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Libertas Americana
One of the most rewarding aspects of the book trade is acting as a matchmaker between cultural...
Marching As To War
Marching As To War is our fifth e-catalogue, comprising 90...
Videos
Chinese Myths and Folklore with Dr Matt Wills
Handcrafted Papercuts by Women in ChinaOur Asia specialist Dr Matt discusses Myths and Folklore, an album of beautifully handcrafted papercuts made by Chinese students at the Ai Dao Women's Bible School in the 1930s. The stories they depict in this artwork range from...
One of Our Sixty Fine Items
LAWRENCE, T. E. The Foundations of Arab Revolt.Our senior specialist Adam Douglas shares a copy of The Foundations of Revolt owned by Robin Buxton. This is the famously rare first state of the prospectus for Seven Pillars of Wisdom, which includes the controversial...
Leadership with John Ryan
John Ryan present our Leadership catalogue which presents five centuries of print history, alongside significant manuscript and striking visual material. Revolutionaries and radicals, premiers and presidents, royalty and military commanders, founders of religions, and...