The first edition of this interesting memoir by the Scottish banking grandee, Sir William Forbes (1739-1806). Memoirs of a Banking-House was origi...

Censored by the author. The first edition of this intriguing collection of essays by the Scottish enlightenment philosopher David Hume (1711-1776),...

[economics] extraordinary attack on the 'money kings'. A signed copy of Thomas Lawson's (1857-1925) extraordinary exposé of greed and corruption in...

One of 550 signed copies. An attractive first edition set of Thomas Barratt's The Annals of Hampstead, limited to 550 copies signed by the author, ...

Earl of Macclesfield's copy. A beautifully bound set of The Works of Francis Bacon edited by the poet David Mallet (d.1765), with an introductory l...

Royal Society president Sir Hans Sloane's copy. A handsome copy of this classic introduction to Sir Isaac Newton's (1642-1727) natural philosophy, ...

First bird book with lithograph plates. A handsome set of Swainson, the first bird book and one of earliest natural history works to be illustrated...

This pair of Royal portraits are not only unusual in being larger than normally found signed, but that of the late Queen is one the most iconic ima...

[mountaineering] inscribed by John Hunt. An account of a successful British expedition led by Hunt in 1953. Inscribed by the author 'For Jules Stew...

Whymper, a leading figure in Alpine mountaineering, narrates in this volume details of his many brilliant climbs including the tragic account of h...

Eton College interest. A beautifully bound copy of Heneage Jesse's (d.1874) two-volume collection of biographies on noted Eton alumni including Wil...

[falconry] the best English book on falconry. 'First edition of the best English book on falconry and a very attractive publication' (Schwerdt).A c...