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Winter in the Sun – David Burnham – First Edition 1937

First edition and very good … in beautiful condition with a stiking gold coloured dust jacket

The hot sun is in Arizona and a couple from the East find themselves living on a small ranch on the Mexican border. It gets complicated.

Beautiful book in every aspect

$60.00

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Walk with the Devil – Elliott Arnold – First Edition 1950 – Fine Condition

A fine first edition 1950 published by Knopf, New York. Stunning dust jacket art.

Set in the Italian Apennines the lives of six very different people intermingle with serious consequences through to the climax that challenges moral conscience.

Perfect Condition 1950 First

$60.00

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Au Pre Catelan – Gazette du Bon Ton Original Double – Brissaud – June 1914

A beautiful hand coloured “Pochoir” by Pierre Brissaud (1885-1964) for the Paris Gazette du Bon Ton published in 1914 – “Au Pre Catelan”.

A rare double sized vibrant image displaying beautiful outfits for the best children and their rather beautiful mums.

The ultimate in fashion print from a perfect era.

Price $240.00 unframed …

A striking Bon Ton pochoir double

$240.00

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New South Wales Harrier – c1826 (Circus Assimulis) Sir William Jardine

An original hand-coloured engraving of the New Holland White Goshawk published in Edinburgh c1826 by Scotland’s greatest naturalist Sir William Jardine (1800-1874). This image is one of the earliest fine engravings of an Australian bird of prey. It was published as part of Jardine’s first great work “Illustrations in Ornithology” a now scarce and valuable collection of bird engravings.

Jardine was the 7th Baronet of Applegirth, Dumfriesshire and founder of the Ray Society. He was a superb artist in his own right but utilised the great illustrators of the day to complete his works including, Edward Lear, Selby, Stewart, Thompson and William Holmes-Lizars

Framed in beaded gilt frame in cream mat with black core … delightful. Unframed $180.00 …. just let us know which

Click on me to see my full image – I am special

$190.00

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The Doctrine of Gold and Silver Computations – Snelling – 1766

The Doctrine of Gold and silver Computations
Thomas Snelling – 1766

A First Edition of Snelling’s book title continues … in which is included, that of the par of money; the proportion in value between gold and silver; and the valuation of gold, silver, and parting assays; with useful tables and copper plates.

Full calf with six compartments to spine each with elaborate giltwork and a separate black leather title label. Complete with 144 pages after preliminaries including assay tables followed by 10 pages of copper engravings of coins all quite beautifully executed showing the printers plate mark for each coin pair.

Technically a book of high standard with comprehensive workings and tables allowing for a proper understanding of the difficulties of assay in the 18th century.

Thomas Snelling (1712-1773) was a leading English numismatist of the period. He carried on business as a coin dealer at 183 Fleet Street next door to the Horn Tavern. His collection was sold off after his death and the catalogue is held in the Medal Room at the British Museum. There are three portrait medals of Snelling in the British Museum, one by Pingo who also did the Cook Medal commissioned by the Royal Society.

First Edition of Snelling’s Book on Gold, Silver and Coins

$340.00

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Scarce Important Astronomical Atlas – Atlas Celeste – Ch Dien and Camille Flammarrion – 1877

This is a third edition of the superb star atlas sometimes referred to as the Flammarion Star Atlas. Published in Paris by Gathier-Villars. A folio production of grand scale (51cms x 35 cms) with 28 steel engraved star charts some double page.

Several introductory pages are followed by a double page engraving of the Northern Hemisphere with stars to magnitude 6 noting simple, double, triple, variable etc the Milky Way Nebulae, Galaxies and the Constellations drawn in the Classical Manner. To the same standard the Southern Hemisphere as a double plate. Followed by 23 single page plates of highly detailed night sky segments by reference to noted constellations. Then another double of the Southern Hemisphere based on the significant “Brisbane Atlas” of serious Australian interest. A two further double plates of the Northern Hemisphere – a plate concentrating on multiple stars and a coloured plate of Nebulae in all their then known forms.

All fine plates clean and with a strong plate impression.

The original blood red cloth boards have been professionally re-backed by Roger Perry. A couple of the preliminary pages have edge repairs but as stated the star charts are near pristine. The gilt “Atlas Celeste” motif to the front is still fine and the whole binding is now strong and useable.

Likely the most important Star Atlas of the late Victorian period

$1,290.00

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Winter in the Sun – David Burnham – First Edition 1937

Walk with the Devil – Elliott Arnold – First Edition 1950 – Fine Condition

Au Pre Catelan – Gazette du Bon Ton Original Double – Brissaud – June 1914

New South Wales Harrier – c1826 (Circus Assimulis) Sir William Jardine

The Doctrine of Gold and Silver Computations – Snelling – 1766

Scarce Important Astronomical Atlas – Atlas Celeste – Ch Dien and Camille Flammarrion – 1877

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