Adam Smith Wealth Nations, Major Sykes Glory of The Shia World, Shakespeare, Romeo Juliet, Hamlet, Merchant Venice, As You Like It, Schouten Siam Japan

Sackville-West, Vita. Collected Poems.
London. The Hogarth Press. 1933. First Edition, 8vo., original orange cloth in a chipped, torn and darkened d/w, fep browned, pp. x + 325, contents clean, a good copy. U.S.$185

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Sadleir, Michael. Excursions in Victorian Bibliography.
London. Chaundy & Co. 1922. First Edition. 8vo., original blue cloth, corner tips and edges slightly faded, d/w chipped at head & tail spine, pp. 240, top edge gilt, errata slip tipped in at dedication page, a near fine copy in a very good d/w. U.S. $255

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* Subject material includes:- Anthony Trollope / Benjamin Disraeli / Frederick Marryat / Wilkie Collins / Charles Read / G. J. Whyte Melville / Mrs Gaskell and Herman Melville.

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Schouten, Joost & Francois Caron A True Description of The Kingdoms of Japan and Siam
Published: 1935 The Argonaut Press London
Edition: First Edition Thus
Binding: Vellum Backed Red Cloth
Price: U.S.$Sold

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4to., First Edition thus, original vellum backed red cloth pictorially decorated in gilt, blue & cream with armorial tooling, gilt spine, pp. cxxix + 197, illustrated with a tissue guarded portrait frontispiece plus 11 other plates and 7 maps (some folding), a very good copy.

Limited edition on Japon vellum, number 147 of 475 copies by The Argonaut Press

Reprinted from he English edition of 1663 with introduction, notes and appendixes by C. R. Boxer.

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Seidenfaden, Major Erik The Thai Peoples
Published: The Siam Society Bangkok 1958
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Red Leather Backed Patterned Boards
Price: U.S.$165

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4to. First Edition, original red leather backed red & white patterned boards, gilt spine, pp. 12 + 177, illustrated with numerous photographic plates, bookplate on front free endpaper, a very good copy.

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Shakespear, L. W. History of Upper Assam, Upper Burma and North-Eastern Frontier.
Published: MacMillan and Co., Limited. London. 1914
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Gilt Tooled Blue Cloth
Price: U.S.$645

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8vo., First Edition, original gilt tooled blue cloth, slightly rubbed and worn, one & half inch tear to centre of back cover, gilt lettered spine, pp. xix + 272, illustrated with frontispiece plate plus 2 full page colour plates of weapons, and numerous text illustrations, 3 folding colour maps at end, light spotting mainly to endpapers, bookplate removed from paste-down, contents clean a good firm copy.

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Shakespeare, William. The First Folio of Shakespeare.
by Charlton Hinman. Paul Hamlyn. London. 1968. Folio, The Norton Facsimile Edition, original quarter bound leather over red cloth, decorative endpapers, title in red and black, pp. xxvii + 928, top edge gilt, a very good copy in a slip-case. U.S.$275

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Shakespeare, William. The Phoenix and The Turtle.
17 Feb. 1944 Paris. Large Folio, Limited Edition No. 208 of 225 copies, woodcut illustrations by Leon Gischia, text in English, Leaves loose as issued, in original wrappers, spine a little worn, in a slightly worn glacene d/w, worn slip-case, a good clean copy. U.S.$220

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Cette edition de " The Phoenix and the Turtle " ornee de cinq bois originaux de Leon Gischia a ete realisee d'apres une maquette de Jean Delinas pour Raoul Mortier, editeur a Paris L'impression du texte et des bois de cette ouvrage a ete achevee le 17 fevrier 1944 sur les presses de L'imprimerie union a Paris.
The French artist Leon Gischia was a student of Fernand Leger and Emile Othon Friesz at the Academie Modern

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Shakspere, William. The Poems and Sonnets of Shakspere; with an introduction by Edward Dowden.
Published: London. Kegan Paul, Trench Trubner. 1903.
Binding: Full Vellum
Price: U.S.$295

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8vo., Limited edition of 400 copies (No. 65 ) on Arnold and Foster's unbleached hand-made paper, original full vellum, gilt lettered spine, top edge gilt, pp.lxi + 323, lettered tissue guarded fine colour frontispiece of Henry Wriothesly, Earl of Southampton, Patron of Shakspere by G.P. Harding from an original drawing in colours, title page, initial letters, and other decorations designed by Mr. W.B. Macdougall, endpapers browned, small neat booksellers label on front paste-down, a very good to near fine copy.

