Books and Manuscripts

A very smart, still sealed, limited edition, of this James Bond novel by Jeffrey Deaver. Carte Blanche, The New James Bond Novel, by Jeffrey Deaver...

An attractively presented book featuring 50 tipped in water-colour view of Oxford, each mounted on coloured textured paper, with facing descriptive...

Complete set of original hardbacks with their dustjackets; Born Free, Living Free, & Forever Free, by Joy Adamson: Born Free; A Lioness of Two ...

Classic humour with a medical theme from Richard Gordon (1921-2017), formerly a ship's surgeon and anaesthetist. His 'Doctor' work was adapted for ...

A beautiful copy of this work by American artist, Emelene Abbey Dunn (1859-1929), who founded the New York Normal Art School, after studying art in...

 A very smart book indeed, of the author's attempt to make sense of society in evolutionary terms. Rebound in modern green cloth bindings, this pre...

A very smart book indeed, of this work by Charles Darwin. Rebound in modern green cloth bindings, this presents as a handsome volume. We have recen...

A very smart book indeed, of this work by Charles Darwin. Rebound in modern green cloth bindings, this presents as a handsome volume. We have recen...

A very smart set indeed of this most influential of Charles Darwin's works. Rebound in modern green cloth bindings, these present as a handsome set...

A very smart set indeed of this work by Charles Darwin. Rebound in modern green cloth bindings, these present as a handsome set. We have recently a...

A very smart set indeed of this work on the life of Charles Darwin. Rebound in modern green cloth bindings, these present as a handsome set. We hav...

19th Century Japanese photo album 日本のビンテージ写真集 A photo album of original albumen prints, hand coloured, of Japanese subjects. Generally with a good ...

A set of 4 interesting and attractive Japanese tourist guides, comprising: Tourist Library No. 8; What is Shinto?, by Genchi Kato, 1935, 73pp;  Tou...

Frontiers of Jazz, edited by Ralph de Toledano. No. 58 in the series. The Jazz Book Club was a publishing project of Sidgwick & Jackson publish...

Dinosaurs in the Morning; 41 Pieces on Jazz by Whitney Balliett. No. 56 in the series. The Jazz Book Club was a publishing project of Sidgwick &...

Man Walking on Eggshells, by Herbert A. Simmons. No. 50 in the series. The Jazz Book Club was a publishing project of Sidgwick & Jackson publis...

Agatha Christie's autobiography was first published in 1977, following her death the previous year. However, in 2008, her Grandson discovered a box...

Charles Skilton's facsimile edition of The Jacobite Peerage, which was originally issued in 1904 and was a fully subscribed print run on issue. The...

Tom Swift and His Rocket Ship by Victor Appleton II. We have recently acquired a large collection of vintage Tom Swift children's science fiction b...

Bugles for Beiderbecke, by Charles H. Wareing & George Garlick. No. 22 in the series. The Jazz Book Club was a publishing project of Sidgwick &...

World in a Jug, by Roland Gant. No. 24 in the series. The Jazz Book Club was a publishing project of Sidgwick & Jackson publishers, from London...

Second Chorus, by Humphrey Littleton. Drawings by the Author. No. 21 in the series. The Jazz Book Club was a publishing project of Sidgwick & J...

Originally published in 6 volumes, between 1900 and 1909, this volume brought all these books together into one substantial volume, photographicall...

An interesting book of verse, covering themes of both angling and love matters. Verses Piscatory and Amatory, by Henry Lamond, of Luss, Dumbartonsh...

A very scarce copy of this limited edition poetry book, based on the lineage of the Stewarts in Scottish history, and featuring key figures and bat...

A very scarce, privately published novel, signed and inscribed by the author. We can trace only 8 copies in institutional holdings.  Captain Anstru...

A substantial, and high quality, volume on Nineteenth century art "With Illustrations from Pictures and Objects in the Fine Art Loan Collection of ...

A fascinating unpublished typescript journal of an 1839 voyage undertaken by Agnes Paterson from Scotland (nee Aird, 1809-1893). An introductory No...

An interesting and very scarce early 18th Century volume on Fortune Telling. The book makes bold claims of the veracity of its fortune telling meth...

This work by Arthur Conan Doyle was a collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories from Strand magazine, originally intended to be Holmes' final out...

"Troopin', Troopin', Troopin' to the Sea: "O.H.M.S." An Illustrated Record of the Voyage of S.S. "Tintagel Castle", Conveying Twelve Hundred Soldie...

A very impressive tome of near elephant folio size, weighing in at 7.35kg (approx 16.5lbs). A deluxe limited large Japanese paper edition, signed b...

A smart copy of this art book, which is particularly desirable in this first edition form as it contains 3 beautiful signed etchings by Robin Tanne...

Sir James Guthrie, P.R.S.A., LL. D.; A Biography by Sir James L. Caw. Foreword by Sir D.Y. Cameron, R.A., LL.D. Guthrie As interpreter by Frank Rin...

A classic 007 tale, with the wonderful cover art by Richard Chopping. The Man With The Golden Gun, by Ian Fleming. Published by Jonathan Cape, Lo...

2 nicely bound volumes of this Victorian periodical for children. Aunt Judy's Magazine for Young People, Illustrated. Comprises: Vol. 1: The Christ...

The Bridgewater Treatises: On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God; As Manifested in the Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellect...

A good copy of this uncommon title of British India interest, in its original Publisher's cloth binding. The Oriental Annual; Containing a Series o...

A very smart, complete, library set of this classic work by David Hume - abound in contemporary calf. An early Dublin edition from 1775, following ...

A handsome copy of this early book of British Peerage. The book has been professionally rebound in the mid 20th Century, in full calf leather, very...

A very smart, and uncommon, abridged, complete single volume edition, of John Jamieson's important work on the language of Scotland. Jamieson's Sco...

The Statistical Account of Scotland Drawn Up from the Communications of the Ministers of the Different Parishes, Volume Sixth, by Sir John Sinclair...

21 classic children's rhymes and tales are retold by Joseph Cundall in this very scarce 1850 first edition, featuring more than 100 charming hand c...

A smart copy of this wonderful 18th Century folio-sized text - an antiquarian account of the archaeology of Scotland and northern England; a volume...

An attractive volume from Routledge's Country Books; The Angler's Library Series, Volume IV. Salmon and Sea Trout; How to Propagate, Preserve, and ...

A fine copy of this beautifully illustrated book, which has been professionally rebound in teal cloth, and presents the book most handsomely. Free ...

A very smart copy of this uncommon ornithological volume, which has been professionally rebound in maroon cloth, and presents the book most handsom...

A very smart, and beautifully illustrated, copy of this natural history volume, which has been professionally rebound in green cloth, and presents ...