Turpin Histoire Siam 1771 First Edition, Dylan Thomas First Edition, West Indies Cradle of the Deep Travel Rare Book, Toland Last 100 Days, Bangkok Rare Books.

Tasso, Torquato. La Gerusalemme Liberata.
Milano per Nicolo Bettoni M.DCCC.XXIV. 8vo; 2 volumes, bound in double gilt ruled vellum, Countess of Mornington's copy with her coat of arms in gilt on upper and lower covers & engraved bookplate on paste-downs, gilt ruled spines with green morocco labels, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, Frontispiece portrait of Tasso vol. 1, pp. xii + 333, pp 341, browning and spotting to a few pages but overall a very good copy. U.S.$315

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Thomas, Dylan. Twenty-Five Poems.
London. J.M. Dent and Sons. 1936. First Edition. small 4to., original grey boards, spine slightly darkened, pp. vii + 47, spotting to endpapers only, contents clean, a very good copy. U.S.$300

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Toland, John. The Last 100 Days.
Published: Random House. New York. 1966
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Fine Binding Crimson Morocco
Price: U.S.$275

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8vo., First Edition, handsomely bound in half crimson morocco over black cloth, gilt tooled spine in compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers & extra illustrated endpapers of map of Europe. pp. xii + 622, illustrated with 16 pages of photographic plates, bookplate on front paste-down, a very good copy.

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Treves, Sir Frederick. The Cradle of the Deep.
An account of a visit to the West Indies. London John Murray. 1928. 8vo., original red cloth head & tail of spine slightly rubbed, some moth damage to d/w edges, foxing to edges, illustrated from photographs and maps by the author , pp. xii + 378, a good copy. U.S.$110

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12mo., 2 volumes, First Edition, Bound in contemporary French mottled sheep, worn with a few surface scars, spines gilt tooled in compartments, some old worm holes to spines & a small split to head of spine in volume 2 (See picture here), all edges red, half titles, marbled endpapers, vol. 1, pp. xii + 450 & 2 pages Table des Chapitres, vol. 2, pp. 444 + 6, some browning & staining to endpapers, but contents crisp & clean, a very good set.

{ Cordier 732; Satow 102 }

EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION: According to Hoefer, the work was suppressed at the request of the Vicar Apostolic of Siam, who felt that the author had misrepresented his ideas in an interesting but faulty adaption of the Bishop's manuscripts, notes, journals and papers.

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