The first edition, first impression of C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce, an allegorical work written in the style of a dream vision on the Christian ...

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 ...

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

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...

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

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...

First Constance Garnett translation of Dostoevsky's semi-autobiographical novel. A very uncommon and important edition; published as volume five i...

Edith Wharton is famous for having written novels that lift the lid on the society in which she lived. The House of Mirth, her second novel, shock...

Almanacks. A charming trio of Almanacks illustrated in Greenaway's inimitable style.Comprising those for 1883,1884 & 1925; 16mo (100 x 750 mm; ...

An important work written while Hay was serving in the Civil Administration of Mesopotamia 'always in more or less remote parts of the country'.Fi...

Observations is Richard Avedon's first book and is one of the key photographic books of the twentieth century. Vince Aletti refers to it as being ...

Conrad's unfinished book, centred around the character of Napoleon Bonaparte.First edition, 8vo; frontispiece, 4pp. advertisements, original cloth...

Juliet Bredon (1881-1937) grew up in China and lived through the Boxer Rebellion. Her book on Peking is informative and attractive.Third edition (...