Rare Books - Non-Fiction

Delve into ideas that shaped the world with our Rare Books: Non-Fiction collection at Harry Hartog Bookseller. From signed editions and academic milestones to vintage philosophy, history, and science texts, these collectible volumes offer intellectual and historical value. Shop online or in-store for non-fiction books that truly stand the test of time.

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The English People (First Edition)
$120.00
The English People (First Edition)
George Orwell
First edition, first printing. Part of the "Britain in Pictures" series. Large slim octavo. 48...
Mrs. Beeton's Household Management (New and Revised Edition)
$250.00
Mrs. Beeton's Household Management (New and Revised Edition)
Isabella Beeton
Isabella Mary Beeton (1836–1865) compiled The Book of Household Management from a series of monthly instalments...
CHINA (First Limited Edition)
$200.00
CHINA (First Limited Edition)
Guang Guo
China, published by Abbeville Press in 2009, presents an exceptionally comprehensive photographic survey of the...
Travels Through Germany, in a Series of Letters, 3 volumes (First English Edition)
$800.00
Travels Through Germany, in a Series of Letters, 3 volumes (First English Edition)
The Baron Riesbeck
Johann Kaspar Riesbeck (1754–1786) died the year before this translation appeared, having achieved genuine notoriety...
Towards an Australian Architecture (First Edition)
$100.00
Towards an Australian Architecture (First Edition)
Harry Snowden
Towards an Australian Architecture, edited by Harry Sowden, was the first book to attempt a...
Details in Australian Architecture (First Edition)
$100.00
Details in Australian Architecture (First Edition)
Roger Pegrum
Published under the aegis of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects' own Education Division, Details in...
GA Document, 14 Issues (First Editions)
$400.00
GA Document, 14 Issues (First Editions)
Yukio Futagawa
GA Document, launched in 1981, represents a mature and more critically ambitious phase of Futagawa's...
Global Architecture, 27 Issues (First Editions)
$600.00
Global Architecture, 27 Issues (First Editions)
Yukio Futagawa
Global Architecture, launched in 1970, was Yukio Futagawa's founding and most significant publishing project —...
Global Interior Issues 1, 5-7. (First Editions)
$160.00
Global Interior Issues 1, 5-7. (First Editions)
Yukio Futagawa
Global Interior, a companion series within Yukio Futagawa's broader Global Architecture publishing project, applies the...
Global Architecture (GA): Towns and Villages (Full Run of 10 Issues)
$750.00
Global Architecture (GA): Towns and Villages (Full Run of 10 Issues)
Yukio Futagawa
Yukio Futagawa (1932–2013) was, across a sixty-year career, one of the most significant architectural photographers...
GA Houses, 19 Early Issues (First Editions)
$700.00
GA Houses, 19 Early Issues (First Editions)
ADA Edita
Produced by the Japanese publishing company A.D.A. Edita Tokyo, GA (Global Architecture) Houses covers landmark,...
Sketches of Irish Character (Illustrated Victorian Edition)
$300.00
Sketches of Irish Character (Illustrated Victorian Edition)
S. C. Hall
Anna Maria Hall (1800–1881) was born in Dublin and left Ireland for England at the...
The Pioneers of Sydney Cove (First Limited Edition, Signed)
$300.00
The Pioneers of Sydney Cove (First Limited Edition, Signed)
Herbert J. Rumsey
The Sunnybrook Press was a small, meticulous Sydney private press of the 1930s, operating under...
The Mapping of Australia (First Edition)
$300.00
The Mapping of Australia (First Edition)
R. V. Tooley
First edition of a seminal work in Australian cartography. The Mapping of Australia, published in...
The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 (Second Edition, First Issue)
$550.00
The Journal of a Mission to the Interior of Africa, in the Year 1805 (Second Edition, First Issue)
Mungo Park
Mungo Park (1771–1806) was a Scottish surgeon and explorer who, in 1795, became the first...
Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties (Second Impression)
$120.00
Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties (Second Impression)
Laurence C. S. Tam
Monochrome Ceramics of Ming and Ch'ing Dynasties, produced jointly with the Min Chiu Society, documents...
The Imperial Family Bible, 5 volumes (1844 Victorian Edition)
$1,000.00
The Imperial Family Bible, 5 volumes (1844 Victorian Edition)
The Bible
  The Imperial Family Bible, first published in 1844, was, in the words of the...
Intercolonial Exhibition, 1866-67. Official Record (Presentation Copy, First Edition)
$500.00
Intercolonial Exhibition, 1866-67. Official Record (Presentation Copy, First Edition)
Anonymous
The Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia opened in Melbourne on 24 October 1866, in purpose-built wings...
The Golden Cockerel "Bountiana": Complete set of 6 volumes in 2 slipcases (Limited editions, custom-bound and signed)
$4,500.00
The Golden Cockerel "Bountiana": Complete set of 6 volumes in 2 slipcases (Limited editions, custom-bound and signed)
Various
A complete assembly of the Golden Cockerel "Bountiana" series, entirely and distinctively rebound as a...
The Log of H.M.S. Providence, 1791–1793 (Limited Deluxe Edition)
$1,000.00
The Log of H.M.S. Providence, 1791–1793 (Limited Deluxe Edition)
William Bligh
Two years after the mutiny that cast him adrift in an open boat, William Bligh...
The Voyage of the Bounty Launch: John Fryer's Narrative (Limited Deluxe Edition)
$480.00
The Voyage of the Bounty Launch: John Fryer's Narrative (Limited Deluxe Edition)
John Fryer
The Voyage of the Bounty Launch is a wonderfully descriptive account by John Fryer, Master of...
The History of New Holland, from its First Discovery in 1616, to the Present Time (First Edition)
$6,500.00
The History of New Holland, from its First Discovery in 1616, to the Present Time (First Edition)
William Eden [Erroneous]
One of the earliest and most historically significant accounts of Australia published in the English...
Froissart's Chronicles (Easton Press Deluxe Limited Edition)
$550.00
Froissart's Chronicles (Easton Press Deluxe Limited Edition)
Jean Froissart
Limited Deluxe Edition. Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies, this being number 15. Translated by Thomas...
Jane Austen: In Her Own Hand (Easton Press Edition)
$300.00
Jane Austen: In Her Own Hand (Easton Press Edition)
Jane Austen
Jane Austen (1775–1817) began writing as a teenager, filling notebooks with stories, plays, and verses...
The Sketchbooks (Folio Society Limited Edition)
$1,500.00
The Sketchbooks (Folio Society Limited Edition)
Vincent van Gogh
The Sketchbooks: A Facsimile of the Artist's Sketchbooks in the Collection of the Van Gogh...
The Fitzwilliam Book of Hours (Folio Society Limited Edition)
$750.00
The Fitzwilliam Book of Hours (Folio Society Limited Edition)
Stella Panayotova
The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge holds one of the largest and finest collections of Books...
Disasters of War (Folio Society Limited Edition)
$1,100.00
Disasters of War (Folio Society Limited Edition)
Francisco de Goya
This Folio Society edition was published in 2014 to coincide with the major retrospective Goya:...
Neo Rauch (Limited Edition)
$500.00
Neo Rauch (Limited Edition)
BÜSCHER, Wolfgang; KUNDE, Harald & TINTEROW, Gary
Published by Taschen in 2012 to coincide with Rauch's Fiftieth birthday, and the retrospective exhibitions...