The adoption of colour photography, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, by William Eggleston, Stephen Shore, and others was not without precedent: ...

Tokyo Lucky Hole is of one of Araki's best-known books, photographed in and around the sex clubs of the Kabuki-cho area of Tokyo's Shinjuku distri...

Urformen der Kunst is an important and influential work, a cornerstone of the New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit) movement in Germany and a consen...

These photographs were taken in the late 1950s to 1960s in the Pigalle area of Paris, where Strömholm lived and worked. He got to know a community...

Walker Evans produced this remarkable series of clandestine portraits of passengers on the New York City subway between 1938 and 1941. He caught h...

This publication is based on a smaller 1986 Victoria & Albert Museum exhibition catalogue, only published in wrappers. Between 1956-61 Roger M...

The English at Home is Bill Brandt's first book. He took the photographs between 1931 and 1935, beginning the project after moving to London. Bran...

Presentation copy of Livingstone's first expedition. A presentation copy 'Sir Thomas Dyke Acland/ with the kindest salutations/ of his friend/ Davi...

This was the last and most comprehensive edition in English.Issued c.1909.Fourth edition. cxxvi, 447pp, 16 maps (including folding map in rear poc...

An attractive atlas with a world map and five maps of the Americas.Folio (35 x 26 cm), 24 engraved maps by Lapie and Poirson, hand coloured in out...

Annotated by an officer of the bengal army. Rare. The Bengal Directory contains details of the 'British and Indian Governments', 'Supreme Court Bri...

The account of an expedition undertaken in March 1878 by the Archduke, to investigate the possibility of a coastal railway in southern Palestine. ...

Interesting map of India with tables of distances between the principal towns and military stations based on the latest surveys.First edition. eng...

Exhibited:Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, Robert Motherwell: Black, 24th June - 11th September 2015. (6)Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, Robert...

Following several rejections from various publishers for The Professor, Charlotte Brontë concentrated her attention on Jane Eyre, finishing her 'f...

Following several rejections from various publishers for The Professor, Charlotte Brontë concentrated her attention on Jane Eyre, finishing her 'f...

Contains three stories by Tom Stoppard, his first appearance in book form.First edition, first printing; 8vo; unmarked internally; publisher's red...

First edition of the author's first book. First edition of the author's first book, partially inspired by Vonnegut's time working for General Elect...

First hardback edition of Jellicoe's best-known play, much scarcer than the first paperback edition published two years prior.The Knack was first ...

First edition of the author's second book.First edition, first printing; 8vo; minor offsetting to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's...

The first edition of the author's first novel. Other Voices, Other Rooms is a semi-autobiographical exploration of an adolescent's experiences gro...

First edition of the author's first book. First edition of the Booker Prize-winning author's first book; a foray into science fiction.First edition...

These years are still the years of my prime... it is important to recognise the years of one's prime, always remember that'. First published in 'Th...

A stunning copy of part of the early Spark oeuvre, containing four plays and six short stories.First edition, first impression; 8vo; unmarked inte...