In the original dust-jacket. The second volume of Churchill's autobiography including his early political career, the First World War...Gallipoli, ...

The first Cumberland issue, with the publisher's address given as 'Ludgate Hill' on the engraved titles.4 vols, 8vo (220 x 140 mm); engraved title...

The rare first account of the manhattan project, with secret page. The rare lithoprint edition, the first obtainable edition of the official accoun...

A superlative account of the prelude to and events of the First World War. It is still regarded as a defining work of twentieth-century history, r...

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

Important contribution to the art of Early Modern warfare. A rare mixed edition issue of Henry Hexham's Principles of the Art Military, superbly il...

An attractive set of the I Claudius books memorably filmed by the BBC and even in this condition extremely hard to find.First editions, first impr...

'God Irrevocably Fixed the Boundaries of IRELAND'. A rare political pamphlet promoting the first American bond-drive to finance the newly declared ...

With royal provenance. 'From the rebellious conduct of the Americans it appears to me there is a great necessity of publishing something of this ki...

The first sprinkler system. A signed and dated affidavit to patent a 'mode of construction or arrangement for any building, so as to afford securit...

First great history of Rome's fall. A beautiful six-volume set of this classic work. Gibbon's (1737-1794) History of the Decline and Fall of the Ro...

Invention of a new gun carriage. A signed and dated affidavit to patent the invention of a new gun carriage by Sir William Congreve (1772-1828), co...

The first edition of Lecky's The King's Ships, a fine visual record of the Royal Navy from its earliest foundation to its height at the pinnacle o...