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Lanna Antique has an extensive range of high quality antiquarian and collectible books. We are also specialists in Asian art books, including Chinese art. We stock South East Asian Buddhist manuscripts and have many interesting publications and oddities for sale. We also aim to bring you interesting titles covering a wide range of subject matter, and update our online stock frequently.

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The Rolling Stones Monthly Book, Beat Publications, 1965-66, Unbroken run of Issues 18-30

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The Rolling Stones Monthly Book.Nos. 18–30 (a consecutive run).London: Beat Publications Ltd., November 1965 – November 1966. A good, consecutive r...

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The Plays of William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Henry Fuseli Engravings, Alexander Chalmers, 6 Volumes, 1805

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A most elegant partial set of this celebrated 1805 Chalmers edition of Shakespeare’s works, comprising six of the original nine volumes. Beautifull...

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Piccola Pulcinellopedia, Suite, by Luigi Serafini, Longanesi & C, Milano, 1984 first edition

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Welcome to the wonderful world of Luigi Serafini. Piccola Pulcinellopedia is a surreal visual suite in nine scenes, dedicated to the Pulcinella mas...

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Photographic Album of Egypt and Burma, c. 1898 – With Albumen Prints of the Nile, Pyramids, Rangoon Colonial Architecture and Burmese Rural Life.

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Photographic Album of Egypt and Burma, c. 1898 – With Albumen Prints of the Nile, Pyramids, Rangoon Colonial Architecture and Burmese Rural Life. A...

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A collection of 6 original albumen prints of Burma by Phillip Klier, c. 1880

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Philip Adolphe Klier (c.1845-1911) was a German photographer who worked in British Burma from the 1860s until the early 20th century. After establi...

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Cynicus (Martin Anderson); The Satires of Cynicus, 1890, Signed and numbered First edition, edition-de-luxe.

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'Cynicus, the pen name of Martin Anderson, was a Scottish artist, political and satirical cartoonist, postcard illustrator and publisher. Born in 1...

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The Lord of The Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien; 1st edition set, 1956-57, 5th, 4th & 3rd impressions

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First published between 1954 and 1955, The Lord of the Rings is Tolkien's epic high-fantasy masterpiece and one of the most influential works of mo...

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A Group of Scottish Women, with Sixteen Illustrations, by Harry Graham, Methuen, 1908

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A well-presented copy of Harry Graham’s engaging biographical study of remarkable Scottish women, spanning six centuries from Dervorguilla (1213–12...

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English & Scottish Psalm & Hymn Tunes c. 1543-1677, Maurice Frost, 1953

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A key reference work for the study of early Anglican and Scottish Reformation psalmody, this comprehensive scholarly edition collates and compares ...

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Musica Scotica VI; Vespers, Matins & Lauds for St Kentigern, Patron Saint of Glasgow, Greta-Mary Hair & Betty I. Knott, 2011, Signed first edition

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A desirable copy in the respected Musica Scotica series of scholarly editions of Early Scottish Music, published under the general editorship of Dr...

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Orvieto; Una Cattedrale e la sua musica (1450-1610), B. Brumana & G. Ciliberti, 1990

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A smart copy of this in-depth study of the musical history and repertory of Orvieto Cathedral during the Renaissance, richly supported in the conte...

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Iran-United States Claims Tribunal; Volumes 7-27 unbroken run, 1984-1991, in half leather custom binding, Groitius Publications, Cambridge

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Iran–United States Claims Tribunal Reports; Volumes 7–27 — an unbroken run covering the period 1984–1991. Published by Grotius Publications, Cambri...

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Iran-United States Claims Tribunal; Volumes 1-38 unbroken run, 1981-2009, Groitius Publications, Cambridge

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Iran–United States Claims Tribunal Reports; Volumes 1–38 — an unbroken run covering the period 1981–2009. Published by Grotius Publications, Cambri...

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The Iran-United States Claims Tribunal; Its Contribution to the Law of State Responsibility, Richard B. Lillich & Daniel B. Magraw, 1998

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The Iran–United States Claims Tribunal: Its Contribution to the Law of State Responsibility is a key scholarly work examining the jurisprudence and...

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The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks, Dual Cassette Audiobook read by Peter Capaldi, 2001

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The Wasp Factory, by Iain Banks; Probably one of the most impactful and influential novels by a Scottish author in the 1980s. A work of dark brilli...

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The Idyls of Theocritus; With Bion & Moschus. Translated by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by W. Russell Flint, Medici Society, 1922 limited edition in luxury custom binding

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The Idyls of Theocritus, accompanied here by the bucolic poems of Bion and Moschus, represents one of the finest Riccardi Press productions of the ...

