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Beatrice Webb is a clear, engaging biography of one of the most important figures in British social reform, written by Margaret Cole. Cole traces W...

A smart copy of the "fourth book in The Hitchhiker's Trilogy". This installment takes the series in a slightly different, more relaxed direction. A...

A smart copy of the second printing of Worzel Gummidge, the much loved living scarecrow, familiar to many in the UK from the later 1970s BBC televi...

The Blaeu Atlas of Scotland (2006) is a finely produced modern edition of one of the most important cartographic works ever devoted to Scotland, or...

Fighting Terms (1954) is the first book by Thom Gunn and a striking debut that announced his arrival as a poet of unusual discipline and intensity....

Moly (1971) is one of the key collections in the development of Thom Gunn's mature voice, written during his early years in the United States and r...

The Passages of Joy (1982) marks a significant moment in the career of Thom Gunn, bringing together poems written during a period of stylistic free...

A finely produced companion volume to the celebrated Nonesuch Dickens, issued in 1937 as both a retrospective on Dickens’ illustrators and editions...

A handsome limited-edition Nonesuch Press printing of the poetry of Andrew Marvell - one of the most distinctive voices of seventeenth-century Engl...

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 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 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...

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...

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...