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...

First edition burton arabian nights. First edition of Burton's magnum opus, The Arabian Nights. Richard Burton was an accomplished geographer, expl...

Third edition, originally published in 1874, of this remarkable astronomical work by the Scottish engineer James Nasmyth (1808-1890).Nasmyth made ...

Limited reproduction of the two manuscript letters that accompanied the author's presentation copy of Alice in Wonderland to Marion sold by Dougla...

A complete set of Shakespeare's works in 13 volumes, comprising his 36 canonical plays together with the late romance Pericles, Prince of Tyre, hi...

This delightfully illustrated and much sought-after edition, is further enhanced with a very handsome binding.Taken from the poverty of her parent...

Complete set of this beautiful series of plates of Russian life with fresh colouring.The scenes include a Russian baptism, Russian marriage, pleas...

A handsome copy of Trollope's first travel book. It treats the issue of colonialism sensitively and points to the United States as a model for wha...

The complete set of this profusely illustrated set designed to make high quality reproductions of Blake's work more accessible.First U.S. editions...

Colour plates. First book edition of this attractive volume, written and illustrated by one of the foremost science popularisers of the Victorian e...

Beautiful hand-coloured plates. First edition of this vibrant, hand-coloured guide to fish.Author Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an avid natural hi...

Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (c.1460s-1524), was a Portuguese explorer and the first European to reach India by sea.His initial voyage t...

Henry Hudson (c. 1565-1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-da...

Hernando de Soto (c.1497-1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula. He ...

Pedro Fernández de Quirós (1563–1614) was a Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain. He is best known for leading several Spanish voyages of ...

The first English translation of the Roteiro or Journal made during Gama's first voyage.Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (c.1460s-1524), was...

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616), known as El Inca, was a chronicler and writer born in the Viceroyalty of Peru. Sailing to Spain at 21, he w...

This is the first translation of the fifth letter of Cortés into English.From 1524 to 1526 Cortés headed an expedition to Honduras where he defeat...

Gonzalo Pizarro (1510-1548) was a Spanish conquistador and brother of Francisco Pizarro, who led the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire.In 1539 G...

With autograph letter to the engraver. First book edition, originally issued in parts between 1841 and 1842, with a loosely inserted autograph lett...