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  • First edition of Chicano activist Oscar Zeta Acosta's first novel, with an autograph letter and photograph.
    First edition of Chicano activist Oscar Zeta Acosta's first novel, with an autograph letter and photograph.

    ACOSTA, Oscar Zeta.
    The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo. 1972.
    £200.00

  • Pre world war ! Baedeker Egypt 1914
    Pre world war ! Baedeker Egypt 1914

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Egypt and the Sudan. 1914
    £200.00

  • First edition of A Search After Sunshine or Algeria in 1871 by Lady Mary Elizabeth Herbert, a charming work on Algeria as it was under French occupation in the 1870s.
    First edition of A Search After Sunshine or Algeria in 1871 by Lady Mary Elizabeth Herbert, a charming work on Algeria as it was under French occupation in the 1870s.

    HERBERT, Lady [Mary Elizabeth].
    A Search After Sunshine or Algeria in 1871. 1872.
    £200.00

  • First edition of Adamantia by Augustus Lindley, examining the discovery of diamonds in the Orange Free State of Southern Africa in 1870.
    First edition of Adamantia by Augustus Lindley, examining the discovery of diamonds in the Orange Free State of Southern Africa in 1870.

    LINDLEY, Captain Augustus F.
    Adamantia. The truth about the South African Diamond Fields: 1873.
    £200.00

  • Report of the Debates in the House of Commons upon the Tenth, Fifteenth, and Eighteenth Days of July 1806 on the East India Budget.
    Report of the Debates in the House of Commons upon the Tenth, Fifteenth, and Eighteenth Days of July 1806 on the East India Budget.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY].
    Report of the Debates in the House of Commons upon the Tenth, Fifteenth, and Eighteenth Days of July 1806 on the East India Budget. 1806.
    £200.00

  • A View of the Present State and Future Prospects of the Free Trade & Colonization of India.
    A View of the Present State and Future Prospects of the Free Trade & Colonization of India.

    [EAST-INDIA COMPANY]; [CRAWFURD, John].
    A View of the Present State and Future Prospects of the Free Trade & Colonization of India. 1829.
    £200.00

  • Excursions to Gravesend and Windsor are included.
    Excursions to Gravesend and Windsor are included.

    BAEDEKER, Karl
    London and its Environs 1889
    £200.00

  • Last edition before World War I
    Last edition before World War I

    BAEDEKER, Karl
    Austria-Hungary with excursions to Cetinje, Belgrade, and Bucharest. 1911
    £200.00

  • First edition, first printing, of psychologist and suffragist Mary Ware Dennett's Birth Control Laws of 1926, a significant contribution to the US birth control debate.
    First edition, first printing, of psychologist and suffragist Mary Ware Dennett's Birth Control Laws of 1926, a significant contribution to the US birth control debate.

    DENNETT, Mary Ware.
    Birth Control Laws. 1926.
    £200.00

  • A beautifully printed translation of a rare anonymous eighteenth century Spanish account to discover the north west passage but coming from the Pacific.
    A beautifully printed translation of a rare anonymous eighteenth century Spanish account to discover the north west passage but coming from the Pacific.

    [NORTH WEST PASSAGE]; JANE, Cecil, translator.
    A Spanish Voyage to Vancouver and the North-West Coast of America, 1930.
    £200.00

  • Beatifully printed Argonaut Press edition of Ralegh's Last Voyage, a collection of translations and reprinted tracts piecing together Sir Walter Raleigh's last voyage to Venezuela.
    Beatifully printed Argonaut Press edition of Ralegh's Last Voyage, a collection of translations and reprinted tracts piecing together Sir Walter Raleigh's last voyage to Venezuela.

    RALEIGH, Sir Walter; HARLOW, V. T. (editor).
    Ralegh's Last Voyage. 1932.
    £200.00

  • A beautifully printed edition of Walter Raleigh's account of his 1595 journey to Guiana, Argonaut Press.
    A beautifully printed edition of Walter Raleigh's account of his 1595 journey to Guiana, Argonaut Press.

