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The eight volumes of letters writ by a Turkish spy, who liv’d five and forty years undiscover’d at Paris : Giving an Impartial Account to the Divan at Constantinople, of the most Remarkable Transactions of Europe : And, Discovering several Intrigues and Secrets of the Christian Courts (especially of that of France) continued from the Year 1637, to the Year 1682. Written, originally in Arabick, Translated into Italian, from thence into English. And now Published with a Large Historical Preface and Index, to Illustrate the Whole. By the Translator of the First Volume

MARANA, Giovanni Paolo (1642-1693) · 1741

$724.00 (€656.88 | £548.01 | ¥115,613)

London Printed for G. Strahan, S. Ballard, J. Brotherton, W. Meadows, T. Cox, W. Hinchliffe, J. Stag, J. Clarke, in Duck-Lane, S. Birt, D. Browne, T. Astley, S. Austen, J. Shuckburgh, L. Gilliver, J. Hodges, E. Wicksteed, J. Oswald, J. Comyns, C. Bathurst, T. Fisher, J. Carter...

The Golden Notebook

LESSING, Doris (1919-2013) · 1962

$949.00 (€861.02 | £718.32 | ¥151,543)

London Michael Joseph First Edition First Impression of the Nobel laureate’s "indispensable" masterpiece, significant "as the most massive statement made, up to that time, on the position of woman in the modern world." (Burgess). Tall, thick 8vo: 568pp. Publisher's black board...

[Early American Cloth] The Last Days of Pompeii. By the Author of "Pelham," "Eugene Aram," "England and the English," &c. . . . In two Volumes

[BULWER-LYTTON, Edward, Baron, 1803-1873] LYTTON, Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer · 1834

$349.00 (€316.64 | £264.17 | ¥55,731)

New York Published by Harper & Brothers … and Sold by the principal Booksellers throughout the United States. First American Edition of Bulwer’s hugely successful novel, complete in two duodecimo volumes. xii,[2],9–240; 201,[3],28(publisher’s catalogue),[8][further advertiseme...

[Rural Sports] [Fox-Hunting] Thoughts on hunting. In a series of familiar letters to a friend

[BECKFORD, Peter, 1740-1811] · 1781

$1,399.00 (€1,269.30 | £1,058.93 | ¥223,402)

Sarum [Salisbury] printed by E. Easton: sold by P. Elmsley, in the Strand; J. Ridley, St. James Street; London; and W. Sollers, Blandford First Edition, complete with half-title, of this "corner-stone of a huntsman's library." (Gee) Small 4to: [10],334pp (pp. 303-310 misnumber...

A treatise of comets, containing I. An explication of all the various appearances of the late comet, . . . Illustrated with a Plan of the Earth’s and Comet’s Orbits. II. The history of comets from the earliest Account of those kinds of Planets, . . . III. The distance, velocity, size, solidity, and other properties of those bodies consider’d; . . . illustrated also by a Copper-Plate

SMITH, George · 1744

$1,099.00 (€997.11 | £831.86 | ¥175,496)

London printed for Jacob Robinson in Ludgate-Street First Edition First Edition of this tract on the nature and historical perceptions of comets. 8vo: [2],46pp, with two copper-engraved folding plates, one showing the comet’s path and one demonstrating the origins of the comet...

Stories in Grey

[Eric Odell, writing as:] PAIN, Barry (1864-1928) · 1911

$851.00 (€772.10 | £644.14 | ¥135,894)

London T. Werner Laurie First Edition An exemplary example of "Pain's best general short story collection." (Wilson) 8vo: [8],320,[10, advertisements]pp. Publisher's sea green textured cloth, front and back covers stamped in black, spine lettered in gilt, title page (with vig...

The history of the heavens, considered according to the notions of the poets and philosophers, compared with the doctrines of Moses [Provenance]

PLUCHE, Noël-Antoine (1688-1761) · 1741

$1,024.00 (€929.07 | £775.09 | ¥163,520)

London prinied [sic] for J. Osborn; and sold by C. Rivington, C. Davis, T. Longman, T. Astley, S. Austen [and 7 others in London, 1 in Bath] Second Edition Translated from the French of the Abbé Pluche by J. B. de Freval, in two volumes. 8vo: [2],x,[2],288,[8]; [2],312,[8],92p...

The Far Side of The World

O'BRIAN, Patrick (1914-2000) · 1984

$499.00 (€452.74 | £377.70 | ¥79,684)

London Collins First Edition First Impression of the scarce tenth installment in the author's popular Aubrey-Maturin series. 8vo: [8],371,[1]pp. Publisher's forest green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; second issue illustrated dust jacket priced £9.95 with publisher's sticker (...

[Circus] The memoirs of J. Decastro, comedian. In the course of them will be given anecdotes of . . . Dr. Johnson, Garrick, Foote, Wilson, Charles Bannister, J. Palmer, C. Dibdin, Sen., the late Earl of Barrymore, R. B. Sheridan, Esq., G. F. Cooke, J. P. Kemble, Esq., &c., never before in print : accompanied by an analysis of the life of the late Philip Astley, Esq. . . . :

DECASTRO, J. [Jacob, 1758-1824]; [R. Humphreys] · 1824

$649.00 (€588.83 | £491.24 | ¥103,637)

London Sherwood, Jones, & co First Edition of this cornerstone of any circus collection (Toole-Stott lists it among his hundred best circus books). Edited by R. Humphreys. Crown 8vo (187 x 107mm): [xx],279,[1]pp, with portrait frontispiece and two folding plates, including the...

