Bound by Riviere. An exceptionally attractive, bound copy of one of the classic novels of the nineteenth century.8vo (180 x 125 mm); eight full-pag...

Bound by Riviere. Comprises: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion.Second edition of th...

A richly illustrated work dedicated to Talashkino, an artist's colony focusing on the decorative arts which was established in 1893 by Maria Tenis...

The complete works of Robert Louis Stevenson in 35 volumes, including his best known novels Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr H...

Contains photographs taken by Seymour and also by his father and other family and friends. The title is derived from a poem written by his mother ...

First edition, with contributions from Seamus Heaney ('Servant Boy'), D. J. Enright, Jon Silkin, among others.First edition, unnumbered issue; 4to...

the first of Akhmatova's works to be published after the death of Stalin.Akhmatova (1889–1966) was one of the legendary figures of modern Russian ...

The first edition of this thought-provoking collection of essays on religious themes by C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), author of the acclaimed Narnia ser...

A handsome three-volume set of Milton's (1608-1674) collected poetry, arranged chronologically from his juvenilia to his last published dramatic w...

In 1879 Tristram Ellis (1844-1922), a successful watercolour artist, boarded a steamship for Alexandria with the aim of visiting Syria, Asia Minor...

When originally published this was described as an exceptional first novel because the characters are concerned with expressing themselves in phys...

The American geologist Raphael Pumpelly led this important scientific expedition to Anau in Russian Turkestan in 1903-1904. He was accompanied by ...

A rare, signed first edition of this artist's adorable drawings and pastels of dogs, an absolute canine fan's delight.First edition, signed by the...

Tennyson's favourite portrait, signed by him. John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1810-1901) was an English photographer, born Jabez Meal in Lancashire, who f...

A guide to the fourth holiest site in Islam, sacred to both Muslims and Jews. Includes a geographical and historical review of Hebron and the Cave...

A good pictorial record of Singapore before the Japanese invasion.First edition. Folio. illustrated throughout, original wrappers, light wear, a v...

The adoption of colour photography, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, by William Eggleston, Stephen Shore, and others was not without precedent: ...

The first issue with the earliest state of the publisher's catalogue at rear dated 'February 1905'.First trade edition, first issue; 8vo; light fo...

These photographs were taken in the late 1950s to 1960s in the Pigalle area of Paris, where Strömholm lived and worked. He got to know a community...

An attractive atlas with a world map and five maps of the Americas.Folio (35 x 26 cm), 24 engraved maps by Lapie and Poirson, hand coloured in out...

The account of an expedition undertaken in March 1878 by the Archduke, to investigate the possibility of a coastal railway in southern Palestine. ...

Following several rejections from various publishers for The Professor, Charlotte Brontë concentrated her attention on Jane Eyre, finishing her 'f...

Presentation copy. presentation copy inscribed: 'For / Lambert Davis / who should have had his hand / as well as his name / in this book / Wright M...

Contains three stories by Tom Stoppard, his first appearance in book form.First edition, first printing; 8vo; unmarked internally; publisher's red...