All Old Books

A detailed picture of what life was like for Jews in England in the Middle Ages.

A detailed life of the scholar, religious thinker and spokesman for the Jewish community.

Charming poems for children, based on the traditional cherry stone counting rhyme.

Probably the most caricatured of British monarchs during his long reign, George III is here depicted by Gillray, Rowlandson, Isaac Cruikshank and many more.

Arranged by Naval Despatches, followed by an index of all recipients and an index for bars of the DSM.

A most evocative manual that was clearly used at the time to teach the complex arts of air navigation to young airmen.

"Adventures of the well-known Belgian Ace," Major the Chevallier Willy Coppens de Houthulst, DSO, MC etc.

The autobiography of the pioneering female flyer. By the age of 28, she had achieved more long distance solo flights than any other pilot, including London to New Zealand.

Part travelogue, part imagination, this unusual book takes the form of letters written during the summer of 1936.

The account of the Oxford University Arctic Expedition, 1935-6.

An account of the remarkable journey taken by three British women, driving 16000 miles to India and back, and trekking 300 miles in the Greater Himalayan Range. 

Subtitled "Notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a worker in both." (home and garden) The renowned garden designers notes and reflections.

A classic and sympathetic description of the Mon / Talaing people of Burma (Myanmar)

An account of the authors time as a colonial official, with his wife, in Northeast India in the late 1800's. 

Contains two adventures of Peter and Wonk, "Adventure in the Night," and "Strawberries and Cream."

A shape shifting ancient Egyptian entity seeks revenge on a British member of parliament.

Uses Pounds translation from the Latin as an example of superlative creative translation, as opposed to the purely literal.

This phenomenological exploration of the streets of Dickens's London opens up new perspectives on the city and the writer.