Contemporary economist's copy. The first edition of Keynes' masterwork. Written in the aftermath of the great depression, The General Theory is reg...

The scarce first edition, first impression of these two talks by C.S. Lewis on the subject of his Christian faith, which were originally broadcast...

The first edition of this thought-provoking collection of essays on religious themes by C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), author of the acclaimed Narnia ser...

Stoic philosophy. A fine large-paper edition of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, an important work of Stoic philosophy by the last of Rome's Five Good...

First Dibdin octavo edition. A finely printed example of one of the most important works of English philosophy and social commentary. The first Dib...

First edition; 4to (254 x 190 mm); 50 tipped-in collotype plates after etchings by Howard Leigh with descriptions printed opposite, minor spotting...

Calvinism and the Reformation in England. The first edition printed in England of Calvin's seminal work of systematic theology, arguably the most i...

Rare early English edition. The first edition of this translation by Gilbert Burnet of Thomas More's most important contribution to political philo...

Jewish enfranchisement before emancipation. An important record of Jewish enfranchisement in the wake of the Great Reform Act of 1832, containing s...

Three parliamentary papers presented to the Houses of Parliament in July 1867 on the persecution of Jews in Iași, Moldavia. In a series of telegra...

The Pax Britannica trilogy. James (later Jan) Morris was a British historian, author and travel writer. Educated at Lancing College, West Sussex, a...

The first edition of Edmund Howes' abridgement to this popular history of England by the chronicler John Stow, a concise historical record running...

A landmark of eighteenth-century English circumnavigation. Anson's voyage recounts the expedition made to cut off Spanish supplies of wealth from S...

A sammelband of seven political pamphlets from the pen of the satirist and champion of the free press, William Hone (1780-1842), with illustration...

Rare lifetime edition of Smith's first book. A handsome, life-time edition of Adam Smith's (d.1790) first published book, and his most important co...

One of Churchill's more important collections of essays.First edition, first impression; 8vo (23 x 16 cm); frontispiece; publisher's blue cloth, t...

A rousing account of the early history of Britain, the work describes the great men and women of the past and their impact on the development of t...