Published in 1908 by Johnston and Hoffmann, this is the first
single volume edition and contains White’s amazing photographs of the
region taken during the 1904 British expedition to Tibet.
2. The Natural History of British Fishes, Including Scientific and General Descriptions of the Most Interesting Species by Edward Donovan - £12,471
Published in 1803, this first edition contains an extensive selection
of accurately finished coloured plates produced by Donovan.
3. Zanzibar; City, Island, and Coast by Richard Burton - £10,970
Published in 1872 by Tinsley Brothers, this two-volume set includes 11
engraved plates and a folding map. Burton details the country and its
natural history, and his various journeys between 1857 and 1859 in the
lake regions of east Africa, including the discoveries of Lakes
Victoria and Tanganyika. This copy is a first edition, which contains a
signed presentation from Isabel Burton, the explorer’s wife, to Sir
Henry Rawlinson, a key army officer, politician and writer.
4. Autograph Manuscript and Letter by Alexandre Dumas Père - £6,234
A 12-page autograph manuscript and also an autograph letter, both signed by the author famed for writing The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.
105. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - £5,818
Published in 1932, this first edition was signed by Huxley and
bound in original yellow buckram over bevel-edged boards with a blue
leather label on the spine panel and top edge gilt.
6= Shifâ' Sharif (Ash-Shifâ Bi Ta'rif Huqûq Al-Mustafâ) by 'lyâd Ibn Mûsâ Ibn ' Iyâd al-Yahsubî (aka: al-Qâdî 'Iyâd) - £4,987
Noble Healer (The Healer for Knowing the Rights of al-Mustafâ)
is an extensive biography of the Prophet Muhammad. Published circa
1800 with text in Arabic.
6=Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum by Elias Ashmole et al - £4,987
Published in 1652, this first edition is a compilation of
English alchemical literature and contains works by various authors
such as Thomas Norton, George Ripley, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Gower,
John Lydgate, John Dastin, Abraham Andrews and William Backhouse.
8. Ars magna Lucis et Umbrae in Decem Libros Digesta by Athanasius Kircher - £4,712
Published in 1646, this is the first edition of Kircher’s work
on light, shadow, and optical phenomena. One of the first books to
reference concepts like the camera obscura and magic lantern.
9. The Complete Works of Frank Lloyd Wright - £4,555
Published in 1985, this 12-volume set offers details of Wright's 200 most significant architectural projects.
10. New Hampshire by Robert Frost- £3,990
A first edition, first printing published in 1923 and inscribed
by Frost. This collection of poems won a Pulitzer Prize in its year of
publication and includes several of Frost's best-known poems like
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening and Nothing Gold Can Stay.
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