London: Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research. 1884-89. First Edition. Disbound. Note; these are original articles separated from larger volumes, not reprints or copies. Edmund Gurney (1847-1888) was an English psychologist, psychical researcher, musical theorist and philosophical writer. Almost forgotten today, Gurney was a well-known and widely respected intellectual..... More

Dublin: 1874-1880. First Edition. Disbound. St. George Jackson Mivart FRS (1827 – 1900) was an English biologist. He is famous for starting as an ardent believer in natural selection who later became one of its fiercest critics. Mivart attempted to reconcile Darwin's theory of evolution with the beliefs of the..... More

London: Henry S. King, 1877-1885. First Edition. Disbound. Note; these are all original articles separated from larger volumes, not reprints or copies. Published in The Nineteenth Century journal, a publication started in 1877 by James Knowles. Many of the early contributors to The Nineteenth Century were members of the Metaphysical..... More

London: Henry S. King, 1877-1898. First Edition. Disbound. Note; these are all original articles separated from larger volumes, not reprints or copies. Published in The Nineteenth Century journal, a publication started in 1877 by James Knowles. Many of the early contributors to The Nineteenth Century were members of the Metaphysical..... More

London: Fabian Society, 1926-58. Softcover. An interesting collection of 19 pamphlets inluding pieces by G.D.H. Cole, and Richard Crossman. See pictures for more details. Really quite clean overall, but some rust to the staples. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 327 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Booklets & Pamphlets; Featured; Special..... More

London: Fabian Society, 1898-1932. Softcover. An interesting collection of 20 pamphlets inluding pieces by Sidney Webb and Bernard Shaw. See pictures for more details. Some wear to spines and some rusty staples. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 348 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Booklets & Pamphlets; Featured; Special Interest; New..... More

1803-25. Softcover. All original publications, generally quite uncommon and unusual to find so many together. Original printed wrappers, in generally very good condition, with no loose covers or missing pages. Varying paginations. See pictures for full details of what is included in this collection.. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Booklets &..... More

London: Henry S. King, 1882. First Edition. Disbound. William Bence Jones (1812–1882) was an Anglo-Irish agriculturist. In the severe winter of 1879 Jones gave increased employment to neighbouring labourers, but opposed the establishment of public relief works, and when the Land League agitation began he was attacked as an unjust..... More

London: Henry S. King, 1878-85. First Edition. Disbound. An ironclad was a steam-propelled warship in the early part of the second half of the 19th century, protected by iron or steel armour plates. The term battleship was not used by the Admiralty until the early 1880s, with the construction of..... More

London: Henry S. King, 1890-91. First Edition. Disbound. The violent argument on the subject of the return of the marbles between Frederic Harrison and James Knowles. Harrison wrote an article advocating the return of the marbles which was titled ‘Give back the Elgin Marbles. This was answered by Knowles who..... More

London: Henry S. King, 1892-1902. First Edition. Disbound. These two articles, from 1892 and 1902 speculate on the possibility of a British economic union along the lines of that seen in Germany in 1834. The Zollverein, or German Customs Union, of 1834 was a coalition of German states formed to..... More

London: Henry S. King, 1878-96. First Edition. Disbound. The demand for prison reform was formalised by the Prison Act 1877, when Edmund Du Cane became chairman of the three prison commissioners, under the new act to reorganise and administer the county and borough prisons. On 1 April 1878 these prisons..... More

London: Henry S. King, 1888-96. First Edition. Disbound. Alyssa Whitall "Alys" Pearsall Smith (1867-1951) was an American-born Quaker relief organiser and the first wife of Bertrand Russell. She chaired the society that created an innovative school for mothers in 1907. Pearsall Smith married Bertrand Russell on 13 December 1894. They..... More