Collectables

Machzor KeMinhag Roma [festival prayers for the entire year], 2 parts in 1, 210ff., printed on blue paper, double column, title within archi...

Seder Haggadah shel Pesach , commentary by Isaac Abrabanel, 54pp., additional engraved title (laid down, from another copy, its wormholes repaire...

New Testament, German .- Luther (Martin) Das neuw Testament recht grüntlich teutscht , collation: A-C 4 D-E 2 F 4 B-Z 6 Aa-Gg 6 Hh 8 , ...

Witchcraft and Demonology.- Exorcist.- Darrell (John) A Detection of that Sinnful Shamful Lying and Ridiculous Discours, of Samuel Harshnet,...

Dickens (Charles).- Seymour ( Mrs. [Robert]) An Account of the Origin of the "Pickwick Papers", reprint, one of 50 copies signed by F.G. ...

Emblemata.- Alciati (Andrea) Emblemes...de nouveau Translatez en Francois vers pour vers jouxte les Latins, first edition of the second Fren...

Psalter, in Sahidic dialect of Coptic, in Coptic Uncials, manuscript on parchment, single leaf with a stub from its sister leaf on the other hal...

Lloyd (Trevor, binder ).- Chambers ( Sir William) A Treatise on Civil Architecture, first edition, list of subscribers (bound after pref...

Meer (Fatima) Higher Than Hope: A Biography of Nelson Mandela, first English edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "to Simo...

Indian Independence.- Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand) Songs from Prison, first edition , "Mirabehn"'s copy, signed ownership inscrip...

Leaf from a Lectionary , in Latin, in archaising script and perhaps that of a student-scribe copying an old exemplar, decorated manuscript on parc...

Scotland.- Boece (Hector) Heir beginnis the hystory and croniklis of Scotland, translated from Latin into Scots English by John Bellenden, f...

Astronomy.- Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller) Kalendarium , second edition, collation: a 8 b 10 c 12 d 2 32ff. complete, printed in red a...

Clare (John) The Village Minstrel, and other poems , 2 vol., first edition, first issue in special presentation binding and inscribed by the ...

Distilling.- Brunschwig (Hieronymus) Liber de arte Distillandi de Compositis, first edition of the so-called 'Grosses Destillierbuch', col...

Vallisneri (Antonio) Opere diverse , 3 parts in 1, first edition , engraved portrait frontispiece, 30 folding plates, some light m...

Asia.- Mandeville ( Sir John) Tractato bellissimo delle piu maravigliose cose & piu motabile che sitrovino nelle parte delmondo , collatio...

Silver binding.- Arndt (Johann) Paradiess Gärtlein, 2 parts in 1, title to part 1 printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece and 5 pl...

Thailand.- Phra Malai [Buddhist Visions of Heaven and Hell], samut knoi (concertina) manuscript in Thai, on paper, with some Pali words cite...

Cornerstone of French Enlightenment Philosophy.- Helvetius (Claude Adrien) De l'Esprit, true first issue "A" of the suppressed first edition...

Mathematics.- Euclid. [Opera], first collected edition, translated by Bartolommeo Zamberti , collation: [10], A-Z AA-EE 8 FF 6 lacking fi...

Japan.- Noh play.- Motokiyo (Zeami) [The Miidera Temple] , single jo or volume, bound in tetchoso style, Saga-bon movable type, original pi...

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** South America.- Bertonio (Ludovico) Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara , fir...

Japan.- Noh Play.- Utaibon (Koetsu) Tamura , single jo or volume, bound in tetchoso style, Saga-bon movable type, original cream wrappers, ...

Games.- Barozzi (Francesco) Il nobilissimo et antiquissimo giuoco Pythagoreo nominato rythmomachia, cioè battaglia di consonantie de numeri,...

Bifolium from a decorated manuscript Antiphonary, illustrated with initials formed of a bird, a richly clothed human arm and a growling green lion...

Levy (D.A.) The North American Book of the Dead , parts 1 and 2, first edition, deluxe issue, one of 7 copies with 3 original paintings on th...

Emblemata.- Paradin (Claude) Devises Heroiques , second edition, collation: a-q 8 r 4 complete with final blank leaf, title within woodcu...

Geology.- Smith (William) Stratigraphical System of Organized Fossils, with Reference to the Specimens of the Original Geological Collection...

Native American language.- Nantes (Bernardo de) Katecismo Indico da lingua Kariris, first edition, with blank leaf Z7 but lacking final blan...

