A milestone in embryology. First edition, first printing of a foundational work in our understanding of how fertilised eggs develop cell-by-cell. T...

Women in cosmology, from the library of a nobel prize winner. First edition of this collection of eight cosmology papers from the New York Academy ...

The first authoritative account of british nuclear research and policy. First editions, possible second impression of the first volume, which has n...

Inspiration for darwin's origin of species. First edition, presentation set inscribed by the author on each title, 'Mary Edmonds from the Author, H...

Preventing malaria by understanding its transmission. First edition of this comprehensive work on the epidemiology of malaria by the doctor who ide...

Early work on tissue culture by a pioneering female cell biologist. First edition of 'the first German textbook that provided detailed instructions...

The author's scarce second novel, banned in Ireland by the Censorship Board for obscenity in 1965.First edition, first impression; 8vo; unmarked i...

Margaret Mitchell was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in November 1900. After a broken ankle immobilised her in 1926, Mitchell started writing a novel t...

Three Men in a Boat is considered an important work of the Victorian comic texts, affording the reader a genuine insight into the morals and socia...

Signed. An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar comprises photographs made in public and private establishments that are inaccessible or unk...

Signed by Versace. With illustrations by photographers / artists, including Richard Avedon, Herb Ritts and Brice Weber.First US edition, signed in ...

Mind Games is Suzuki Kiyoshi's third book, taking its title from a song by John Lennon. The Japanese title refers to the first chapter, 'People un...

Following the success of his first book, Naked City (1946), Weegee spent some time working in Hollywood as an actor and consultant. Mark Hellinger...

Gusha No Fune: The Ship of Fools is a re-edited version of a series of photographs published in the magazine Gekkan Shokun! between 1986 and 1988....

Brahman No Hikari: The Light that has Lighted the World is Suzuki Kiyoshi's second book, four years after Nagare no uta [A Flowing Song] / Soul an...

S Street Shuffle is Suzuki Kiyoshi's fourth book. The English title is taken from Bruce Springsteen's song 'E Street Shuffle,' while the Japanese ...

Charles Badham (1805-1857) studied medicine at Pembroke College then practised in Rome and Paris for several years until ill health forced him to ...