Books and Manuscripts

A late science fiction novel by the highly influential British writer Brian Aldiss, Finches of Mars was published in 2013 and announced by ...

A hugely successful modern science fiction novel by Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary combines hard science, humour, suspense, and interstellar ...

A collection of short stories featuring the character of Antrobus, one of the author's recurring comic and satirical creations. First published by ...

A lively and enduring fixture of British popular fiction, The Sexton Blake Library brought the adventures of the famous detective Sexton Blake to g...

A lively and enduring fixture of British popular fiction, The Sexton Blake Library brought the adventures of the famous detective Sexton Blake to g...

The Accident by Dexter Masters is a powerful mid-twentieth century novel rooted in the anxieties of the atomic age, drawing on the author's own exp...

The Arabian Nights; Tales from the Thousand and one Nights. Illustrations by Detmold. Published by The Folio Society, London. First issued in this ...

Offered here is an original autograph postcard from the acclaimed English playwright, author, actor and screenwriter, Alan Bennett. It is offered t...

The Alteration by Kingsley Amis is a sharply imaginative alternative history novel, first published in 1976, set in a world where th...

The Householder by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is the author's acclaimed early novel, first published in 1960, offering a perceptive and often gently humo...

Pincher Martin by William Golding is one of the author’s most psychologically intense early novels, first published in 1956, two years after the su...

Drunkard is the English translation of L'Assommoir, one of Émile Zola's most important and controversial novels, first published in 1877. A major w...

A delightful copy of the first printing of More About Worzel Gummidge, the third volume in the Worzel Gummidge series, the much loved living scarec...

A delightful copy of the first printing of Worzel Gummidge Again, the sequel to Worzel Gummidge, the much loved living scarecrow, familiar to many ...

A wonderful piece of vintage Glasgow transport ephemera with an especially evocative literary association - an original Glasgow bus blind displayin...

A charming surviving example of the Victorian Christmas and seasonal publishing tradition associated with Charles Dickens's celebrated ...

A distinctive three-volume grouping centred on Dennis Wheatley's Murder Off Miami, illustrating the evolution of one of the most inventive crime pu...

A smart and well-presented group from the Autograph Edition of the Works of William J. Locke, issued by John Lane at The Bodley Head in the mid-192...

A pair of vintage Arrow paperbacks featuring striking mid-century cover art, presenting two works by Bram Stoker, best known for his enduring contr...

The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal is a historical novel set in Victorian London, following the young artist Iris Whittle amid the artistic circ...

A uniform group of volumes from The Uniform Edition of the Works of J. M. Barrie, published primarily by Hodder and Stoughton, comprising a selecti...

The works of W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943) remain among the most distinctive contributions to late Victorian and Edwardian short fiction, combining mari...

The works of W. W. Jacobs (1863-1943) form one of the most distinctive bodies of late Victorian and Edwardian short fiction, combining maritime lif...

The work of W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943) occupies a distinctive place in late Victorian and early twentieth-century literature, combining humour, chara...

The work of W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943) occupies a distinctive place in late Victorian and early twentieth-century literature, combining humour, chara...

The work of W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943) occupies a distinctive place in late Victorian and early twentieth-century literature, combining humour, chara...

Banshee Harvest by Jim Phelan is a novel first published in the United States in 1945, having earlier appeared in England under the title And Black...

The Nightmare Reader, edited by Peter Haining with an introduction by Isaac Asimov, is a substantial anthology of horror and supernatural fiction f...

I Cover the Waterfront by Max Miller is a vivid and engaging account of life along the San Diego waterfront, first published in 1932. Drawing on Mi...

"A boorish husband, a wife starved for love, and a lover out of the East, exotic, passionate, and chivalrous. Then Fate and a senseless betrayal. W...

Morning of Life by Kristmann Guðmundsson is a novel set against the rugged backdrop of Icelandic life, drawing on a landscape and culture shaped by...

First edition of A. E. van Vogt's Rogue Ship, a novel constructed from three interrelated science fiction stories originally published in magazines...

First UK edition of Roger Zelazny's Today We Choose Faces, a thoughtful and character-driven work of science fiction exploring themes of identity, ...

First UK edition of Frederik Pohl's Slave Ship, a sharp and unsettling work of mid-twentieth-century science fiction. Blending dystopian themes wit...

The Persian Journey of the Reverend Ashley Wishard and His Servant Fathi by Elgin Groseclose is a lively and engaging novel of travel and adventure...

The Fortunes of the Pasquiers by Georges Duhamel forms part of his well-known sequence of novels following the lives of a French family in the earl...