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A British pilot’s logbook, detailing his service in Egypt and Jordan during World War II, together with 5 WWII medals

[WWII - RAF - PILOT'S LOG BOOK]. HELM, Robert French. Royal Air Force. Pilot's flying log book.
[British empire, Royal Air Force, 1938-1955].
With: [WWII MEDALS]. The 1939-1945 Star; The Africa Star; The Burma Star; The Defence Medal 1939-1945; The War Medal 1939-1945.
1 volume and 5 medals. Ca. 22 x 20 cm. With 5 assessment forms mounted on the leaves. Contemporary blueish-grey cloth with the title and manuscript name on the front board, red sprinkled edges. [74] ll. Full description
€ 4,500
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Rare missionary reports from Africa, India and the East Indies,
including letters from the grand-nephew of Saint Francis Xavier

[XAVIER, Jerome, and others]. Raguagli d'alcune missioni fatte dalli padri della Compagnia di Giesu nell'Indie Orientali, cioè nelle provincie di Goa, e Coccinno, e nell'Africa in Capo Verde.
Rome, Bartolomeo Zannetti, 1615. Small 8vo (14 x 9 cm).18th-century(?) sheepskin parchment. 165, [1 blank] pp. Full description
€ 9,500
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The first Sanskrit translation of the Proverbs

[YATES, William and John WENGER (translators)]. The Book of Proverbs, in Sanskrit verse. Translated from the Hebrew by the Calcutta Baptist Missionaries.
Calcutta, Printed for the Calcutta Auxiliary Bible Society, at the Baptist Mission Press, 1862. 8vo (ca. 21 x 14 cm). The work is printed in Sanskrit, using Bengali characters. Original pale green wrappers. [1], [1 blank], 76 pp. Full description
€ 1,500
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