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SULTAN IBRAHIM MIRZA’S HAFT AWRANG.

SIMPSON, Marianna Shreve. Contributions by FARHAD, Massumeh. · 1997

£115.00 (€137.87 | $151.96 | ¥24,268)

New Haven/London: Yale University Press, in association with Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1997. Folio, pp.440, black cloth, gilt, numerous plates in colour, b/w illustrations; very slight tone to edges/margins, else very good indeed, in very good complete and uncl...

MERCHANTS AND THE MILITARY IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN: British Army Contracts and Domestic Supply, 1739-1763.

BANNERMAN, Gordon E. · 2008

£34.00 (€40.76 | $44.93 | ¥7,175)

London: Pickering and Chatto, 2008. 8vo., pp.x,264, printed hardcover; inkstamped ownership bookplate to title page, else clean and near-fine. No dust-jacket.

VOX GRAECIA: A GUIDE TO THE PRONUNCIATION OF CLASSICAL GREEK.

ALLEN, W. Sidney. · 1974

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

Cambridge University Press, 1974. Second edition, 8vo., pp.xiv,174, blue hardcover, gilt; light foxing to top edges, slight mustiness, else clean and very good, in vg price-clipped dust-jacket, which is lightly rubbed and foxed to extremities, and now in protective cover.

THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS. A Fantasy.

Told and pictured by TIMLIN, William M. · 1923

£1,800.00 (€2,157.90 | $2,378.45 | ¥379,853)

London: George G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1923. First edition, 4to., 48 mounted pages of calligraphic text, 48 mounted colour plates, publisher’s vellum-backed boards, spine elaborately decorated in gilt; foxing to title and dedication pages, and, lightly, to fir...

ALPHABETISCH MYRIORAMA, Bestaande uit meer dan 100 Voorwerpen, Vorgesteld op 24 Gekleurde Kaarten, Waardoor eene Ontelbare Menigte LANDSCHAPPEN Kunnen Zamengesteld Worden.

MYRIORAMA, (Alphabet/Paper Toys) · 1825

£2,500.00 (€2,997.08 | $3,303.40 | ¥527,574)

Amsterdam: Gebrodeders van Arum, n.d. (c.1825) 16mo., hand-coloured engraved myriorama alphabet comprising 24 pictorial cards with numbers beneath the pictures (1-24) and A-Z in upper and lower case to each card. The cards are housed in a card slipcase with decorative floral...

THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER.

RUSKIN, John. Illustrated by RACKHAM, Arthur. [Signed by Arthur Rackham]. · 1932

£595.00 (€713.31 | $786.21 | ¥125,563)

London: George Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1932. Limited edition of 570 copies, of which this in no.96, signed by Arthur Rackham, 8vo., pp.48, publisher’s full vellum in original glassine jacket, gilt, deckle-edged paper, t.e.g., 4 colour plates (including colour frontispiece...

BRITISH TIMBER TREES: Their Rearing and Subsequent Management, in Woods, Groves, and Plantations. Including Remarks on Soil and Situation, the General Improvement of Landed Estates and Mountainous Districts; with Directions for the Measurement and Valuation of Standing Timber.

BLENKARN, John. · 1859

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1859. 8vo., pp.xii,276, full green bevelled morocco, gilt, four raised bands, decorative gilt borders to boards, gilt decoration to compartments, a.e.g., b/w figures; rubbing/slight wear to extremities, else very good.

THE PRIVATE PRESS TODAY. 17th Kings Lynn Festival.

Exhibition arranged by: STANDING, Juliet, from whom this is a presentation copy. · 1967

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Kings Lynn Festival/Juliet Standing, 1967. Organiser’s presentation copy, with dedication inscription to half title, 4to., pp.(22), stapled wrappers (paperback), b/w illustrations, 2 plates printed in green + pictorial title; partial sunning to wrappers, light crease t...

AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS IN ANGLESEY. A Survey and Inventory by the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire.

1968

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

The Royal Commission on Ancient & Historical Monuments in Wales & Monmouthshire, 1968. Third impression, 4to.,pp. clxxxix,189; 186(plates); green cloth, gilt, b/w figures, b/w plates to rear, b/w frontispiece, with b/w fold-out map and inventory pamphlet to rear poc...

CHAUCERIAN POLITY. Absolutist Lineages and Associational Forms in England and Italty.

WALLACE, David. · 1997

£55.00 (€65.94 | $72.67 | ¥11,607)

Stanford, CA.: Stanford University Press, 1997. Large 8vo., pp.xix,555, black cloth, gilt, 11 b/w illustrations; ownership inscription to front free endpaper, an otherwise fine copy, in near-fine unclipped dust-jacket.

