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RUSSIA IN CENTRAL ASIA IN 1889 and the Anglo-Russian Question.

Curzon, Hon. George N. · 1889 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£950.00 (€1,137.85 | $1,277.81 | ¥201,893)

Longmans, Green and Co. 1889. 1st Ed. xxiii + [i] + 477pp. 16 plates, 2 folding maps, many ills. From the Library of Professor Malcolm Yapp, light browning, sl. shaken, new e.ps., recased, original cloth with gilt armorial device to upper board, faint stain to head of upper boar…

HOLOGRAPH LETTER Written at the 3rd Division Camp in the CRIMEA to his brother, Edmund Bastard.

Bastard, Baldwin. · 131855 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£1,000.00 (€1,197.74 | $1,345.06 | ¥212,519)

April 13th 1855. A single leaf, 26.5 x 20.5cms., folded in half to make four sides of paper, CROSS-WRITTEN to make maximum use of the space, creating a document of approx. 1200 words. The letter is complete with its envelope (flap missing) headed ‘Officer’s Letter from the Crim…

SCHEDIASMATA SELECTA EX ARCHETYPIS POLIDORI CARAVAGIENSIS in Musaeo Honi Viri A. Hume Bart. Conservatis, Fideliter Imitata Hon Viri A. Hume Bart.

Metz, C.M. · 1791 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£2,250.00 (€2,694.91 | $3,026.39 | ¥478,168)

[London unidentified Publisher] 1791. 1st Ed. Folio. 280 x 468mm. Title page + pp.2-62 plates in sepia etchings with aquatint in imitation of chiaroscuro woodcuts numbered in the plate printed in Brown. Creased title page damaged and lacking portion, plate 2 with marginal dust s…

IMITATIONS IN CHALK.

Cosway, Maris · 16251800 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£2,500.00 (€2,994.34 | $3,362.66 | ¥531,298)

R. Ackermann at his Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand, London 16 Feb - 25th July 1800. 1st Ed. Landscape Folio. 29 x 46.5cm. 36 soft ground plates etched by Maria Cosway. Marginal waterstains intruding onto 11 images, sm. diminishing ink stains to fore-edge upto pp.20, some bro…

DROGO SACRAMENTARY. Manuscript Latin 9428.

(Drogo Sacramentary). · 1974 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£1,500.00 (€1,796.61 | $2,017.59 | ¥318,779)

Akademische Druck ... Graz, 1974. Sm. 4to. 260 pages / 26.5 × 21.5 cm. Illuminated throughout in colour and gold. From the Library of Jerrold Northrop Moore, wine coloured leather binding lettered in gilt, minor marking. With a photocopy of a TLS sent to Claudia Muller concerni…

THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DECAMERON; Or, Ten Days Pleasant Discourse Upon Illuminated Manuscripts, and Subjects Connected With Early Engraving, Typography, and Bibliography.

Dibdin, Rev. T.F. · 1817 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

£850.00 (€1,018.08 | $1,143.30 | ¥180,641)

London: Printed for the Author, by W. Bulmer and Co. Shakspeare Press ... 1817. 1st Ed. 3 vols. Large 8vo. 37 plates as listed plus (the often missing) Presentation in the Temple plate thus 38 in total, numerous text ills. engravings and woodcuts including many on India paper s…

Description générale, historique et physique de la colonie de Surinam, contenant ce qu’il y a de plus curieux & de plus remarquable, touchant sa situation, ses rivieres, ses forteresses; son gouvernement & sa police; avec le moeurs & les usages des habita

Philippe Fermin 152358 · 1769 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€1,000.00 ($1,123.00 | £834.91 | ¥177,434)

E. van Harrevelt, 1769, 1e druk, Half leather, First edition (a Dutch edition was published one year later.) Fermin (1729-1813), a Dutch physician, did spend 8 years in Surinam. The book has a part on the history of the colony, describes the problem of fugitive slaves, the ineff…

Histoire des Guerres d'Italie, traduite de l'Italien de François Guichardin. Tome Premier [- Troisième].

