Books & Documents

Printed books, cartographic pages, scripture, maps and documents — the physical vessels of recorded human knowledge.

The Works of William Shakspeare — Chandos Classics, Frederick Warne & Co. (c.1879–1900)

Victorian (1870s–1900s)

The Great White Chief — Robert M. MacDonald, Blackie & Son (1908)

Edwardian (1900s)

War and Peace — Leo Tolstoy, Macmillan & Co. / Oxford University Press (1943 reprint)

Mid-20th Century (1940s)

The Brothers Karamazov II — Fyodor M. Dostoevsky, Heron Books (1968)

Mid-20th Century (1960s)

The Brothers Karamazov I — Fyodor M. Dostoevsky, Heron Books (1968)

Mid-20th Century (1960s)

The Idiot — Fyodor M. Dostoevsky, Heron Books (1968)

Mid-20th Century (1960s)

England East — Sydney R. Jones, The Studio Publications (1954)

Mid-20th Century (1950s)

England West — Sydney R. Jones, The Studio Publications (1950)

Mid-20th Century (1950s)

England South — Sydney R. Jones, The Studio Publications (1948)

Mid-20th Century (1940s)

The Wounded Name — D. K. Broster, Heinemann (1928–1929 impression)

1928–1929 Heinemann impression (first published John Murray 1922)

The Gleam in the North — D. K. Broster, Heinemann (1930 impression)

1930 impression (first published July 1927)

The Flight of the Heron — D. K. Broster, Heinemann (1927 cheaper edition)

1927 (first published 1925)

Nature's Arts and Crafts — W. J. Claxton, Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. (c.1910s)

c.1910s (Edwardian / early 20th century)

Poems by Lord Byron — Red Letter Library, Blackie & Son (c.1904–1906)

c.1904–1906 (Edwardian)

Album von Bremen — Ernst Roepke, Wiesbaden (1891)

1891 (late Victorian / Wilhelmine German Empire)

Lady Agnes and Other Poems — Philip Wentworth (1878)

1878 (Victorian)

Pietas Quotidiana — Prayers & Meditations (Pocket Book)

c.1826–1840 (late Georgian / early Victorian)

"Descrittione dell' Isola Taprobana" Map

Late 16th century (c. 1590)

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