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Gies and Co., 1897. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. The Fight - Finish, Story Without Words, c.80 miniature photographic images of boxing fight, original wrappers, [40 by 55mm], Gies and Co., 1897, together with another of the same lacking the wrappers and 3 endpapers (photographs complete) together with a third flip book containing bosxing diagrams one direction and a dancing girl the other. Umbdenstock Co Chicago undated. All Very Good.

London: J. Nourse, Strahan et al 1775. later edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Third Edition 1775 Two volumes in later quarter calf over marbled boards. Half titles in both volumes. Clean bright set. Near Fine.Collates complete xxx 420pp viii 434pp and 6 plates at rear of vol 1 as issued.

James Maclehose and Sons, Glasgow. 1899-1905. First Edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. First Edition 1899-1905 Glasgow. A complete set of the three volumes cataloguing the Hunterian collection of Greek coins, acknowledged as the finest ever collection in private hands. Vol 1 upper joint split with small splits at ends of spine of vol 2, else a really good square clean set.

Sampson Low , Marston & Company, London , UK, 1892 - 1901. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. A collection of the naval history works of Capt Mahan. The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812, 2 vol., First Edition, 13 plates and maps, 1892; The Life of Nelson. The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain, First Edition, 1897; The Influence of Sea Power upon History 1660-1783, tenth edition, c.1901. Volumes generally very clean and bright internally, 2 vols have both joints cracked 2 vols have one joint cracked, there is trivial light spotting intermittently, contemporary inscription to all 5 minor cockling to spine of 2 and light rubbing to spine ends. 8vo.

London Wilkie, 1756. later edition. Hardback. Near Fine/No Jacket. The preferred second edition 1756 complete with 133 plates and maps (including those in the Continuation). Collates (x) including TP, dedication & subscribers' list, iii-viii, 1-712; AND viii, 713-1410, complete with 122 plates, maps & plans (many folding), Plus 148pp (continuation) with 11 Plates, Maps & plans. Period full leather leather repairs to corners and joints, rebacked with elaborately gilt tooled spines, raised bands, twin spine labels, hinges reinforced with tape. Superb clean set. No ownership marks. Copies complete with the 148pp continuation and 11 extra plates are rare indeed. We can find only one other copy sold at Chrisites in the nineties. More photographs or a Whatsapp video available on request

Paris, Editions de la Sirène, 1920. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. no. 603 of 1110 copies sur verge Lafuma de Voiron, illustrated with colour illustrations, rebound in quarter green morocco, marbled boards, Paris, 1920. Fine copy with immaculate bright plates. Complete with all 25 plates

1993 np. First Edition. No Binding. Fine/No Jacket. Excellent signed b&w photograph of Nelson Mandela shaking hands with President F W De Klerk at the World Trade Centre near Johannesburg on November 18th, 1993, signed by both leaders in different inks across lower white margin, ink partly faded but still clearly visible. Mounted, unframed. Overall size 28.7 x 36cm.Rare signed photograph of the 2 architects of the ending of apartheid white rule in South Africa. Verso has Reuters title and photographer's copyright notice. Signed by Author

np 1999. First Edition. No Binding. Fine/No Jacket. Excellent signed colour photograph of Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki embracing, signed by both post-Apartheid South African presidents in silver marker and dated "27.9.99".Excellent condition. Unframed. Signed by Author

Wallenberg & Wallenberg for S. Fischer, 1951. New York. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. First Edition thus. Signed by the author and numbered 41. Original green cloth, red leather label to spine lettered in gilt, 4to., Mimeographed by Wallenberg & Wallenberg, New York, S.Fischer, 1951. The novel was published in transliteration typescript in the US to secure American copyright protection. Scarce work. 313pp [2]. Minor scuffing to spine label else a Fine copy. Signed by Author

London, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1924. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. First Edition One of 1000 unnumbered copies. Light soiling to spine else a Fine square and crisp copy. Provenance: Birmingham Assay Office with their small ink stamp to blank.

c. 1650. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Hand coloured map of the British Isles which appeared in Mariette's atlas of France and parts of Europe, with a few contributions from Nicolas Sanson. Political subdivisions are delineated, and towns and cities are named, with good topographical detail. Hadrian's Wall is graphically depicted, and ships and a sea monster in the sea. The Orkney Islands appear in an inset at top right. A title cartouche adorns the top left corner, and Three distance scales are enclosed in a cartouche at bottom left. Tiny chip to extreme lower right corner, generally in Very Good condition. Attractive modern mounting, glazing and framing.

