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

The present work complements his earlier book The Albert Ny'anza, Great Basin of the Nile, by giving a summary of the Nile system derived from Ba...

A very good example of this popular title from the Uptons' Golliwogg series of thirteen books; one of the best in terms of subject matter and the ...

A very rare, first edition. Thomas Mayne Reid (1818-1883) was a Scots-Irish American novelist, who fought in the American-Mexican War. In additi...

Signed by author & illustrator. Edward Gorey's fun and occasionally dark exploration of the history of bicycling; scarce in such condition and ...

Rex whistler dust jacket. A delightful copy of this first edition, in the splendid Rex Whistler dust-jacket. Rex Whistler (1905-1944) was one of t...

Scarce. Entertaining narrative of a journey across Mongolia and Siberia, mostly by sled. Hong Kong to St. Petersburg via Canton, Shanghai, Peking,...

A wonderful translation with beautiful illustrations of one of the most popular children's stories of all time. Zakhoder's version was hugely popu...

A rare example of an early vampire story. The eponymous Margery of Quether is discovered by a bell-ringer, George Rosedhu on Christmas Eve. She ex...

With autograph letter. An attractive early issue of this classic of Victorian detective fiction, further enhanced by a letter from the author to a ...

A very good first edition example of this translation of Seneca's Oedipus by Ted Hughes, presented at the time of publication to his friends John ...

a wonderful costume book of the Russian Empire and an important record of Catherine the Great's reign.Folio (37.4 x 28); hand-coloured engraved ti...

Contemporary account of the First Burmese War.First edition. 8vo, xii, 319 pp., large folding map (foxed), 2 engraved plates, contemporary half ca...

Inscribed from the author "To Miss C Crommelin with the kindest regards of The Author Fergus Hume 28. 6. 89." Miss C. Crommelin is presumably one ...

The most sought-after of the various novels by prolific writer Grant Allen: 'More successful were the detective stories, written later in his life...

The authors last novel, written whilst living in abject poverty. In part autobiographical, the narrative details the amorous pursuit of the beauti...

Account of Lewis' travels through Morocco and the Middle East. Scarce as the book was withdrawn due to fears over legal action. First edition, fir...

A very good example of the true first edition of The Black Book by Lawrence Durrell, published as the first volume in The Villa Seurat Series crea...

An uncommon book in dust jacket, strikingly similar to, and coeval with, Malcolm Lowry's first book Ultramarine (1933). Waterfront was the source ...