[WANG Gai 王概, WANG Shi 王蓍, and WANG Nie 王臬.]

[芥子園畫譜 Jieziyuan huapu; ‘The...

[China], s.n., (prefaces:) Qianlong renyin...

A handsome set comprising the third and...

£10000

[MILDMAY, William, Sir.]

The Laws and Policy of England, relating...

London, printed and sold by T. Harrison...

First edition, an unjustly neglected study...

£350

PAXTON, P[eter].

A Discourse concerning the Nature, Advantage,...

London, printed by E. P. for R. Wilkin...

First edition of this important but little-studied...

£900

[LINCOLN, Abraham, and Stephen DOUGLAS.]

Political Debates between Hon. Abraham...

Columbus, Follet, Foster, and Company, 1860.

First edition, later issue, with a rule...

£950

FISHER, Irving.

Mathematical Investigations in the Theory...

New Haven, by the Academy, 1892.

First appearance of Fisher’s ‘startlingly...

£5500

KIPLING, Rudyard.

The Seven Seas.

London, Methuen, 1896.

One of 150 copies printed on handmade paper...

£3750

DEPARCIEUX, Antoine.

Essai sur les probabilités de la durée...

Paris, chez les frères Guerin, 1746.

A large, crisp, and illustrious copy of...

£3000

PAGNINI, Giovanni Francesco; Francesco BALDUCCI PEGOLOTTI; Giovanni da UZZANO.

Della decima e di varie altre gravezze...

Lisbon and Lucca, (vols. 3–4: ‘e...

First edition, scarce on the market, of...

£5500

PETTY, William, Sir.

Another Essay in Political Arithmetick,...

1682. London, printed by H.H. for Mark...

First edition, scarce – seemingly unique...

£12000

GIOIA [or GIOJA], Melchiorre.

Indole, estensione, vantaggi della statistica....

Risposta alle obbiezioni fatte alle Tavole...

First and only edition of this rare work...

£1250

LIST, Friedrich.

Das nationale System der politischen Oekonomie...

Stuttgart, J.G. Cotta, 1841.

First edition, the first work to articulate...

£8000

BACON, Francis.

Opuscula varia posthuma, philosophica,...

London, R. Daniel, impensis Octaviani...

First edition, second issue of this collection...

£1250

WOLLSTONECRAFT, Mary.

An Historical and moral View of the Origin...

London, J. Johnson, 1794.

First edition of Wollstonecraft’s eloquent...

£7250

SISMONDI, J. C. L. Simonde de.

Nouveaux principes d’économie politique,...

Paris, Delaunay, Treuttel & Wurtz, 1819.

First edition. ‘A number of concepts...

£850

HICKS, J. R.

The Theory of Wages.

London, MacMillan and Co, 1932.

First edition, scarce on the market, of...

£200

MANDEVILLE, Bernard.

The Fable of the Bees, or Private Vices,...

London, Wishart and Co., 1934.

First edition thus. Mandeville’s Fable...

£190

LAUDERDALE, James Maitland.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of...

and London, T.N. Longman & O. Rees, 1804.

First edition. Lauderdale ‘was the first...

£900

MURDOCH, Iris.

Sartre. Romantic Rationalist.

Cambridge, Bowes & Bowes, 1953.

First edition, the first published book...

£200

[ANGLO-SOVIET DIPLOMACY.]

Papers regarding the Anglo-Soviet Negotiations...

London, His Majesty’s Stationery Office,...

A proof copy, complete with typed errata...

£750

[BANK OF SCOTLAND.]

Act of Parliament for erecting a Bank in...

Edinburgh, printed by the heirs and successors...

Very rare edition of the Act of Parliament...

£650