Elizabeth Gaskell (1810 - 1865), was the first biographer of her friend, Charlotte Brontë who died in 1855 and whose biography Charlotte's father,...

A beautifully bound set of Beveridge's history of India, profusely illustrated.3 vols, large 8vo, engraved titles, frontispieces, 19 coloured maps...

Gregory's important exploration expedition in the hitherto unknown highland regions of Mt. Kenya.In 1892 Gregory was seconded as naturalist to a l...

First edition of the author's first novel; a debauched comedy set in post-war Dublin, following the misadventures of Sebastian Dangerfield.First e...

This book's depiction of terrifying moving plants that threaten the survival of the human race, quickly established Wyndham as a science-fiction w...

Winner of the 'lost' Booker Prize. The winner of the so-called 'lost' Booker Prize, a special edition of the Booker Prize awarded after a decisive ...

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...

The true first edition of Heaney's third collection of poetry, preceding the hardback edition by a year. 'Though Seamus Heaney is now back in his ...

Bound by Riviere. An exceptionally attractive, bound copy of one of the classic novels of the nineteenth century.8vo (180 x 125 mm); eight full-pag...

A richly illustrated work dedicated to Talashkino, an artist's colony focusing on the decorative arts which was established in 1893 by Maria Tenis...

Hamaguchi Takashi became a photographer after working for a photographic supplier on leaving school and briefly owning a camera shop in Yokohama. ...

The complete works of Robert Louis Stevenson in 35 volumes, including his best known novels Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr H...

the first of Akhmatova's works to be published after the death of Stalin.Akhmatova (1889–1966) was one of the legendary figures of modern Russian ...