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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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1924 The Book of the Ranks and Dignities of British SocietyLondon: 1924A lovely facsimile of this illustrated work attributed to Charles Lamb, which explains the titles of high British society. -
1940 Letters of Joseph Conrad to Marguerite Poradowska 1890-1920New Haven: 1940The first American edition of this work on the letters between the novelists Joseph Conrad and Marguerite Poradowska, in the original scarce dust wrapper. -
1919 The British Campaign in France and Flanders: January to July 1918London: 1919The first edition of the fifth volume of Arthur Conan Doyle's study of the British campaign in France and Flanders during the First World War. -
1930 Spirit Mediums ExposedNew York: 1930A vanishingly scarce magazine on the spiritual and medium world with contributions by Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle, a unique work fully illustrated throughout. -
1956 The Return of Arthur Conan DoyleLiss, Hampshire: 1956A fascinating investigation into the author's spiritual encounters with Arthur Conan Doyle.
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