'with the Self-Interpreting and Explanatory Notes, and Marginal References, of the Late John Brown to which is Appended, A Complete Concordance of the Old and New Testaments'. Impressive full leather Bible. Elaborate gilt decoration to spine, raised bands. A [more...]
Handsome leather bound selection of Kipling's work, featuring almost all his key works prior to 1899. All reprints published by Macmillan unless otherwise stated. Contains The Jungle Book (1899); The Second Jungle Book (1899); The Naulahka (William Heinemann [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...]
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...]
Handsomely rebound, extra illustrated edition of Rhind comprehensive account of the physiology of plant life, with extensive descriptions of many plants and their uses in medicine and industry. With hundreds of b/w wood and steel engravings within the text pl [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...]
Beautifully rebound. The first, original series of Tyas' descriptions of common British flowers, including the Snowdrop, Daisy, Hyacinth, Cowslip etc. Complete with 12 hand-coloured plates displaying several flowers, Most with tissue guards. Bound in half r [more...]
Neat set of Shakespeare's complete works in a small compact but not quite miniature format. Full leather bindings, all edges gilt. Each volume with several b/w illustrations. Complete with original silk lined, padded box with contents printed onto silk bene [more...]
Impressive illustrated edition of Green's pioneering history of England that eschews War and International politics and focuses on English people and society; which, according to Green, was more influential to the nation and its development than battles and ki [more...]
Elegantly bound edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets and shorter poems/songs. Published and bound by Hatchards in their customary style. Full red leather with raised bands. Gilt rules to inner and outer edges. Top edge gilt. Fore and bottom edges uncut. 12mo [more...]
Handsomely bound edition of Quarles' massively influential and enduring 1634 emblem book. Comprising of 60 'emblems' over five books which feature newly engraved versions of the original allegorical pictures along with Quarles' verse paraphrasing the related [more...]
'With numerous notes from the works of the most distinguished British and Foreign Naturalists'. Nicely rebound half leather edition of the Poet's work of natural history influenced by the work of Buffon in French. With over 2000 illustrations including numero [more...]
The two volumes concerning the Province region, from the exhaustive Les Francais series. Appearing between 1840 and 1842, it sought to provide a complete view of French society, bequeathed to future generations by the present. As such it features numerous pi [more...]
First editon Alfred Radcliffe-Brown important study of the Andaman islanders, based on his field research between 1906-1908. Access to these islands is now largely restricted. Complete with 2 maps and 19 b/w plates plus frontispiece. 8vo. [xiv] 504pp. Ex- [more...]
Handsomely bound edition of Moore's works, 'as collected by himself' with Moore's insightful introduction to each volume and its contents. Including Odes of Anacreon, Juvenalia, Poems of America, Lalla Rookh etc. Full leather with gilt decoration to spine wi [more...]
Nicely rebound copy of James' hefty but readable history of Britain, from the earliest period to the present time. six volumes bound as three. With numerous excellent b/w plates, portraits and fold-out maps bound in at the start of each division. With signif [more...]
Early edition of Irving's sometimes imaginative (though less so than in his biography of Columbus) history of conquest of Granada that saw Ferdinand II defeat Abu Abdallah Muhammad, conquering the last muslim stronghold in Spain in 1491. Irving traveled to Sp [more...]
Limited edition facsimile of the folios from the Great Domesday book pertaining to Wiltshire. Comprising of three volumes, the first contains a high quality reproduction of the original pages and inserted maps of Britain at the time and a large, detailed map o [more...]
