Further Reading

A Giant Book of Tiny Birds: The First Edition of John Gould’s Hummingbirds

A Giant Book of Tiny Birds: The First Edition o...

A close look at ornithologist John Gould's magnificent six-volume book on hummingbirds, Monograph of the Trochilidae, and the remarkable process he used to mimic iridescent bird feathers.

Science & Nature

A Giant Book of Tiny Birds: The First Edition o...

by Laura Massey

A close look at ornithologist John Gould's magnificent six-volume book on hummingbirds, Monograph of the Trochilidae, and the remarkable process he used to mimic iridescent bird feathers.

Captain Cook's Voyages | The publishing phenomenon

Captain Cook's Voyages | The publishing phenomenon

 The publishing phenomenon around Captain Cook's Voyages

Travel & Exploration

Captain Cook's Voyages | The publishing phenomenon

by Tomos Nutt

 The publishing phenomenon around Captain Cook's Voyages

Behind the Door to Room 101

Behind the Door to Room 101

Orwell’s famous adage in joining the working-class cause ‘you’ve nothing to lose but your aitches’ was gloriously ironic for a man with one of the plumiest accents of his age.

Literature

Behind the Door to Room 101

by Adam Blakeney

Orwell’s famous adage in joining the working-class cause ‘you’ve nothing to lose but your aitches’ was gloriously ironic for a man with one of the plumiest accents of his age.

Five Iconic Illustrators Who Transformed Children's Books Forever

Five Iconic Illustrators Who Transformed Childr...

Meet the illustrators whose distinctive styles helped shape the golden age of children’s books — turning simple stories into unforgettable visual experiences.

Literature

Five Iconic Illustrators Who Transformed Childr...

Meet the illustrators whose distinctive styles helped shape the golden age of children’s books — turning simple stories into unforgettable visual experiences.

Mary Shelley's Travels: Rambles in Germany and Italy

Mary Shelley's Travels: Rambles in Germany and ...

Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843 , is the rather prosaically titled last published work of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein.

Travel & Exploration

Mary Shelley's Travels: Rambles in Germany and ...

By Julian MacKenzie

Rambles in Germany and Italy in 1840, 1842, and 1843 , is the rather prosaically titled last published work of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein.

Scott's 'Discovery' Expedition to the Antarctic

Scott's 'Discovery' Expedition to the Antarctic

The Discovery Expedition (1901–1904), Britain’s first major Antarctic venture, achieved remarkable scientific and geographic milestones despite limited funding and inexperience. Led by Robert Falcon Scott, it reached a new furthest...

Travel & Exploration

Scott's 'Discovery' Expedition to the Antarctic

The Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration

The Discovery Expedition (1901–1904), Britain’s first major Antarctic venture, achieved remarkable scientific and geographic milestones despite limited funding and inexperience. Led by Robert Falcon Scott, it reached a new furthest...

Introducing our New Department: Rare Science Books

Introducing our New Department: Rare Science Books

Science Specialist Laura Massey introduces and gives an overview of eight new Science Categories Available to browse on our website.

Science & Nature

Introducing our New Department: Rare Science Books

by Laura Massey

Science Specialist Laura Massey introduces and gives an overview of eight new Science Categories Available to browse on our website.

Ukrainian Modernism

Ukrainian Modernism

The Royal Academy's new exhibition, In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930s , is the most comprehensive exhibition to date in the UK, celebrating a period of...

Literature

Ukrainian Modernism

A visit to the Royal Academy in London by Eleanor Moore

The Royal Academy's new exhibition, In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930s , is the most comprehensive exhibition to date in the UK, celebrating a period of...

Provenance

Provenance

The great thing about collecting books is that they were produced as multiples giving lots of collectors a chance to own a copy.

Travel & Exploration

Provenance

Julian MacKenzie chooses books from the collections of 3 great bibliophiles, currently on our shelves.

The great thing about collecting books is that they were produced as multiples giving lots of collectors a chance to own a copy.

Africa Inscribed

Africa Inscribed

In anticipation of the approaching London Antiquarian book fairs, this May, we are spotlighting rare African exploration works. Featured, are four first editions, with inscriptions linking them to historical figures, enhancing their...

Travel & Exploration

Africa Inscribed

Four essential works of African exploration.

In anticipation of the approaching London Antiquarian book fairs, this May, we are spotlighting rare African exploration works. Featured, are four first editions, with inscriptions linking them to historical figures, enhancing their...

Art and the East India Company

Art and the East India Company

The public perception of the East India Company, an organisation which was to become one of Britain's most notorious colonial ventures, was mediated by a collective of artists. Diplomatic wrangling,...

Travel & Exploration

Art and the East India Company

The public perception of the East India Company, an organisation which was to become one of Britain's most notorious colonial ventures, was mediated by a collective of artists. Diplomatic wrangling,...

Childhood Tales & Imaginary Places

Childhood Tales & Imaginary Places

The woods and rivers, hills and hollows of fiction constitute some of our earliest and most beloved memories: from the Hundred Acre Wood to the home of Mr. McGregor.  Join...

Literature

Childhood Tales & Imaginary Places

A trip down memory lane

The woods and rivers, hills and hollows of fiction constitute some of our earliest and most beloved memories: from the Hundred Acre Wood to the home of Mr. McGregor.  Join...

A Journey Through Natural History

A Journey Through Natural History

Welcome to TEFAF Maastricht:  the fair that plays host to some of the most memorable treasures in the art world. With artworks that span over 7000 years, the event has...

A Journey Through Natural History

TEFAF Maastricht 2024

Welcome to TEFAF Maastricht:  the fair that plays host to some of the most memorable treasures in the art world. With artworks that span over 7000 years, the event has...

Celebrating Women in Fiction

Celebrating Women in Fiction

This International Woman’s Day, travel from the political vicissitudes of Rome to the sun draped heat of the Sasanian empire, through cold moors and loveless houses, to gardens at the...

Literature

Celebrating Women in Fiction

International Women's Day 2024

This International Woman’s Day, travel from the political vicissitudes of Rome to the sun draped heat of the Sasanian empire, through cold moors and loveless houses, to gardens at the...

The Overland Route

The Overland Route

Watching the news and seeing the disruption to shipping in the Red Sea, I was reminded of how the possibility of using this route so travellers in earlier days.

Travel & Exploration

The Overland Route

Rediscovering Historical Trade Routes

Watching the news and seeing the disruption to shipping in the Red Sea, I was reminded of how the possibility of using this route so travellers in earlier days.