Non-Fiction

Arguing that Charles Dickens and Walter Benjamin display a shared vision of Modernity.

Essays cover topics including strategies of madness and the plague in literature and myth.

A history of the literary circle that formed around the publisher John Murray, including Gladstone, Salisbury, Livingstone, Borrow and Isabella Bird.

A lovely edition of the famous anthology. Containing poetry, music, maps cocktails and all manner of other pleasantries.

A complete guide to the embroiderers art. With lucid text, clear diagrams and many examples of patterns and old embroideries to inspire.

Subtitled "A Book of Home Interests in General and of one Home in Particular." An account of Dora Owen's  -search for, and creation of a family home.

Intended as in instructional manual for the use of Army and RAF Personnel and revised at the outset of WWII. A most comprehensive and fascinating volume.

A history of the ship modeller's art, with many examples from European and American collections.

Part one, "Historical Notes." (Part two contains a list of exhibits with descriptions.) Spanning the earliest Mediterranean ships to the decline of sail in the late 19th century, this history is illustrated by the extensive collection of model ships in the Science Museum.

A history of the Bentley motor car, from its origins to racing success, with adventure and romance along the way.

A book especially written for country house hostesses... arranged in calendar form to make the most of fresh seasonal produce from the kitchen garden.

An entertaining history of maritime exploration and the mapping of the world, written to appeal to a younger readership.

A history of the Circus in America, presented as a series of illustrated essays. Parallel text in English, German and French.

Tracing the history and development of the Circus in England, from its earliest Roman origins. 

Subtitled "Reminiscences of Circus Life with Sanger's, Bertram Mills and other Circuses". The author was an Equestrian Director, Ringmaster and multi-talented circus performer. 

Claiming to be the first of its kind, this volume covers some 750 ties with notes on the institutions they represent. 

A history of the "Pilgrim Fathers," with chapters on the origins of their religious dissent in England and Holland, the voyage of The Mayflower and the settlement in New England.

The story of the transformation of Washington during the Civil War, written in a vivid novelistic style. A bestseller when published.