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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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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. -
1853-1863 The Works of Thomas De QuinceyLondon: 1853-1863A beautifully bound full calf fifteen volume set of the works of English writer, essayist, and literary critic Thomas De Quincey. -
1892 The Nationalisation of HealthLondon: 1892The first edition of one of Havelock Ellis's early works on early theories for a nationalised health service.
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