    [RALEIGH, Walter] RALEGH, Sir Walter.
    The discoverie of the large and beautiful empire of Guiana. 1928.
    £200.00

  • First edition published on the occasion of the centenary of the alpine club.
    First edition published on the occasion of the centenary of the alpine club.

    GRAHAM BROWN, T; DE BEER, Sir Gavin.
    The First Ascent of Mont Blanc. 1957.
    £200.00

  • Collected Poems by Austin Dobson bound by Riviere, circa 1902.
    Collected Poems by Austin Dobson bound by Riviere, circa 1902.

    DOBSON, Austin.
    Collected Poems by Austin Dobson. 1902.
    £200.00

  • First edition of this title.
    First edition of this title.

    COOK, Thomas
    India, Burma, Ceylon and South Africa 1903
    £200.00

  • First UK edition of Douglas Hartree's Calculating Instruments and Machines, the first comprehensive account of electronic digital computing.
    First UK edition of Douglas Hartree's Calculating Instruments and Machines, the first comprehensive account of electronic digital computing.

    HARTREE, Douglas.
    Calculating Instruments and Machines. 1950.
    £200.00

  • The works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, published in 1874, with ten chalk drawings, in a tree-calf binding
    The works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, published in 1874, with ten chalk drawings, in a tree-calf binding

    SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley; STAINFORTH, F. (editor);
    The Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. 1874.
    £200.00

  • First edition of this title in English
    First edition of this title in English

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Eastern Alps 1879
    £200.00

  • Patrick Leigh Fermor. Mani. First edition
    Patrick Leigh Fermor. Mani. First edition

    LEIGH FERMOR, Patrick.
    Mani. Travels in the Southern Peloponnese. 1958.
    £200.00

  • The poetical works of George Crabbe with illustrations, circa 1853
    The poetical works of George Crabbe with illustrations, circa 1853

    CRABBE, George.
    George Crabbe's Poetical Works. [circa 1853]
    £200.00

  • Early 20th-century souvenirs from Jerusalem, containing local dried flowers and colour-lithograthed views of the Holy Land.
    Early 20th-century souvenirs from Jerusalem, containing local dried flowers and colour-lithograthed views of the Holy Land.

    [ANON.]
    Three souvenir albums of dried Flowers and Views of the Holy Land and Jerusalem. [c.1920].
    £200.00

  • Includes Bratislava and parts of Hungary.
    Includes Bratislava and parts of Hungary.

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Oesterreich. Wien und Budapest. 1931.
    £200.00

  • This volume covers Southern Germany and contains plans of Munich, Stuttgart, Bamberg, Augsburg and Salzburg.
    This volume covers Southern Germany and contains plans of Munich, Stuttgart, Bamberg, Augsburg and Salzburg.

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Deutschland. Sùddeutschland. 1937
    £200.00

  • First and only edition of this title in English covering the whole of Germany.
    First and only edition of this title in English covering the whole of Germany.

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Germany. 1936
    £200.00

  • A lovely copy of Lady Brassey's A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months, her famous account of her circumnavigation of the globe in the late nineteenth century.
    A lovely copy of Lady Brassey's A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months, her famous account of her circumnavigation of the globe in the late nineteenth century.

    BRASSEY, Lady Anna.
    A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months. 1913.
    £200.00

  • Great Britain was the last of the post-war editions published by Baedeker. The fourth volume on Scotland, though advertised was never published.
    Great Britain was the last of the post-war editions published by Baedeker. The fourth volume on Scotland, though advertised was never published.

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Great Britain I, Southern England, East Anglia. Great Britain II, Central England, Wales. Great Britain III, Northern England. 1966, 1968 & 1970.
    £200.00

  • An inscribed presentation copy of Jo Spence's autobiography.
    An inscribed presentation copy of Jo Spence's autobiography.

