Signed first printing of the autobiography of the (in)famous evolutionary biologist and giant of the modern atheist movement, reflecting on his career and the fame brought about by his best-selling books.

First edition in this format, sumptuously illustrated, of Johnson's celebrated biographical encyclopedia of infamous criminals.

Scarce American edition of the bookseller's Confessions, with one of the earliest Brooklyn imprints.

First edition of the final African journals of Scottish missionary, abolitionist, and explorer David Livingstone, including his own account of the famous meeting with Stanley.

Rare Victorian guide to the principles of detection, as practiced in British-administrated India by an investigator of the Calcutta Police Detective Department.

Strachey's classic biography, from the library of actor Nigel Bruce and bearing his signature and address.