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An attractive Folio Society production, which is well illustrated throughout, exploring 'the culmination of the rich young eighteenth-century Engli...

An impressive, and imposing, large folio volume of the engravings from the classic work by David Hume - almost 'elephant folio' in size. This large...

Swords and Hilt Weapons. Various contributors including; Michael D. Coe, Peter Connolly, Anthony Harding, Victor Harris, Donald J. Larocca, Thom Ri...

The Art of the Japanese Sword; The Craft of Swordmaking and its Appreciation, by Leon and Hiroko Kapp, & Yoshindo Yoshihara. Photos by Yoshikaz...

Cutting Edge; Japanese Swords in the British Museum, by Victor Harris. Published by Tuttle Publishing, Boston. Stated 2005 first American edition. ...

Japanese Arms and Armour, by Ian Bottomley. Royal Armouries Arms and Armour Series. Published by Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, 2017. Third impress...

Samurai; The World of the Warrior, by Stephen Turnbull. Published by Osprey Publishing, Botely, Oxford. 4th printing, 2009. First published 2003. A...

IAI; The Art of Drawing the Sword, by Darrell Max Craig. Published by Tuttle Publishing, North Clarendon, Vermont, USA. 6th printing, 2016. First p...

An attractive French publication on Ancient Boeotia, a region in central Greece, characterized by fertile plains and a rich history. It was a disti...

A historic novel from English novelist Maurice Hewlett (1861-1923) about Mary Queen of Scots. The 'Quair' in the title is a small book. The Queen's...

Summoned by Bells, by John Betjeman. Drawings by Michael Tree. Published by John Murray, London. 1960 First edition. A very good green cloth hardba...

A nicely inscribed Rebus first edition by Ian Rankin, reading "To Hugh, The Old Devil is Back, Ian Rankin", and doodled with a Gallows illustration...

A first edition of one of Angus MacVicar's most acclaimed thrillers, with its original dustacket. Born in 1908, this respected Scottish author live...

An interesting exploration of the world of books and reading in Ancient Greece and Rome by Frederic G. Kenyon, Late director and Principal Libraria...

Originally credited to 'M. Yorick', this novel by Laurence Stern was inspired by the author's own travels in 1765. The original publication was in ...

First edition of this collection of W. Somerset Maugham's short stories published in 1940, with its original unclipped dustjacket. The Mixture As B...

An attractively illustrated children's book with vibrant cover design. The Magic Walking-Stick, by John Buchan. With Illustrations by Vernon L. Sop...

A charming volume published by The Medici Society on the world of cats - the Introductory 'Category' features an essay form the author/compiler exp...

A charming collection of children's stories, written by Mrs Lang, and edited by Andrew Lang, her husband, who died the year prior to publication. H...

A very smart and stylish large format edition of this much respected atlas from The Times. The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World, Folio Societ...

A fascinating late nineteenth century photo album of albumen prints from Robert Welch. Undated, but c. 1870s-1890s. The album contains views taken ...

A very smart set of 7 volumes from the classic series 'The Oxford History of England', which have been attractively and uniformly rebound in navy b...

An entertaining collection of short stories from Irish writer Maurice Walsh (1879-1964), one of Ireland's most successful writers in the 1930s and ...

From the creator of the beloved Moomins, this was her first novel for adults, first published as Bildhuggarens Dotter in 1968, a semi-autobiographi...

A smart boxed set containing 4 issues of The Wine Society List from February 2018 to February 2019 Housed in The Wine Society's branded red slipcas...

An interesting and well produced book from Consolidated Gold Fields, an international mining finance company, marking their centenary. The book exa...

An interesting and well produced book from the Shell Transport and Trading Company, Limited, marking their Diamond Jubilee. Based on their famous s...

Classic humour with a medical theme from Richard Gordon (1921-2017), formerly a ship's surgeon and anaesthetist. His 'Doctor' work was adapted for ...

A very smart, still sealed, limited edition, of this James Bond novel by Jeffrey Deaver. Carte Blanche, The New James Bond Novel, by Jeffrey Deaver...

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

Complete set of original hardbacks with their dustjackets; Born Free, Living Free, & Forever Free, by Joy Adamson: Born Free; A Lioness of Two ...

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...

Classic humour with a medical theme from Richard Gordon (1921-2017), formerly a ship's surgeon and anaesthetist. His 'Doctor' work was adapted for ...

A smart copy of this classic spy thriller from British author, Len Deighton. This issue is from the Companion Book Club and is the Collector's Delu...

An original typescript thesis for a Doctor of Divinity Degree at Durham University. Almost certainly a unique document of considerable depth in ter...

A beautiful copy of this work by American artist, Emelene Abbey Dunn (1859-1929), who founded the New York Normal Art School, after studying art in...