Slavers, hunters and murderers; Abyssinia travel diary 1913-23. An exciting and detailed diary recording the exploits of an unknown employee at the...

Time and Western Man, perhaps [Wyndham] Lewis's single most important philosophical work, was written during his period of intense study and work,...

This attractive work features palms chiefly from the United States, and Central and South America, all set against their natural backgrounds.Berth...

In the iconic dust-jacket. A superior first edition of an early Graham Greene, in an iconic dust-jacket designed by one of the leading jacket artis...

a beautiful example from the school of 'the Raphael of flowers', the most celebrated botanical artist of his day; Redoute's patrons included two E...

Signed by Picasso, one of 120 copies. Limited edition, number 67 of 120 copies on Japon paper, signed by and with colour drypoint frontispiece by P...

Survival of the fittest. Featuring the first occurrence of the phrase 'survival of the fittest'. Originally intended as the first two chapters in a...

His dogged and loyal work for the Royal Geographical Society and his independent research were always of a high standard, but have not received th...

Gift from Bowler's children. An attractive book by the 'David Roberts of South Africa'. Inspired by his friend, the writer and fellow artist, Thoma...

From the library of Eric Quayle. The first issue Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi by Charles Dickens is identifiable via the appearance of the plate at p...

A scholarly edition of the complete Hebrew Bible, edited by Maius and Burcklin, the third and last of a series of the Frankfurt editions called by...

The kernel of the nut. A very interesting letter from the great Nile explorer and adventurer, Samuel Baker in which he discusses the importance of ...

The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monuments of botanical illustration ever to be publis...

The highest peak of Redoute's artistic and botanical achievement... Among the most important monuments of botanical illustration ever to be publis...

An attractive set, scarce signed thus with presentation inscriptions all written near to the time of the relevant volume's publication. The dedica...

Remarkable work on the Tabernacle. The Tabernacle (called the Mishkan in Hebrew) was the portable sanctuary in which the Jews carried the Ark of th...

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...

Two fine works on Russia and Turkey bound together . This is the second of Atkinson's works to be published after his return from St. Petersburg. H...

First edition, 8vo; contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, foxing to edges of text-block but otherwise internally fine, publish...

Limited edition number 307 of 425 numbered copies; 4to; 20 colour plates by Icart and a facsimile letter by Colette on blue paper tipped-in opposi...

Manuscript copy of Louÿs' work, first published in 1899. Pierre Louÿs (1870-1925) was born in Ghent in 1870 into a Champagne family, who had taken...

humane and moving: one of the profoundest "political" novels since Conrad' (Justin Wintle, Makers of Modern Culture)A very good copy of one of Lew...

A very good, inscribed first edition of this collection of satirical poetry by Wyndham Lewis, dedicated on the front free endpaper 'To Arthur Smit...

One of only 550 copies. A very good copy of a scarce Wyndham Lewis first edition in the original dust-jacket. This was the only work by Wyndham Lew...