Africa.- Lobo (Jerome) A Voyage to Abyssinia, first English edition, translated by Samuel Johnson,

Title: Illustrated Haggadah of Passover Author/Creator: Translated by Maurice Samuel /Music by Moshe Nathanson Publisher: 1942, Hebrew Publishing Company NY Edition: first edition With English transla

NO RESERVE Africa.- Baker (Sir Samuel White) The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, first edition, 2 colour maps (1 folding), 24 plates, some light spotting and finger-soiling, modern calf-backed cloth, s

Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language:..., 2 vol., first edition, titles in red and black, vol. 1 4Z with small marginal tear affecting catch-word (no loss), vol. 1 7R2 with tear to fo

1868 Baker Exploration of Nile Tributaries Africa Egypt Abyssinia Illustrated Samuel White Baker was an English naturalist, big game hunter, explorer and was the first Englishman to sit in a high offi

1866 1ed Albert N’Yanza Nile Tributaries Africa Egypt Abyssinia Illustrated Map Samuel White Baker was an English naturalist, big game hunter, explorer and was the first Englishman to sit in a high

Johnson, Samuel. A Dictionary of the English Language. London: W. Strahan, 1755. Second edition. First volume only, plain cloth. Title printed in red and black, woodcut tail-pieces. Folio. Title, last

[Literature] Johnson, Samuel. Dictionary of the English Language. W.G. Jones for Thomas Ewing, Dublin, 1768. This is apparently the first Dublin Edition abstracted from the 3rd London edition. 8vo. Mo

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Thucydides. The Hystory...of the warre, whiche was betwene the Peloponesians and the Athenyans, first English edition, translated by Thomas

Turkey.- Ottoman Empire.- Gomez (Madame de) The Life of Osman the Great, Emperor of the Turks, 2 vol., first English edition, translated by John Williams, woodcut head-pieces and initials, some very l

first English language edition translated by Meric Casavbon, 1634

Nietzsche (Friedrich) Thus Spake Zarathustra. A Book for All and None, translated by Alexander Tille, first English edition, 8pp. advertisements, ownership blindstamp, ink inscription and bookplate of

This is a two-volume set of The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell and published in 1791, and it is a first edition in the first state. The title page reads The Life Of Samuel Johnson, L

[Literature] Boswell, James The Life of Samuel Johnson... London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791. In two volumes. First edition, first issue (with "gve" on line 10, p. 135, in first

Clemens, Samuel Longhorne "Mark Twain" The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County London: G. Routledge, 1867. First English edition, 4pp. advertisements at end, small 8vo, original yellow pictori

"The Life of Samuel Johnson...." by James Boswell, printed by Henry Baldwin, London, 1791. First edition, first issue with the word "give" spelled, "gve" on page 135, line 10 in the first volume. In f

[Literature] Hamsun, Knut Hunger London: Leonard Smithers and Co, 1899. First English edition (and first edition in English). 8vo. x, 312, 16 (ads) pp. Translated from the Norwegian by George Egerton

[Barleti (Marin)] The Historie of George Castriot, surnamed Scanderbeg, King of Albanie, first and only edition in English, translated by Zachary Jones, engraved portrait frontispiece inserted from an

Johnson, Samuel. [Rasselas.] The Prince of Abissinia. A Tale. London: R. and J. Dodsley; and W. Johnston, 1759. First edition of Johnson's only novel. Two vols., contemporary sheep, quarter leather sl

Calvin (John) A Commentarie of Iohn Caluine, vpon the first booke of Moses called Genesis, translated by Thomas Tymme, first edition in English, title within woodcut architectural border, half-page wo

Machiavelli (Niccolò) The Florentine Historie, translated by Thomas Bedingfeld, first edition in English, title within woodcut border with printer's device at foot, woodcut head- and tail-pieces

Heading: Author: Homer Title: The Whole Works of Homer; Prince of Poetts. In his Iliads and Odysses. Translated according to the Greeke, by Geo. Chapman. [bound with] Batrachomyomachia Place Publishe

Joyce (James) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, first English edition, green crushed half morocco by Bayntun-Riviere, t.e.g., [Slocum & Cahoon A12], 8vo, [1916 but 1917].⁂ One of c.750 co

Prophecies of Nostradamus, 17th-Century First English EditionNostradamus, Michael. The True Prophecies or Prognostications of Michael Nostradamus, Physician to Henry II, Francis II, and Charles IX, Ki

Central Asia.- Ides (E. Ysbrants) Three Years Travel from Moscow over-land to China, first English edition, engraved additional title, folding engraved map (small hole at fold, tear at fold and anothe