Rare early Murray edition. This is the first of two issues of the second edition.This volume contains a folding plate of the "Chain of Mont Blanc"...

Rare first edition. "Principally derived from the works entitled la Descrizione di Napoli by Galanti and the Guida di Sicilia by Giovanna Power" (...

Captain Harris, the British envoy to King Sahla of Shawa, landed at Tjurah in 1841 and remained in the country until 1843. 'The author gives us in...

John Papworth was the architect responsible for the design of Ackermann's showroom at 101 Strand. He adopted the second name of Buonarroti after h...

On the departure of Henry Salt in 1810, his servant Nathaniel Pearce remained in Ethiopia until 1819, becoming fluent in Tegrenya and Amharic. 'A ...

Alexander Pope, Jr., was an American sculptor and painter. He is known primarily for this series on game birds and a similar one on dogs. Chromoli...

Alexander Pope, Jr., was an American sculptor and painter. He is known primarily for this series on game birds and a similar one on dogs.Chromolit...

Alexander Pope, Jr., was an American sculptor and painter. He is known primarily for this series on game birds and a similar one on dogs. Chromoli...

Alexander Pope, Jr., was an American sculptor and painter. He is known primarily for this series on game birds and a similar one on dogs. Chromoli...

Alexander Pope, Jr., was an American sculptor and painter. He is known primarily for this series on game birds and a similar one on dogs.Chromolit...

Alexander Pope, Jr., was an American sculptor and painter. He is known primarily for this series on game birds and a similar one on dogs.Chromolit...

A rare first edition of this very detailed and comprehensive guide to South Africa. First edition. 8vo; 61pp, adverts, folding map; publisher's br...

Rare privately printed edition.In 1887 Portal was ordered to attempt a reconciliation between the King of Abyssinia and the Italian Government, fo...

From Levaillant's Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, which is considered the most comprehensive and complete catalogue on the subject.This magnifi...

From Levaillant's Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets, which is considered the most comprehensive and complete catalogue on the subject.This magnifi...

Deemed worthy of exhibition at the Paris World's Fair 1900. The finest and most meticulous images of the moon until the 1970's.The Atlas photograph...

Scarce. Dufton's work contains one of the first and best accounts of the Ethiopian ruler Emperor Tewodros, whom he met at Dabra Tabor. It also des...

An account of ten years life in Abyssinia; and sixteen years in Syria.First edition. 8vo, xiv, 339 pp., wood engraved frontispiece, numerous engra...

An account of the country and people of Abyssinia. Embracing a narrative of King Theodore's life, his captivity at Magdala, and the treatment of p...

Gordon placed the materials at Hills' disposal through the agency of his brother, Henry William Gordon, and it was he who assisted on questions of...