Lady Mary's husband was appointed ambassador to the Porte in 1716, and she accompanied him to Constantinople. During her sojourn in Turkey the aut...

William Mure, a classical scholar, toured Greece in 1838. 'An interesting work with a long chapter on Ithaca.' (Blackmer).First edition, 2 volumes...

An important archaeological survey. In 1810 Beaufort was appointed senior officer at Smyrna in command of the Frederickssteen; in August he began t...

The first edition of James Peller Malcom's (1767-1865) Londinium Redivivum ('London Renewed'), a historical survey of the city compiled from paroc...

There are two variants of this edition, one was issued in 1862 and the other in 1863. The coloured frontispiece displaying the coats of arms of th...

Paris was the last series started in by Karl Baedeker himself before he died in 1859. The first edition was published in 1855 and the series cont...

Jubilee edition of the most famous piece of russian literature. Serge Lifar's centenary edition which mimics the design of the original wrappers fo...

Printed in Athens. Dedicated to King Otho, first King of Greece, this is one of the first books describing ancient Athens to be printed in Athens i...

This charming and humorous album depicts French life of the period in caricature. There appears to be only one complete copy of this album with si...

First edition in French of the first volume of Das Kapital. This is the first issue with the publisher Lachâtre's imprint. The book was published ...

First two-volume edition. The first two-volume edition. Contains important additions and corrections to the earlier editions, particularly the appe...

Charming album of landscape views of Boulogne. Small landscape album containing 25 lithographed views of Boulogne, each view 13 x 9 cm, manuscrip...

This volume includes steel engraved views of Ullswater and Buttermere.Third edition, Small 8vo (17.5 x 11 cm), pp. xxiv, 252., adverts, numerous ...

Town plans include Munich and Innsbruck.Twenty-fourth edition. pp.xx, 500, complete with 34 maps, 10 plans and 7 panoramas, inner hinges cracked; ...

This title includes sections on Frankfurt, Heidelberg. Alsace, Aachen and Cologne.Endpapers dated "Juli 1882".Twenty-first edition, xxxii, 412pp,...

Synesthesic ponderings by Aesthetic critic Alice Meynell: 'Red is the colour of violence, or of life broken open, edited, and published.'First edi...

A biography of the famous author by one of his young ingénues, who made the role of Alice her own in the 1888 revival of the stage play. Carroll d...