A charming edition, illustrated by the well-known illustrator Charles Edmund Brock (1870-1938).First edition thus, third printing; 8vo (200 x 130 ...

Nancy Mitford's most successful novel dedicated to Gaston Palewski, with whom she had fallen madly in love, and for whom she moved to Paris at the...

In the original glassine dust jacket. A very good copy in the rare dust-jacket.First edition, first printing (with the correct front and rear endpa...

Scots in the Sinai. Margaret Agate kept a diary of her journey in Egypt between Autumn 1901 and Spring 1902. She made an excursion on the Nile and ...

Complete set of Stark's autobiography. Freya Stark is one of the most well known female travellers associated with the Middle East. She was one of ...

The rites and rituals of the Brahmin. Mrs Belnos' scarce book on the rites and rituals of the Brahmin.'Relatively little is known about Mrs. Belnos...

C.E. Brock originally illustrated Pride and Prejudice for Macmillan in 1895, with black and white line drawings. He then collaborated with his bro...

The origin of modern nursing. First edition, early issue — probably the third or fourth — with advertisements on the endpapers and 'the right of tr...

A charming edition, illustrated by the well-known illustrator Charles Edmund Brock (1870-1938).8vo (200 x 140 mm); 40 illustrations, including fro...

First edition of the author's account of a year she spent in a seedy London boarding house soon after her arrival in England. 'One of the most aut...

Signed first edition of the author's first novel. An exceptional copy of the author's first novel, signed by her in black ink on the title page.Fir...

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

Inscribed by the author. First edition, inscribed by the author on the title, 'Paige Williams, Tucson Book Festival, March 2, 2019'.This best-selli...

The author's second book and first Science Fiction novel. Preceded by her earlier novel, The Colour of Rain (1964), published under the pseudonym ...

Gill's account of her experiences on the Atlantic island of Ascension as part of an 1867 scientific expedition led by her husband, the astronomer ...