Skip to content
ANTIQUARIAN, RARE & COLLECTABLE BOOKS & SOUTH EAST ASIAN ANTIQUES
ANTIQUARIAN, RARE & COLLECTABLE BOOKS & SOUTH EAST ASIAN ANTIQUES
Buy rare and antiquaian books UK

Books and Manuscripts

Lanna Antique has an extensive range of high quality antiquarian and collectible books. We are also specialists in Asian art books, including Chinese art. We stock South East Asian Buddhist manuscripts and have many interesting publications and oddities for sale. We also aim to bring you interesting titles covering a wide range of subject matter, and update our online stock frequently.

Original price $56.00 - Original price $56.00
Original price
$56.00
$56.00 - $56.00
Current price $56.00

The Whole Course of Chirurgerie; Being a Facsimile of the First edition of 1597, with Engravings from the Second Edition of 1612, Peter Lowe, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1981

Only 1 left!

A beautifully presented volume of this work by Sir William Osler, first published by Thomas Purfott of London in 1597. Very much a deluxe edition f...

View full details
Original price $56.00 - Original price $56.00
Original price
$56.00
$56.00 - $56.00
Current price $56.00
Original price $56.00 - Original price $56.00
Original price
$56.00
$56.00 - $56.00
Current price $56.00

The Principles and Practice of Medicine, William Osler, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1978

Out of stock

A beautifully presented volume of this work by William Osler, first published by D. Appleton and company, New York, in 1892. Very much a deluxe edi...

View full details
Original price $56.00 - Original price $56.00
Original price
$56.00
$56.00 - $56.00
Current price $56.00
Sold out
Original price $104.00 - Original price $104.00
Original price
$104.00
$104.00 - $104.00
Current price $104.00

The Collected Papers of Joseph, Baron Lister, In Two Volumes, The Classics of Medicine Library, Gryphon Editions, 1979

Only 1 left!

A beautifully presented publication of this work, first published at The Clarendon Press, Oxford, in 1909. Very much a deluxe edition from Gryphon ...

View full details
Original price $104.00 - Original price $104.00
Original price
$104.00
$104.00 - $104.00
Current price $104.00
Original price $69.00 - Original price $69.00
Original price
$69.00
$69.00 - $69.00
Current price $69.00

A Treatise on The Blood, Inflammation, and Gun-Shot Wounds, John Hunter, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1982

Only 1 left!

A beautifully presented volume of this work by John Hunter, first published by George Nicol of London and printed by John Richardson, in 1794. Very...

View full details
Original price $69.00 - Original price $69.00
Original price
$69.00
$69.00 - $69.00
Current price $69.00
Original price $83.00 - Original price $83.00
Original price
$83.00
$83.00 - $83.00
Current price $83.00

General Surgical Pathology and Therapeutics, In Fifty Lectures, Dr. Theodore Billroth, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1987

Only 1 left!

A beautifully presented volume of this work by Dr. Theodore Billroth, Professor of Surgery in Vienna, translated by Charles E. Hackley, first publi...

View full details
Original price $83.00 - Original price $83.00
Original price
$83.00
$83.00 - $83.00
Current price $83.00
Original price $56.00 - Original price $56.00
Original price
$56.00
$56.00 - $56.00
Current price $56.00

Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion, Sir William Beaumont, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1980

Only 1 left!

A beautifully presented volume of this work by Sir William Beaumont, first published by F.P. Allen of Flattsburgh in 1921. Very much a deluxe editi...

View full details
Original price $56.00 - Original price $56.00
Original price
$56.00
$56.00 - $56.00
Current price $56.00
Original price $104.00 - Original price $104.00
Original price
$104.00
$104.00 - $104.00
Current price $104.00

Aequanimitas with other Addresses, Sir William Osler, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1987

Only 1 left!

A beautifully presented volume of this work by Sir William Osler, first published by P. Blakiston's Son & Co of Philadelphia in 1904. Very much...

View full details
Original price $104.00 - Original price $104.00
Original price
$104.00
$104.00 - $104.00
Current price $104.00
Original price $104.00 - Original price $104.00
Original price
$104.00
$104.00 - $104.00
Current price $104.00

The Natural History of Selborne, Gilbert White, With Notes by Richard Kearton and 85 Photographs, Arrowsmith, 1924

Only 1 left!

A very good photographic edition of Gilbert White's 'Natural History of Selborne'. White (1720-1793) was a pioneering English naturalist and man of...

View full details
Original price $104.00 - Original price $104.00
Original price
$104.00
$104.00 - $104.00
Current price $104.00
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00

William Harvey; Exercitatio Anatomica De Motu Cordis Et Sanguinis In Animalibus, English Translation, Classics of Medicine Library, 1978

Out of stock

A beautifully presented volume of two classic 19th Century medical works. Very much a deluxe edition from the Classics of Medicine Library, in full...

