All Old Books

A history of the development of wooden ships from the earliest times to the mid nineteenth century.

A comprehensive history of steam coastal cargo and passenger vessels that operated mainly around the British Isles.

A Biography of a towering figure in the development of the American theatre. Introduction by John Mason Brown.

Subtitled The Wonders of Snow and Ice, a romantic historical account of cold lands.

Chapters covering all aspects of sleep by Dr Stopes, a subject that is today perhaps even more pertinent than when it was written.

Very advanced for its day, a scientific enquiry in to the menopause and also middle age changes in men.

Introduced by Times photographer Marcuswell Maxwell, a collection of wildlife images taken on a photographic safari in Kenya. Striking shots include elephant, rhinoceros, Zebra and Impala.

Subtitled Being a Record of Sundry Expeditions, New and Old, in Search of Buried Treasure. Accounts of true-life hunts for diamonds and gold; silver, precious stones and shipwrecks.

A story of the impact of European hunting on the wildlife of Africa. Until James Stevenson-Hamilton founded the Kruger National Park and began to change attitudes from killing to conservation.

Written by a Vice-President of the London Zoological Society. Accounts of his world travels from Africa to Arabia, Norway to China in the early years of the Twentieth Century.

Written for the purposes of colonial administration. a very detailed guide to the regions and peoples of Nigeria at the time, collected by the European authorities.

Written by a former colonial administrator. A history of Eritrea and it's peoples from pre-history to the British Occupation in the 1940's.

A wide-ranging history of European exploration of the African continent, largely in the words of expedition leaders. Including accounts by Livingstone and Stanley, Mungo Park, Burton, and Speke.