John F. Kennedy's interest in Jewish Affairs in the U.S. and abroad started with a private visit to the Holy Land in 1939.In October 1951, John F....

First edition. The book was conceived as a series of tracts rather than a comprehensive and systematic treatise, though Malthus published it to est...

A superb example of this highly influential first collection of poetry published when Brooke was only 23, from a print-run comprising 500 copies o...

Crawfurd was sent on an envoy mission to Burma in 1826, by Hastings's successor Lord Amherst, in the aftermath of the First Anglo-Burmese War. It ...

One of the great Art Deco portfolios. A fine copy of one of the great Art Deco portfolios, regarded as one of Séguy's most handsome compendiums. Co...

One of 160 copies. The first scholarly work by the historian and archaeoloist Alexandre, comte de Laborde (1773-1842). Magnificently illustrated, t...

The author's first book. Fifteen weird tales, including the ghost story "The Traveller."First edition, 8vo; title printed in red & black with ...

By paddle steamer up the Irrawaddy river. Crawfurd was sent on an envoy mission to Burma in 1826, by Hastings's successor Lord Amherst, in the afte...

This fine ceramic jug commemorates the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1887-89 and Stanley along with his officers, E. M. Bartelot, W. Bonney, A. J. ...

Helen Bannerman originally wrote this story during a long railway journey in India, to send to her two small daughters that she had just left to b...

"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 further adventures of Baroness Emmuska Orczy's elusive Scarlet Pimpernel, aka Sir Percy Blakeney, during the French Revolution. This time set ...

George Eliot (1819-1880) was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, one of the leading English novelists of the 19th century. Her novels are celebrated f...

The heroes of Greek Independence. One of the most celebrated collections of illustrations relating to the great events during the long Greek War of...

Early issue, 8vo; original cloth, dust-jacket by Frank Sherwin, one closed tear to top-edge of upper panel, minor fraying but overall an attractiv...

Originally published in a small Bombay edition. A thrilling account of the capture of Ghazni; the pursuit over rough terrain of Dost Mohammed Khan...

Writings on matrimonial law. Eliyahu Alfandari was a Constantinople Rabbi in the latter half of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries. A...

Commentary on Sefer HaItur with responses, by Rabbi Yaakov Sasson (Shushan), brought to print by Rabbi Hayim Kimhi ben Rabbi Yitzhak.Sefer HaItur ...

In Jewish religious law Get Mekushar is a special document for Cohanim (Jewish High Priests) seeking to get a divorce from their wives (literally ...

Commentary on the Talmud by the Rashba. The work contains chidushim (new commentary) on the seven masekhtot (tractates) of Shabbat, Rosh HaShanah, ...

A Responsa work by Rabbi Moshe Shilton, one of the greatest chachamim [wise men/scholars] of Constantinople in his time.The work was brought to pr...

The first book by Rabbi Refael Moshe Buleh. The first book by Rabbi Refael Moshe Buleh: teachings on Genesis and Exodus.Rabbi Refael Moshe ben Yose...

Responsa work on matrimonial law. Eliyahu Alfandari was a Constantinople Rabbi in the latter half of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuri...