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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...

First published in 1958, South by Java Head is one of Alistair MacLean’s classic wartime thrillers, set in the aftermath of the fall of Singapore d...

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...

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...

A comprehensive and accessible reference guide to Tolkien’s vast mythological world, The Complete Tolkien Companion by J.E.A. Tyler provides clear ...

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...

This is a scarce miniature edition boxed set featuring poems by J.R.R. Tolkien - from his writings in The Hobbit and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil...

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 ...

First published between 1937 and 1955, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings together form J.R.R. Tolkien's monumental contribution to modern fantas...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Book of Lost Tales, Part I is the opening volume in The History of Middle-earth series, edited by Christopher Tolkien from his father J.R.R. To...

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...

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...

W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911), famed as the librettist of the Gilbert & Sullivan operas, was also a sharp-witted comic poet and illustrator. The Bab...

A finely bound late-Victorian edition of Thomas Hood’s Humorous Poems, richly illustrated by Charles E. Brock and introduced by Alfred Ainger. Publ...

A distinguished Centenary Edition, first published in 1934 by the Nonesuch Press, Bloomsbury, London, and edited by G.D.H. Cole. This volume brings...

A distinguished Centenary Edition, first published in 1934 by the Nonesuch Press, Bloomsbury, London, and edited by G.D.H. Cole. This volume brings...

Synonymorum Sylva, by Simon Pelegromius (Pelgrom). London: Ioyce Norton & Richardum Whittaker (Joyce Norton & Richard Whitaker), 1632. A s...

Alfred Lord Tennyson’s In Memoriam is one of the defining elegies of the Victorian era, written in memory of his closest friend, Arthur Henry Halla...

The Phanseys of William Cavendish, Marquis of Newcastle, addressed to Margaret Lucas and her Letters in Reply was issued by the Nonesuch Press in 1...

Hilaire Belloc’s The Old Road (1904) is his celebrated account of the ancient Pilgrims’ Way from Winchester to Canterbury, tracing both the physica...

A full leather prize presentation copy of this work. William Whewell's Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural Theology ...

An attractive Victorian prize binding, presented by The College School, Huyton. The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature and Science for Young Reade...

E.L. Blanchard’s A Handy Book on Dinners; Dinners and Diners at Home and Abroad (1860) is a witty and wide-ranging guide to the Victorian dining ta...

The Art of the Old English Potter by L. M. Solon is a classic late-Victorian study of English ceramics, first published in 1883 in a numbered limit...

Two impressive folios from the British Museum’s celebrated Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles, a monumental series issued between 181...

A scholarly early 18th century Latin edition of the first six books of Euclid’s Elements, the foundation of classical geometry. Edited and correcte...

The Ladies Calling. Edinburgh: James Glen, 1675. First Scottish Edition. The Ladies Calling (first published London, 1673 and attributed to Richard...

Vathek: An Arabian Tale was written in French in 1782 by William Beckford (1760–1844), an English novelist, art collector, and eccentric. It is one...

Vathek: An Arabian Tale was written in French in 1782 by William Beckford (1760-1844), an English novelist, art collector, and eccentric. It is one...

The Golden Ass (also known as Metamorphoses) by Lucius Apuleius is the only complete surviving novel from ancient Rome. This picaresque tale chroni...

A scarce first edition of Nesbit’s practical instructional work on surveying, A Complete Treatise on Practical Land-Surveying, In Six Parts (York: ...

A handsome set of this beautifully presented Nonesuch Press edition of the The Holy Bible; The Authorized or King James Version of 1611 now repinte...

A handsome facsimile edition presenting two landmark voyages of the early 17th century bound as one: The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake, Be...

A scarce first edition of Walter Anderson's monumental historical work. He offers a detailed and insightful account of late 16th‑ and early 17th‑ce...

A very smart first edition copy of the General circulation issue of this book (following the Private printing in 1926). T.E. Lawrence's autobiograp...

The Rolling Stones Monthly Book.Nos. 18–30 (a consecutive run).London: Beat Publications Ltd., November 1965 – November 1966. RESERVED A good, cons...

A most elegant partial set of this celebrated 1805 Chalmers edition of Shakespeare’s works, comprising six of the original nine volumes. Beautifull...

Philip Adolphe Klier (c.1845-1911) was a German photographer who worked in British Burma from the 1860s until the early 20th century. After establi...

'Cynicus, the pen name of Martin Anderson, was a Scottish artist, political and satirical cartoonist, postcard illustrator and publisher. Born in 1...