English Collected works Book

Complete two volumes set by the author of Dracula. First edition in two volumes of a biography of one of the most famous actors (and theatre managers) of Victorian Britain, Henry Irving; written by the author of Dracula, Bram Stoker. Illustrated with frontispieces protected by

First edition, second impression of Hemingway's adventures hunting in East Africa Green Hills of Africa is Hemingway's second work of nonfiction, Green Hills of Africa is an account of a month on safari he and his wife, Pauline Marie Pfeiffer, took in East Africa during

A Naturalist's Voyage. Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle' Round the World Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. Item Description. Nice volume of Darwin’s’

Nice lot of first editions by this interesting Canadian author. Fellow journalist and friend of Hemingway. The lot consists of: - It's Never Over (1930): very good condition. - More Joy in Heaven (1937): very good condition (previous owner's name in pen) - Luke Baldwin's Vow

Published by London: Ernest Nister & New York. Undated ca 1895. (Gift inscription 1895.) With 30 coloured plates. Condition: Good condition. Hardback cover and decorated in gilt and colour. Worn spine ends, corners bumped, good binding. 273 pages, 29.5 x 22.0 cm. Please view &

Buffon's Natural History - 1869. Publisher - Fredrick Warne and Co. : London. Covering several aspects of natural history, for education of young people > Condition : Good. - Clean. - 20 full colour full page plates - COMPLETE. - Clean contents - Good binding, with age-related

book is in good clean bright condition inscription to front - firm binding folding map to rear - good dj minor marks otherwise finefirst edition impression 4- the 3 Silmarils were jewels created by by the elve Feanor the most gifted .

Orchidomania spread throughout Europe in the 1880s, the growing of tropical plants being encouraged by horticultural auctioneers and nurserymen who employed plant-collectors on their behalf (Oxford Companion to Gardens, p263). Owners vied in the notoriously difficult art of

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., F.R.S. ‘The Origin of Species’ is considered a milestone in scientific progress, and the foundation of evolutionary biology.

Winston Churchill - The second world war : 6 volume set - Cassell and company - Hardbacks - 22 cm x 15 cm - 4448 Pages total. Volume 1 - The gathering storm - 1948 - 640 pages. Volume 2 - Their finest hour - 1949 - 684 pages. Volume 3 - The grand alliance - 1950 - 818 pages.

Scarce Copy of one of Stoker's most popular supernatural novels and a worthy successor to Dracula. An epistolary novel in the same style as 'Dracula', this novel follows Rupert after inheriting his uncle's estate; however, the terms require that he live in his uncle's castle for

First edition and second printing (The first edition printed November 1895, and this copy printed December 1895) of this famous collection of short stories, set in India of characters overcoming struggles such as abandonment, facing fears, and learning obedience or adherence to

This copy of ‘Mark Twain’s Classic Works’ features 314 illustrations by W. Fr. Brown, True Williams, B. Day and Others, including tissue-guarded frontispiece, full page, and vignettes. "With also three or four pictures made by the author of this book without outside help".

The Original Water-Colour Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America Volume 1&2. Published by American Heritage Publishing Co, N. Y., 1966. Condition: Hardback: Very good. 431 colour plates. This is a beautiful 2-volume set in slipcase that would be at least Very

Rare Deluxe Signature First Edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Arguably one of the best editions released, and a must for any Harry Potter fine book collector. First edition, and second impression of this wonderful collectible book, with numbers line 3 5 7 9

Culpeper's Complete Herbal with nearly 400 medicines made from English herbs, physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to man. With rules for compounding them. Undated circa 1880 - 1900, published by Milner. Ex. library in good condition. All 430 pages + 18

William Henry Bartlett (1809 -1854), British artist, best known for his numerous drawings rendered into steel engravings. This is an account of Bartlett’s fourth journey to the Levant when he visited Egypt, Mount Sinai and Syria from August to October, 1845. From this same

[--This is the best edition of 'Familiar Wild Flowers’ to be collected, SCARCE in this condition, with fine bindings and Art coloured plates---] Handsome Set with 200 Beautiful Botanical Coloured Plates. Complete set of five volumes, series 1 to series 5 inclusive. This work

Complete Work, with 96 Coloured Botanical Plates. A charming field guide to the plants of England which was often referred to as 'the bible of the amateur botanist'. Written by Charles Alexander Johns (1811-1874), an English botanist and priest. This work ran more than fifty

Scarce first edition copy of this important book. With five diagrams and a portrait of the Author. The first English translation of Relativity, with the aim of giving "an exact insight into the theory of relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical

The Imperial-Royal Dream Book, And the Imperial-Royal Fortune Teller, And Book of Fate. Scarce first edition, and unique occult book adapted from an ancient Egyptian source found in the Royal Tombs of the Pharaohs. The book is illustrated with tables, charts and an illustration.

Volume XIII. (Supplement). Text includes errata and additions. The book is well illustrated with 15 hand-coloured botanical plates. Published by George Bell & Sons, London, 1902. Publishers’ original half leather, with maroon boards. Spine lettered in gilt. Marbled endpaper