GUICCIARDINI Francesco / GUICHARDIN François · 1738 · Antiquariaat Tanchelmus bv

€950.00 ($1,066.85 | £793.16 | ¥168,562)

Plein cuir: Très bon, 26 x 20c m cm, (XXVI +8)620, 604,(6) 476 (192), français, 3 volumes, état du livre: Très bon Reliures en cuir pleine du XVIIIe siècle, avec estampillage à froid sur les dos, petites dommages sur les dos, blocs de livres encore en très bon état, marges large…

Apophthegmata, tum ex optimis utriusque linguae scriptoribus, per Conradum Lycosthenem Rubeaquensem collectorum, Loci Communes, Ad ordinem alphabeticum redacti.

LYCOSTHENES, Conrad (Wolffhart) · 1556 · Antiquariaat Tanchelmus bv

€1,650.00 ($1,852.96 | £1,377.60 | ¥292,766)

Full-Leather: Very Good, 17,5 x 11 cm cm, (22) 1130 + 41, Latin, book condition: Very Good 16th-century full leather binding with blind stamping on the covers, with wear at the corners and spine, binding still very sturdy, water stains at the beginning and end of the book. very …

L'Odissee d'Homere, Traduict de grec en françois, par Claude Boitel Advocat au Parlement de Paris. Avec Privilege du Roy.

Claude Boitel, Homerus, Homère, Homer · 1617 · Antiquariaat Tanchelmus bv

€2,500.00 ($2,807.51 | £2,087.27 | ¥443,585)

Vélin: Très bon, 17,5 x 11 cm cm, (5) 410,150,154 (4), français, 1ère édition, illustrations, état du livre: Très bon Reliure en parchemin souple du 17ème siècle (salie) avec les 2 rubans arrière encore présents, 3 parties reliées en un seul volume, traces d'eau dans la troisièm…

Deß Seeligen Henrici Susonis S. O. Fr. Praedicatorum, Vnd wegen grosser Heiligkeit ... berümbten Bücher vnd Schrifften, so viel deren ans liecht kommen : sambt seinem Heiligen Wunderbarlichen Leben / in Schwäbischer Sprach beschrieben, nachmahls von ... Laurentio Surio ... ins Latein vbergesetzt ... durch Ans. Hoffmann ... in die Hochteutsche Sprach versetzt.

Suso (auch Seuse), Heinrich · 1661 · Antiquariat Turszynski

€750.00 ($842.25 | £626.18 | ¥133,075)

Köln, W. Friessem 1661. 4 Bll., 250 (recte 232) S., 94 S., 2 Bll., 10 (recte 8, S. 2-3 übersprungen) S., 1 Bl. Prgt. d. Zt. 20,5 x 16 cm. VD17 3:316100Y; Jantz 247.- Erste Ausgabe dieser Übersetzung der Schriften und Selbstbiographie des Dominikanermystikers Heinrich Suso (Seu…

ULYSSES.

JOYCE. JAMES. · 1934 · Paul Foster Books

£1,250.00 (€1,497.17 | $1,681.33 | ¥265,649)

Random House. New York. 1934 FIRST AUTHORISED AMERICAN EDITION. 1st impression. 8vo. (8.5 x 5.9 inches). A couple of small brown marks to the very page edges on the fore edge of about ten pages, but only to the outer margin and well away from the text, otherwise a very good clea…

THE LORD OF THE RINGS. The Fellowship of the Ring. - The Two Towers. - The Return of the King.

TOLKIEN. J. R. R. · 1968 · Paul Foster Books

£1,250.00 (€1,497.17 | $1,681.33 | ¥265,649)

George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London. 1968 FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION. 1st printing. Three volumes in one. 8vo. (8.6 x 6 inches). Illustrated with six maps. A very good bright example. Finely bound in recent full red morocco leather, the spine with raised bands and the compartments ru…

THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY.