POLITISCHE REDEKULTUR IN DER VORMODERNE. Die Oratorik europaischer Parlamente in Spatmittelalter und Fruher Neuzeit.

Edited by: FEUCHTER, Jorg; HELMRATH, Johannes. [Editors’ presentation copy]. · 2008

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag, 2008. 8vo., pp.253, paperback; editors’ inscription to half title, crease to spine, otherwise fine.

‘MONFERRATO’ MEDIEVALE. Crocevia di culture e sperimentazioni.

VESCOVI, Michele Luigi. · 2012

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Verona: Scripta, 2012. 8vo., pp.259, paperback, b/w illustrations; small ownership inscription to half title, else near-fine.

MILITARY ENGINEERING (PART V.): MISCELLANEOUS.

General Staff, War Office. · 1914

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.43 | ¥10,129)

London: H.M.S.O., 1914. 8vo., pp.vi,97, 67 plates, publisher’s red cloth, gilt; label to front board, a very good copy. Includes: Camps and Bivouacs, Tuts, Quality of Water, Military Roads, Boring for water etc...

THE PRYMER, OR PRAYER-BOOK OF THE LAY PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE AGES In English Dating About 1400 A.D. In Two Volumes: Part I. Text; Part II. Collation of Mss., with a Temporary Introduction &c.

Edited with Introduction and Notes from the Manuscript (G 24) in St. John’s College, Cambridge, by: LITTLEHALES, Henry. · 1891

£42.00 (€50.35 | $55.50 | ¥8,863)

London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891;1892. Two volumes, 8vo., pp.ix,119;xx,75, uncut, black bevelled cloth, gilt, t..e.g., ribbon bookmarks, 2 b/w plates; small engraved heraldic bookplate to front paste-down endpaper (both volumes), pale foxing to prelims, rubbing to extr...

THE LIBER SENTENTIARUM MAGISTRI A: Its place amidst the sentences collections of the first half of the 12th century. Een Wetenschappelijke Proeve op het Gebied der Letteren. Proefschrift, ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan de Katholieke Universiteit Nijmengen, volgens besluit van het College van Decanen in het openbaar te verdedigen op maandag 13 november 1995 des namiddags te 3.30 uur precies.

MAAS, Pauline Henriette Joanna Theresia. · 1995

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

Centrum Middeleeuwse Studies, Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, 1995. 8vo.,pp. v,364, paperback; light suface soiling to covers, internally clean and very good.

FAITH AND FIRE: Popular and Unpopular Religion, 1350-1600.

ASTON, Margaret. · 1993

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

London: The Hambledon Press, 1993. 8vo., pp. xviii,333, hardcover, gilt, b/w plates and figures, b/w frontispiece; a near-fine copy, in a near-fine unclipped pictorial dust-jacket.

GRANIT 1/2, Automne/Hiver 1973: JOHN COWPER POWYS.

[POWYS, John Cowper.] · 1973

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

Paris: Granit, (1973). 4to., pp.474,(x), pale blue printed wrappers (paperback), b/w plates; small ownership autograph to title, slight toning to spine, a very good, internally fresh copy. [Text in French].

THE TOWNSHENDS AND THEIR WORLD. Gentry, Law, and Land in Norfolk c.1450-1551.

MORETON, C.E. · 1992

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. 8vo., pp.xiv,279, navy hardcover, gilt; ownership autograph to front free endpaper, ink-stain to edges of text-block at foot of fore-edges (up to p.173, and lightly affecting corners of leaves), else fresh and very good indeed, in vg unclipped ...

HALMOTA PRIORATUS DUNELMENSIS. Containing Extracts from the Halmote Court or Manor Rolls of the Prior and Convent of Durham, A.D. 1296-A.D. 1384. Publications of the Surtees Society, Volume LXXXII.

Surtees Society. Preface by BOOTH, John. · 1889

£28.00 (€33.57 | $37.00 | ¥5,909)

For the Surtees Society, by: Andrews and Co. (Durham); Whittaker and Co. (London); Bernard Quaritch (London); William Blackwood and Sons (Edinburgh), 1889. 8vo., pp.xlv,287, uncut, partially unopened, green cloth, gilt; from the library of Professor Barrie Dobson, with penci...

W.S.W. A VOYAGE IN THAT DIRECTION TO THE WEST INDIES.

ELWES, Robert. · 1866

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

London: Kerby and Son, 1866. 8vo., pp.v,135, brown cloth, gilt, 14 monochromatic plates including frontispiece; foxing to prelims, front inner hinge cracked, cloth split along upper joint, board still holding, contents slightly shaken with one section re-inserted and another...