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LILFORD (THOMAS L. POWYS, FOURTH BARON)Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands, 7 vol., FIRST EDITION, list of subscribers, photogra...

LOUDON (JANE)The Ladies' Flower-Garden, third edition, 42 hand-coloured lithographed plates, modern cloth, James Nelson, 1860; British Wild Flowe...

MAUND (BENJAMIN)The Botanic Garden: Consisting of Highly Finished Representations of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants, Cultivated in Great Britai...

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REDOUTÉ (PIERRE JOSEPH)SITWELL (SACHEVERELL) AND ROGER MADOL. Album de Redouté... from the Edition of 1824 and a New Redouté Bibliography, NUMBER ...

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BOYLE (ROBERT)The Origine of Formes and Qualities, (According to the Corpuscular Philosophy), Illustrated by Considerations and Experiments, FIRST...

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EINSTEIN (ALBERT)Photograph signed and inscribed to the photographer ('To Mr Tycko/ Albert Einstein. 1932'), showing Einstein head-and-shoulders f...

EUCLIDEuclide... solo introduttore delle scientie mathemice, translated by Niccolo Tartaglia, woodcut printer's device on title-page and verso of...

EUCLIDEuclid's Elements of Geometry... Likewise Euclid's Data, engraved portrait of Euclid, light browning, table supplied in facsimile, title an...

FALE (THOMAS)Horologiographia: The Art of Dialling, Teaching an Easie and Perfect Way to make all Kindes of Dials, woodcut diagrams by Jodocus Ho...

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HELMONT (JAN BAPTIST VAN)Ortus medicinae, fourth edition, half-title, engraved title, light browning and waterstaining, later quarter calf, folio...

KERSEY (JOHN)The Elements of that Mathematical Art commonly called Algebra, books 1-2 only (of 4) in one vol., FIRST EDITION, lacking engraved po...

MANUSCRIPT - ASTRONOMY'De Astronomia... Tractatus de Optica' being the second part of a student's notes on natural sciences ('Pars secunda physica...

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NEWTON (ISAAC)Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica... Editio tertia aucta & emendata, edited by Henry Pemberton, title printed in red and...

NEWTON (ISAAC)Optices libri tres, fourth Latin edition, half-title, title in red and black, 42 folding engraved plates, contemporary vellum, gilt...

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NEWTON (ISAAC)The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended, 3 folding engraved plates, ownership inscription of A. Ekins on title [Babson 214; Wall...

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[BARBIER (GEORGE)]Costume design for an elegant female in a twenties 'Empire-style' dress, perhaps for the 'Napoleon à Malmaison' performance, at ...

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MUSIC - JESSYE NORMANLarge collection of approxiately 80 scores from the library of Jessye Norman, by composers from Berg and Britten to Wagner, ...

CORVINUS PRESSFINDLAY (RICHARD) Honour, LIMITED TO 70 COPIES, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, August 1936--GOLDING (LOUIS) Pale Blue Nightgown, LIMITED TO 6...

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CRESSWELL (KEPPEL A.C.)A Brief Chronology of the Muhammadan Monuments of Egypt to A.D. 1517, 18 photographic plates, 1919; The Origin of the Cruc...

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LAWRENCE (T.E.)The Odyssey of Homer, [translated by T.E. Lawrence], LIMITED TO 530 COPIES, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED 'G[eorge]. L[loyd...

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CHORNY (SASHA)Dnevnik foksa Mikki [The Diary of Mikki the Fox Terrier], FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 69 OF 200 COPIES, SIGNED AND DATED 'Sasha Chorny, P...

CHURCHILL (WINSTON)Portrait photograph by Walter Stoneman, SIGNED BY CHURCHILL, gelatin silver print, half length, looking into the camera, signe...

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JONES (DAVID)Series of one hundred and twenty six letters signed (variously 'much love from Dafyd', 'your most loving Dafyd', 'your devoted Dafyd'...

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KIPLING (RUDYARD)Portrait photograph, by Elliot & Fry, SIGNED BY KIPLING, gelatin silver print, neatly mounted on card, signed by the sitter ('Ru...

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MANSFIELD (KATHERINE)Je ne parle pas français, FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 100 COPIES of which fewer were issued, publisher's wrappers, printed lab...

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