Books and Manuscripts

A collection of key, shorter works by seven of Scotland's greatest writers, including Alasdair Gray's newly commissioned survey of Scottish writing...

A characteristically inventive work by Alasdair Gray, Five Letters From An Eastern Empire presents a series of fictional letters blending satire, p...

Volume I of the Sixth Series of Chambers's Journal, covering December 1897 to November 1898, marking the beginning of a new era for one of Britain'...

The Scots Magazine was Scotland's leading eighteenth-century periodical and remains one of the richest contemporary records of the political, socia...

This set consists of two volumes in matching bindings of Thomas Arnold's History of Rome. Vols I and III only. Volume II is missing. Comprising: Vo...

The Plays of William Shakespeare. Edited and Annotated by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke. Illustrated by H.C. Selous. In 3 Volumes, complete; The C...

Horace. Odes and Epodes; in the Original Latin and in English Translations Selected and Edited with an Introduction by Louis Untermeyer. Accompanie...

This substantial volume brings together many essays exploring the life, works and legacy of Robert Burns from literary, historical and internationa...

Sacred History in the Form of Letters was written as an engaging introduction to Biblical history for the pupils of the pioneering Edinburgh Sessio...

This publication features an outer card cover containing a tipped-in booklet and a large fold out-map. The Map of Tolkien’s Middle Earth. Text by B...

This publication features an outer card cover containing a tipped-in booklet and a large fold out-map. There and Back Again; The Map of The Hobbit....

The Rubaiyat is one of the most celebrated works of Victorian literary translation. Although based upon the Persian quatrains traditionally attribu...

André Malraux; Man’s Fate. Translated by Haakon M. Chevalier. Published by The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1981. This limited edition published...

Oscar Wilde; Stories & Fairy Tales. Illustrated by Zevi Blum.  Published by The Franklin Library, Pennsylvania, 1983. This limited edition publ...

First published in 1781, A View of Society and Manners in Italy is one of the finest eighteenth-century travel accounts of Italy, combining detaile...

A first edition of the work which first introduced Peter Pan to the world. Originally published in 1902, The Little White Bird marks the first appe...

Published in 1848, John Boag's A Popular and Complete English Dictionary was among the earliest substantial dictionaries issued by William Collins ...

First published in Germany as one of the nineteenth century's most influential architectural pattern books, The Gothic Model-Book was intended as a...

First published in 2013, A Tale for the Time Being is Ruth Ozeki's acclaimed novel exploring memory, identity, fate and the unexpected connections ...

Between about 1877 and 1912, David Bryce & Son of Glasgow became one of the world's foremost publishers of miniature books, issuing more than f...

Between about 1877 and 1912, David Bryce & Son of Glasgow became one of the world's foremost publishers of miniature books, issuing more than f...

William Wallace's Kant provides an accessible introduction to the life, ideas and lasting influence of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant. Writte...

James Hutchison Stirling's The Text-Book to Kant is a substantial guide to some of the most challenging sections of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pur...

The September Massacres of 1792 were among the most shocking episodes of the French Revolution. As fear and unrest spread through Paris, revolution...