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Extra-illustrated with 8 original signed drawings (4 full page and 4 vignettes) in pencil, pen, ink, and pastel by Georges Villa in a fine binding signed Yseux SR de Thierry-Simier.

Stockholm : Anders J. Nordström, 1783; Carl Deleen, 1802 – 1818. The first edition of Sparrman’s account of Cook’s second voyage, a very rare complete set printed over a span of 35 years, including two samples of tapa cloth collected on the voyage in Tahiti and the Friendly Islands (Tonga).

The text includes a section of a sermon by Maximus of Turin. Pristine condition. Archivally mounted.

Fleming (Ian) FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. Pp. 254(last blank); cr. 8vo; black boards, lettered and decorated in silver & red, bottom fore-corner of upper board lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly worn, with small chips to flap fold extremities and small pieces torn from head and foot of backstrip; Cape, London, 1957. First edition, first impression, Binding A. Gilbert A5a(1.1).*The fifth Bond book, and the first to carry a Richard Chopping dust wrapper. $3,500.00

First edition, Faber and Faber 1952, A very good copy in like dust jacket. David Jones second book.

81st Thousand [Macmillan, London, 1886]; two-thirds leather over decorative cloth boards, five raised bands, ornate gold decorations & titling on spine, leather a trifle rubbed at extremities, all edges gilt, decorative textured endpapers, very occasional light spotting, an excellent copy.

Set in Havana, Cuba, this satirical black comedy draws on Greene’s own experiences in MI6. The novel humorously critiques the British Intelligence Service through the protagonist, a vacuum cleaner salesman turned spy. This first edition of “Our Man in Havana” by Graham Greene, published by William Heinemann Ltd in 1958, is a highly collectible item.

The only known manuscript example of any part of Robert Dudley’s magnum opus, ‘Dell’arcano del mare’ held in private hands. An astonishing survival: a working manuscript, seemingly specifically assembled for the eyes and instruction of the officers of the Tuscan Navy, the Knights of St. Stefano, rather than for a public audience. This suggestion is borne out by the wording of the first title for the work that Dudley has crossed out: ‘Compendio del Direttorio Marittimo: Il pr[im]o Tomo e intilato , Supplemento della Navigare. Nel pr[im]o libro si discorre dell ‘arte, piu Curiosa di Navigare.

“Atlas Shrugged” is Rand’s magnum opus, depicting a dystopian United States where private businesses struggle under oppressive laws. Bound in turquoise blue cloth with gilt and black titles on the spine and AR initials in gilt on the front board, the book is in excellent condition with only minor corner bruising and light tape marks on the endpapers. The original, unclipped multicolored dust jacket is lightly chipped but protected in an archival cover.

LOUIS LE BRETON [after] (Douarnenez 1818 - Paris 1866) French marine painter Title: “HOBART-TOWN” (Île Van Diemen) Era: 1842 Technique: Lithography Description: Superb and detailed view of Hobart with ships anchoring in the Harbour. Taken after nature by Louis Le Breton (1818-1866) during the famous South Pole and Oceania expedition executed by Jules Dumont d'Urville. Superb impression in sepia tones printed on wove paper. In excellent condition, full editorial margins.

“..the best Japanese male nude photography book of that time”, which remains one of the high points of homoerotic photography books to this day. Dedicated to Yukio Mishima, the models could easily be characters from his novels, and Mishima himself posing as a Samurai.

Lindsay, Norman: McCrae (Hugh) IDYLLIA. 5 full page tipped-in plates with lettered tissue guards, the pictorial title page and 15 decorative initials printed in gilt & black; Sydney, 1922. Edition limited to 133 copies (100 for sale), numbered and signed by the author. *The plates are all original etchings, numbered and signed in pencil by Norman Lindsay. $25,000.00