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A New and Improved Spanish Grammar, Designed for Every Class of Learners, L.J.A. McHenry, 1837

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L. J. A. McHenry’s A New and Improved Spanish Grammar was a standard 19th-century English-language manual for Spanish learners, designed both for t...

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English Grammar Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners, Lindley Murray, 1832

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First published in 1795, English Grammar Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners by Lindley Murray became one of the most widely used grammar ...

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Augustus Hare in Italy, from the Italian travel books of Augustus Hare and illustrated from the original wood engravings, limited edition, 1977

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Augustus Hare in Italy. Edited by Gavin Henderson from the Italian travel books of Augustus Hare and illustrated from the original wood engravings....

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Florence, Augustus J.C. Hare, 1890

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Florence, by Augustus J.C. Hare. Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1834-1903) was one of the most widely read Victorian travel writers, known for his ri...

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Venice, Augustus J.C. Hare, 1900

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Venice, with Map and Twenty Three Woodcuts, by Augustus J.C. Hare. Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1834–1903) was one of the most popular Victorian tr...

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Days Near Rome, Augustus J.C. Hare, in Two Volumes, 1884

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Days Near Rome, by Augustus J.C. Hare, in Two Volumes (complete). Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1834-1903) was a celebrated Victorian travel writer ...

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Walks in Rome, Augustus J.C. Hare, in Two Volumes, 1871

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Walks in Rome, by Augustus J.C. Hare, in Two Volumes (complete). Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1834-1903) was a prolific Victorian author of travel ...

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, James Anderson, Volume Eighteenth, 1793, Edinburgh

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Consisting of Original Pieces, and Selections from Performances of Merit, Foreign and Domestic, A Work c...

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, James Anderson, Volume Seventeenth, 1793, Edinburgh

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Consisting of Original Pieces, and Selections from Performances of Merit, Foreign and Domestic, A Work c...

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Verdi 2001; Atti del Convegno internazionale; Proceedings of the International Conference; Parma, New York, New Haven

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Verdi 2001; Atti del Convegno internazionale; Proceedings of the International Conference; Parma, New York, New Haven, 24 January - 1 February 2001...

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Roma - Vintage Italian Souvenir Photo Album c. 1900, with 50 images. Grand Tour album from Rome.

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Roma – Souvenir Album of Photographic Views Rome, c.1900. Landscape format (165 × 253 × 30 mm), publisher’s decorative red cloth, upper cover block...

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The Present State of the Universe, printed by Benj. Motte, 1704

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A wide-ranging handbook of the crowned heads of Europe and their dominions at the opening of the 18th century, including heraldry, mottoes, titles,...

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The Medieval Greek Romance, Roderick Beaton, 1996

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A revised and expanded second edition of Roderick Beaton’s influential study of late Byzantine literature, The Medieval Greek Romance examines the ...

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This is Greece; as Photographed by Members of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1941

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A striking visual record of early 20th-century Greece, This is Greece (1941) presents a curated selection of black-and-white photographs captured b...

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Helden Von Hellas den Griechischenn Sagen Nacherzahlt von Ernst Roenau, Mit 12 Faksimilebildern von W. Russel Flint, Vienna, 1925 numbered limited edition

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A beautifully illustrated limited edition retelling of classical Greek myths, Helden von Hellas (Heroes of Hellas) presents Ernst Roenau’s evocativ...

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A New French Dictionary; To Which is Prefixed a French Grammar, by Thomas Deletanville, 1771

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First edition of Thomas Deletanville’s A New French Dictionary (London: J. Nourse and P. Vaillant, 1771), a substantial bilingual work combining Fr...

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The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1659-1669, edited by Henry B. Wheatley, 3 volumes complete, G. Bell and Sons, 1928

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A compact and elegantly produced India Paper edition of one of the most important and entertaining historical diaries in the English language. The ...

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, James Anderson, Volume Sixteenth, 1793, Edinburgh

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Consisting of Original Pieces, and Selections from Performances of Merit, Foreign and Domestic, A Work c...

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Brazil by Michael Palin; First edition inscribed by the author, 2012

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A visually stunning and warmly written travelogue by the celebrated broadcaster, writer, and former Monty Python member, Brazil follows Michael Pal...

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The Triumph of Maximilian I; 137 Woodcuts by Hans Burgkmair and Others, Dover Publications, New York, 1964

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A visually striking facsimile edition of one of the great artistic triumphs of the German Renaissance. The Triumph of Maximilian I reproduces the c...

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