Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Lyell, Charles Principles of Geology Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes now in Operatio...

Playfair, John Illustrations of The Huttonian Theory of the Earth Edinburgh: Cadell and Davies, 1802. First edition, 8vo (20.5 x 12.5cm), xx 528 p...

Darwin, Charles Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries visited by H. M. S. Beagle under the Command o...

[Charles Darwin - Richard Owen] The Palaeontographical Society Anniversary Dinner Menu, 17th April 1874, with dishes named after famous palaeonto...

Carson, Rachel L. Under the Sea-Wind A Naturalist's Picture of Ocean Life. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1941. First edition, first printing, 8vo,...

Ornithology and natural history Collection of works Maxwell, Sir Herbert. Memories of the Months. First [-Seventh] Series. London: Edward Arnold, ...

Millais, John Guille The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1904. 3 volumes, folio, out of series copy of 1025...

Hamilton, Alexander A Treatise on the Management of Female Complaints and of Children in Early Infancy. Edinburgh: for Peter Hill, 1792. First edi...

Switzer, Stephen The Practical Kitchen Gardiner or, a new system of directions for his employment in the melonry, kitchen-garden, and potagery, in...

Gould, John A Monograph of the Odontophorinae or Partridges of America London: Printed by Richard and John E. Taylor. Published by the Author, 185...

Pennant, Thomas Indian Zoology London: H. Hughs for R. T. Faulder, 1790. Second edition, 4to, engraved title and 16 uncoloured plates, bookplate o...

South American botanical album Including several ferns 21 botanical specimens, many labelled in manuscript, laid into an album 43.5 x 30cm, 18th c...

Clark, John Heaviside [Views in Scotland, drawn on the spot by I. Clark] London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1824. 27 [of 35] hand-coloured aquatints, not...

Daniell, William A large collection of prints Taken from: A Voyage Round Great Britain... London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown..., origin...

Gordon, Alexander Itinerarium Septentrionale or, a Journey thro' most of the Counties of Scotland, and those in the North of England London: print...

Murray, Sir Alexander The True Interest of Great Britain, Ireland and our Plantations or a Proposal for making such an Union between Great Britain...

Orkney Collection of rare Court of Session rulings, [Edinburgh], 18th century all disbound, 4to or folio, not in ESTC unless otherwise stated, com...

Roberts, David, and others Collection of views from Harding & Lawson's Scotland Delineated 51 hand-coloured lithographs, 42 of which are mounted o...

Robson, George Fennell Scenery of the Grampian Mountains London: Printed by S. Gosnell [and] published by the Author..., 1814. Folio, 41 engraved ...

Scotland including North, Charles McIntyre Leabhar Comunn nain Fior Ghaël. The Book of the Club of True Highlanders. A record of the dress, arms, ...

Sinclair, John The Statistical Account of Scotland Edinburgh: William Creech, 1791-1798. volumes 1-20 only (of 21), 8vo, contemporary tree calf, P...

Slezer, John Theatrum Scotiae Containing the Prospects of His Majesty's Castles and Palaces, Together with those of the Most Considerable Towns an...

British topography Collection of works Pennant, Thomas. Some Account of London. The Fifth Edition, with Considerable Editions. London: J. Faulder ...

Greece Five works Chandler, Richard. Travels in Greece, or an Account of a Tour made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti. Oxford: Clarendo...

Greece Three works Aligny, Théodore. Views of the most celebrated Sites of Ancient Greece drawn from nature and etched by Théodore Aligny. Athen...

Netherlands; Germany; Rhineland Admirandorum quadruplex spectaculum delectum, pictum, et aeri in cisum, per Johannem van Call. Amsterdam: Pieter S...

Rossini, Luigi Le antichita dei Contorni di Roma. Rome, 1826, oblong folio, 44 engraved plates only (of 72), 19th century half morocco, many plate...

Russia - Crimea - Simpson, William Seat of War in the East London: Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co., 1855. First edition, folio, Series 1 and 2 boun...

Spain and Latin America Three works, finely bound Prescott, William H. History of the Conquest of Mexico. London: R. Bentley, 1843. 3 volumes, 8vo...

