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History & Culture
Windows into worlds gone by, a vast store of history. Both the iconic and the less well-known is here. Together with forgotten byways and things not found anywhere else. Here is also Americana, Crime, Feminism, Occultism,Archaeology, and Ethnography.
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1942 The Classics and The Man of LettersLondon; New York; Toronto: 1942The first edition of T. S. Eliot's 1942 presidential address to the Classical Association. -
1931 The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's RecreationLondon: 1931A wonderful example of the first trade edition of Arthur Rackham's illustrated edition of Izaak Walton's angling treatise, illustrated throughout with colour plates. -
1904 The Early Lives of DanteLondon: 1904Philip H. Wicksteed's scarce translation of Boccaccio's 'Life of Dante', this volume focusing on the early life of the monumental Italian poet.
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