Despite Russell's still important mathematical works and indeed his essays in logical positivism, not to mention his much vaunted campaigning for ...

The human genome decoded. First edition of the initial sequencing of the human genome. An unusually nice copy in the original wrappers, complete wi...

Cosmology for the masses. First UK edition (published simultaneously in the US), the corrected second printing, of one of the most successful popul...

The first comprehensive evidence for continental drift, in the rare dust jacket. First edition, first impression, an attractive copy in the rare du...

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

Supporting the moon landing. Two early manuals relating to the Apollo Lunar Module, the craft that ferried astronauts between the moon's orbit and ...

A charming edition, illustrated by the well-known illustrator Charles Edmund Brock (1870-1938).8vo (200 x 140 mm); 40 illustrations, including fro...

A beautiful English language edition of Comenius' allegory of Man's journey through life and the importance of a spiritual life. A classic of Czec...

An excellent illustrated edition of Krylov's fables in a wonderful Art Nouveau binding. Ivan Krylov (1769-1844) is Russia's best known fabulist. W...

The English at Home is Bill Brandt's first book. He took the photographs between 1931 and 1935, beginning the project after moving to London. Bran...

A near- fine example of the specially bound Golden Cockerel Press publication of Minxes Admonished, a mischievous work by Sir William Russell Flin...

The major medical book of the 17th-century, translated for the general public. The sixth edition of William Salmon's popular English translation of...

Presentation copy of the author's only novel. First edition of the author's first and only novel, lengthily inscribed to a fellow author on the dat...

Bell's palsy & the anatomy of the nervous system. Second edition and a handsomely bound copy of Bell's collected papers about the nerves that w...

An important work. Baron de Tott (1733-1793) went to Constantinople in 1755 and stayed until 1763, at first with his father and then with de Verge...

Mounteney-Jephson accompanied Stanley on his expedition to rescue Emin Pasha, the German-born Eduard Schnitzer, who had succeeded Gordon as govern...

Scarce complete set of the secret reports on China compiled for Naval Intelligence.Comprises sections on physical geography, history, peoples, mod...

Presentation copy. Presentation copy, inscribed: 'For Mario / Much love / Gilbert + George / x x'.This artists' book is divided into eight chapters...

Marvin's popular account of some of the more famous explorers and explorations of Central Asia in the 1860s-1880s such as Vambery, Burnaby, MacGre...

Signed by Tenzing. This volume contains tales of Norgay Tenzing's various travels and climbs following his historic ascent of Everest with Sir Edmu...

Underappreciated taxonomic work on fossils. First edition of this taxonomy of fossils, including both mineral specimens and organic fossils, by the...

Index of pen-names in Hebrew and Yiddish literature; an unnumbered copy out of a limited edition of 250.First edition. Small 4to, publisher's vell...