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Shakespeare, William. As You Like It
Published: Hodder & Stoughton London (c1909)
Binding: Gilt Tooled Green Cloth
Edition: Illustrated Edition
Price: U.S.$395

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4to., original elaborate gilt tooled green cloth, slightly rubbed and marked, spine gilt, pp. xxxv + 142, illustrated by Hugh Thomson with 40 tipped in colour plates with captioned tissue guards, spotting to endpapers, otherwise contents clean and firm, a very good copy.

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Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice
Published: Hodder & Stoughton London (c1909)
Binding: Gilt Tooled Green Cloth
Edition: Illustrated Edition
Price: U.S.$465

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4to., original elaborate gilt tooled green cloth, slight wear, gilt spine, pp. xxxiv + 144, illustrated by Sir James D. Linton with 36 tipped in colour plates with captioned tissue guards, inscription dated 1913 on front free endpaper, binding a trifle loose otherwise a very god copy.

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Shakespeare, William. Hamlet
Published: Hodder & Stoughton London (c1930)
Binding: Gilt Tooled Green Cloth
Edition: Illustrated Edition
Price: U.S.$395

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4to., original elaborate gilt tooled green cloth, slightly rubbed, gilt spine, splits to lower cloth joint, pp. xxvi + 165, illustrated by W G Simmonds with 30 tipped in colour plates with captioned tissue guards, light soiling to front endpapers, a very good copy.

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Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet
Published: Hodder & Stoughton London (c1920)
Binding: Gilt Tooled Green Cloth
Edition: Illustrated Edition
Price: U.S.$625

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4to., original elaborate gilt tooled green cloth, slight wear, and one inch tear to cloth joint, gilt spine, pp. iii + 207, illustrated by W Hatherell with 22 tipped in colour plates with captioned tissue guards, illustrated endpapers and illustrated black and white chapter headings, a very good copy.

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Simpson, John. Improved Pruning and Training of Fruit Trees.
Or, Extension Versus Restriction. London. The " Garden " Office. 1880. 8vo., original olive green cloth lightly rubbed, gilt spine, with 15 illustrations some full page, pp. xii + 115, apart from some light spotting to edges and first few pages, a good clean copy. U.S.$120

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Sitwell, Sacheverell. Touching The Orient.
Six sketches, London. Duckworth. 1934. 8vo., First Edition, original red cloth, gilt spine, d/w chipped with minor loss to head & tail of spine, pp. 88, apart from wear to d/w, a fine copy. U.S.$120

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Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. With a life of the author. Also, a view of the doctrine of Smith, compared with that of the French Economists; with a method of facilitating the study of his work; from the French of M. Garnier.
Published: London: J. Maynard and F. Zinke 1811
Binding: Contemporary Mottled Full Calf
Edition: 11th Edition
Price: U.S.$2,500

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8vo., 3 Volumes, Bound in contemporary mottled full calf, age rubbing and toning, rebacked with the original black morocco title labels, gilt ruled and dated, pp. lxxi + 360, vi + 514, v + 448 & pp. 50 unpaginated index, some browning, spotting and a few marks confined mainly to endpapers and title pages, otherwise contents crisp and clean, a very good copy of this famous work.

Adam Smith (1723-1790), a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneering political economist. He is a major contributor to the modern perception of free market economics. One of the key figures of the intellectual movement known as the Scottish Enlightenment, he is known primarily as the author of two treatises: The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). The latter was one of the earliest attempts to systematically study the historical development of industry and commerce in Europe, as well as a sustained attack on the doctrines of mercantilism. Smith's work helped to build the foundation of the modern academic discipline of free market economics and provided one of the best-known intellectual rationales for free trade, capitalism, and libertarianism.
The Wealth of Nations is Smith's most influential work, and is considered to be very important in the creation of the field of economics and its development into an autonomous systematic discipline. In the Western world, it is arguably the most influential book on the subject ever published. When the book, which has become a classic manifesto against mercantilism (the theory that large reserves of bullion are essential for economic success), appeared in 1776, there was a strong sentiment for free trade in both Britain and America. This new feeling had been born out of the economic hardships and poverty caused by the American War of Independence. However, at the time of publication, not everybody was immediately convinced of the advantages of free trade: the British public and Parliament still clung to mercantilism for many years to come.