Judaica.- Talmud, Babylonian .- [ A set of 20 Tractates ], a mixed set, in 17 vol., with the following commentaries; Rashi, Tosafoth, Piskei To...

Ovidius Naso (Publius) Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide gravées sur les desseins des meilleurs Peintres Français. Par les soins des Srs. le Mire et ...

Islamic Incunabula.- Kitab-I Ligat-I Vankuli [The Crown of Language and the Correct Arabic] , translated by Mehmed ibn-i Mustafa el-Vani [or Van...

Bulgakov (Mikhail) Sobach'e serdtse [Heart of a Dog], samizdat typescript, light staining to inner margin of final few leaves, original prin...

Japan.- Noh play.- Utaibon (Koetsu) Kurama tengu [The Goblin of Kurama], single jo or volume, bound in tetchoso style, Saga-bon movable ty...

Ashendene Press.- Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach (The) commonly called Ecclesiasticus, [one of 328 copies on paper], printed in red and bla...

Robinson (William Heath).- Hunter (Norman) The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm, first edition, with original captioned pen and...

Chivers of Bath "vellucent binding".- Malory (Sir Thomas) [ Le Morte d'Arthur] The Birth and Life and Acts of King Arthur , 2 vol., one of 1...

China.- Japan.- Manchuria Daily News Souvenir Enthronement Supplement March First 1934 , 3 colour plates, illustrations, many full-page, previo...

Anderson (Maxwell) Key Largo, first edition, two signed presentation inscriptions from the author "Dear Victor [Samrock] - When the writing co...

Woolf (Virginia) The Years, first edition, signed presentation inscription "Janet [Case] with love from Virginia" to front free endpaper, sh...

Dahl (Roald) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, first edition, signed bookplate by the author laid down on title, illustrations by Joseph Sc...

Hortulus anime , collation: 1-20, a-z 8 , ζ 8 Ɔ 4 , but lacking 55ff., printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations and initials by Hans Bald...

Eliot (T.S.) Ara Vus [sic] Prec, first edition , one of 220 copies, woodcut decorations by Edward Wadsworth, occasional corner creasing, ink ...

Economics.- Hayek (Friedrich August) Prices and Production, first edition, 14pp. advertisements, some scattered foxing, browning and ink o...

Emblemata.- Alciati (Andrea) Diverse Imprese...tratte da gli Emblemi dell' Alciato, first edition in Italian, translated by Giovanni Marqua...

Doyle ( Sir Arthur Conan) The Complete Sherlock Holmes . With a preface by Christopher Morley. Introduction by John Dickson Carr, 2 vol., on...

[Hardy (Thomas)] Under the Greenwood Tree, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, vol. 1 title with tiny chip to lower outer corner, vol. 2 p...

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, eleventh printing, signed presentation inscription from the author "To Anna, Best...

Emblemata.- Alciati (Andrea) Los Emblemas...Traducidos en rhimas Espanolas , first edition in Spanish , translated by Bernardino Daza, col...

Potter (Beatrix).- Lustiges Treiben , plain and chromolithographed illustrations featuring a rare early illustration by Beatrix Potter , ill...

Piracy.- Anno XXVII. Henici Octavi. Actes made in the session of this present parliament holden upon prorogacion at Westminster ... in the xxvii...

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit; or There and Back Again, first American edition, first state with bowing hobbit device on the title page, the l...

Ashendene Press.- Apuleius (Lucius) XI. Bookes of the Golden Asse containing the Metamorphosie ..., translated by William Adlington, one of...

Wilde (Oscar).- Wilde ( Lady Jane Francesca) "Speranza". Poems by Speranza (Lady Wilde), first edition, advertisement leaf for 'The First T...

Collins (Wilkie) The Moonstone. A Romance, 3 vol., first edition, with vol. 1 pp.10 & 11 transposed, vol. 2 with "treachesrouly" on p.129 ...

Nepal.- Hymn in honour of Tara, manuscript in Sanskrit, on blue-black dyed paper, 7 leaves, of which one blank, Sanskrit in 4 lines of gold Ra...

Audio Cassette Collection, sixty eight tapes to include, Deep Purple - Come Hell Or High Water, In Rock and The Battle Rages On, Nazareth - Hair O...

Hardy (Thomas) A Pair of Blue Eyes. A Novel, 3 vol., first edition in book form, with the mis- a ligned 'c' in 'clouds' on p a ge 5 of v...

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , eleventh printing paperback edition, signed presentation inscription from the auth...