First Dibdin octavo edition. One of the most important works of English political philosophy and social commentary which coined the term 'utopia'.T...

[politics] signed by 'The Iron Lady'. The limited issue of the first edition signed by Margaret Thatcher and bound in full leather by the publisher...

An excellent example in contemporary hand-colour of this satire on the pace of technological and social change from William Heath's (d.1840) celeb...

The first British embassy to China. The most celebrated and finely illustrated account of the first British embassy to China, which was to lead to ...

The first authoritative account of british nuclear research and policy. First editions, possible second impression of the first volume, which has n...

In essence a 'new work'. The second edition, substantially revised and in essence a 'new work' in which Malthus defends his views against a host of...

Onlaid brown morocco by Bayntun-Riviere. A finely bound example of The Golden Cockerel Press edition of Thomas More's important contribution to Eng...

Three parliamentary papers presented to the Houses of Parliament in July 1867 on the persecution of Jews in Iași, Moldavia. In a series of telegra...

A sammelband of seven political pamphlets from the pen of the satirist and champion of the free press, William Hone (1780-1842), with illustration...

First trade edition, preceded only by a small number of copies printed in folio for official use; the folio copies were issued in August 1810, the...

Two of these leaflets are described by Woods (A18/1 and A18/2) and both have sections for personal details of prospective applicants to apply to j...

One of Burton's more sensational books. Dahomey had the reputation of being the most bloodthirsty land in Africa. Burton had wished to visit whils...

Satire attacking government and stock-jobbers. A satirical riff on the English nursery rhyme The House that Jack Built, criticising the economic po...