Complete with 128 intricately engraved plates showing scenes not just of important sites, such as the Great Wall, Temples, Palaces and the landscape but also of more intimate scenes, such as dinner parties and cat -merchants. The plates are accompanied by deta [more...]
Morris' complete History of Birds, together with his Nest and Eggs. All in publishers iconic green cloth binding with elaborate gilt and blind-stamped decoration. Early reissues: History of British Birds (1863-1867) and Nest and Eggs (1864-1867). Both sets [more...]
First edition of Racinet's ground breaking study of historical costume (and hair-styles) from antiquity to the present day. Complete with 300 colour plates (including many double page spreads) plus 200 duo-tone images. Half-leather with marbled boards. Rais [more...]
Impressively produced edition of Cervantes' landmark work intended to echo the epochal 1780 Spanish edition by Joaquin Ibarra, using Smollett's 1755 translation. Featuring 22 engravings by Bromley after Spanish masterworks by Carnicero and Barranco. With a [more...]
The complete four volumes of Couch's account of British Fish, his most significant work, featuring illustrations from the author's own sketches. A comprehensive survey, including a scientific study of each species plus descriptions of their habitats and inte [more...]
Archibald Constable & Co.; Dawson; University of London Institute; Oxford University Press 1903
The first ten volumes of the colossal ongoing Victoria History of the County of Essex plus the bibliography and first and second bibliography supplements. Began in 1903 to rival and update Morant's comprehensive 1768 history of Essex, The first three volumes [more...]
T. Osborne, J. Whiston, S.Baker, L. Davis, C. Reymers, B. White 1768
The first complete edition of Morant's influential county history that was unrivalled until the recent Victoria History of Essex. Includes his 1748 text 'The History and Antiquities of Colchester' in an updated form. 'Compiled from the best and most ancient [more...]
Two books bound as one. Advice to a Son (sixth edition) (1658) and Political Reflections upon the Government of the Turks and Discourses on Machiavelli, The King of Sweden, Martin Luther et al. (1662). Both published by Thomas Robinson. A courtier during th [more...]
The London Printing and Publishing Company Limited 1875
Handsomely rebound set of Ball's generously illustrated account of the Sepoy rebellion. Complete with 90 engravings, including a two page map, three double page spreads, frontispieces and engraved title vignettes. Bound in half leather. With raised bands to [more...]
'Illustrated by A Series of Views taken on the spot, by Messrs. G. Arnold, A. R. A. Bartlett, Campion, etc.' Lavishly illustrated account of the history and antiquities of Essex, with a district by district description of the county. With 101 engraved plates [more...]
The complete set of Charnock's well researched naval biographies, including the continuation of 1797-1798. Arranged chronologically. With engraved frontispieces by Francesco Bartolozzi and others, Fold-out lines of battle and a pull out prospect of the enga [more...]
Pleasant decorative Folio Society editions of Darwin's key works: On the Origin of Species by the Means of Natural Selection (2007, fourth printing); The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals & the Autobiography (2008, first thus); Journal of Research [more...]
Rivingtons; Murray; Hatchards; Clarke; Taylor and Sherwood, Neeley and Jones 1814
Tremendous account of the great cathedrals of Britain; describing their history, architecture and relics. All 27 Cathedrals extant in 1814 are featured, each with numerous finely engraved plates and plans. In total there are 229 plates (including frontispiece [more...]
Printing and Stationery Services British Army on the Rhine, Germany 1946
First edition of Montgomery's account of the endeavours of the Eighth Army, from its operations in North Africa, in 1942 to the crossing of the River Sangro in Italy in late 1943. Initially published for private circulation in the British Army of the Rhine bef [more...]
Complete in two volumes, containing the six divisions. A comprehensive and generously illustrated account of the animal kingdom. With detailed descriptions of various creatures and their habits, with b/w illustrations within the text. To the rear of each vo [more...]
Extremely scarce children's picture book depicting the life of two young children in the deep south, interesting and slightly disturbing. Unpaginated. With 14 colour images and illustrated end-papers. oblong 8vo. Rubbing to edges. A couple of pen marks wi [more...]
First edition. Volume VIII of Jardine's Naturalist Library. A study of the amphibious mammals, including a short biography of Francois Peron and a final section of sea monsters. Complete with 33 plates, including engraved title and a fronstiportrait of Pero [more...]
First edition. Volume V of Jardine's Naturalist Library. A study of the larger mammals, including a short biography of Hans Sloane. Complete with 32 plates, including engraved title and a fronstiportrait of Sloane. 28 engravings are delicately hand-coloure [more...]
Handsome leather binding of Craik's 1830 account of New Zealand and its peoples and cultures that appeared in the Entertaining Library of Knowledge series. Notable for its descriptions of the Maori people, in particular Te Pehi Kupe (Tupai Cupa), which would [more...]
First edition. Volume III of Jardine's Naturalist Library, Ichthyology. The first volume in the section on the fishes of Guiana, based upon the expeditions of the author himself, including a short biography of Schomnurgk. Complete with 34 plates (one a doub [more...]
