First edition. The first edition of Jacob Henry Sarratt's (d.1819) translation and arrangement of chess studies by the old masters Damiano, Ruy-Lop...

Second edition of this influential cookbook, improved with revisions, in the original pictorial dustjacket.Second edition (revised and expanded); ...

An amusing alphabet, in rhymed couplets, focusing primarily on the misadventures of novice and inept golfers, illustrated with humorous lithograph...

Hand-coloured issue. The rare hand-coloured issue of Daniel's classic compendium of field sports, with an additional hand-coloured engraved frontis...

Editio princeps. The rare editio princeps of this famous treatise containing a compendium of all the culinary literature that appeared during the s...

Recipes are listed by course, including soups, fish, meat, eggs, rice, curries, savoury dishes, as well as sambals (a chilli sauce or paste), chut...

Complete grouping of 36 issues. Publisher's complete grouping of 36 issues of this very obscure bare-knuckle boxing history. This weekly was origin...

The art of horsemanship. The rare Zürich edition of this lavishly illustrated work, first published in 1727. The work opens with a series of 7 attr...

The cornerstone of any Alken collection. 'the size and beauty of the plates make this the cornerstone of any Alken collection' (Tooley). One of the...

Biplane numbered Voisin 16, high in flight above bird's eye view of river and townscape.The Gamy-Montaut prints document various historical events...

This example shows the American Aviator Glenn Curtiss, flying a Curtiss no. 2, as he took first prize in the 1909 Gordon Bennett competition in R...

First edition; 8vo (222 x 130 mm), engraved frontispiece of Lord George Bentinck (who is featured within), small mark to edge, otherwise internall...

'This, one of the best of Mr. Surtees' works, was originally commenced in the New Sporting Magazine, and illustrated by the inimitable artists, Wi...