A popular account which went through several editions in a short space of time. The author had visited Constantinople during the Crimean War and h...

A rare and interesting work on the spa towns of the Caucasus. The plates show plans for fountains, bathing houses and pumping stations of in Piati...

Albumen print (22 x 28 cm). Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original card, photographer's credit, title and number in negative.

A scenic view over the valley with a windmill on the right side and the hills of Judaean Desert in the background.The spring of Gihon considered t...

The Holy Land. Albumen print. 225 x 282 mm. Good tonal range and in good condition, pasted on original card, photographer's credit and title in neg...

The first detective novel by author and journalist-by-trade Louis Tracy, starring his first serial detective and Watson figure, Inspector Winter a...

First issue of the Last edition in this series. Endpapers dated "April 1899". Fifth edition. pp x, 500 48 adverts dated 1899-1900, 4 (of 5) maps...

This title was published in the same year as the Franco-German War. This is the second issue of the eleventh edition. The first was issued in 186...

Mitford's royal octavo edition. A good example of the naturalist Rev. Gilibert White's (1720-1793) popular masterpiece, of which more than eighty e...

In publisher's boards. Following its publication in 1789 The Natural History of Selborne went through numerous editions in the nineteenth century. ...

Rare. The first appearance in book form of any account of Livingstone's travels in Africa (the preface is dated January, 1857, and his Missionary ...

First edition. The first edition of Darwin's second work of genius, containing his earliest published use of the term 'evolution'. A true sequel to...

This edition was issued in conjunction with the great International Exhibition in Vienna in 1873. This was the last edition to include the Eastern...

From Levaillant's Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, which is considered the most comprehensive and complete catalogue on the subject. This magnif...

From Levaillant's Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, considered the most comprehensive and complete catalogue on the subject. This magnificent wor...

From Levaillant's Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, which is considered the most comprehensive and complete catalogue on the subject. This magnif...

From Levaillant's Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, which is considered the most comprehensive and complete catalogue on the subject. This magnif...

'A fascinating work, full of interesting detail, as are all Leake's works. Particular attention is paid to Mycenae and Tiryns, and the plates incl...

John Gould (1804-1881) is widely considered the greatest and most ambitious of all Victorian ornithologists, combining both artistic skill and bea...

John Gould (1804-1881) is widely considered the greatest and most ambitious of all Victorian ornithologists, combining both artistic skill and bea...