Writings on matrimonial law. Eliyahu Alfandari was a Constantinople Rabbi in the latter half of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries. A...

Originally published in a small Bombay edition. A thrilling account of the capture of Ghazni; the pursuit over rough terrain of Dost Mohammed Khan...

Early issue, 8vo; original cloth, dust-jacket by Frank Sherwin, one closed tear to top-edge of upper panel, minor fraying but overall an attractiv...

The heroes of Greek Independence. One of the most celebrated collections of illustrations relating to the great events during the long Greek War of...

George Eliot (1819-1880) was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, one of the leading English novelists of the 19th century. Her novels are celebrated f...

The further adventures of Baroness Emmuska Orczy's elusive Scarlet Pimpernel, aka Sir Percy Blakeney, during the French Revolution. This time set ...

"An amusing couple of hours can be spent in the reading of this fantastic trifle. Vivian Darsay, a young man of great physical beauty and financia...

Helen Bannerman originally wrote this story during a long railway journey in India, to send to her two small daughters that she had just left to b...

This fine ceramic jug commemorates the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1887-89 and Stanley along with his officers, E. M. Bartelot, W. Bonney, A. J. ...

By paddle steamer up the Irrawaddy river. Crawfurd was sent on an envoy mission to Burma in 1826, by Hastings's successor Lord Amherst, in the afte...

The author's first book. Fifteen weird tales, including the ghost story "The Traveller."First edition, 8vo; title printed in red & black with ...

One of 160 copies. The first scholarly work by the historian and archaeoloist Alexandre, comte de Laborde (1773-1842). Magnificently illustrated, t...

One of the great Art Deco portfolios. A fine copy of one of the great Art Deco portfolios, regarded as one of Séguy's most handsome compendiums. Co...

Crawfurd was sent on an envoy mission to Burma in 1826, by Hastings's successor Lord Amherst, in the aftermath of the First Anglo-Burmese War. It ...

A superb example of this highly influential first collection of poetry published when Brooke was only 23, from a print-run comprising 500 copies o...

First edition. The book was conceived as a series of tracts rather than a comprehensive and systematic treatise, though Malthus published it to est...

John F. Kennedy's interest in Jewish Affairs in the U.S. and abroad started with a private visit to the Holy Land in 1939.In October 1951, John F....

Presentation copy signed by Barbier. A French Romantic poet, Maurice de Guérin (1810-39) achieved cult status in his lifetime as one of the first w...

Number 22 of a limited edition. A fine example complete with a full set of 12 engraved plates by Reidel after Brunelleschi, depicting theatrical ch...

Rare slavery chart. Scarce colour-coded map concerning the sugar trade and its link to slavery.The section shaded yellow is the appropriate climate...

Nunn had joined the crew of the Royal Sovereign on a sealing voyage, which after being chased by pirates down the West African coast arrived at Ke...

Louis XV's Paris. Turgot's celebrated plan of Paris during the reign of Louis XV - a fine, fresh copy attractively bound in full morocco.Michel-Eti...

Toyokuni III was one of the greatest exponents of such depictions of Kabuki classical Japanese dance-drama scenes and actor portraits, vividly cap...

With superb engraved plates. An exceptionally fresh copy of Le Brun's account of his trans-Asia expedition, noteworthy in particular for its superb...