Pictures from Italy [Original Cloth]

DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870) · 1846

$949.00 (€861.02 | £718.32 | ¥151,543)

London Published for the author, by Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars First Edition First Issue, with all correct points (see Eckel, Smith, and Podeschi, referenced below). Foolscap 8vo: [8],270,2]pp, with four woodcut vignettes by Samuel Palmer (showing Villa d'Este, Colosseum, S...

The Old English Baron. A Gothic Story. Embellished With Elegant Engravings. The Sixth Edition Printed for C. Dilly

REEVE, Clara (1729–1807) · 1797

$424.00 (€384.69 | £320.94 | ¥67,707)

London printed for C. Dilly, in the Poultry Early Reprint Sixth Edition of Reeve's best-known work, a major influence on the development of Gothic fiction. 8vo: xi,[1],264pp, with 8 full-page copper-engraved plates (including frontispiece). English mottled calf, flat spine in...

To the Loud Wind and Other Poems [Signed]

HALL, Donald · 1955

$274.00 (€248.60 | £207.40 | ¥43,754)

Cambridge Harvard Advocate First Edition First Printing of the poet's first commercial collection published in the United States. 8vo: [4],26pp. Cream stiff wrappers, light blue dust jacket printed in black and priced 65¢. Signed by the poet on the title page. Fine in about Fi...

Twenty-Four Hours [24 Hours]

BROMFIELD, Louis (1896-1956) · 1930

$199.00 (€180.55 | £150.63 | ¥31,778)

New York Fredrick A. Stokes First Edition First Printing of Bromfield's eighth novel (Bromfield won the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, for "Early Autumn"). Thick 8vo: [8],463,[1]pp. Publisher's textured vivid orange cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in blue, top edge sta...

Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather [Signed]

XINGJIAN, Gao (b. 1940) · 2004

$199.00 (€180.55 | £150.63 | ¥31,778)

New York Harper Collins First Printing First Edition (so stated), signed by the author on title page. Crown 8vo: [8],127,[1]pp. Publisher's faux vellum, spine lettered in scarlet, fore-edge untrimmed, strikingly illustrated dust jacket priced $17.95. Very Fine, unread copy, Fi...

Isotopes

ASTON, F[rancis]. W[illiam]., 1877-1945 · 1922

$649.00 (€588.83 | £491.24 | ¥103,637)

London Edward Arnold First Edition First Impression of Aston’s key work on isotopes, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1922. 8vo: viii,152pp, with 4 halftone plates and numerous tables and line drawings in the text. Publisher's original dark blue cloth, covers panele...

[Latin American trilogy, comprising] The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts, [with] Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord, [and with] The Troublesome Offspring Of Cardinal Guzman [All Signed]

BERNIÈRES, Louis de · 1990

$424.00 (€384.69 | £320.94 | ¥67,707)

London Secker & Warburg [through 1992] First Edition Three Fine and Signed first impressions. Complete in three tall octavo volumes, in the fabulous dust jackets illustrated by Irene von Treskow: viii,376; [8],280; x,388pp. Don Emmanuel: Publisher's black cloth, spine lettered...

A history of the late siege of Gibraltar. With a description and account of that Garrison, from the earliest periods. By John Drinkwater, captain in the late seventy-second regiment, or Royal Manchester Volunteers, and an honorary member of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester [Untrimmed Subscribers Copy]

DRINKWATER, John (1762-1844) · 1786

$1,099.00 (€997.11 | £831.86 | ¥175,496)

London Printed by T. Spilsbury, Snowhill; and sold by J. Johnson, No 72, St. Paul’s Church-Yard; T. and J. Egerton, Charing-Cross; and J. Edwards, No 102, Pall-Mall Third Edition of this fascinating eyewitness account of the longest siege ever endured by British forces. 4to: ...

The Ballroom of Romance and Other Stories

TREVOR, William (1928-2016) · 1972

$199.00 (€180.55 | £150.63 | ¥31,778)

London The Bodley Head First Edition First Impression of the Irish author's second collection, including "A Choice of Butchers" and "O Fat White Woman." 8vo: 269,[1]pp. Publisher's olive-brown boards, spine lettered in gilt, price-clipped illustrated dust jacket. An excellent ...

Unnatural Causes

JAMES, P. D. (Phyllis Dorothy, 1920-2014) · 1967

$176.00 (€159.68 | £133.22 | ¥28,105)

New York Charles Scribner’s Sons First American Edition A spectacular copy of the third installment in the classic Adam Dalgliesh mystery series, from the "reigning mistress of murder” (Time). First Printing, with publisher's code A - 8.67 [MC] on copyright page. 8vo: Publishe...

The Borderers: A Tale [The wept of Wish Ton-Wish]

COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851) · 1829

$499.00 (€452.74 | £377.70 | ¥79,684)

London Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington-Street First Edition Scarce First Printing, complete in three volumes, of the "first anti-miscegenation novel in our literature [Fiedler]. 12mo: xiv,299,[1]; [2],311,[1]; [2],316pp. Contemporary pink half calf over marbl...