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Complete set of 6 volumes of Anthony Trollope's 'The Barsetshire Novels'. Classic English literature of the 19th Century, originally published betw...

A very smart first edition of The Mystery of Edwin Drood – Charles Dickens’s final and famously unfinished novel. First published in 1870, it was b...

A smart, well illustrated Victorian edition of this Charles Dickens classic. The Personal History of David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens. Illustr...

A smart, well illustrated Victorian edition of this Charles Dickens classic. Dombey and Son, by Charles Dickens. Illustrated by F. Barnard. Publish...

A beautiful Folio Society edition of this standalone crime mystery - a fine, as new copy, still sealed, with slipcase. The Franchise Affair by Jose...

A beautiful Folio Society edition of this standalone crime mystery - a fine, as new copy, still sealed, with slipcase. Considered one of Josephine ...

Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald is a contemporary coming-of-age novel set in modern Scotland, following the intertwined lives of Banjo an...

Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1860–1914), known in print as S.R. Crockett, was a Scottish novelist celebrated for his tales of adventure and historic...

Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1860–1914), known in print as S.R. Crockett, was a Scottish novelist celebrated for his tales of adventure and historic...

Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood is a modern retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, part of the Hogarth Shakespeare Project. Set in a performing arts p...

For the Flag (original French title: Face au drapeau, 1896) is one of Verne's later novels and part of his Extraordinary Voyages series. The story ...

Witch’s Blood by William Blain traces the saga of a Scottish family descended from Elspet, a red‑haired woman accused of witchcraft and executed du...

A very smart set indeed of this limited edition version of Don Quixote. The History of The Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of The Manc...

A fine, as new, UK first edition set, of these thriller novels, which are all signed by both Bill Clinton and James Patterson. All are in pristine,...

A delightful copy of the first printing of Worzel Gummidge, the much loved living scarecrow, familiar to many in the UK from the later 1970s BBC te...

A historic novel from English novelist Maurice Hewlett (1861-1923) about Mary Queen of Scots. The 'Quair' in the title is a small book. The Queen's...

A nicely inscribed Rebus first edition by Ian Rankin, reading "To Hugh, The Old Devil is Back, Ian Rankin", and doodled with a Gallows illustration...

A fascinating book of Sufi teachings told in a collection of stories and fables. Sufism is a mystical branch of Islam characterized by a focus on I...

A volume of literary criticism by Virginia Woolf, some articles previously published in The Times Literary Supplement, Life and Letters, The Nation...

A charming volume published by The Medici Society on the world of cats - the Introductory 'Category' features an essay form the author/compiler exp...

A charming collection of children's stories, written by Mrs Lang, and edited by Andrew Lang, her husband, who died the year prior to publication. H...

A leather bound photographic album from 1884 by 'Photographic Artist' J. Dryburgh, of St Andrews and Dalkeith, in Scotland. A truly remarkable albu...

An entertaining collection of short stories from Irish writer Maurice Walsh (1879-1964), one of Ireland's most successful writers in the 1930s and ...

From the creator of the beloved Moomins, this was her first novel for adults, first published as Bildhuggarens Dotter in 1968, a semi-autobiographi...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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 beautiful Folio Society edition of this Philip K. Dick classic - a fine, as new copy, with slipcase. Set in an alternative future where the outco...

A good copy of this novel by English Islamic scholar and novelist, a covert from Christianity to Islam, Marmaduke Pickthall (1875-1936) - set in Pa...

A very scarce set of 'The Enid Blyton Literary Society Journal', which changed its name to 'The Enid Blyton Society Journal' from issue 9 onwards. ...

A very scarce set of 'Green Hedges' magazine for Enid Blyton lovers, described as "The Newsletter especially for the collector of Enid Blyton Books...

A first edition of this Enid Blyton first edition, one of her much loved 'Mystery' series books, with its original dustjacket. The Mystery of the P...

A first edition of this Enid Blyton first edition, one of her much loved 'Mystery' series books, with its original dustjacket. The Mystery of Tally...

An inscribed copy of this Enid Blyton first edition, dedicated to "Roger, Love from Enid Blyton" to the title page. Feefo, Tuppeny and Jinks, by En...

A good copy of this Jorrocks novel with hand coloured illustrations... Hillingdon Hall or The Cockney Squire; A Tale of Country Life, by R. S. Surt...

An attractive copy of this Jorrocks novel... Jorrocks's Jaunts & Jollities; The Hunting, Shooting, Racing Driving, Sailing, Eccentric and Extra...

A very smart Folio Society boxed set of the works of Jane Austen. SOLD Comprises: Emma, Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice, Shorter Works, Sense a...

A very smart set of 3 George Bernard Shaw works, all uniformly rebound in stylish modern cloth bindings. Comprising: Cashel Byron's Profession, Rev...

A very smart copy of this novella by Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849), Anglo-Irish novelist of adults and children's literature. The book has been profe...

A very smart copy of this important French novel by Francois Fenelon, which has been professionally rebound in russet cloth, and presents the book ...

A handsome set of books by Henry Fielding (1707-1754), English novelist, dramatist and essayist. The books have been professionally rebound in matc...

A charming bound copy of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an enterta...

A very good first edition copy in the Publisher's original cloth binding. Historical Tales and Legends of Ayrshire, by William Robertson. Published...