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Fiesta in November is an early anthology of Latin American fiction, presenting a selection of short stories and novelettes to English-speaking read...

The Midnight Folk by John Masefield is a classic work of early twentieth-century children’s fiction, combining elements of fantasy, adventure and m...

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...

A striking early twentieth-century study of traditional Chinese theatre, combining concise descriptive text with a rich visual programme. Written b...

A highly desirable limited set of Philip Reeve’s Railhead trilogy, comprising all three first editions, each copy signed and distinctly enhanced by...

A particularly desirable limited issue of Philip Reeve’s No Such Things as Dragons, this copy is one of just 20 hand-numbered examples, signed and ...

A complete set of signed and lined novels from the hugely popular children's fantasy series, Mortal Engines. Each first edition copy is signed by t...

This volume represents the first English edition of a work first published in German in 1943. Issued in Berlin to commemorate the seventy-fifth bir...

The Theory of Atomic Collisions by Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey and N. F. Mott is an important early contribution to the development of modern atom...

The Structure of the Atom by Edward Neville da Costa Andrade is an early twentieth-century work exploring the emerging field of atomic physics at a...

A Sketch of a Tour on the Continent by James Edward Smith is an engaging early nineteenth-century travel account, first published in 1793 and prese...

First published in 1823, the Memoirs of General Count Rapp provide a vivid first-hand account of the Napoleonic era from one of the Emperor’s most ...

Captain Gronow’s lively recollections of Regency and early Victorian society remain one of the most engaging first-hand accounts of life in the cam...

History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic by William H. Prescott is a landmark work of nineteenth-century historical writ...

A complete 1858 first edition set of The Virginians by William Makepeace Thackeray, with all plates present. A sequel of sorts to Henry Esm...

A complete 1849 first edition set of The History of Pendennis by William Makepeace Thackeray, with all plates present. First published in s...

The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman is the second volume in his companion trilogy to His Dark Materials, continuing...

The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman is the first volume in a companion trilogy to his acclaimed His Dark Materials sequenc...

Haig by Duff Cooper is a major two-volume biography of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, first published in 1935. Drawing on extensive research a...

The "Breakfast-Table" series by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. brings together three of his most popular and enduring works - The Autocrat, The ...

Castle Richmond by Anthony Trollope is a social novel set in Ireland during the Great Famine, first published in 1860. Drawing on his own e...

The Hermits by Charles Kingsley is a series of engaging historical and biographical sketches exploring the lives of early Christian ascetic...

A complete twelve-volume, uniformly bound 18th century set assembled contemporarily, of Nouvelle Bibliotheque de Campagne, ou Choix d'Episo...

The Grey Brethren and Other Fragments in Prose and Verse by Michael Fairless is a reflective and quietly evocative work blending prose and ...

A celebrated work of the French Enlightenment, Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce by Jean-Jacques Barthélemy was first published in 1788 a...

The collected works of Antoine Hamilton (c.1646–1720), the Franco-Irish court writer best known for his elegant and often playful prose, co...

A substantial and handsomely bound six-volume set of John Richard Green's celebrated histories of England, comprising the complete four-volume Hist...

A well-matched two-volume set of John Willcock’s detailed biographical studies of the Argyll family, focusing on two of the most significan...

In the Footprints of Charles Lamb, by Benjamin Ellis Martin, is a richly illustrated literary topography tracing the life and world of Char...

Charles Lamb; A Memoir, by Barry Cornwall (the pen name of Bryan Waller Procter), offers an early and affectionate account of one of the mo...

Her Infinite Variety, edited by E. V. Lucas and first published in 1908, is a charming Edwardian anthology celebrating literary portraits o...

A finely produced limited edition from the Nonesuch Press, A Stitch in Time; or Pride Prevents a Fall by James Laver reflects the Press’s c...

A complete four-volume set of Le Petit Carrillonneur by M. Ducray-Duminil, published in Paris by J.G. Dentu in 1809. One of the author’s ch...

A scarce first edition of Histoire secrète de la cour de Berlin (1789) by Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, one of the most influ...

A scarce early edition of Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery by John Clare, one of the most distinctive voices of early nineteenth...

The comic and satirical poetry of Francesco Berni occupies a distinctive place in Italian Renaissance literature. Writing in the early sixt...

Isaac Asimov's Authorised Murder presents a curious and entertaining departure from the author's better known science fiction, offering in...

Charles St John's Note Books, 1846–1853: Invererne, Nairn, Elgin, published in Edinburgh by David Douglas in 1901 and edited by Admiral H....

First published in the late nineteenth century, A Naturalist on the Prowl or In the Jungle is a lively account of wildlife observation and...

A paired set of two editions of Axel Munthe's celebrated memoir The Story of San Michele. The English edition, published by the Folio Socie...

A smart set of 2 volumes on the history of the University of St Andrews, Scotland's oldest university, and the third oldest university in t...

William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair is one of the great novels of nineteenth century English literature, offering a brilliant satire ...

A complete set of the 12 Swallows and Amazons adventures by Arthur Ransome. Offered here are 6 of these in "The Swallows and Amazons Adventu...

ConsoliGel      A highly effective leather consolidant for leather book covers –  penetrates into leather to rehydrate and treat red rot (po...

This numbered limited first edition set of Ready Player One and Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline brings together the two bestselling dystop...

Published in 1794, this fourteenth edition of The History of Scotland by William Robertson presents his account of the reigns of Mary, Quee...

First published in 1908 in a strictly limited edition of 240 numbered copies, The Kirkcaldy Burgh Records by Lachlan MacBean is a substanti...

First published in 1925, The Medieval Village by G. G. Coulton is a classic and accessible study of everyday rural life in medieval England...