Exhibition / Museum / Collection Guides

British Museum; Guide to the Exhibited Manuscripts Part I; Autographs and Documents; Illustrative Chiefly of English History and Literature. Exhibi...

A General Introductory Guide to the Egyptian Collections in the British Museum; with 233 Illustrations. New edition, Revised and Enlarged. Original...

Christie's Pictorial Histories; English Furniture 1500-1840, by Geoffrey Beard & Judith Goodison. Published by Phaidon-Christie's Limited, Oxfo...

The Encyclopaedia of Furniture; An Outline History of Furniture Design in Egypt, Assyria, Persia, Greece, Rome, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Ger...

Et Virtutem... Essays on Mill Hill by George F. Timpson. SOLD Published privately to mark the 150th Anniversary of Mill Hill School and the visit o...

Chequers; The Prime Minister's Country House and Its History, by Norma Major, signed. With specially commissioned photographs by Mark Fiennes. Publ...

Victory at Any Price; The 1805 Collection - The Story of the 'Arisings' from HMS Victory, by Jonathan Bowman. SOLD Published by Jonathan Bowman, Gr...

Sacred Stones Sacred Places by Marianna Lines (founder of the Pictish Arts Society). With photographs by Paul Turner. Published by Saint Andrew Pre...

The Counties of Britain, A Tudor Atlas by John Speed. Introduction by Nigel Nicolson. County Commentaries by Alastair Hawkyard. Published in Associ...

Catalogue of the Greek & Roman Antiques in the Possession of the Right Honourable Lord Melchett, P.C., D.Sc., F.R.S at Melchett Court and 35 Lo...

Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon; The Greatest Movie Never Made, by Alison Castle. SOLD Published by Taschen, Koln, Germany, 2011. First edition thus. Th...

Steel-engraved Book Illustration in England, by Basil Hunnisett. Provenance; from the library of the late William St Clair (1937 - 2021), British h...

Fasti Academiae Mariscallanae Aberdonensis: Selections from the Records of the Marischal College and University, MDXCIII - MDCCCLX; plus Officers a...

Aberdeen University: Roll of Graduates, 1860-1970, 4 Volume Set; SOLD Vol I: Roll of the Graduates of the University of Aberdeen, 1860-1900. By Col...

Aberdeen University; A History of the University of Aberdeen 1495-1895, by John Malcolm Bulloch, M.A. SOLD We have recently acquired a small collec...

Aberdeen University: Studies in the History and Development of the University of Aberdeen; A QuaterCentenary Tribute Paid by Certain of Her Profess...

Aberdeen University; Record of the Celebration of the Quatercentenary of the University of Aberdeen, from 25th to 28th September, 1906. Edited by P...

Aberdeen University; Interamna Borealis; being Memories and Portraits from an old University Town between the Don and the Dee, by W. Keith Leask, M...

Aberdeen University; Interamna Borealis; being Memories and Portraits from an old University Town between the Don and the Dee, by W. Keith Leask, M...

Aberdeen University; Life at a Northern University, by Neil N. Maclean, M.A. Edited, with Biographical Memoir, by W. Keith Leask, M.A. Quatercenten...

Aberdeen University; King's College Chapel Aberdeen; Its Fittings, Ornaments and Ceremonial in the Sixteenth Century, by Francis C. Eeles, O.B.E., ...

Aberdeen University; The Fusion of 1860; A Record of the Centenary Celebrations and a History of the United University of Aberdeen 1860-1960, by W....

Aberdeen University; Some Account of the Last Bajans of King's and Marischal Colleges M DCCC LIX - LX, and of those who joined their Class in the U...

A Short Guide to the Sculptures of the Parthenon in the British Museum (Elgin Collection). Preface by Bernard Ashmole. SOLD Provenance; from the li...

Worshiping Women; Ritual and Reality in Classical Athens. Edited by Nikolaos and Alan Shapiro.  This catalogue issued in conjunction with the exhib...

Men of Mark; A Gallery of Contemporary Portraits of Men Distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in Science, Literature and Art, the Army, Navy, La...

William St Clair Slavery Research Materials - a collection of slavery reference books from his library, along with 2 personal copies of his publish...

Miniature Painters British and Foreign, With Some Account of Those Who Practised in America in the Eighteenth Century. Illustrated by Numerous Exam...

The Modern Antiquarian; A Pre-Millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain, including a Gazetteer to over 300 prehistoric Sites, by Julian Cope. S...

The Megalithic European; The 21st century Traveller in Prehistoric Europe, by Julian Cope. A very personal journey across Europe by Julian Cope, fo...

Wallis & Wallis; Catalogues of Antique Arms and Armour, Militaria, Etc, including Coins and Military Medals; 10 bound Auction Catalogues, 1979....

A very first volume of this monthly magazine which was the leading journal for the furniture and decorating trade of Victorian Britain. It carries ...

English Heraldry, by Charles Boutell, M.A., with nearly Five Hundred Illustrations, drawn and engraved on wood by Mr. R.B. Utting and Others. Tenth...

A Complete Guide to Heraldry, by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law. Illustrated by Nine Plates in Colour and Nearly 800...

An interesting snapshot into early 20th Century tourism to Greece with this collection of 9 pamphlets and books, dating from 1903-1949. Condition v...

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

A fascinating biography of Joseph Duveen, first Baron Duveen (1869-1939). He was a British art dealer, and one of the world's most influential figu...

A fascinating illustrated catalogue of scientific instruments and chemicals sold by Edinburgh scientific instrument maker and retailer, Andrew H. B...

Following the end of World War II, in a period of austerity and rationing, the Edinburgh Festival aimed to bring people together via the Arts. From...

A smart copy of this art book, which is particularly desirable in this first edition form as it contains 3 beautiful signed etchings by Robin Tanne...

First published in Paris in 1719, this is David Humphrey's 1721 translation of this work by Father Bernard de Montfaucon. This folio size volume is...

An attractively presented book featuring 50 tipped in water-colour view of Oxford, each mounted on coloured textured paper, with facing descriptive...