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THE COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE AUBREY-MATURIN NOVELS. Master and Commander. Post Captain. H.M.S. Surprise. Mauritius Command. Desolation Island. The Fortune of War. The Surgeon’s Mate. The Ionian Mission. Treason’s Harbour. The Far Side of the World. The Reverse of the Medal. The Letter of Marque. The Thirteen Gun Salute. The Nutmeg of Consolation. Clarissa Oakes. The Wine-Dark Sea. The Commodore. Yellow Admiral. The Hundred Days. Blue at the Mizzen. Introduction by Max Hastings.

O’Brian, Patrick. · 2008

£1,250.00 (€1,498.32 | $1,651.42 | ¥263,711)

Folio Society 2008-2013. 20 vols., complete. Many colour and b/w. ills. E.p. maps, very good in gilt lettered dec. blue cloth with cover designs by Neil Gower, each individually in blue slipcase as issued.

WIND IN THE EAST.

Edmonds, Harry. · 1935

£85.00 (€101.89 | $112.30 | ¥17,932)

Ward, Lock & Co., Limited 1935. 1st Ed. 320pp. Ownership inscription, some very light marginal age toning, fore edge of boards sl. warped, corners very sl. bumped, very light browning along top edge of boards and spine, lightly soiled browned and chipped price clipped d/w. wit...

TALES OF THE UNCANNY AND SUPERNATURAL.

Blackwood, Algernon. · 1949

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Peter Nevill Limited 1949. 2nd Imp. [vi] + 426pp. Port. frontis. From the library of Jerrold Northrop Moore with some pencil annotations and marginal pencil marking, f.e.ps. browned, e.ps. and edges of leaves spotted occasionally intruding internally, original gilt lettered gr...

NATURE, JUSTICE, AND RIGHTS IN ARISTOTLE’S POLITICS.

(Aristotle). Miller, Fred D. · 1995

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Clarendon Press, Oxford 1995. 1st Ed. [xviii] + 424pp. 8 figures, 4 tables. Top edge of leaves lightly spotted, good in d/w.

GEDICHTE.

Speyer, Friedrich. · 1902

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Potsdam N.d. c.[1902]. Sm. 8vo. 132pp. With drawings by Franz Stassen. Lettering and illus. in navy ink. German text. From the library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, some very light marginal age toning, dec. e.ps., sm. ownership inscription, original gilt lettered blue-grey cloth ...

TIME’S PURPLED MASQUERS. Stars and the Afterlife in Renaissance English Literature.

Fowler, Alastair. · 1996

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Clarendon Press, Oxford 1996. 1st Ed. Slim 8vo. [x] + 171pp. + [iii]. Good in d/w.

DANTE AND GOVERNANCE.

(Dante). Woodhouse, John. (Editor). · 1997

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Clarendon Press, Oxford 1997. 1st Ed. [xii] + 179pp. + [i]. Top edge of leaves lightly spotted, otherwise good in d/w.

ITALIAN TEACHER IN ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND. Reprinted from the Journal of the Warburg Institute, Vol. I., No. 2. [Off-print].

Yates, Frances A. · 1937

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

N.d. c.[1937]. Slim Royal 8vo. (103-116)pp. Drop title. Light age toning, some mainly marginal sporadic light spotting, corners sl. curled, stitched into lightly soiled and spotted cream limp card wrapps. Inscribed off-print: Inscribed by the Author to upper leading corner of...

FROM POLITICS TO REASON OF STATE. The acquisition and transformation of the language of politics 1250-1600.

Viroli, Maurizio. · 1992

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

CUP 1992. 1st Ed. [x] + 331pp. + [iii]. Corners of upper board and head of upper joint bumped, otherwise good in d/w. Ideas in Context.

JOHN SELDEN. A Life in Scholarship.

(Seldon). Toomer, G.J. · 2009

£200.00 (€239.73 | $264.23 | ¥42,194)

OUP 2009. 1st Ed. 2 vols. [xxii] + 437pp. + [v] + [ix] + ([438]-977)pp. + [iii]. Very good in d/w. Oxford-Warburg Studies.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOSEPH SCALIGER. With Autobiographical selections from his Letters, his Testament, and the Funeral Orations by Daniel Heinsius and Dominicus Baudius.

(Scaliger). Robinson, George W. · 1927

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Cambridge: Harvard University Press 1927. Slim 8vo. 128pp. 4 plates. E.ps. lightly browned, some very light age toning, maroon cloth faded to spine with text dulled, t.e.g. rest uncut. Harvard Translations.

HENRY NEVILLE AND ENGLISH REPUBLICAN CULTURE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. Dreaming of another game.

(Neville). Mahlberg, Gaby. · 2009

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,384)

Manchester University Press/Palgrave Macmillan 2009. 1st Ed. [xii] + 252pp. 4 figures. Very good in d/w. Politics, culture and society in early modern Britain.

HISTORY OF SCHOLARSHIP. A Selection of Papers from the Seminar on the History of Scholarship Held Annually at the Warburg Institute.

Ligota, C.R. and Quantin, J.-L. (Editors). · 2006

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

OUP 2006. 1st Ed. [xii] + 504pp. 21 figures. Very good in d/w. Oxford-Warburg Studies.

THE EXPERIENCE OF BEAUTY IN THE MIDDLE AGES. Preface Mary Carruthers.

Carruthers, Mary. · 2013

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

OUP 2013. 1st Ed. Slim 8vo. xii + 233pp. + [xi]. 11 plates including 4 in colour. Very good in d/w. Oxford-Warburg Studies.

THE TRUE LAW OF KINGSHIP. Concepts of Monarchy in Early-Modern Scotland.

Burns, J.H. · 1996

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.06 | ¥10,548)

Clarendon Press, Oxford 1996. 1st Ed. [xiv] + 315pp. + [v]. Good in d/w.

LORDSHIP, KINGSHIP, AND EMPIRE. The Idea of Monarchy, 1400-1525. The Carlyle Lectures 1988.

Burns, J.H. · 1992

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Clarendon Press, Oxford 1992. 1st Ed. Slim 8vo. ix + [i] + 178pp. Good in d/w.

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF BILL WARD. King of the Glamour Girls.

(Ward). Kroll, Eric. (Editor). · 2006

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Taschen 2006. Large 4to. 344pp. Profusely illus. throughout in colour and b/w. Colour illus. e.ps., very good in d/w. with publishers wrapp around.

EROTIC WATERCOLORS. Introduced by Anne-Marie Bonnet. Translated from German by Michael Robertson.

Rodin, Auguste. · 1995

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York 1995. 1st Ed. 4to. 159pp. + [i]. More than 107 colour ills., several b/w. photos. Lower leading corners sl. bumped, otherwise good in d/w.

THE KITAN CLUB. Published Monthly.

Sugihara, Koji. (Editor). · 1970

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Akatsuki Shuppan, Osaka 1970. 1st Ed. Slim 8vo. (21 x 15 cms). 176pp. Profusely illus. throughout with photos., including 8 pages in colour. Japanese text. Good in original yellow and gold limp card wrapps., very minor soiling and rubbing. ‘Kitan Club (‘Strange Story Club’) w...

MODERN URBAN GIRLS.

Soell, Stefan. · 2012

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.09 | ¥15,823)

Edition Skylight, Zurich 2012. 1st Ed. Slim 4to. Unpaginated. Profusely illus. throughout with colour photos. English/German text. Very good in d/w.