John Harrison, London, 1631 - 1638 . later edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. A really good collection of seven important early Markham Husbandry works bound in one. Period full calf, rebacked preserving the original spine. Corners worn and with small wear to leather. Later endpapers. Collated as follows :a) Cheape and good Husbandry For the well-Ordering of all Beasts and Fowles, and for the genrall Cure of their Diseases,' sixth edition, A3-B4 (pp.10), pp.188, page 92 written as 65, some toning and minor fraying to leaf edges printed by Anne Griffin for John Harrison, London, 1631b) Country Contentments: Or, The Husbandmans Recreations,' fifth edition, title with woodcut printer's device, A2-A3 (pp. 3), pp. 118, small hole to page 17 affecting text, otherwise vg, Thomas Harperfor John Harrison, London, 1633c) The English House-Wife, Containing the inward and outward Vertues which ought to be in a complete Woman,' title with woodcut printer's device, A3, pp.252, mild toning. Anne Griffin… Read More

Patavii, Padua Seminary Press, 1698. later edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. Alcorani Textus Universus: Ex correctioribus Arabum exemplaribus summa fide, atque pulcherrimis characteribus descriptus, eademque fide, ac pari diligentia ex arabico idiomate in Latinum translatus ; appositis unicuique capiti notis, atque refutatione. Typographia Seminarii 1698. RARE COMPLETE copy.Arabic & Latin text. Second edition. Vol. I of II only, four parts in one, original blanks at front and rear text in Latin and Arabic, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces [4] 45 pp. [5], 46 pp, [2] 81 pp, [3] 94 pp [10], 126 pp[20], period half calf rebacked, corners repaired, general light wear and rubbing to extremities. Damp stain to first four leaves at gutter, and smaller, marginal damp stain to foot last few leaves. Folio 32 x 23 cms., Padua, Padova Patavvii 1698. The first scholarly printed Quran, edited by Ludovico Marracci, with a much more accurate Arabic text than any previously printed and the first… Read More

Routledge London 1854-1859. later edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. Four volumes bound in attractive period uniform blue half calf over marbled boards. All with owner's name tipped to pastedown, one vol with private shelf reference sticker to upper cover. Some light general age wear else a very good or better collection.

AmFar and Gallery Interform Japan, 1994. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/No Jacket. First Edition A complete set of 4 accordion folding texts and 102 postcards by contemporary artists, including Yoko Ono, Richard Prince, Christopher Wool, Chuck Close, Sol Lewitt, Shinro Ohtake, Donald Baechler, Jennifer Bartlett, Ross Bleckner, Mel Bochner, David Byrne.All loose in the original card wraparound Jacket and card box with rpinted title label.

Whittaker & Co, 1889. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition 1889 Whittaker & Co, original tooled and decorated cloth, spine dulled, bindings shaken but solid and unbroken. No ownership markings, complete with half title and all maps in superb condition.

Grove Press, New York, 1968. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine copy in red boards, Jacket has a repaired tear to upper panel else Fine. Not clipped no ownership markings

W.H. Allen & Co, London, 1956. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. First British edition, London: W.H. Allen, 1956. a few odd light spots to fore-edge. Original red cloth, previous owner's neat gift inscription on front blank (from Mr and Mrs Fraser 1956), dust-jacket with trivial rubbing to corners, not clipped, in an acetate protector. An exceptionally clean and bright copy of a book that is rare in UK and USA first editions. Book was the basis of the Orson Welles film 'Touch of Evil'. 'Whit Masterson' was a pseudonym for the literary partnership of Robert Allison 'Bob' Wade and H. Bill Miller.

Gollancz 1963. First Edition. Softcover. Fine/Fine. An excellent proof (priced at "0/0 net"!). Publisher's thin card wrappers, in a full colour wrapper, similar in layout to the published edition, except for the slightly small size and the flap blurb and price.. Very mild soiling else a Fine scarce proof.

Gollancz 1981. later edition. Hardback. Fine/Very Good. Gollancz 1981 reprint. Fine Original cloth. Unclipped Dust Jacket a little nicked at corners. Inscribed and signed by the author "To Chris / with best wishes from / Daphne du Maurier / 1987" on a small rectangle of white paper tipped in to the front blank. Signed by Author