Rare early edition with coloured frontispiece. This is one of the earlier Baedekers with the attractive coloured panoramas and the engraved views.'...

An interesting introductory guide to keeping foreign bird species from the turn of the nineteenth century.New and revised edition; 8vo (19 x 13 cm...

'When Bentley decided to publish Oliver in book form before its completion in his periodical, Cruikshank had to complete the last few plates in ha...

The first edition in English of Karl Russ' (1833-1899) introductory guide to 'Speaking Parrots', describing over 100 species of bird, with 8 chrom...

A sammelband of seven political pamphlets from the pen of the satirist and champion of the free press, William Hone (1780-1842), with illustration...

A very attractive and large portrait of a Governor of Bombay, possibly of Parsi heritage, apparently executed by a local Indian artist. The large ...

An interesting, mid-Victorian lithographed map of London extending from Stoke Newington in the North to Battersea park in the South, and from Nott...

First and only edition. Hanson, 'Late Assistant Quarter-Master-General with the Field Army of the Madras Establishment', acted as ADC to Sir Miles...

The first edition of this scarce illustrated children's tale in the original wrappers, with contemporary hand-coloured plates after designs by Wil...

Infiniment rare, surtout en couleurs' (Thiébaud). A remarkable series of lithographs of horses, beautifully hand-coloured. A group of these plates ...

Very rare first issue with fine double provenance. The Schwerdt-Jeanson copy of the rare first edition, first issue with the additional title dated...

A rare set of 'Spooner's Upright Series' depicting officers of the British Army. William Spooner was a prints publisher specialising in topical an...

An excellent survey of the parrots of the world, including notes and illustrations on more than 250 different species.'A series of coloured plates...