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1841 The Year Book of Daily Recreation and InformationLondon: 1841An early edition of William Hone's popular Year Book, containing anecdotes, poems and beautiful wood engraved illustrations. -
1834 Souvenirs Historiques sur la Revolution de 1830Paris: 1834An uncommon copy of the only edition of this title, bound in decoratively tooled half calf. -
1860 Histoire de Agrandissements de ParisParis: 1860A very scarce copy of this work, bound in lovely green half calf, with marbled boards and endpapers. -
1890 Les Habitues des Prisons de ParisLyon; Paris: 1890A handsome half morocco first edition of this uncommon work, with vignette and folding illustrations. -
1833 Rapport sur l'état de l'Instruction Publique dans Quelques pays de l'Allemagne, et Particulièrement en PrusseParis: 1833A new edition of Cousin’s influential report on Prussian and German public education, complete with fold-out plates and tables, bound in full calf. -
1832 2vol The Anniversary CalendarLondon: 1832A scarce and anonymously written anniversary calendar, containing insightful historical facts and verses matching the seasons and months. -
1868 Curiosities of LondonLondon: 1868An uncommon copy of this 1868 new edition, rebacked, with spine laid down. -
2vol Set 1937 John O'London's WeeklyLondon: 1937A very scarce set of titles containing the weekly publications of John O'London between October and December 1937. -
1899-1912 14 Vols The Home Counties MagazineLondon: 1899-1912A richly illustrated and uniformly bound fourteen-volume run of "The Home Counties Magazine", recording the topography, history, and antiquities of London and its surrounding counties at the turn of the twentieth century. -
1933 An Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1933London: 1933A rare survival in the paper wraps, Whitaker's popular Almanack for the year 1933. -
1896 2vol Pearson's MagazineLondon: 1896Expansive illustrated compilation of the 1896 Pearson's Magazine, bound in red half morocco and featuring the likes of H. G. Wells and Rudyard Kipling. -
1815 An English and Welsh Dictionary to which is Subjoined a Dissertation on the Welsh LanguageDolgelley : 1815The second edition of this English-Welsh dictionary from cleric and lexicographer, Rev. John Walters. -
1851 The Book of DignitiesLondon: 1851A comprehensive political index of figures across the British Empire and previous rulers in Europe, intended for future British Liberal Prime Minister Viscount Palmerston. -
2vol Set 1883-1884 Cassell's Family MagazineLondon: 1883-1884A handsome half calf illustrated set of Cassell's Family Magazine publications - a varied literary insight into Victorian Britain. -
1892 The West-End Gazette of Gentlemen's FashionsLondon: 1889-1892An incredibly scarce illustrated publication of the magazine, containing sketches, articles, and diagrams of sewing patterns. -
1851 The Book of DignitiesLondon: 1851A modernised political index of government figures across the British Empire during the mid-nineteenth century. An intriguing source for political historians. -
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1923 The University of London and Its CollegesLondon: 1923A richly illustrated survey of the University of London and its colleges, chronicling their history, character, and academic life accompanied by Wilson's own drawings, inscribed by the author to the half-title. -
1930 A Greene ForestLondon: 1930An intriguing edition of A Greene Forest, a varied record of rocks, animals and plants originally written in the seventeenth century. -
1925 Russia The Official Report of the British Trades Union Delegation to Russia and CaucasiaLondon: 1925An illustrated first edition account of the Trades Union Delegation's month-long visit to the Soviet Union. -
1920 The Outline of HistoryLondon: 1920The illustrated and abridged edition of H.G. Wells's world history, beginning with Darwin's Natural Selection and ending with a utopian conclusion of the end of war. -
1964-1975 9vol The Oxford Books on British NatureLondon: 1964-1975A comprehensive nine volume set of the Oxford Book series on British nature, brilliant for enthusiasts wishing to identify certain species in everyday life. -