WILDE. OSCAR. ---- Dete. Eugene, & Thiriat. Paul. Illustrate. · 1908 · Paul Foster Books

£1,450.00 (€1,736.72 | $1,950.34 | ¥308,153)

Charles Carrington. Paris. (1908) 1910 FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Large 8vo. (10.1 x 7.9 inches). A fine and bright copy throughout. Illustrated with 7 full page engravings by Eugene Dete from drawings by Paul Thiriat, each with a printed tissue guard. Finely bound in recent f…

Collectie van de Geheime Militaire Blauwdruk van de Dekolonisatieoorlog in Nederlands-Indië (1945?19. [MILITARIA / KOLONIALE GESCHIEDENIS / INDONESISCHE REVOLUTIE]

UNIEK EN MONUMENTAAL MEESTER-DOSSIER · 1945 · www.nautiek.nl

€5,650.00 ($6,344.97 | £4,717.23 | ¥1,002,502)

De Geheime Militaire Blauwdruk van de Dekolonisatieoorlog in Nederlands-Indië (1945?1949) Een buitengewoon zeldzaam, homogeen en nagenoeg sluitend archiefblok rechtstreeks van de Generale Staf van de Koninklijke Landmacht en het Ministerie van Oorlog. Bevat 11 omvangrijke strate…

dsts Nieuw Amsterdam compleet in 6 delen + 2 mappen met bouwtekeningen

Guns, Nico · 2015 · www.nautiek.nl

€550.00 ($617.65 | £459.20 | ¥97,589)

2015 Rijswijk, Gbooks International, hardcover 6 delen + 2 mappen met bouwtekeningen. Rijk geïllustreerd met honderden historische foto's, illustraties en uitvouwbare technische tekeningen. Deze monumentale uitgave vormt de ultieme, volledige scheepsbiografie van het legendarisc…

Konvolut von 5000 Bänden der Inselbücherei.

1912 · Antiquariat Bücheretage - Hagena & Schulte

€25,000.00 ($28,075.10 | £20,872.70 | ¥4,435,849)

Leipzig bzw. Wiesbaden, Insel 1912 - 2015. PPbd. Ordentliche Exemplare. Teils gebräunt. Teils mit sonstigen Mängeln. Gekauft, wie besichtigt. Bände werden auch einzeln verkauft.

The Shipwreck A Poem In Three Cantos - By A Sailor

Falconer, William [ A Sailor ] · 1762 · Clarendon Books P.B.F.A.

£1,295.00 (€1,551.07 | $1,741.86 | ¥275,212)

Privately Printed / A. Millar Bound in later blue half leather, gilt, marbled endpapers, in very good condition, slightly rubbed at the edges, a few marginal, professional repairs, Edward Davis French designed bookplate for Edward B. Holden, collector and president of the Grolie…

12e Reeckeninge van Alexander van Kervel als penninckmr. vanden polder van Kieldreght: staten, bodem, wegens het geschot van dertien schell. vier grooten vlaems. per volpresen gemet: omgestelt den 30en April 1689. Over de Landen Bedijckt binnen de Breestraet ten Jare 1682. Geslooten den 18en April 1690.[Hulst], 1682-1690. Written in a neat and clear 17th-century Dutch hand in brown ink. Contemporary vellum.

KERVEL, Alexander van. · 1680 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€3,500.00 ($3,930.51 | £2,922.18 | ¥621,019)

[2 blank], 98, [4 blank] ll.The financial administration of the tax revenues from the leased plots of land (‘gemets’), situated in the Kieldrecht polder, a polder complex on both sided of the Dutch-Belgian border in Zeeuws Vlaanderen (Zeeland Flanders, State Flanders in the 17th…

[Drop title:] Verdadera relacion de la gran Vitoria que ha tenido la Armada de la Serenissima Republica de Venecia, contra la Armada del Turco en el Puerto de Foqui en doze de Mayo de mil y seiscientos y quarenta y nueue, embiada al Excelentissimo señor Embaxador de dicha Serenissima Republica. Traduzida de Italiano, en CastellanoMadrid, Domingo Garcia Morrás, 1649. Folio (20.8 x 29.2 cm). With the large woodcut Royal Spanish coat of arms on the first page and a woodcut decorated initial. Disbound.

[SPANISH - RELACIONES] · 1649 · A. Asher & Co. B.V.

€1,500.00 ($1,684.51 | £1,252.36 | ¥266,151)

[4] pp.The title translates as "True account of the Great Victory that the Navy of the Most Serene Republic of Venice had against the Turkish Navy in the harbour of Foqui on the twelfth of May, one thousand six hundred and forty-nine. Translated from Italian, into Spanish".The n…