The Bookshop
Welcome to our online antiquarian bookshop where you can begin your rare book search. Here you will find antiquarian books, rare books, works on paper, and first edition books for sale, all selected by our book specialists who have over 200 years of experience between them.
You can buy rare books, many of them signed, on a variety of subjects, including Travel & Voyages, Literature, Rare Children’s books, Natural History, Illustrated books, Hebraica & Judaica, books of Russian interest and Guidebooks. We have books from a variety of famous authors available at our rare bookstore.
If you're in possession of a rare book to sell, please contact us for more information.
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Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 frontispieces, contemporary panelled calf, spines in six compartments, red morocco lettering piece in second, gilt numbered direct in third, lightly rubbed, a very good set.
£375 -
First edition of first work; second edition of second work; 4 volumes, 8vo, complete with 13 maps and 37 engraved plates (many folding), large folding plate of Solomon's Temple frayed at fore-edge and with tear, plate at page 76, vol. ii browned, contemporary panelled calf, spines richly gilt, light wear, to extremities, an excellent set.
£1,500 -
Third edition. lxiv, 331pp, 13 maps and 12 plans, publisher's red cloth gilt, chipped at top of spine; otherwise a very good copy.
£120 -
Second edition. 12mo., viii, [324]; 57, [3] pp., contemporary calf, green morocco label, spine extremities worn, lightly rubbed, browning to title edges, occasional foxing, a very good copy.
£450 -
First edition. Folio, xii, 361, [1], pp., 41 engraved plates, some double-page, engravings in text, occasional light browning, contemporary russia, covers with wide gilt borders, spine richly gilt, a very handsome example.
£1,500 -
First edition. Folio, xix, [1], 326, [2] pp., 29 engraved plates including large folding map, contemporary mottled calf gilt, joints cracked but firm, corners worn, spine rubbed, a very good clean copy.
£1,750 -
Second edition. 5 volumes, 12mo, contemprary sprinkled calf, red morocco lettering pieces, small defects to extremities, a little worn, a very good set.
£1,250 -
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8 volumes, 12mo, engraved frontispiece, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, red morocco lettering pieces, a little rubbed, one label defective, an excellent set.
£1,250 -
First edition, 4to, xii, 364, [xii] pp., 2 large folding maps, contemporary red and green morocco labels, light fade to upper cover, an excellent copy.
£750 -
First edition. 2 volumes, 4to, xvii, [vii], 488; [iv], 535, [xxiii], viii, 143 [i] pp., 4 folding maps by Thomas Kitchin, 1 folding plate, small repairs to upper margin pp 133-135 vol I, not touching text, maps and plates foxed, occasional light foxing to text, contemporary polished calf gilt, red and green morocco labels, joints cracked but firm, a very good set.
£2,500
