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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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1783-1790 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireLondon: 1783-1790The very scarce complete first octavo edition of Gibbons's 'Decline and Fall', tracing Western civilization from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium in the 15th century. -
1827 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireOxford: 1827An impressive eight volume edition of Gibbon's magnum opus, handsomely bound in half calf, tracing Western civilization from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium in the 15th century. -
1796-1815 Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, Esquire. With Memoirs of the Life and Writings: Volume I and IIILondon: 1796-1815The first edition of volume I and volume III of Lord Sheffield's important collection of the works of Edward Gibbon, including a memoir by Gibbon himself. -
1816 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireLondon: 1816Edward Gibbon's monumental historical account of the fall of the Roman Empire, smartly bound in a uniform straight grain morocco binding. -
1932 GibbonLondon: 1932Artist Rex Whistler's personal copy of the first edition of this biography of historian Edward Gibbon, signed to the title page by Whistler and with a small illustration in his hand. -
1734-84 The Contrast, a Political Pasticcio, A New Miscellany For the Year 1734London: 1734-84A very scarce political satire by Charles James Fox, bound with four poems by Jonathan Swift. -
1811 Admirable Curiosities, Rarities, and Wonders in England, Scotland and IrelandWestminster: 1811An attractively bound collection of significant historical tales pertaining to various British counties, with woodcut illustrations throughout. -
1873 The Lands of CazembeLondon: 1873A fascinating work on Portuguese travels to remote Africa, including the original large folding map of the voyage. -
1954 The NightmareLondon: 1954The first edition of C. S. Forester's novel about the end of Nazi Germany, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. -
1958 Hornblower in the West IndiesLondon: 1958A First Edition, first impression copy of the last of C. S. Forester's Hornblowers series, Hornblower in the West Indies. -
1958 Hornblower in the West IndiesLondon: 1958A First Edition, first impression copy of the last of C. S. Lewis' Hornblowers series, Hornblower in the West Indies. -
1953 Hornblower and the AtroposLondon: 1953A First Edition, first impression copy of the third of C. S. Lewis' Hornblowers series, Hornblower and the Atropos. -
1953 Hornblower and the AtroposLondon: 1953A First Edition first impression copy of the third of C. S. Lewis' Hornblowers series, Hornblower and the Atropos. -
1903 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireLondon: 1903-1925A bright, smartly bound set of Edward Gibbon's seminal work 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'.