1952-1991 6 Vols A six-volume Collection of Myth, Symbolism, and FolkloreLondon: 1952-1991A smart six-volume collection of works on folklore, myth, and the supernatural, tracing the evolution of British and European tradition from rural custom to Romantic imagination, complete with the original dust wrappers. -
1962 2vol Everyman's Dictionary of Pictorial ArtLondon : 1962A complete 2 volume set of dictionaries of pictorial art, highly illustrated in colour and black and white. -
1850 List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV. CrustaceaLondon: 1850A very scarce, paper-bound copy of this work in lovely condition - one in a series of catalogues by the British Museum. -
1839 A History of British Reptiles.London: 1839The first edition of Thomas Bell’s pioneering history of British reptiles, the first systematic study of Britain’s native reptilian species, illustrated with over forty detailed in-text woodcuts. -
1839 Supplement to the History of British FishesLondon: 1839An uncommon first edition of the supplement to William Yarrell’s "A History of British Fishes", expanding his landmark natural history with additional species, revisions, and numerous detailed woodcut illustrations. -
1845 The Conchologists Nomenclator. A Catalogue of all the Recent Species of ShellsLondon: 1845An uncommon first edition of this comprehensive nineteenth-century reference work, listing all contemporaneously known species of shells under the subkingdom Mollusca, with detailed authorities and bibliographic references. -
1928 The Place-Names of the North Riding of YorkshireCambridge: 1928A very scarce first edition copy, in very smart original cloth, with lovely folding map. -
1790 The Medallic History of England to the RevolutionLondon: 1790The uncommon first edition of John Pinkerton's impressive - and illustrated - history of numismatics in England. -
1883-1886 2 Vols The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the CalendarLondon; Edinburgh: 1883-1886A profusely illustrated two-volume compendium of history, folklore, and daily curiosities, smartly bound in full calf by Bickers & Son and edited by Robert Chambers, co-founder of W. & R. Chambers -
1833 An Essay on Indigestion; or Morbid Sensibility of the Stomach & Bowels, as the Proximate Cause or Characteristic Condition of DyspepsyLondon: 1833The eighth improved edition of this influential early-nineteenth-century medical work by royal physician James Johnson. -
1847 A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry; Peerage and BaronetageLondon: 1847A wonderful collection of mid-19th century volumes of Burke's Peerage, including his lists of the landed gentry, baronetage and peerage of Britain. -
1829 R. Milliken and Son's Catalogue of a Miscellaneous Collection of Books in Every Department of Literature, and in Various Languages, for the Year 1829Dublin: 1829A scarce first edition Dublin bookseller’s catalogue listing 7,205 titles across all major branches of early nineteenth-century learning, with a disbound twenty-page 1812 pamphlet of elementary school books loosely inserted. -
![1800 The London Kalendar; Or, Court and City Register [...] for the Year 1800](https://roook-pre-live.magedemo.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/218d995c01926c5d9ac199f70177b499/9/8/985f2_211_.jpg)
1800 The London Kalendar; Or, Court and City Register [...] for the Year 1800London: 1800An attractively bound example of the very scarce 1800 edition of this popular work of British history and genealogy, providing the annual register for England, Scotland, Ireland and America. -
![1792 The Royal Kalendar; Or Complete and Correct Annual Register [...] for the Year 1792](https://roook-pre-live.magedemo.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/218d995c01926c5d9ac199f70177b499/9/8/985f2_205_.jpg)
1792 The Royal Kalendar; Or Complete and Correct Annual Register [...] for the Year 1792London: 1792An attractively bound example of the scarce 1792 edition of this popular work of British history and genealogy, providing the annual register for England, Scotland, Ireland and the Colonies. -
1852-1857 3 Vols Popular Histories of British Conchology, Crustacea, and ZoophytesLondon: 1852-1857A charming three-volume collection of first edition Victorian natural history volumes on molluscs, and crustaceans, each illustrated with twenty hand-coloured plates.