Elijah Walton's fine colour plate views of the Western Alps, including the Matterhorn, Mont Blanc, Monte Viso, Aosta Valley, Dent Du Midi, and The...

Colquhoun's expedition was to survey a projected railway connecting Canton with Burma. During the course of his travels he passed through many reg...

A finely bound copy of Baker's Ismailia.In 1869, Baker, one of the greatest explorers of Africa, was appointed by the Khedive Isma'il to a four-ye...

One of 150 copies with the plates in two states. A finely bound illustrated example of The Silver Prince, A. K. Tolstoy's most famous prose work. T...

Complete works of one of Russia's most celebrated authors An attractive set in the original publisher's Art Nouveau binding. This edition, publish...

An attractive set in the original publisher's decorative Art Nouveau binding. This edition, issued as a supplement to magazine Niva, became a basi...

Following distinguished war service that saw him rise to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Engineers, Paul E Garbutt (1919-2008), joined...

An attractive, decoratively bound set of the first critical edition of the works of one of the most celebrated Russian authors. Edited by Nikolai ...

Beautifully bound Victorian book on insects. Second edition, an expanded and improved version of the text originally published in 1835 as the Gramm...

From the library of oliver sacks. First English language edition, from the library of neurologist Oliver Sacks, with his octopus bookplate.This Eng...

Inscribed presentation copy. First edition, presentation copy inscribed 'from the author' on the title and 'B Cockray, March 20, 1860, from Mr. Owe...

The first book to apply darwinian evolution to humanity. First edition of the first book to apply Darwinian evolution to humans, just preceding Dar...

Important early account of epilepsy. First edition of this volume on mental illness that contains 'the best early account of epilepsy after [Thomas...

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

The rare first american book on neurology. The rare first edition of the first American neurology book.Psychiatrist Amariah Brigham (1798-1849) was...

The first volume of supporting evidence for the origin of species. First edition, first issue, of this important contribution to Darwin's theory of...

Rare popular anatomy by the neurologist who identified bell's palsy. First and only edition of this rare popular work by the anatomist, neurologist...

An early and influential materialist explanation of ghost sightings. First edition of a key work attributing ghost sightings to the human mind, an ...