Detailed account of the gold bar market; silver; copper coinage. Much improved from the first edition.Second edition revised, xxxiv, [ii], 562pp.,...

Attractive early twentieth century atlas showing the provinces of China. The index has some 10,000 entries. Both the maps and index are bilingual....

Includes two views of Hong Kong.Second edition. 8vo., xviii, 532pp., double page map of China, hand-coloured in outline, 12 lithographed plates, o...

'Uncommon' (Rosove). The bulk of the published scientific results from Shackleton's last expedition.First edition; 8vo., xii, 1261 pp., frontispie...

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

Rare. COPAC lists BL and Cambridge only.The first Anglo-Chinese centennial calendar, covering the period 1776-1876. 'Calendars in somewhat similar...

Rare exhibition catalogue. Invaluable for the documentation of Ponting's photographs.First edition, 8vo., 24pp., 8 photographic illustrations, ori...

A rare opportunity to obtain a collection of signed printed ephemera from Shackleton's first Antarctic expedition (1907-1909) during which Shackle...

The author was the artist on Colonel Sosnovsky's scientific expedition across Siberia to Lake Baikal and Mongolia in 1874-75. This was one of the ...

An important, early description of Mongolia; first edition. A lovely example of this rare book, with hand-coloured plates and interesting provenan...

A history of Japan. A tall copy of the first edition in French of Kaempfer's history of Japan which was a best-seller from the moment it was publis...

Pavel Piasetskiy (1843 - 1919) was only a respected doctor but also talented artist and writer. These versatile abilities ensured his participatio...

Thomas Allom (1804-1872) the noted topographical artist, at a time of increased interest in China, presented the Western world with the most compl...

Report 415 in the series Reports on subjects of general and commercial interest. A valuable document compiled by Consul Jamieson to be presented t...

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

A monumental compilation and comparison of the knowledge available in European languages in the late nineteenth century. Howorth used, among other...

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...