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Photograph album of Russian tanks made in Smethwick, September 1941

Valentine Mk2 tanks being unveiled in front of the Russian ambassador, Ivan Maisky, and Harold Macmillan
Not stated
Not stated, Smethwick, 1941
£200.00
Military & War | Hard Cover

Widsith, Beowulf, Finnsburgh, Waldere, Deor

C K Scott Moncrieff's translation "Done Into Common English After the Old Manner"
C K Scott Moncrieff, with an introduction by Viscount Northcliffe
Chapman & Hall, London, 1921
£50.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | First Editions

The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New

1722, an important King James Bible printed by James Watson, Edinburgh
James Watson (Printer), with engraved title within architectural border by Robert Wood
James Watson, Edinburgh, 1722
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Religions, Beliefs & Spirituality | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

The Long Whip

The Story of a Great Husky (in Admiral Byrd's second Antarctic expedition)
Jane Brevoort Walden, and Stuart D L Paine
Chapman & Hall, London, 1937
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Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

An Introduction to Dutch Art

This copy belonged to artist and illustrator Brian Robb
R H Wilenski
Faber & Gwyer, London, 1929
£35.00
Art | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Association Copy

Yitzhaq II ben Amram ben Shalma ben Tabia

Postcard signed by the 121st high Priest of the Samaritans
Not stated
Not stated, n.d.
£40.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies

Bram Stoker's Dracula: Sucking Through the Century, 1897–1997

A series of essays
Carol Margaret Davison, editor
Dundern Press, Toronto & Oxford, 1997
£20.00
Literary Criticism | Soft Cover | First Editions

The Sun Queen & People of the Twilight

Two weird fiction first editions from H Kaner
Hyman Kaner, dustwrapper design by H W Perl
The Kaner Publishing Company, Llandudno, 1946
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Strange Adventure in the Life of Miss Laura Mildmay

J Sheridan Le Fanu's ghost story, including Madam Crowl's Ghost
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, introduction by Herbert Van Thal, frontispiece and wrapper by Felix Kelly
Home and Van Thal Ltd, London, 1947
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Marriage of Anne

1927, a Jazz Age romance from Concordia Merrel
Concordia Merrel, dustwrapper design by John Drew
George H Doran, New York, 1927
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Fiction | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Four-Dimensional Nightmare

1964, an early collection of short stories from J G Ballard
J G Ballard
The Science Fiction Book Club, London, 1964
£20.00
Fiction | Hard Cover | Dustwrapper

"Holmes, This is Amazing", Essays in Unorthodox Research (Signed copy)

Signed by Roger Lancelyn Green to Morton N Cohen
Roger Lancelyn Green
Privately printed, London, 1975
£120.00
Essays | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Dustwrapper

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, signed postcard dated 1899

The first woman to qualify as a doctor in Britain in 1865
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Not Published, 1899
£150.00
Ephemera | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten

A Farmer's Year, Being his Commonplace Book for 1898 (Signed copy)

This copy owned and signed by gardener William Robinson from Gravetye
Henry Rider Haggard
Longmans, Green & Co, London, 1899
£250.00
Farming & Agriculture | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Association Copy

The Scots Kitchen

1931 (seventh impression); Its Traditions and Lore with Old-Time Recipes
F Marian McNeill
Blackie & Son, London & Glasgow, 1931
On Hold
Food & Drink | Hard Cover | First Editions | Dustwrapper

The Cratylus, Phaedo, Parmenides, and Timaeus of Plato

1793, the first English translation by Thomas Taylor
Plato, translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor
Benjamin and John White, London, 1793
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Philosophy | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

Bombardment of Scarbro by the Russian Fleet in 1891

1889, a rare, humorous, addition to Invasion Literature
Untruthful Thomas
Crown Publishing Co (Bonnett & Shum), London, 1889
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Fiction | Soft Cover | First Editions

Roman Antiquities: or, An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Romans

1792, the enlarged second edition of Alexander Adam's classic in an attractive marbled calf binding
Alexander Adam
A Strahan, T Cadell & W Creech, Edinburgh & London, 1792
£120.00
History | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

Dante's Divine Comedy, Vol 1: Inferno

Venice, 1751. La Commedia di Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri
Giambatista Pasquali, Venezia (Venice), 1751
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Poetry | Hard Cover | Leather Bound

Journal of a Route Across India, through Egypt, to England

1819, Fitzclarence's account of the journey, with maps and hand-coloured aquatint plates
Lt.-Col. George August Fitzclarence
John Murray, London, 1819
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Travel & Exploration | Hard Cover | First Editions | Leather Bound

Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley, handwritten letter from Brantford, Canada West, in 1866

Writing on promotions and his commanding officers
Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley
Not Published, Brantford, Ontario, 1866
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Military & War | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten

Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley, handwritten letter from Thorold, Canada, 1866

Offering an interesting view of military life and promotion prospects
Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley
Not Published, Thorold, 1866
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Military & War | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten

Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley, handwritten letter from Montreal, 1866

including the Fenian Raids
Field Marshal Garnet Wolseley
Not Published, Montreal, 1866
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Military & War | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten

Newlyn School—six painter's autographs

Lamorna Birch, Stanhope Forbes, Henry Rheam, Baragwanath King, Arthur Tanner & Norman Garstin
Samuel John Lamorna Birch, and Stanhope Forbes, Henry Rheam, Baragwanath King, Arthur Tanner & Norman Garstin
Not Published, Cornwall, n.d.
£80.00
Art | Soft Cover | Signed Copies | Handwritten

Mrs Kimber (Signed copy)

Signed by artist Mary Kessell, and Shell publicity maestro Jack Beddington
Osbert Sitwell, illustrated by Mary Kessell
Macmillan, London, 1937
£80.00
Poetry | Hard Cover | Signed Copies | First Editions | Limited Editions | Dustwrapper

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