Each of the first two titles won the Man Booker Prize making Mantel the first woman to win twice.First editions; lge. 8vo (245 x 165 mm); some lig...

Singapore. Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant (2 July 1793 - 1 November 1858) was a French sailor who worked his way up through the ranks from common seaman ...

Each print is produced entirely by hand using a unique printing process called pochoir, which was popular in France at the turn of the 20th centur...

Go to hell. A very good copy of his ground-breaking collection which opens with the notorious Futurist manifesto with a title instructing the reade...

An attractive copy of one of the most striking books of the Russian avant-garde, rarely found in such fresh condition. A student of El Lissitzky, ...

A highly uncommon and obscure book designed by Goncharova. Not found in WorldCat.Bezotvetnoe [Unanswered] was the first and only book to be publis...

This delightfully illustrated and much sought-after edition, is further enhanced with a very handsome binding.Taken from the poverty of her parent...

A rarity of Soviet children's book design illustrated by Boris Inozemtsev (1904-1941). Okhota na Severe depicts the hunting of birds, polar bears,...

Important persian universal history. The Habib al-Siyar is a general historical treatise, notably dealing with the reigns of Sultan Husayn Bayqara ...

'The buildings of Venice, like the mountains of Crete and the fields of Egypt, stood in the right place, whereas in poor India everything was plac...

Uncommon play adapted from Humphrey Cobb's classic World War One novel. The work was the basis for the 1957 Stanley Kubrick film starring Kirk Dou...

One of 100 copies. This story was first conceived by Beatrix Potter in 1909 as 'The Little Black Kettle' and was intermittently revised. It was com...

A scarce and early work dedicated to one of the most famous dancers of the Ballets Russes - Tamara Karsavina.Robert Brussel was one of the first c...

A fine example of Soviet folk art. Afanasiy Kulikov was in born in Moscow in 1884 to a peasant family and began apprenticeships at the age of 12, ...

A handsome and complete set of this monumental collection of castles, abbeys, country houses, and city prospects, regarded as a crucial cultural t...

Last edition in the series. Very scarceEndpapers dated June 1897.Sixteenth edition.pp. [62], [ii] 542, 52 adverts dated 1897-1898 at rear, 33 maps...

Large scale map of the Arabian Peninsula. The first edition, English language issue of this large-scale chromolithographed map of the Arabian Penin...

Last night i dreamt i went to manderley again'. A superb copy of Daphne du Maurier's classic thriller, rich in characterisation and now regarded as...

First edition, first issue, of Ian Fleming's last two novellas, published posthumously. Both parts were made into films, starring Roger Moore and ...

'Goldfinger could not have known that high tension was Bond's natural way of life and that pressure and danger relaxed him.'First edition, first i...

Presentation copy. Presentation copy of the author's first book, inscribed in blue ink on the front free endpaper: 'To John + Best wishes for 1957 ...

A handsome copy of Trollope's first travel book. It treats the issue of colonialism sensitively and points to the United States as a model for wha...

A wonderful copy in excellent condition with striking illustrations.Valentin Ivanovich Kurdov (1905 - 1989) was an artist, poster designer, childr...

One of the most important books in Russian on freemasonry, here in the publisher's decorative 'gift' binding with Masonic motifs.First edition, 2 ...