Missionary to the New Hebrides, an Autobiography by John G. Paton, '1889'

'The Last Voyage, to India and Australia, in the Sunbeam' by the late Lady Brassey. Illustrated by R.T. Pritchett and from photographs. Published 1889. Hardboard cover in original bl...

Antique print New Hebrides titled 'Landing op het Eiland Erramanga, een van de Nieuwe Hebriden'. Antique print depicting the landing at one of the isl...

Antique map titled 'Chart of Discoveries made in the South Pacific Ocean'. Rare engraving from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s second voyage. All other later copies made of this image by other publishers were unauthorised, usually smaller and inferior in quality. Made after Cook's discovery of the island group on 4 September 1774, which he named New Caledonia...

Antique map titled 'Great Britain and Ireland with ye Judges Circuits'. A scarce map of the British Isles, with inset maps of the Shetland Islands and The Hebrides. Large triangular ...

Original antique map of Eastern Africa. This map originates from 'Reisen in Ost-Afrika, ausgeführt in dem Jahren 1837-55' by J.L. Krapf. Published 1858. Artists and Engravers: Jo...

Antique print titled 'Jesuite Missionnaire a la Chine'. Print of a Jesuit Missionary in China. This print originates from 'Histoire et Costumes des Ordres Religieux'. Artists and ...

First edition, published by Other Scenes Inc, 1971 The result of six months spent at ‘the Factory’, British writer John Wilcock sets about interviewing many of the key figures in Warhol’s life, including the likes of Naomi Levine, Ultra Violet, Sam Green...

Helen Hayes on Reflection An Autobiography. New York: M. Evans and Company, Inc., 1968. Signed third printing hardcover with dust jacket. The autobiography of Helen Hayes that was wr...

Published in Switzerland by Acatos 1st Edition 1999 Autobiography of the French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle, told in a combination of traditional printed text, handwritten text and poetry, hand drawn art...

I, Me, Mine is an autobiographic memoir by the English musician George Harrison, formerly of The Beatles. It was first published in 1980 as a hand-bound, limited edition book by Genesis Publications, with a mixture of printed text and multi-colour facsimiles of Harrison's handwritten song lyrics...

A superb copy of this sought-after fairy book by Andrew Lang, the first volume in his colourful series. The sought after first edition, first impression. ...

This superbly crafted wheel barometer and thermometer has a mahogany case surrounded by twisted brass stringing and central panels of foliate tendrils above Russell’s signature thistle motif in black and gilt verre églomisé. It is surmounted by a brass Prince of Wales feather finial. The long, rectangular thermometer plate is inscribed ‘Thermometers: Beaumar, Fahrenheit, Royal Society of London’, the latter being an early attempt to standardise temperature measurement. The circular dial is inscribed ‘Changeable, Fair, Settled Fair, Much Rain’ and ‘Rain’ and signed across the centre ‘J Russell, Falkirk, Invt et Fecit, Watch Maker to his R.H the Prince Regent’. The reverse has a paper label ‘Russell, Iden Collection Inventory 1896’. Scottish, circa 1815. Provenance: Mr Walter Iden. Published: Percy G. Dawson, The Iden Clock Collection, Woodbridge, 1987. No.125, p.280. These ‘royal barometers’ were so named because John Russell of Falkirk...