Signed by the author. The signed collector's edition of Nelson Mandela's (1918-2013) acclaimed autobiography written in secret while imprisoned by ...

First edition; 4to (254 x 190 mm); 50 tipped-in collotype plates after etchings by Howard Leigh with descriptions printed opposite, minor spotting...

The Pax Britannica trilogy. James (later Jan) Morris was a British historian, author and travel writer. Educated at Lancing College, West Sussex, a...

The first edition of Edmund Howes' abridgement to this popular history of England by the chronicler John Stow, a concise historical record running...

A sammelband of seven political pamphlets from the pen of the satirist and champion of the free press, William Hone (1780-1842), with illustration...

One of Churchill's more important collections of essays.First edition, first impression; 8vo (23 x 16 cm); frontispiece; publisher's blue cloth, t...

A rousing account of the early history of Britain, the work describes the great men and women of the past and their impact on the development of t...

This magnum opus took the ageing Churchill some years to complete although he started making copious notes as early as 1940. Interestingly enough ...

'Minerva of the North'. The first edition in English of Lacombe's (1724-1811) History of Christina, Queen of Sweden, an early biography of this 'qu...

Two of these leaflets are described by Woods (A18/1 and A18/2) and both have sections for personal details of prospective applicants to apply to j...

The new religion. The complete first edition in four volumes.'The history of the twentieth century if Marx's legacy. Stalin, Mao, Che, Castro - the...

[second world war]. A lavish and stunning tribute. The fighter pilots commemorated in this volume are :Wing Commander P.P.C Barthropp; Wing Command...

Inscribed by the author to prohibitionist leader Earl Dodge. A reflection on electoral defeat by Roger Babson (1875-1967), an economist and tempera...

'God Irrevocably Fixed the Boundaries of IRELAND'. A rare political pamphlet promoting the first American bond-drive to finance the newly declared ...

Eton College interest. The first edition of Sterry's history of Eton College, from its grammar-school foundation under Henry VI to its function at ...

A curious and rare anonymous English Civil War pamphlet published in Paris by Michel Mettaier (sometimes spelt Mettayer) in 1648 following the cap...

Gift inscription for Sir James Horlick. A handsome presentation copy of Lyte's (1848-1940) popular history of Eton College. Inscribed to 'James Noc...

The wealth of the East. There is nothing more admirable in this lower World then Precious Stones, seeing they are the Starres of the Earth, and shi...

A unique manuscript on the French navy presented from Louis XVI to Marie-Antoinette. An exceptional presentation & association manuscript, boun...

First great history of Rome's fall. A beautiful six-volume set of this classic work. Gibbon's (1737-1794) History of the Decline and Fall of the Ro...