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Smith, Arthur H. Village Life in China. A study in sociology.
Published: New York, Fleming H. Revell Company 1899
Binding: Red Cloth, Pictorially decorated in white
Price: U.S.$250

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8vo, Original red cloth pictorially decorated in white & gilt lettered, spine gilt, pp.360, illustrated with 15 full page photographic plates including tissue guarded frontispiece, bookplate on front paste-down, a fine copy.

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Sotheby's Catalogue: The Library of H. Bradley Martin. U.S. $985
New York & Monaco 1989 -1990. 4to., 9 volumes, green cloth with an pictorial centre onlay, apart from a few light dust marks to a few vols, a mint set. details

1. John James Audubon Magnificent Books and Manuscripts. New York Tuesday June 6 1989, with auction estimates and results.

2. Magnificent Colour-Plate Ornithology. New York Wednesday June 7 1989. With auction estimates and results.

3. The Original Watercolors for Selbys Illustrations of British Ornithology. New York Thursday June 8 1989, with auction estimates and results.

4. Highly Important French Literature. Monaco October 16 & 17 1989, with auction estimates.

5. Highly Important Illustrated and Scientific Ornithology. New York December 12 & 13 1989. with auction estimates and results.

6. Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana. New York Wed January 31 1990. with auction estimates and results.

7. Highly Important American and Children's Literature. New York January 30-31 1990. with auction estimates and results.

8. Highly Important English Literature. New York April 30 and May 1 1990. with auction estimates and results.

9. Highly Important Printed Books and Illuminated Manuscripts. New York Thursday June 14 1990. with auction estimates and results.

U.S. $985

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Stebbing, Rev. Henry. History of The Reformation.
Published: London. Longman, Rees, Orme...
Binding: Full Calf
Price: U.S.$395

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8vo., 2 volumes, triple gilt ruled full calf, elaborate gilt tooled spines in compartments with 2 black morocco labels, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, pp. xxi + 331 & pp. xxiii + 348, engraved titles, armorial bookplate on paste-downs, spotting to titles and endpapers, but a very good copy.

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Stepniak: Russia Under The Tzars.
Rendered into English by William Westall. New York. Charles Scribner's Sons 1885. 8vo., original brown cloth lettered in black, pp.vii + 381 & 18pp. publisher's adverts, bookplate on front paste-down, some light soiling to front endpaper otherwise a very good copy. U.S.$150

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Sterne, Laurence. (Maurice Leloir, illustrator). A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy.
New York. J.W. Bouton. 1884. Small Folio. Half red morocco over marbled boards,
spine gilt in compartments, corners and joints rubbed, teg, marbled endpapers, illustrated by Maurice Leloir with 12 full page plates in photogravure, by the Goupil process, and numerous sketches throughout the text, original wrappers bound in at rear, apart from some spotting to halftitle , a fine copy. U.S.$425

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Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden of Verses.
Chatto & Windus. London. 1919. Small 4to., original pictorial gilt decorated blue cloth, spine gilt, top edge blue, pictorial endpapers, illustrated with 12 full page colour plates by Millicent Sowerby, fore-edge and bottom edge foxed, some light random foxing, a good copy in a bright binding. U.S.$195

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8vo., First Edition, original lime green cloth lettered in black, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket chipped at corners and edges with small loss, pp. 186, apart from minor wear to jacket a very good copy.

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8vo., First Edition, original blue cloth backed in black , spine lettered in green and blue, pictorial dust jacket with very minor wear, pp. 182, a very good copy.

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8vo., First Edition, original quarter blue cloth over patterned boards with golden spider image, pictorial dust jacket torn & chipped with loss to head and tail of spine, pp. 186, apart from damage to jacket, a very good copy.

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8vo., First Edition, original gilt decorated black cloth, spine gilt, in its pictorial dust jacket, one inch tear to top edge of jacket with wear to corners and edges, pp. 183, apart from minor wear to jacket, a very good copy.

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8vo., First Edition, original gilt tooled blue cloth patterned in red, spine gilt, pp. xiv + 279, illustrated with 4 full page colour plates, including tissue guarded frontispiece, many text illustrations, some in Arabic, plus chapter headings and tail pieces, 2 small holes to bottom of pp. iii, bookplate of Fransica Club on front paste-down, label sometime removed from rear paste-down leaving small remnants, a very good copy.

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