The narrative describes two expeditions, one in which the author was accompanied by Francis Galton in the Ovampo country, and the other when he tr...

Finely bound in tree calf. Scarce in such handsome condition.First edition. 2 volumes, 4to (28.5cm), xviii, 476; x, 580pp., 2 additional engraved t...

An adaptation of the essay that originally appeared in The Enemy, No.2, examining the presence and role of "race-consciousness" in contemporary li...

Lewis's first, very scarce, separately published literary publication, preceded only by Timon of Athens (1913), a portfolio of his artwork. One of...

One of the key figures in the Hungarian War of Independence (1848-49), György Klapka (1820-1892) went on to be a member of the Hungarian Parliamen...

First edition, 8vo; publisher's grey cloth binding, very good, grey dust-jacket printed in red, rubbed and slightly marked, small closed tear to h...

8vo., 13 engraved plates on india-proof paper, woodcut illustrations, some very occasional, scattered spotting, later full morocco gilt, with pink...

The last in a series of excellent editions Major published between 1823 and 1844.Sml. 8vo.,lx, 418, [1] pp., 12 steel-engraved plates and numerous...

Surrealist work beautifully bound . La femme 100 têtes was the first of three collage-novels by Max Ernst. The artist forges a universe of mystery,...

Rare women's suffrage artefact. A scarce collection of poems written by Pankhurst during one of her numerous terms in prison. Born in Old Trafford ...

Parker Snow (1817-1895), an eccentric English explorer, was working as a writer in New York when he claimed to have had a paranormal vision of the...

This volume contains papers relating to an expedition under the command of Captain Phipps commissioned by the Government of the day. These papers ...

Jean François Albanis Beaumont, (1755–1812), engraver and landscape painter, may have been a son of, or related to, the Piedmontese artist Claudio...

Scarce. Natal Colony, Durban, and the Umgeni and Umvoti Rivers.First edition. 8vo., [viii], 40 pp., original tan printed wrappers, spine defective...

Beiruit to Beijing - the Citroen Central Asia Expedition. Finely produced portfolio of illustrations by the official artist of the Citroen Central ...

Rare floral bouquets. Very scarce artistic botanical work showing highly finished decorative bouquets of flowers for the twelve months of the year....

One of the finest records of Moorish Spain. One of the finest records of Moorish Spain, the images contain not only architectural details but also ...

Werne (1822-1874), a German adventurer, took part in the second European exploratory mission to discover the source of the White Nile, under the l...

The first Protestant mission to Arabic-speaking Muslims. Rare. Anthony Norris Groves (1795-1853), travelled with his family to Baghdad in 1829 wher...

Unusual and decorative catalogue.Landscape folio (48.5 x 36.5 cm), 10 thick card sheets containing 67 chromolithographs of pots, tins, bottles, et...