An evocative series of colour photographs of the Philippines, ranging from views of Manilla harbour, to domestic scenes such as a butcher's shop, ...

A charming collection of letters written by nursing sister Jessie Marjorie Morris (d.1964) during her posting in the Quetta, the capital of Baluch...

Giosafat Barbaro (1413-1494) was a member of the Venetian Barbaro family. He was a diplomat, merchant, explorer and travel writer. From 1436 to 14...

Jean de Béthencourt (1362–1425) was a French explorer who in 1402 led an expedition to the Canary Islands, landing first on the north side of Lanz...

Ferdinand Verbiest, (1623-1688) was a Flemish Jesuit missionary in China during the Qing dynasty. He was an accomplished mathematician and astrono...

François Pyrard de Laval (c.1578-c.1623) was a French navigator who is remembered for a personal written account of his adventures in the Maldives...

Robert Hues (1553-1632) was an English mathematician and geographer. During a trip to Newfoundland, he made observations which caused him to doubt...

A beautiful Hebrew-English machzor of Festival Prayers, published in Vienna and based on David Levi's original translation.The set was gifted as a...

The true first edition, preceding the first US edition by three days, of Hemingway's poignant novel set entirely in Venice at the close of World W...

Woolf's fictional 'stream of consciousness' tale by Flush, a dog, telling the story of his owner, Elizabeth Browning.First edition, so-called 'Lar...

One of the prototypes for Levantine costume plates. a work whose illustrations helped shaped the West's popular imagination of the Islamic world. T...

The hardcover issue of this catalogue for Manuel Alvarez Bravo's exhibition at Pasadena Art Museum (4 May–20 June 1971), which travelled to The Mu...

First edition, first printing of Fuller's first book, a nice copy in the jacket.Nine Chains to the Moon is a collection of forty-four essays on va...

Pendlebury's handbook gives us a detailed architectural history of the Palace at Knossos on the Island of Crete.First edition. 8vo, 63pp, 14 photo...

Deja-Vu is the second book in Ralph Gibson's 'Black trilogy' published by his own Lustrum Press. It is preceded by The Somnambulist (1970) and fol...

To Make it Home reproduces 136 of Robert Adams's most important photographs from 1965–1986. It was published to accompany a major retrospective ex...

Each print is produced entirely by hand using a unique printing process called pochoir, which was popular in France at the turn of the 20th centur...

Each print is produced entirely by hand using a unique printing process called pochoir, which was popular in France at the turn of the 20th centur...

Each print is produced entirely by hand using a unique printing process called pochoir, which was popular in France at the turn of the 20th centur...

Each print is produced entirely by hand using a unique printing process called pochoir, which was popular in France at the turn of the 20th centur...

.As a trained botanist and accomplished artist, Schweinfurth expanded knowledge of the flora and fauna of central Africa as well as the ethnology ...

Although titled the second edition Gould considered the present volume a new work. The text was re-written, all the plates were redrawn, and twelv...

First edition of the 1951 issue of the R.A.F. Aeronautical map of Bahrain and Qatar. The War office issued the R.A.F. series alongside a separate ...

Author's working copy for the third edition. A rare working copy for the enlarged third edition of Eric Partridge's A Dictionary of the Underworld,...

Indo-persian artistry. An attractive album leaf that demonstrates the Indo-Persian artistic style of the 19th century in India. The colour palette ...

An evocative series of colour photographs of the Philippines, ranging from views of Manilla harbour, to domestic scenes such as a butcher's shop, ...

A charming collection of letters written by nursing sister Jessie Marjorie Morris (d.1964) during her posting in the Quetta, the capital of Baluch...

Giosafat Barbaro (1413-1494) was a member of the Venetian Barbaro family. He was a diplomat, merchant, explorer and travel writer. From 1436 to 14...

Jean de Béthencourt (1362–1425) was a French explorer who in 1402 led an expedition to the Canary Islands, landing first on the north side of Lanz...

Ferdinand Verbiest, (1623-1688) was a Flemish Jesuit missionary in China during the Qing dynasty. He was an accomplished mathematician and astrono...

François Pyrard de Laval (c.1578-c.1623) was a French navigator who is remembered for a personal written account of his adventures in the Maldives...

One of the prototypes for Levantine costume plates. a work whose illustrations helped shaped the West's popular imagination of the Islamic world. T...

.As a trained botanist and accomplished artist, Schweinfurth expanded knowledge of the flora and fauna of central Africa as well as the ethnology ...

One of the most important books on Arabia. Burton entered Mecca freely as a true Mohammedan pilgrim (travelling as an Afghan Pathan) and was first...

Wellsted's classic work on Arabia and the Persian Gulf. Much of this work is based on the travels of Lieut. Ormsby, conveyed to Wellsted verbally ...

George Whitehead's 1883-1950) account of his lengthy stay in the Nicobar Islands. Includes accounts of dress, houses, diet, hospitality, trade, ag...

Dugmore's classic account of his camera safari in Kenya, particularly the Athi Plains. Much on Rhino and plains game.First U. K. edition; 29 x 22 ...

A beautiful and exhaustive work exploring several areas of the Levant, including territories of modern day Israel and Egypt, as well as parts of L...

The complete facsimile text of the fabled Oxford 1922 printing of Seven Pillars, with the 48 plates which accompanied the 1926 Subscriber's issue,...

Singapore. Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant (2 July 1793 - 1 November 1858) was a French sailor who worked his way up through the ranks from common seaman ...

The true first edition, preceding the first US edition by three days, of Hemingway's poignant novel set entirely in Venice at the close of World W...

Woolf's fictional 'stream of consciousness' tale by Flush, a dog, telling the story of his owner, Elizabeth Browning.First edition, so-called 'Lar...

Association copy. A lovely association copy, inscribed by Harold Pinter to the actor Jack MacGowran on the title page: 'To Jack from Harold, Enjoy ...

Fifth book featuring the involuntary agent known as Harry Palmer, portrayed by Michael Caine in his screen incarnations. Scarce with the docket.Fi...

First edition. An excellent copy of the first edition of Russell's controversial attack on Edwardian Marriage and Morals, which won him the Nobel P...

First edition in first issue dustjacket. An outstanding copy of this scarce title in the first issue dustjacket, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for F...

First edition, first printing, first issue. A true masterpiece, and simply one of the best-loved and most-admired short novels in the English langu...

First UK edition, written when Ernest Hemingway was thirty years old and lauded as the best American novel to emerge from World War I.A profile of...

One of 340 copies - signed by the illustrator and type designer. Number 65 of 300 copies printed from Centaur types on Italian Pace paper, from a t...

First edition. One of the important works expounding logical positivism and verificationism by Sir Alfred Jules Ayer (1910-1989). This work was in ...