Miscellaneous Books

First published in 1909, The Arts & Crafts of Ancient Egypt is a classic work by the renowned archaeologist and Egyptologist William Ma...

First published in Berlin in 1914, Die Plastik der Ägypter (The Sculpture of the Egyptians) is one of the pioneering studies of ancient Egy...

A magnificent facsimile reproduction of one of the great monuments of Scottish topographical publishing, Theatrum Scotiae reproduces John Slezer's ...

A richly illustrated contemporary account of Britain's campaign against Napoleon's forces in Egypt, written by Thomas Walsh, who served as ...

The Oxford History of England. Complete in 17 Volumes, including the Consolidated Index. Edited by Sir George Clark. Published by Oxford University...

Robert Freke Gould's History of Freemasonry is one of the landmark nineteenth century studies of the subject, long regarded as a foundational work ...

A complete original set of Reynolds' Geognostic Profiles, an exceptionally scarce and visually striking suite of Victorian scientific educational w...

An original Second World War escape and evasion map issued for Allied use in the South East Asian theatre, printed in colour on rayon cloth (genera...

Palestine Models; Make Your Own with Matchboxes is an unusual and evocative piece of mid-twentieth century children's educational ephemera, produc...

Arctic Adventure is the memoir of the Danish explorer, writer and anthropologist Peter Freuchen, one of the twentieth century's best-known Arc...

Cultural Amnesia by Clive James is an expansive and highly personal work of literary and cultural criticism, first published in 2007. Structured th...

The Story of Edinburgh Castle by Louis Weirter is an ambitious early twentieth-century study of one of Scotland’s most iconic historic sites, combi...

The Story of Mahajanaka is a work authored by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, presenting his own retelling of one of the Jātaka tales concerni...

The work of David Roberts (1796-1864) remains among the most celebrated visual records of the Near East produced in the nineteenth century. Based o...

A substantial run of twelve issues of The China Quarterly spanning 1972 to 1975, a period marked by the later years of the Cultural Revolution and ...

A highly evocative trio of 1967 issues of The China Quarterly, produced at the height of the Cultural Revolution and reflecting contemporary Wester...

Lettres de Vincent Van Gogh à Émile Bernard presents a selection of correspondence from Vincent van Gogh to fellow artist Émile Bernard, offering a...

A small but attractive group of six issues of The China Journal, spanning the years 1928 to 1940, a period of significant political and social chan...

یک متن یا گواهینامهٔ رسمی به زبان فارسی از دانشگاه آکسفورد که اعطای درجهٔ افتخاری دکترای حقوق مدنی را به اعلیحضرت امانالله خان، پادشاه افغانستان، ا...

A scarce first edition of Histoire secrète de la cour de Berlin (1789) by Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, one of the most influ...

A paired set of two editions of Axel Munthe's celebrated memoir The Story of San Michele. The English edition, published by the Folio Socie...

A smart set of 2 volumes on the history of the University of St Andrews, Scotland's oldest university, and the third oldest university in t...

A charming and well-illustrated trio of mid-twentieth-century books on heraldry, custom, and monarchy by Iain Moncreiffe of Easter Moncreif...

An album of fine early colour photographic views of the type assembled for affluent European travellers in the late nineteenth and early tw...