| BARRIFFE, William -
Mars, his triumph [with] Military discipline: of the yong artillery man.
London, Ralph Mab, 1639.
First edition of 'Mars, his triumph', second edition of 'Military discipline', originally published in 1635. In 1647 these two works were issued together, but here they are independent.
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| GARCIA LORCA, Federico -
Impresiones y paisajes.
Granada, P. V. Traveset, [1918].
First edition of Lorca's first book, extremely rare, a collection of prose sketches about Spain published when he was only 19.
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| MURPHY, James Cavanah -
The Arabian antiquities of Spain.
London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, [1815-16].
First edition of this splendid work on Moorish architecture by the Irish architect and antiquary James Cavanah Murphy.
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| BLIGH, William -
A voyage to the South Sea . . . for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in his majesty's ship the Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh.
London, George Nicol, 1792.
The rare composite issue of the first edition of the 'Voyage to the South Sea' incorporating the first edition of the 'Narrative of the mutiny' which had been published in 1790.
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| BLAKE, William -
Illustrations of the Book of Job. Invented & engraved by William Blake 1825.
London Published as the Act directs March 8: 1825 by William Blake No 3 Fountain Court Strand, [1826].
First edition. 'Among Blake's very late works, it is as a whole the most powerful and the most completely realized' (Paley).
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