Bell's account of her five-month journey along the Euphrates. Scarce.Second edition, 8vo. xvii, 370 pp., frontispiece and 235 illustrations, large...

First edition in the scarce dustjacket of Nancy Mitford's translation of Madame de Lafayette's sensational and controversial novel, originally pub...

First published in 1789 as Essai sur la regeneration physique, morale et politique des Juifs.Henri Jean-Baptiste Grégoire (1750-1831, a.k.a. the A...

The first instance of a new trial being granted in a criminal case in Great Britain.Ashley is appealing his prior conviction for apprehending Henr...

Moses Lowman (1680–1752) was an English nonconformist minister in a Presbyterian congregation at Clapham, Surrey. He was known as a Biblical comme...

Locked room mystery. Sidney Williams' The Body in the Blue Room is a classic example of golden age detective fiction, with a locked room mystery at...

"An amusing couple of hours can be spent in the reading of this fantastic trifle. Vivian Darsay, a young man of great physical beauty and financia...

The author was the artist on Colonel Sosnovsky's scientific expedition across Siberia to Lake Baikal and Mongolia in 1874-75. This was one of the ...

'Time and Western Man, perhaps [Wyndham] Lewis's single most important philosophical work, was written during his period of intense study and work...

This attractive work features palms chiefly from the United States, and Central and South America, all set against their natural backgrounds.Berth...

'His dogged and loyal work for the Royal Geographical Society and his independent research were always of a high standard, but have not received t...

A lovely copy with the rare original wrap-around, simply stating "The New 'Hannay' Adventure". This is the final story featuring John Buchan's mos...

An adaptation of the essay that originally appeared in The Enemy, No.2, examining the presence and role of "race-consciousness" in contemporary li...

One of the key figures in the Hungarian War of Independence (1848-49), György Klapka (1820-1892) went on to be a member of the Hungarian Parliamen...

8vo., 13 engraved plates on india-proof paper, woodcut illustrations, some very occasional, scattered spotting, later full morocco gilt, with pink...

The last in a series of excellent editions Major published between 1823 and 1844.Sml. 8vo.,lx, 418, [1] pp., 12 steel-engraved plates and numerous...

Skelton began writing for Blackwood's Magazine in 1869, which he did for the rest of his life, then in 1876 he published The Impeachment of Mary S...

First edition of this fine portfolio containing a history of the White movement during the early years of the Civil War. Includes biographical inf...

Born on the island of Skye, off the West coast of Scotland, Campbell (1802-1877) joined the East India Company in 1820. In 1834 he was ordered to...

Born near Dunfermline, Scotland, John Halkett (1768–1852) was Governor of the Bahamas and Governor of Tobago. As a member of the Hudson's Bay Comp...

Fine, fresh copy of uncommon first edition of one of the earliest attempts to systematise the history of Armenian literature. Spanning a period fr...