Hell and purgatory in Jainism, called Naraka, are realms of cosmology that are characterised my great suffering. There are seven realms of this un...

Oliver Messel (1904-1978) was 'Great Britain's leading theatre designer from the early 1930s to the mid 1950s..., [winning] international acclaim ...

Translations from the Chinese and Armenian, with notes and illustrations.I. History of the pirates who infested the China Sea, from 1807 to 1810.I...

A pair of copper engravings, framed and glazed, overall size: 109cm by 87cm by 2cm.

A 1933 collection of short stories by Nobel Prize Winner Ernest Hemingway, including A Clean, Well Lighted Place, which James Joyce called 'one of...

The first edition of this scarce investment guide which first appeared as a series of articles in The Magazine of Wall Street, the newsletter and ...

Description of the Bhotiyas of Kumaon and the Tibetans of Western Tibet together with an account of his journey to Western Tibet in 1905 when Depu...

Includes Mecca and Medina. Sections on geology, geography, the coasts, climate, history, people, ports and towns, etc. The Geographical Handbook S...

First and only edition of this title. This extremely rare supplement was issued for" Goethejahr"(the centenary of Goethe's death). A very unusual ...

Rare first edition in English of Čapek's classic science fiction novel, which extensively satirises contemporary European politics, including colo...

The first edition of this early cautionary lecture on stock market speculation 'its tricks and its tragedies' by the New York based lawyer Frankli...

A wry and backward look at many of the games played by the major market operators at the turn of last century, including Gould, Keene, Drew, and M...

First edition of this book-length essay on Lotte Reiniger's silhouette films, which brought her to the attention of the British public.First editi...

Richly illustrated edition. A fine set, attractively bound in polished calf, of this richly illustrated edition of the important accounts of Oleari...

Very good example of the first edition of one of the most celebrated Voyages pittoresques.Choiseul-Gouffier's masterpiece is the first publication...

Extremely rare and desirable set of the first edition of d'Urville's voyage in the Astrolabe.The zoology section was produced by Jean René Constan...

Scarce. We have only been able to trace 4 copies at auction in the past 50 years, and none since 2007. Aged 28, Jacquemont travelled to India for ...

Last and most comprehensive edition in the series. Cuba and Porto Rico had been added and the section on Alaska had been extended. An attractive c...

This is the third of four editions published by Baedeker and edited by J.F. Muirhead who later published his own series of guides. Maps of New Yor...

This is the third of four editions published by Baedeker and edited by J.F. Muirhead who later published his own series of guides. Maps of New Yor...

First and only edition of this title in English.Issued c.1928.Thirteenth edition; xxxv, [1], 612pp, 65 maps, 19 plans, 11 panoramas; publisher's r...

Hugh Thomson (1860-1920) was an Irish illustrator famous for his illustrations of works by Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and J.M. Barrie, amongst ...

Inscribed on the title page: 'J. Hope from the Author'. Biddulph's book is the standard work on the tribes of the North West frontier at the end ...

Moore 'was appointed in 1730 by the Royal African Company of England a writer at James Fort on James Island in the river Gambia. In January 1732 h...