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Tom Swift and His Rocket Ship by Victor Appleton II. We have recently acquired a large collection of vintage Tom Swift children's science fiction b...

A very smart set indeed of nicely rebound editions of this respected work on American history. A very clean set which is probably unread, as many p...

Bugles for Beiderbecke, by Charles H. Wareing & George Garlick. No. 22 in the series. The Jazz Book Club was a publishing project of Sidgwick &...

World in a Jug, by Roland Gant. No. 24 in the series. The Jazz Book Club was a publishing project of Sidgwick & Jackson publishers, from London...

Second Chorus, by Humphrey Littleton. Drawings by the Author. No. 21 in the series. The Jazz Book Club was a publishing project of Sidgwick & J...

Originally published as 'De Vlaamse Adel Voor 1300' in 1968, this monumental history of Flemish nobility receives its first English publication her...

Originally published in 6 volumes, between 1900 and 1909, this volume brought all these books together into one substantial volume, photographicall...

An interesting book of verse, covering themes of both angling and love matters. Verses Piscatory and Amatory, by Henry Lamond, of Luss, Dumbartonsh...

A very scarce copy of this limited edition poetry book, based on the lineage of the Stewarts in Scottish history, and featuring key figures and bat...

A very scarce, privately published novel, signed and inscribed by the author. We can trace only 8 copies in institutional holdings.  Captain Anstru...

A substantial, and high quality, volume on Nineteenth century art "With Illustrations from Pictures and Objects in the Fine Art Loan Collection of ...

A fascinating unpublished typescript journal of an 1839 voyage undertaken by Agnes Paterson from Scotland (nee Aird, 1809-1893). An introductory No...

An interesting and very scarce early 18th Century volume on Fortune Telling. The book makes bold claims of the veracity of its fortune telling meth...

This work by Arthur Conan Doyle was a collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories from Strand magazine, originally intended to be Holmes' final out...

"Troopin', Troopin', Troopin' to the Sea: "O.H.M.S." An Illustrated Record of the Voyage of S.S. "Tintagel Castle", Conveying Twelve Hundred Soldie...

An impressive complete folio of 'elephant folio' proportions, with 29 Plates of Dürer's work. A complete folio like this is a rare survivor, as the...

A very impressive tome of near elephant folio size, weighing in at 7.35kg (approx 16.5lbs). A deluxe limited large Japanese paper edition, signed b...

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...

A very limited edition of this book featuring the life and work of acclaimed Scottish artist, George Paul Chalmers (1833-1878). He painted portrait...

Weighing in at 6.75 kg (almost 15lbs), a very substantial heavyweight Dictionary of more than 2,500 pages, plus illustrations and Plates. Webster's...

A smart, full leather bound copy of this heavyweight Dictionary of more than 2,500 pages and of very substantial form. Universal Pronouncing Dictio...

Sir James Guthrie, P.R.S.A., LL. D.; A Biography by Sir James L. Caw. Foreword by Sir D.Y. Cameron, R.A., LL.D. Guthrie As interpreter by Frank Rin...

A classic 007 tale, with the wonderful cover art by Richard Chopping. The Man With The Golden Gun, by Ian Fleming. Published by Jonathan Cape, Lo...

Japanese woodblock print book; Ehon Saiyūki (絵本西遊記), an Edo-period illustrated adaptation of Journey to the West (Saiyūki 西遊記). Such adaptations we...