACTS -- HAMILTON, W.R. No Mistake: or, a Vindication of the Negotiators of the Treaty of 1783, respecting the north easte...

PURCELL, Henry (1659-1695). Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of all the Choicest Songs for One, Two, and Three Voices. London: for Henry Playford...

RASHID, Mehmed (d.1735). Tarih-i Rasid Efendi. Istanbul: Ibrahim Muteferrika, 1153AH [1740-1741AD]. 4 volumes bound in two, small 2° (312 x 195mm)...

ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques (1712-1778). Discours sur l’origine et les fondemens de l’inegalité parmi les hommes. Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1755. 8° ...

SCOTLAND -- Several Reports presented to the House of Commons by the Commissioners for taking and stating the debts due and growing due to Scotlan...

SHARP, James (-1783). Descriptions of some of the Utensils in Husbandry, rolling Carriages, cart Rollers, and divided Rollers for Gardens, Mills, ...

THOMAS A KEMPIS (1380-1471). Imitatio Christi. – Johannes GERSON. De meditatione cordis. [Ulm: Johann Zainer,] 1487. Chancery 8° (138 x 79mm). W...

THOMAS, Dylan (1914-53). 18 Poems. London: The Sunday Referee and the Parton Bookshop, 1934. 8° (218 x 140mm). Half title. Original black cloth bo...

TOLKIEN, John Ronald Reuel (1892-1973). [The Lord of the Rings trilogy:] The Fellowship of the Ring. London: Allen & Unwin, 1954 -- The Two Towers...

WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900). The Picture of Dorian Gray. Paris & London: "Ye Olde Paris Booke-Shoppe" & Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Ltd, 1926. 8° (170 x...

XENOPHON (c.430-c.354 B.C.) [Works, in Greek.] Florence: Filippo Giunta, 4 June 1516. 2° (314 x 208mm.) Title in Greek and Latin, woodcut device o...

EDWARDS, Lionel (1878-1966; illustrator). A Sportsman's Bag. London: Country Life, [1926]. 2° (565 x 382mm). Lithographic title, 18 mounted colour...

A. S. The gentleman’s compleat Jockey; with the perfect Horseman, and experience’d Farrier. Containing: I. The nature of horses … II. The true met...

WILLIAMSON, Captain Thomas (1790-1815) and Samuel HOWITT (1765?-1822). Oriental Field Sports. London: for Edward Orme, 1807. 2 volumes, 4° (321 x ...

SMART, John (1838-199, illustrator). A Round of the Links; Views of the Golf Greens of Scotland. [Edinburgh: privately printed], 1893. Oblong 2° (...

WISDEN, [John]. Cricketers' Almanack 1942. London: J. Whitaker, 1942. 8° (161 x 100mm). Full-page illustrations. Original brown hardback publisher...

BABBAGE, Charles (1791-1871). 'Observations on the Notation Employed in the Calculus of Functions.' Offprint from: Transactions of the Cambridge P...

BABBAGE, Charles (1791-1871) – SHEEPSHANKS, Rev. Richard (1794-1855). A Letter to the Board of Visitors of the Greenwich Royal Observatory in repl...

BOOLE, George (1815-1864). An Investigation of the Laws of Thought, on which are founded the mathematical theories of logic and probabilities. Lon...

BROOKSHAW, George (1751-1823). The Horticultural Repository. London: Sherwood, Jones and Co., [1820-]1823. 2 volumes, 8° (247 x 152mm). 97 hand-co...

DIDEROT, Denis (1713-1784) and D'ALEMBERT, Jean (1717?-1783), editors. Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers...

FERRARI, Giovanni Battista (1584-1655). Hesperides sive de malorum aureorum cultura et usu. Libri quatuor. Rome: Hermann Scheus, 1646. 2° (366 x 2...

HALFT, Peter (fl. c.1630). Perspectivische Reiß Kunst. Augsburg: David Franck, for the author, 1625. 2° (300 x 208mm). 226 pp. only (of 228), engr...

HERSCHEL, John Frederick William, Sir (1792-1871). 'Consideration of Various Points of Analysis.' Offprint from: Philosophical Transactions. Londo...

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