    SPENCE, Jo.
    Putting Myself in the Picture. 1986.
    £200.00

  • This Baedeker guidebook covers the Danube from Vienna to Roumania, including Budapest and Belgrade
    This Baedeker guidebook covers the Danube from Vienna to Roumania, including Budapest and Belgrade

    BAEDEKER, Karl.
    Dalmatien und die Adria. 1929.
    £200.00

  • The first monograph on the Adelie penguin, by zoologist G. Murray Levick, a member of Robert Falcon Scott's 'Terra Nova' expedition.
    The first monograph on the Adelie penguin, by zoologist G. Murray Levick, a member of Robert Falcon Scott's 'Terra Nova' expedition.

    [TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION]; LEVICK, G. M.
    Natural History of the Adelie Penguin. 1915.
    £200.00

  • Time of Change contains Bruce Davidson's photographs of the civil rights movement from 1961-1965.
    Time of Change contains Bruce Davidson's photographs of the civil rights movement from 1961-1965.

    DAVIDSON, Bruce.
    Time of Change. 2002.
    £200.00

  • Giosafat Barbaro traveled as a merchant to Tana on the Sea of Azov, and was selected as an ambassador to Persia in 1472. Ambrogio Contarini was a Venetian diplomat known for an account of his travel to Iran.
    Giosafat Barbaro traveled as a merchant to Tana on the Sea of Azov, and was selected as an ambassador to Persia in 1472. Ambrogio Contarini was a Venetian diplomat known for an account of his travel to Iran.

    BARBARO, Josafa; CONTARINI, Ambrogio.
    Travels to Tana and Persia; [with] A Narrative of Italian Travels in Persia in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. 1873.
    £200.00

  • Jean de Bethencourt was a French explorer who in 1402 led an expedition to the Canary Islands, landing first on the north side of Lanzarote. From there he conquered for Castile the islands of Fuerteventura (1405) and El Hierro.
    Jean de Bethencourt was a French explorer who in 1402 led an expedition to the Canary Islands, landing first on the north side of Lanzarote. From there he conquered for Castile the islands of Fuerteventura (1405) and El Hierro.

    BETHENCOURT, Jean de; BONTIER, Pierre and VERRIER, Jean le (editors).
    The Canarian, or the Book of the Conquest and Conversion of the Canarians 1872.
    £200.00

  • Hues published his discoveries in the Latin work Tractatus de globis et eorum usu (Treatise on Globes and Their Use) to explain the use of the terrestrial and celestial globes that had been made and published by Emery Molyneux in late 1592 or early 1593.
    Hues published his discoveries in the Latin work Tractatus de globis et eorum usu (Treatise on Globes and Their Use) to explain the use of the terrestrial and celestial globes that had been made and published by Emery Molyneux in late 1592 or early 1593.

    HUES, Robert; GAIRDNER, James (editor).
    Tractatus de Globis et Eorum Usu. 1889.
    £200.00

  • Hernando de Soto is best known for leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States (through Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, and most likely Arkansas). He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River.
    Hernando de Soto is best known for leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States (through Florida, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, and most likely Arkansas). He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River.

    SOTO, Don Ferdinando de; HAKLUYT, Richard (translator).
    The Discovery and Conquest of Terra Florida, 1851.
    £200.00

  • Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence for whom "America" is named. Vespucci claimed to have understood in 1501 that Brazil was part of a fourth continent unknown to Europeans, which he called the "New World".
    Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence for whom "America" is named. Vespucci claimed to have understood in 1501 that Brazil was part of a fourth continent unknown to Europeans, which he called the "New World".

    VESPUCCI, Americo.
    The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci 1894.
    £200.00

  • The bill aims to regulate the way in which Jewish members of the House of Commons would be sworn in.

    Mr. Attorney General; RUSSELL, Lord John; GREY, Sir George.
    A Bill to Regulate the Mode of administering the Oath of Abjuration to Persons professing the Jewish Religion. 30 May 1850.
    £200.00

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