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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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1911 The Boy's Book of the Navy: Its Ships and Its ServicesLondon: 1911A revised edition of this scarce, illustrated 'Book for Boys' surrounding the navy, written by J. Cuthbert Hadden.
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1892 B. C. 1887 A Ramble in British ColumbiaLondon: 1892An attractive 'New Edition' of Lees and Clutterbuck's study of British Columbia, illustrated throughout.
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1902 The National Sporting Club Past and PresentLondon: 1902An illustrated history of the National Sporting Club, a fascinating work on the important club that popularized boxing.
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1767-1780 The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and LiteratureLondon: 1772-1780A collection of seven volumes of the Annual Register documenting the history, politics and literature from 1767 to 1774.
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1932-1933 2vols India in 1930-31 and 1931-32Calcutta: 1932-1933Two volumes containing reports on India between 1930 and 1932, with folding maps.
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1849 History of British IndiaLondon: 1849A later edition of this comprehensive history of British India with a folding map.
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1929 The Loss of the TitanicLondon: 1929The second edition of this important and gripping account of the sinking of the Titanic by one of the survivors.
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1935 Golden Jubilee History of Nippon Yusen Kaisha 1885-1935Japan: 1935A scarce first edition copy of this work exploring the history of Japanese shipping company, Nippon Yusen.
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1898 2vols in 1 Cassell's History of India: Volumes I & IILondon: 1898A comprehensive late-Victorian historical work on India, with illustrations throughout.
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1931 Stories of the Indian MutinyLondon : 1931A scarce collection of accounts of the 1857 Indian Mutiny, a rebellion caused by resentment of the established British rule at the time.
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1969 2vol Supplement No. 8 - 1979 & 1980 to Pacific Islands Pilot Vol. II & Vol. IIINot Stated: 1969Two ninth edition works to supplement studies on the hydrography of the Pacific Islands.
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1936 Khyber CaravanLondon: 1936The first edition of this controversial travelogue, detailing the author's time in Afghanistan. Illustrated throughout.
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1933 Pirates of the Eastern Sea (1618-1723) A Lurid Pages of HistoryLondon: 1933A smart first edition of this illustrated history of pirates between 1618 and 1723.
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1917 The Making of British IndiaManchester: 1917A scarce early edition of this historical account of British rule in India, based on first hand sources and written by notable British politician, Ramsay Muir.
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1911-1913 2vol A Vision of India & The Tale of The Great MutinyLondon: 1911-1913Two smart copies of these scarce historical works on India, each with a frontispiece.
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1876 Note of an English Republican on the Muscovite CrusadeLondon: 1876The first edition of this lesser known political work by Algernon Charles Swinburne.
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1876 Note of an English Republican on the Muscovite CrusadeLondon: 1876The first edition of this political essay by Algernon Charles Swinburne, in which he attacks the politics of Thomas Carlyle.
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1926 Arabian Society at the Time of Muhammad. Parts I and II.Calcutta and Simla: 1926The very scarce first edition of Pringle Kennedy's history of Arabian society.
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1912 The Arabs in TripoliLondon: 1912A publisher's presentation copy of the uncommon first edition of Alan Ostler's account of the Arab camps at the beginning of the Tripoli campaign.
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1930 Loyalties Mesopotamia 1914-1917Oxford; London: 1930The first edition of Arnold Wilson's insightful first-hand account of action in Mesopotamia during the First World War.
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1929 The Romance of the Portuguese in AbyssiniaLondon: 1929The first edition of this account of the Portuguese in Abyssinia in the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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1846 A History of Inventions, Discoveries and OriginsLondon: 1846The fourth edition of John Beckmann's work on the history of inventions, bound in half calf.
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1909 The Key of Solomon the King (Clavicula Salomonis)London: 1909The very scarce second edition of Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers's translation of the grimoire 'The Key of Solomon'.
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1909 The Key of Solomon the King (Clavicula Salomonis)London: 1909The very scarce second edition of Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers's translation of the grimoire 'The Key of Solomon'.
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1792 Buffon's Natural History AbridgedLondon: [1792]The two volume, new abridged edition of Georges Buffon's influential work on natural history, illustrated with copper plates including the two rare folding plates of snakes and bound in full tree calf.
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1730 New Method of Studying History Geography and ChronologyLondon: 1730Volume two of Richard Rawlinson's very scarce work on methods for studying history, geography and chronology, translated from the original French by M. Languet Du Fresnoy.
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1828 Pinnock's Catechism of MythologyLondon: 1828William Pinnock's very scarce guide to mythology from his 'Pinnock's Catechisms' series, in the original paper covers.
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1870-2 The Franco-Prussian War: Its Causes, Incidents, and ConsequencesLondon: 1870-2A wonderfully illustrated history of the Franco-Prussian War, a first-hand account written by Captain Henry Hozier, complete in two volumes.
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1904-5 Cassell's History of the Russo-Japanese WarLondon: 1904-5A wonderfully illustrated history of the Russo-Japanese War, compiled by Cassell and Company, complete in three volumes.
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1812-1816 Xenephon's History of the Affairs of Greece; The Expedition of Cyrus into Persia; Arrian's HistoryLondon: 1812-1816Three early nineteenth century English translations of the historical narratives of Xenophon of Athens and Arrian of Nicomedia.
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1816-1817 Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in GreeceLondon: 1816-1817The first four volumes only of the seven volume seventh edition of this work. With all four volumes bound in one.
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1812 The General History of the Wars of the RomansLondon: 1812A very scarce early nineteenth century English language edition of the works of Polybius, 'now reprinted and enlarged with several additions'.
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1814 The History of Count Zosimus, Sometimes Advocate and Chancellor of the Roman EmpireLondon: 1814A very scarce first edition thus of this English language translation of the works of Ancient Green historian Zosimus.
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1877-1890 Plutarchi Opera OmniaParisiis [Paris]: 1877-1890A complete five volume set of the works of Plutarch, with text in both Greek and Latin.
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1936 - 1937 Shipping Wonders of the World: A Saga of the Sea in Story and PictureLondon : 1936-1937A complete set of the popular naval weekly magazine 'Shipping Wonders of the World', a beautifully illustrated work with many colourful plates.
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1938 Wonders of World Aviation: The Conquest of the Air in Story and PictureLondon : [1938]A beautiful complete collection in two volumes of the full publication of this magazine regarding aviation edited by Clarence Winchester and J. Laurence Pritchard