In 1873 the Admiralty began planning an expedition to find a route to the North Pole through Smith Sound, the passage between Greenland and Canada...

Morris' Seats is not only a record of British country houses in the second half of the nineteenth century, but also a fine example of colour print...

Collection of four reports.The Board of Guardians for the Relief of the Jewish Poor or, as it is most generally known, the Jewish Board of Guardia...

First edition. The first edition of Samuel Webber's exhortation against wool running — the unlicensed export of raw wool abroad.Like many of his co...

Joyce's masterpiece revised by the satirist and literary critic Anthony Burgess (1917-1993). Published simultaneously in paperback, this hard back...

Joyce's masterpiece revised by the satirist and literary critic Anthony Burgess (1917-1993). Published simultaneously in paperback, this hardback ...

Scarce first edition. 'The sixty-three ladies' shoes now illustrated have all belonged to and been worn by ladies of the 19th century. They have b...

Signed by the author. 'Only the Foreign Officer; a junior diplomat remarks, "could have sent a bull to catch a matador". The bull is Alan Turner, a...

A superior copy of the author's first non-George Smiley novel. A tricky little book to find in nice condition.First edition, first impression; 8vo...

Unsigned declaration of London rabbies concerning ritual murder allegation. December, 5660-1899.

First edition, trade issue, signed by Gorey on the last leaf; folio; publisher's stapled wrappers.

Richardson (1740-1795) was one of the leading Orientalists of his time. 'A Specimen of Persian Poetry,' first published in 1774, was his first ma...

First edition of the author's first book. First edition of the author's true first novel, which he subsequently disowned and refused to be reissued...

A rare hand-painted ceramic sculpture by Maresch, depicting a Jewish man in traditional long black frock whispering into the ear of a wealthy fina...

A rare complete set of this wonderful series of books for children, comprising fairy & folk tales retold by notable authors of the time and fe...

Pitman outlines various proposals for constructing a canal through Central America in order to avoid having to sail round Cape Horn. The map shows...

The author travelled the Yenisey as part of an expedition that set out to study tribes that lived along the banks. Her main interest was in natura...

Detailed chart of the Chinese coastline from the city of Canton, southwards to the island of Lankeet. Above the title is a mileage scale and an el...

The dedication copy. Number one of 25 copies signed and numbered by the author, this being the copy inscribed by the author to his wife to whom the...

Rather than go to university in 1933, at the age of "18 and three-quarters", he set out in December that year to walk from the Hook of Holland to ...

'Brayley's history of Surrey remains a valuable source of information for today's readers. It contains a wealth of local information on the county...

Charles Badham (1805-1857) studied medicine at Pembroke College then practised in Rome and Paris for several years until ill health forced him to ...

Sixth edition of this work about the capital's criminal tendencies, including those in the Jewish communities.This work provides a summary of the ...

First edition of the author's second book.First edition, first printing; 8vo; minor offsetting to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's...