History

Captain Sir Richard Burtons classic account of his travels in Arabia.

A comprehensive history of Japanese religion, life and culture, with a section on art.

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.

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

"The absolute key to occult science," subtitled The Most Ancient Book in the World, For the Use of Initiates. A rare volume.

The memoires of a United States Army Air Force Colonel. His experiences in the war in the Pacific during WW11.

The memoires of a German soldier and later airman and air intelligence officer during WW1.

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.

An account of the barely believable open boat voyage from Antarctica to South Georgia by Ernest Shackleton and his crew.

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.