Scarce edition issued in the summer of 1939 with map. This second edition published shortly after the first (1938). There were two versions of this...

Forster's scarce account of Cook's second voyage.Forster sailed as naturalist on board HMS Resolution and his Observations were originally intende...

First US edition of Kerouac's short autobiographical tale of his trip to Paris, then Brittany, to research his genealogy. Kerouac relates his trip...

First edition of the author's first novel, bringing together a seedy group of contemporary antiquarian book-dealers and an investigation of the 19...

First edition of this cult novel by the father of rock criticism.First edition, first impression; 8vo; unmarked internally; publisher's turquoise ...

An important photographic study of the civil rights movement prepared with the cooperation and assistance of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating C...

Accompanied by a descendant of an ancient family of Nejd which had fled to Syria 100 years earlier, the Blunts crossed the great Nejud desert and ...

First edition of this series. Ireland included.This copy was issued in June 1889. Scarce.First edition. lviii, 480pp, 16 maps, 28 plans, panorama,...

A monument to the english private garden. First edition of 'The most important book to be published in England during the eighteenth century on the...

A humorous work satirising the loss of a petticoat during a ball at Dublin Castle.Second edition; 8vo (27.5 x 22 cm); 4 hand-coloured engraved pla...

A scarce work with an extensive set of plates depicting the costumes of Sweden. Nine of the plates contain views of Ornas, Falhu Grufva, Mora, Por...

A nice example of an important work, finely coloured by hand and illustrated after drawings by Lavrov, showing Russian peasants and many atmospher...

A satirical work on the composition of paintings, specifically for book engravings, with Alken poking fun at his own style and ability.First editi...

First edition of this important aquatint book on Canada and the Great Lakes, often issued with the plates uncoloured. The plates depict the landma...

An attractive work depicting the costumes and architectural interests of northern France. The plates, engraved by D. Havell after drawings by Char...

The first edition of this important bird book, which 'establish[ed] a new standard of excellence' (Radclyffe). Some of the finest nature illustrat...

An account of French involvement in Africa and Morocco, with the plates showing scenes and both civilian and military costumes.2 vols, large 8vo (...

A captivating collection of plates depicting sets for productions of plays, operas, and ballets as La Scala theatre in Milan. Each plate contains ...

An album of views that depicts the journey along the Göta Canal which had only been opened eleven years prior. The twenty four views show the loca...

A charming set of plates by Alken achieving a more humorous style than Alken's typical sporting images, showing a couple of gentleman in a sequenc...

The contents of the fifty plates are different from the folio edition, apart from three, which came out in 1821. This edition remains one of the f...

Abbey copy with inscription. Abbey's copy of this rare work on the theatres of the United Kingdom in quintessential Georgian style. His inscription...

A charming children's book which contains a poem describing emotions, which the plates depict as people in various guises. The images drawn by the...

Scarce views of the Crimean War. Sixteen lively images of Crimea during the Crimean War including Sevastapol, the Baidar Valley, and Balaklava.Sir ...

A stark account of a journey from London to Peru through Brazil and Argentina that describes the greatly diminished city of Potosi, with costumes ...

Forster's scarce account of Cook's second voyage.Forster sailed as naturalist on board HMS Resolution and his Observations were originally intende...

Accompanied by a descendant of an ancient family of Nejd which had fled to Syria 100 years earlier, the Blunts crossed the great Nejud desert and ...

A nice example of an important work, finely coloured by hand and illustrated after drawings by Lavrov, showing Russian peasants and many atmospher...

First edition of this important aquatint book on Canada and the Great Lakes, often issued with the plates uncoloured. The plates depict the landma...

An attractive work depicting the costumes and architectural interests of northern France. The plates, engraved by D. Havell after drawings by Char...

An account of French involvement in Africa and Morocco, with the plates showing scenes and both civilian and military costumes.2 vols, large 8vo (...

An album of views that depicts the journey along the Göta Canal which had only been opened eleven years prior. The twenty four views show the loca...

Abbey copy with inscription. Abbey's copy of this rare work on the theatres of the United Kingdom in quintessential Georgian style. His inscription...

Scarce views of the Crimean War. Sixteen lively images of Crimea during the Crimean War including Sevastapol, the Baidar Valley, and Balaklava.Sir ...

A stark account of a journey from London to Peru through Brazil and Argentina that describes the greatly diminished city of Potosi, with costumes ...

A charming description of the road from London to Bath and Bristol with hand-coloured scenes showing manorial houses and architectural must-sees, ...

A sweet example of a Grand Tour souvenir album containing engravings of Pisa and the Vatican, and a small painting of the Gulf of Pozzuoli. The en...

A handsome set with 44 hand-coloured aquatints of the Netherlands and France, with three more plates than the first edition. Both the Abbey and Br...

Salm's Java is one of the rarest books on the island, and one of the most attractive. The present copy is an early printing with superior colour. ...

A translated abridgement of Mercurio Peruano, a biweekly newspaper published in Lima between 1791 and 1795, a clutch of which fell into the hands ...