View full details
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00
Sold out
Original price $69.00 - Original price $69.00
Original price
$69.00
$69.00 - $69.00
Current price $69.00

A Manual of Artistic Anatomy, Robert Knox, Together with The Hand; Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as Evincing Design, Sir Charles Bell, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1985

Only 1 left!

A beautifully presented volume of two classic 19th Century medical works. Very much a deluxe edition from the Classics of Medicine Library, in full...

View full details
Original price $69.00 - Original price $69.00
Original price
$69.00
$69.00 - $69.00
Current price $69.00
Original price $69.00 - Original price $69.00
Original price
$69.00
$69.00 - $69.00
Current price $69.00

The Discoverers; A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself, Daniel J. Boorstin, Gryphon Editions 1990

Only 1 left!

A beautifully presented volume of this work, first published in 1983. Very much a deluxe edition from Gryphon Editions, in full pigskin leather, sp...

View full details
Original price $69.00 - Original price $69.00
Original price
$69.00
$69.00 - $69.00
Current price $69.00
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00

The Natural History of Selborne, Gilbert White, Illustrated by Eric Dalglish, Thornton Butterworth, numbered limited edition with extra signed plate, 1929

Out of stock

A very smart copy indeed of this limited edition of Gilbert White's 'Natural History of Selborne'. White (1720-1793) was a pioneering English natur...

View full details
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00
Sold out
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00

The Guinness Book of Records, August 1955, First Trade Edition, First Impression

Out of stock

A copy of the very first printing of the Guinness Book of Records, which went on to became a worldwide publishing phenomenon. Initially produced as...

View full details
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00
Sold out
Original price $42.00 - Original price $42.00
Original price
$42.00
$42.00 - $42.00
Current price $42.00

The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal for Oct 1803 - Jan 1804 (Vol III; Issue V and VI)

Only 1 left!

The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal: For Oct. 1803......Jan. 1804. To be continued Quarterly. Vol III (contains issues V and VI). With many d...

View full details
Original price $42.00 - Original price $42.00
Original price
$42.00
$42.00 - $42.00
Current price $42.00
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00

The Young Ladies Treasure Book; A Complete Cyclopaedia of Practical instruction and Direction for All Indoor and Outdoor Occupations and Amusements Suitable for Young Ladies, c. 1880

Out of stock

A fascinating and uncommon cornucopia of information for the Victorian young lady covering all manner of subjects including Hobbies and Household E...

View full details
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00
Sold out
Original price $49.00 - Original price $49.00
Original price
$49.00
$49.00 - $49.00
Current price $49.00

Chambers's Miscellany of Useful & Entertaining Tracts, bound as Vol VII (actually spanning Vols. XVIII-XX), 1847

Only 1 left!

A charming bound copy of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an enterta...

View full details
Original price $49.00 - Original price $49.00
Original price
$49.00
$49.00 - $49.00
Current price $49.00
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00

The Instructor; or, Young Man's Companion, George Fisher, 1799

Out of stock

A very nice example of this 18th Century guide for Young Men to give them all the necessary guidance they will need to get on in life. After readin...

View full details
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00
Sold out
Original price $104.00 - Original price $104.00
Original price
$104.00
$104.00 - $104.00
Current price $104.00

British Polar Year Expedition; Fort Rae, N.W. Canada, 1932-33, The Royal Society, 2 Vol Set complete

Only 1 left!

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...

View full details
Original price $104.00 - Original price $104.00
Original price
$104.00
$104.00 - $104.00
Current price $104.00
Original price $345.00 - Original price $345.00
Original price
$345.00
$345.00 - $345.00
Current price $345.00

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

Only 1 left!

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

View full details
Original price $345.00 - Original price $345.00
Original price
$345.00
$345.00 - $345.00
Current price $345.00
Original price $138.00 - Original price $138.00
Original price
$138.00
$138.00 - $138.00
Current price $138.00

Proposal for Establishing in Edinburgh, and other Towns, a Newly Improved Apparatus, for the Application of The Vapour of Water, Sulphur, and Other Medical Substances, William Scott, 1820

Only 1 left!

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

View full details
Original price $138.00 - Original price $138.00
Original price
$138.00
$138.00 - $138.00
Current price $138.00
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00

Medicine; From Boston to Dumfries; The First Surgical Use of Anaesthetic Ether in the Old World, Thomas W. Baillie, 1966, Signed copy

Out of stock

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

View full details
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00
Sold out
Original price $56.00 - Original price $56.00
Original price
$56.00
$56.00 - $56.00
Current price $56.00

Medicine; A History of Bladder Stone, Harold Ellis, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1969

Only 1 left!

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

View full details
Original price $56.00 - Original price $56.00
Original price
$56.00
$56.00 - $56.00
Current price $56.00
Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00
Original price
$28.00
$28.00 - $28.00
Current price $28.00

Medicine; Simpson and Syme of Edinburgh, John A. Shepherd, 1969

Only 1 left!

