Books and Manuscripts

A cornerstone account of one of the most ambitious Arctic undertakings of the nineteenth century, Sir George Naress Narrative of a Voyage to the Po...

A landmark study of Scotlands historic market crosses, produced in a limited edition and richly illustrated with architectural plates. John W. Smal...

A classic Oxford edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, edited by J. R. R. Tolkien and E. V. Gordon and published by the Clarendon Press in 19...

First published between 1954 and 1955, The Lord of the Rings is Tolkien's epic high-fantasy masterpiece and one of the most influential works of mo...

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited and published after the author's death by his son Christopher Tolkien, presents the mythic prehistory of...

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien remains one of the most beloved classics of modern literature, introducing readers to Middle-earth and the adventures ...

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien remains one of the most beloved classics of modern literature, introducing readers to Middle-earth and the adventures ...

A handsome Folio Society boxed set of C. S. Lewis's complete Chronicles of Narnia, with all seven novels in matching hardback editions. Finely prod...

A well-presented part set of Schillers Werke, edited by Heinrich Kurz and published by Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Friedrich Schiller (175...

Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. continues the comic adventures of Major Sinclair Yeates, the long-suffering English magistrate transplanted in...

A much-loved classic of Anglo-Irish comic fiction, Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. follows Major Sinclair Yeates, an English ex-army officer appo...

A substantial Edwardian biography of the influential Victorian newspaper editor John Thadeus Delane, who steered The Times through major political,...

A landmark in both printing and aesthetics, The Nature of Gothic forms a key chapter from John Ruskin’s The Stones of Venice and embodies his passi...

A beautifully produced pocket edition of Poems and Songs by Leonard Cohen, edited by Robert Faggen and published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2011 as part...

Journals of the Western Isles: A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Samuel Johnson and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides by James Bo...

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien remains one of the most beloved classics of modern literature, introducing readers to Middle-earth and the adventures ...

A very smart illustrated edition of Gilbert White's 'Natural History of Selborne', produced in conjunction with the Gilbert White Museum. White (17...

A very scarce copy of this family history of the Macdonalds behind the world famous Glenmorangie whisky brand, and related branches of that family....

Fifty Years and More of Sport in Scotland is the Duke of Portland's engaging memoir of deerstalking, salmon fishing, grouse shooting and country pu...

Joseph Swan (1796-1872) was one of Scotland's foremost 19th-century engravers and publishers, known for his finely detailed steel-plate views of Sc...

Winner of the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction, Piranesi by Susanna Clarke is one of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning novels of the de...

The Ladies of Grace Adieu, and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke is a beautifully written companion to her acclaimed novel Jonathan Strange & Mr ...

Winner of the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction, Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell is a richly imagined and deeply moving novel inspired by the life and loss...

Anyone Got a Match? by Max Shulman, first published in the UK by Heinemann in 1965, is a sharp and playful social satire, set around the American c...