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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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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. -
1926 Mr. Belloc Objects to "The Outline of History"London: 1926A very smart second impression of this rebuttal of the criticisms of historian Hilaire Belloc. -
1728 The Present State of the Republick of LettersLondon: 1728-36A very scarce collection of fourteen volumes of Andrew Reid's eighteenth century periodical, featuring an early printing of a treatise by Sir Isaac Newton. -
1873 The Lands of CazembeLondon: 1873A fascinating work on Portuguese travels to remote Africa, including the original large folding map of the voyage. -
1806 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth and NationsEdinburgh: 1806A smartly rebound three volume set of Adam Smith's influential and popular work on economics, 'The Wealth of Nations', a work which went on to shape economics theory.
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