A very nice copy of this biography of two remarkable Edinburgh doctors from the 19th Century. James Simpson's discovery of the use of chloroform ga...

View full details
Original price $28.00 - Original price $28.00
Original price
$28.00
$28.00 - $28.00
Current price $28.00
Original price $104.00 - Original price $104.00
Original price
$104.00
$104.00 - $104.00
Current price $104.00

Portefeuille De La Societe des Conducteurs, Controleurs et Commis; Revue Pratique des Travaux Publics, 1896-1897

Only 1 left!

Portefeuille De La Societe des Conducteurs, Controleurs et Commis Des Ponts et Chaussees et Des Mines. 40 ANNEE - 27 SERIE: Revue Pratique des Trav...

View full details
Original price $104.00 - Original price $104.00
Original price
$104.00
$104.00 - $104.00
Current price $104.00
Original price $104.00 - Original price $104.00
Original price
$104.00
$104.00 - $104.00
Current price $104.00

Portefeuille De La Societe des Conducteurs, Controleurs et Commis; Revue Pratique des Travaux Publics, 1894-1895

Only 1 left!

Portefeuille De La Societe des Conducteurs, Controleurs et Commis Des Ponts et Chaussees et Des Mines. 40 ANNEE - 25 SERIE: Revue Pratique des Trav...

View full details
Original price $104.00 - Original price $104.00
Original price
$104.00
$104.00 - $104.00
Current price $104.00
Original price $69.00 - Original price $69.00
Original price
$69.00
$69.00 - $69.00
Current price $69.00

Morphological Analysis of Land Forms; A Contribution to Physical Geology, Walther Penck, 1953, Printer's File copy

Only 1 left!

Morphological Analysis of Land Forms; A Contribution to Physical Geology, By Prof. Dr. Walther Penck. Translated by Hella Czech, Ph.D. (Vienna), an...

View full details
Original price $69.00 - Original price $69.00
Original price
$69.00
$69.00 - $69.00
Current price $69.00
Original price $56.00 - Original price $56.00
Original price
$56.00
$56.00 - $56.00
Current price $56.00

Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences, New Series, Vol. I, 1855

Only 1 left!

Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences; Being a Record of the Progress of Invention as Applied to the Arts (Established in the Year 1820). Ne...

View full details
Original price $56.00 - Original price $56.00
Original price
$56.00
$56.00 - $56.00
Current price $56.00
Original price $56.00 - Original price $56.00
Original price
$56.00
$56.00 - $56.00
Current price $56.00

Memoir of Robert Chambers with Autobiographic Reminiscences of William Chambers, 1872

Only 1 left!

Robert Chambers, along with his elder brother William, were Scottish Publishers, and highly influential figures in 19th Century Scottish Society. A...

View full details
Original price $56.00 - Original price $56.00
Original price
$56.00
$56.00 - $56.00
Current price $56.00
Original price $621.00 - Original price $621.00
Original price
$621.00
$621.00 - $621.00
Current price $621.00

Charles Darwin; The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, John Murray, 1872, First edition, second issue

Only 1 left!

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, by Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., &c. With Photographic and Other Illustrations. Published by...

View full details
Original price $621.00 - Original price $621.00
Original price
$621.00
$621.00 - $621.00
Current price $621.00
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00

Charles Darwin; The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, John Murray, 1873, Tenth Thousand

Out of stock

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, by Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S., &c. With Photographic and Other Illustrations. SOLD Publish...

View full details
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00
Sold out
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00

Charles Darwin; The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, John Murray, 1899, Second edition, Thirty-Fifth Thousand

Out of stock

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, by Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. Second Edition, Revised and Augmented. With Illustrations. Pub...

View full details
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00
Sold out
Original price $56.00 - Original price $56.00
Original price
$56.00
$56.00 - $56.00
Current price $56.00

Charles Darwin; The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, John Murray, 1909

Only 1 left!

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, by Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. With Illustrations. Published by John Murray, London, April, 1...

View full details
Original price $56.00 - Original price $56.00
Original price
$56.00
$56.00 - $56.00
Current price $56.00
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00

Charles Darwin; Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. 'Beagle' Under Command of Captain Fitz Roy, R.N., John Murray, 1928

Out of stock

Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. 'Beagle' Under Comm...

View full details
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00
Sold out
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00

Charles Darwin; The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 1901, John Murray

Out of stock

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, by Charles Darwin, M.A., L.L.D...

View full details
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00
Sold out
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00

Charles Darwin; On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 1901, Ward, Lock

Out of stock

Charles Darwin; On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, by Charles ...

View full details
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00
Sold out
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00

Charles Darwin; Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. "Beagle" Round the World, 1889

Out of stock

The Minerva Library of Famous books, edited by G.T. Bettany; Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited Du...

View full details
Original price $0.00 - Original price $0.00
Original price
$0.00
$0.00 - $0.00
Current price $0.00
Sold out