All three works inscribed by Parry. all three works inscribed on the title-pages to Acheson Maxwell, the first 'A. Maxwell Esq. with Captain Parry'...

Horse breeding in France in the mid-19th century . Impressive and uncommon work on French horse breeding at the beginning of Napoleon III's reign -...

Rare special edition. The first edition of Anna Livia Plurabelle by James Joyce, the text that was to become chapter eight in Finnegans Wake, and i...

Extra-illustrated copy with fine provenance. This beautiful set has been bound by the art deco binder Henri Noulhac (1866-1931). Noulhac set up his...

With royal provenance. From the rebellious conduct of the Americans it appears to me there is a great necessity of publishing something of this kin...

One of 20 hors commerce copies . with 15 supplementary plates and two extra suites of all the illustrations. Set in the period between the second a...

First English translation of any part of the Siddur. The earliest translation to English of the Jewish prayer-book.This comprehensive, and occasion...

The maps from Capt. Scott's Terra Nova expedition. The cartographic record of the British Antarctic Expedition (Terra Nova) 1910-1913.First edition...

The second opium war. Scarce parliamentary paper dealing with the Second Opium War. Includes papers by Sir Henry Pottinger, Sir John Davis, the Ear...

Rare Liverpool printed broadside. The text consists of a quote from Lord Byron followed by a nineteen-line text praising the city and giving detai...

Translations from the Chinese and Armenian, with notes and illustrations.I. History of the pirates who infested the China Sea, from 1807 to 1810.I...

Extensive collection of Russian works focusing mostly on Northern China and Mongolia, including important and rare travel, trade and exploration a...

The Central Asiatic Expedition went into Mongolia to seek and discover the ancestry of man, and explore the natural history of the region. Andrews...

First hebrew bible printed in england. A non-vocalised edition of the Pentateuch, based on E. van der Hooght's text (Darlow & Moule 5141). It i...

A unique copy with original watercolours. A unique example extra-illustrated by Charles Huard with two copper plates and numerous original drawings...

Signed by the artist . A pristine example of this beautiful edition, enriched with two additional suites of plates on fine papier japon. 'In the in...

The first edition illustrated by Boucher. With illustrations by the celebrated Rococo painter François Boucher. 'The book's format is noble, Molièr...

Art Deco style personified. A fine and rare complete set of one of the most beautiful fashion magazines to appear in France after the Great War; wi...

Premiere edition de luxe que l'on ait donnee de ce grand poete. Elle se recommande et par sa belle execution typogr. et par d'assez bonnes estampe...

This is the second edition of an important French Restoration polemic. Duplanyl was a master of mosaic/onlay binding.Second edition, 3 vols, tall ...

Romantic views of Sintra. A fine visual record of Sintra, near Lisbon. A long-time royal sanctuary, the area's forested terrain is studded with pas...

Best known for his representations of on the archaeological reconstructions of ruins and the documentation of contemporary Rome, Piranesi also mad...