The bill aims to regulate the way in which Jewish members of the House of Commons would be sworn in. The bill states that the words 'Upon the true...

Early edition in English. The first edition of John Wilson's English translation of this important work of humanist rhetoric, which satirised the c...

Giclée printed in colours, on wove paper, 2023, signed, numbered & dated in pencil, from the edition of 30, printed by King & McGaw, Susse...

Milne's first volume (When We Were Very Young) was published in November 1924 and was such a resounding success that the subsequent three titles f...

Subscriber's copy of Gould's first monograph. The Ramphastidae (Family of Toucans) is without doubt the finest and most comprehensive work on this ...

Original watercolours signed by Jacques Barraband for the Description de L'Egypte. Jacques Barraband (1767-1809) was the finest ornithological arti...

A scarce popular history and guide to fortune telling. OCLC records just three copies in institutional holdings worldwide at the National Library ...

Mecca and Bahrain. The scarce original printing of Schefer's translation of the Safarnama, an eleventh century account of a pilgrimage to Mecca fro...

A handsomely bound copy of this substantial work, illustrated with sixty-one hand-coloured plates. Originally published in 1855, with Freeman givi...

A very important work on the pearl fisheries of the Arabian Gulf, bringing together in a single research collection all relevant documents from Br...

A Very important collection of documents covering the period in Arabian Gulf history which saw the British withdrawal from the region.6 vols, 8vo,...

A comprehensive collection of documents covering an important period in the history of the Arabian Gulf. Includes much on oil and water disputes, ...

A comprehensive collection containing 69 maps and charts of Bahrain originally produced between 1817 and 1970. The volumes are divided into naval ...

Hasan's History of Persian Navigation is based on Chinese, Persian and Arabic sources, and provides the first scholarly account of the history of ...

One of only 48 copies in the Doves binding. A magnificent copy of the Kelmscott Chaucer; one of only 48 copies, from the edition of 425 copies on p...

Charming hand-coloured plates. A handsomely bound copy of this classic of British natural history, illustrated with 71 hand-coloured plates of butt...

A charming edition, illustrated by the well-known illustrator Charles Edmund Brock (1870-1938).First edition thus, third printing; 8vo (200 x 130 ...

A scarce wartime guide to Calcutta. Library Hub lists BL only.First edition. 8vo, xiii, 300 pp., 3 maps, 64 photographic illustrations, original g...

An attractive copy of Wyld's hemisphere map of the Arctic regions, dedicated to Lady Franklin, in its original binding. The map can be approximate...

A beautiful copy of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám with 16 colour-plate illustrations after the Hungarian artist Willy Pogany (1882-1955).This editi...

Early account of modern winemaking. A lovely copy, in half-red morocco of Alexander Hamilton's History of Ancient and Modern Wines. One of the firs...

With original dust wrapper. With the rare dust wrapper. 'After his efforts to journey from the Niger River to the Nile, Boyd Alexander returned to ...

A very good example of this comprehensive and detailed guide book to the United States. The large coloured map at the rear which only covers half ...