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Windows into worlds gone by, a vast store of history. Both the iconic and the less well-known is here. Together with forgotten byways and things not found anywhere else. Here is also Americana, Crime, Feminism, Occultism,Archaeology, and Ethnography.
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2003 Holland and Holland 'The Royal' Gunmaker: The Complete HistoryLondon: 2003The first edition of Donald Dallas' fascinating work on the history of the noted British gunmaker, 'Holland & Holland'. -
1910 The Romance of CanadaLondon: 1910The very scarce first edition of this charmingly illustrated children's history of Canada, retaining parts of the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. -
1840 A Numismatic ManualLondon: 1840John Yonge Akerman's impressively detailed guide to the coins of various regions, illustrated with seventeen plates. -
1765 Sacrosancti et Oecumenici Concilii Tridentini Paulo III, Julio III, et Pio IVLovanii: 1765An attractive mid-eighteenth century edition of Phillipe Chifflet's account of the 19th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church, prompted by the Protestant Reformation. -
1892 England in EgyptLondon: 1892The uncommon first edition of Alfred Milner's detailed account of British involvement in Egypt in the nineteenth century. -
1886 The Annals of the Yeomanry Cavalry of WiltshireLiverpool: 1886The first edition of this illustrated historical account of the Prince of Wales' regiment. -
1999 The TulipLondon: 1999A lavishly illustrated history of the humble tulip and its dominating presence across our history. -
c1890 The Life and Times of Queen VictoriaLondon: c1890A limited subscriber's edition of this heavily illustrated, four volume work on the life of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson. -
1967 Islamic Architecture and Its Decoration A. D. 800-1500London: 1967A collection of photographs by Derek Hill depicting the beauty if ancient Islamic architecture, in the original dust wrapper. -
1904-1936 Selected Works of Rudyard KiplingLondon: 1904-1936An impressive set of eleven works from Rudyard Kipling, uniformly bound in the publisher's cloth, including two first editions. -
1810 The Beauties of History; or, Pictures of Virtue and ViceLondon : 1810A smartly bound copy of these classical historical accounts, categorised into specific themes and lessons. -
1872-1875 A History of the ChurchLondon: 1872-1875An attractive copy of this very scarce two-volume study of Church history, in a contemporary half calf prize binding. -
1926 The March of the Seventy ThousandLondon: 1926A very scarce first edition of this illustrated history of the assembly of the Czechoslovakian army in Russia during the First World War. -
1939 Oliver CromwellLondon: 1939The first UK translated edition of Marko Jelusich's biographical novel on Oliver Cromwell, in the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper. -
1903-1904 The Works of John Lothrop MotleyLondon: 1903-1904A beautiful nine volume Zaehnsdorf bound set of the historical works of American author and diplomat John Lothrop Motley. -
1896 Les Femmes Illustres de la FranceTours: 1896The fourth edition of Oscar Havard's beautifully illustrated biographical study of notable women hailing from France. -
1951 The Monastic Constitutions of LanfrancLondon: 1951The first UK translated edition of this account of the Medieval Benedictine monk and Archbishop, Lanfranc. -
1950 Farm and Cottage Inventories of Mid-Essex 1635-1749Essex: 1950The first edition of this interesting account of seventeenth and eighteenth century furniture and belongings in Essex. -
1973 Selected Prose 1909-1965London: 1973The first UK edition of this collection of prose by the American modernist poet, Ezra Pound. -
1953 Parnassian Molehill: An Anthology of Suffolk Verse Written Between 1327 and 1864Ipswich: 1953A limited edition collection of Suffolk verses collected by the Earl of Cranbrook, in the original slipcase. -
1971 A General Introduction to Domesday BookLondon: 1971A two volume facsimile of Henry Ellis' introduction to the Domesday Book, in their original dust wrappers. -
1882 Atlantis: The Antediluvian WorldNew York: 1882The scarce first edition of Ignatius L. Donnelly's pseudoarchaeological work, in which the author suggests all ancient civilisations were descendants of Atlantis. -
1887 The Life of Saint Werburge of ChesterLondon: 1887A vanishingly scarce sixteenth century work on Saint Werburg, re-edited and published by the 'Early English Text Society'. -
1923-4 Three Very Scarce Works on Australian Life, History and GeographyLondon; Melbourne; Sydney: 1923-4Three very scarce Australian works including a book of Australian geography, a collection of educational children's stories and a memoir by an Australian settler. -
1933 Little Arthur's History of the Twentieth CenturyLondon: 1933The first edition of this vanishingly scarce novel by Cicely Hamilton which recounts the twentieth century from the point of view of a future civilisation, in the original dust wrapper and illustrated by John Farleigh. -
1937 The Disasters of the WarLondon: 1937Francisco De Goya's impactful etchings depicting the horrors of the Spanish uprising in 1808. -
1865 CawnporeLondon: 1865A smartly bound first edition of this account of the massacre at Cawnpore from British statesman Sir Georg Otto Trevelyan. -
1957 Margaret the First: A Biography of Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle 1623-1673London: 1957The first edition of this biography on Margaret the First by Douglas Grant, in the original vanishingly scarce dust wrapper and previously owned by the author, with a letter addressed to him. -
1985-1992 4vols Texas; Alaska; Caribbean; MexicoLondon; New York: 1985-1992A lovely collection of four first editions of Michener's historical novels, with the original dust wrappers. -
1905 Bucolici Graeci Recensuit et EmendavitOxonii [Oxford]: [1905]An interesting work on bucolic poetry from ancient Greece, written in Latin by Udalricus de Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, and bound in full crushed Morocco by Bumpus. -
1908 George Grenfell and the CongoLondon: 1908Exceptionally bright examples of the richly illustrated first edition of Johnston's study of Grenfell's travels. -
1917 The Tale of a Casualty Clearing StationEdinburgh: 1917The first edition of this very scarce autobiographical account of the author's experiences during WWI while being posted at a casualty clearing station. -
1898-1910 Four Volumes of Limited Edition Papers Read Before the 'Sette of Odd Volumes'London: 1898-1910A collection of four limited edition, privately printed works featuring papers read at 'The Sette of Odd Volumes' society. -
1920-1927 9vol A Collection from The Loeb Classical LibraryLondon: 1920-1927A smart collection of nine volumes from the Loeb Classical Library collection. -
1940 Nordic TwilightLondon: 1940The first edition of this Macmillan War Pamphlet containing E. M. Forster's important statement of his belief in the British effort during the Second World War. -
1949-1954 8vol The Geography of StraboLondon: 1949-1954A smart later edition of this study on Strabo's geography, complete in eight volumes.