Internationally renowned flower painter. First edition of this attractively designed travel memoir by Marian Ellis Rowan (1848-1922), 'one of Austr...

A young yachtsman finds it a serious business, yet full of pleasure (description on reverse).Gelatin silver print. 15.5cm x 23.8cm. Printed title ...

Published in the 'Atlas maritimus & commercialis: or, a General View of the World, so far as Relates to Trade & Navigation'. The Atlas mar...

An uncommon account. M'Queen, the owner of plantations in Grenada in the West Indies, collected extensive information, principally from slaves but...

IMPORTANT AND MUCH REPRINTED GEOLOGICAL WALL-MAP OF ENGLAND AND WALES, repaired by James Knipe, and published by him in conjunction with John Walk...

Gelatin silver print. 15.8cm x 18.3cm. 'James Carr' label and ink title on reverse. Creases to right-hand side otherwise good.

Hand-coloured albumen print showing three geisha playing the koto, shamisen and fuye.Hand-coloured albumen print. 260 x 207mm. Very attractive ton...

Volume I: The mainland of old Greece and certain neighbouring islands; volume II, parts i & ii: The Cyclades and northern Sporades with The is...

An unusual military guide-book. William Morris Davis was a professor of Geology and in this slim pocket guide-book aimed at the military he covers...

Pendlebury's handbook gives us a detailed architectural history of the Palace at Knossos on the Island of Crete.First edition. 8vo, 63pp, 14 photo...

An early reference guide aimed at the novice investor, defining key terms such as 'Bear... used opprobriously, and deservedly so, to those persons...

Family association copy. Extremely scarce. With a fine inscription from the author's father, in the hand of her uncle: 'George Gawler from Mr. D. A...

First edition of the author's first novel. First edition of the author's first novel, based on his experiences working in an advertising agency.Fir...

The scarce second edition.Second edition; 8vo; woodcut headpiece, lacking title, age-toned; unbound, first leaf detached, some chipping to edges; ...

Charming hand-coloured plates. A handsomely bound copy of this classic of British natural history, illustrated with 71 hand-coloured plates of butt...

With autograph letter to the engraver. First book edition, originally issued in parts between 1841 and 1842, with a loosely inserted autograph lett...

An excellent set of this landmark in furniture history, retaining the original dust-jackets, so often discarded.Third edition; 4 volumes, folio, 6...

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

Hasan's History of Persian Navigation is based on Chinese, Persian and Arabic sources, and provides the first scholarly account of the history of ...

Charles Hindley (d.1893) who wrote many books on British popular literature and culture, in this work analyses the distinctive cries, characters a...

Greatly enlarged and carefully revised' second edition. Charles Hindley (d.1893) who wrote many books on British popular literature and culture, i...

A standard reference on the architecture and building of houses in England from the Normans to the early nineteenth century. Nathaniel Lloyd OBE (...

Eyton's Rarer British birds was intended as an addenda to Bewick's British Birds. The engravings are based on specimens in the author's collection...