[American Revolution] Mémoires de Paul Jones Où il expose ses principaux services, et rappelle ce qui lui est arrivé de plus remarquable pendant l...

Burton, Sir Richard Francis The City of the Saints and across The Rocky Mountains to California London: Longman, Green [&c.], 1861. First edition,...

Gage, Thomas A New Survey of the West-Indies, being a Journal of Three thousand and Three hundred Miles within the main Land of America, by Tho. G...

Hunter, John D. Memoirs of a Captivity among the Indians of North America from Childhood to the Age of Nineteen. With anecdotes descriptive of the...

Lewis, Meriwether and William Clark Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 1804-1806 Edited, with Introduction, Notes, and Index, by ...

Mexico - Clavigero, Francesco Saverio The History of Mexico Collected from Spanish and Mexican Historians, from Manuscripts and Ancient Paintings...

Washington, George Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress London: G. and G. Robinson, 1795. 2 volumes, 8vo, the half title reading: A...

[Brown, R. N. Rudmose, Robert Cockburn Mossman and J. H. Harvey Pirie] The Voyage of the "Scotia" Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration in A...

Cherry-Garrard, Apsley The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913. London: Constable and Company Limited, 1922. First edition, 2 volumes, ...

Cherry-Garrard, Apsley The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913. London: Constable and Company Limited, 1922. First edition, 2 volumes, ...

Mackenzie, Alexander Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; in...

Peary, Robert E. The North Pole With an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. First edition, deluxe issue, out-o...

Ross, John Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the Years 1829, 1830, 18...

Shackleton, Ernest H. South London: William Heinemann, 1919. First edition, first impression, 8vo, original black cloth lettered and decorated in ...

Polar exploration Collection of works Shackleton, Ernest H. The Heart of the Antarctic. Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1...

Polar exploration Collection of works Evans, Edward. South with Scott. London: W. Collins son & Co. Ltd., 1922. First edition, fifth impression, 8...

Abyssinia [Ethiopia] Parkyns, Mansfield Life in Abyssinia: being notes collected during Three Years' Residence and Travels in that Country. London...

Burton, Sir Richard Francis A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome With notices of the so called 'Amazons', the grand customs, the yearly customs, th...

Chapman, Abel Collection of works On Safari. Big-Game Hunting in British East Africa with Studies in Bird-Life. London: Edward Arnold, 1908. First...

Churchill, Winston S. The River War An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899. First edition, ...

Harris, William Cornwallis Narrative of an Expedition into Southern Africa during the Years 1836, and 1837 Bombay: American Mission Press, 1838. F...

Salt, Henry Twenty Four Views taken in St. Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, Abyssinia and Egypt London: William Miller, 1809. Atlas folio (73 x 52...

[Sierra Leone] Winterbottom, Thomas An Account of the Native Americans in the Neighbourhood of Sierra Leone London: Printed by C. Whittingham, sol...

[South Africa] Le Vaillant, François Voyage de Monsier le Vaillant dans l'intérieur de l'Afrique par le cap de Bonne-Espérance dans les années 178...

South Africa Two travel albums, early 20th century Album 1: beginning on a cruise onboard the Union Castle Line, SS "Gaul", December 1903 - Februa...

Arabia Collection of works Palgrave, William Gifford. Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-1863). London: Macmil...

'Arabian Nights' Al-juz' al-awwal min kitab Alf laylah wa-laylah [Arabic title, i.e. The Thousand and One Nights and a Night, first part]. Cairo: ...

Burton, Sir Richard Francis Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855-56. First...

Iraq Memoir on the Ruins of Babylon by William Beaumont Selby, Commander, Indian Navy, and Surveyor in Mesopotamia. [Series title at head:] Select...

Islam, Eastern Christianity and Judaism Group of works Grant, Asahel. The Nestorians; or, the Lost Tribes: containing Evidence of their Identity; ...

Middle East Collection of works Eleftériadès, Eleuthère. Les chemins de fer en Syrie et au Liban. Beirut: Imprimerie catholique, 1944. First editi...