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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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1955 The Mint: A Day-Book of the R. A. F. Depot Between August and December 1922London: 1955An exceptional limited edition example of the first edition of T. E. Lawrence's memoirs of his time enlisted in the Royal Air Force. -
1955 The Mint: A Day-Book of the R.A.F. Depot Between August and December 1922London: 1955A smart first edition of T. E. Lawrence's insightful memoirs of his time as an enlisted man in the Royal Air Force. -
1937 The Road to Wigan PierLondon: 1937The first edition of George Orwell's autobiographical sociological study, discussing attitudes towards socialism in the north of England, published by the Left Book Club. -
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. -
1968-1969 The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George OrwellLondon: 1968-1969A smart trio of works from the collection of George Orwell's various writings, edited by his wife Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus. -
1955 The Mint: A Day-Book of the R.A.F. Depot Between August and December 1922London: 1955A smart first edition of T. E. Lawrence's insightful memoirs of his time as an enlisted man in the Royal Air Force. -
1955 The MintLondon: 1955T. E. Lawrence's memoirs of his time in the Royal Air Force, the first trade edition of this volume in its unclipped dust wrapper. -
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. -
1955 The MintLondon: 1955The first edition of T. E. Lawrence's memoirs of his time enlisted in the Royal Air Force. -
1955 The MintLondon: 1955The first edition in original dustwrapper of T. E. Lawrence's memoirs of his time as an enlisted man in the Royal Air Force.
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