Books and Manuscripts

Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America; From the Period of Their First Colonization to the Present Da...

Daniel Defoe frequently published under a different pen name, and in this case the book is attributed 'By a Citizen'. This printing features his po...

British Polar Year Expedition; Fort Rae, N.W. Canada, 1932-33, The Royal Society, 2 Vol Set complete, 2 Vols Complete; Vol I: Discussion of Results...

The Royal Society Geophysical Year Antarctic Expedition; Halley Bay, Coats Land, Falkland Island Dependencies, 1955-59, 4 Vols Complete; Vol I: Int...

This is a rather splendid collection of 3 artists's studio books, from Scottish artist, James O'Dea, known better as Jamie O'Dea. who was born in G...

Dialogues on the Acropolis; Scholars and Experts Talk on the History, Restoration and the Acropolis Museum. This is a book based on the transcripti...

6th International Meeting for the Restoration of The Acropolis Monuments, Athens, 4-5 October 2013. Proceedings. Scientific Editors: Ch. Bouras, V....

5th International Meeting for the Restoration of The Acropolis Monuments, Athens, 4-6 October 2002. New Administration Building of the National Ban...

A splendid anthology of Arthur C. Clarke's short stories. A master of the science fiction genre. The Wind from the Sun; Stories of the Space Age. B...

Elements of Metaphysics, by A.E. Taylor, M.A. (Oxon), D.Litt. (St. Andrews), F.B.A. Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd, London. 1912 Third edition,...

A good copy of Durrell's acclaimed autobiographical account of life during turbulent times. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Cla...

Biography of Frances 'Fanny' Brawne Linton (1800-1865), fiance and muse to the English Romantic poet, John Keats. Provenance; from the library of t...

Proposal for Establishing in Edinburgh, and other Towns, a Newly Improved Apparatus, for the Application of The Vapour of Water, Sulphur, and Other...

"In French Odysseys Olga Augustinos offers the first comprehensive treatment of French travel literature about Greece - from the mid-sixteenth-cent...

A good first edition of one of Huxley's most highly rated works. Eyeless in Gaza, by Aldous Huxley. Published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1936 ...

These 2 unassuming small autograph books revealed a few delightful surprises on closer inspection. They are fairly standard in format for their per...

"The papers in this volume, based on the lectures given at the first NATO Advanced Study Institute on Artificial Intelligence and Heuristic Program...

"From the award-winning author of Cruel Britannia, a revelatory new book which exposes the culture of concealment at the heart of the British state...

A highly respected work on civil war and insurgency. Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics; The Logic of Violence in Civil War. By Stathis N. K...

"Rhetoric thoroughly infused the world and literature of Greco-Roman antiquity. This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of rhetorical theo...

"The Companion...is an attempt, by seven distinguished scholars, to present the familiar corpus in the context of modern reading, criticism, and pe...

Days with the Great Writers; A Day with Robert Louis Stevenson, by Maurice Clare. Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London. No stated edition, but...

This book tells the story of how, after the first use of clinical anaesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital in 1846, the first public demonstra...

The story of medical developments in treating bladder stone, from being the first to be treated (agonisingly) with an elective surgical procedure, ...