Single illuminated miniature painting on card, illustration in opaque pigments heightened in gold, contemporary ink inscription in English to uppe...

One of the earliest preachers in English of the London Jewish community' The Jewish Encyclopedia. First and only edition of this work by Rabbi Tobi...

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

Signed by the author. Comprising 51 songs by the doyen of dramatic, lyrical and musical wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called 'a sense of...

Preferred edition with the first publication of the 3 maps intended for the second impression but never issued, and with the charts bound into the...

Gill's account of her experiences on the Atlantic island of Ascension as part of an 1867 scientific expedition led by her husband, the astronomer ...

Holub, an Austrian, arrived in South Africa in 1872 to seek his fortunes in the diamond fields. Holub gives accounts of pipe mining and their are ...

Drew made a nine year stay in Kashmir between 1862 and 1871, and travelled widely in the country.First edition. 8vo, xii, 336 pp., 3 Woodbury-type...

One of the few indisputable classics in the history of moral philosophy'. The first edition of this systematic study of ethics often considered the...

One of The Master's masterpieces. A mystery story concerning the disappearance of a policeman and the strange presence of strange bicycles....Firs...

First impression of the true first edition, produced to wartime economy standards, in its original thin boards. Scarce in its original fragile war...

Orton's second staged play, widely regarded as a comic masterpiece. Winner of the 1966 Evening Standard Drama Award for best play.First edition, c...

Saint Bernardine of Siena, (1380-1444; canonized 1450; feast day May 20), Franciscan theologian and preacher of great eloquence who, with Saints J...

A sumptuous publication. A stunning and scholarly history of the British Crown Jewels, profusely illustratedLimited Edition, no. 171 of 650 numbere...

A bibliography of works published in or about the Ionian Islands. With collation, basic description and occasional additional information on the w...

Inscription to page 1: 'Herbert H. Smith, the author, was a Cornell graduate, a naturalist, and author of the well-known book: "Brazil - The Amazo...

A beautifully bound copy of Bligh's log of the journey from Timor to Batavia, and that of the return voyage to England after the 1789 mutiny.First...

Beautifully bound set of the standard edition of Malory's works.3 vols. 8vo; 9 plates, 3 text figures, crimson half morocco gilt by Bayntun, panel...

A beautiful copy of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám in blue-green morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, with 16 colour-plate illustrations after...

A collection of stories in which the writer reveals himself in all his incarnations - as playwright, as novelist, as short-story writer and critic...

First English-language edition of Flann O'Brien's comic masterpiece, first published in the original Gaelic and Anglo-Irish dialect in 1941.First ...

First edition of the author's fourteenth title to feature the character of Perry Mason.First edition, first impression; 8vo; very slight age-tonin...

An excellent copy in crushed brown morocco gilt by Roger de Coverly of John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, an important work of religious litera...