Books and Manuscripts

In 1880, a young medical student named Arthur Conan Doyle, in need of remuneration and adventure, took time away from his medical studies in Edinbu...

A good 4 volume set of these authoritative, and substantial, gardening dictionaries. The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening; A Pra...

A desirable early printing of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. This publishing phenomenon was first released to the world in 1997. As earl...

A handsome and uncommon copy of this sporting travelogue, which first appeared in print in 1804. A Sporting Tour Through the Northern Parts of Engl...

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...

An interesting Victorian astronomy text; A prize presentation copy from The Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, with presentation label...

A very smart Folio Society slipcased edition of the works of Jane Austen's Letters. Collected and Edited by Deirdre Le Faye. Published by The Folio...

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

A very smart copy of this delightful volume with many tipped in colour illustrations of Egyptian scenes. An Artist in Egypt, by Walter Tyndale, R.I...

Bonnie Scotland Painted by Sutton Palmer, Described by A.R. Hope Moncrieff. Published by A & C Black, London, 1904. First edition. This is the ...

An interesting 18th Century medical handbook for use by General Practitioners (and also laypeople). Originally written by Scottish physician, Willi...

Biography of Anthony Ashley-Cooper, Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury, 1801-1885. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852-1855. He was a Br...

The Life and Works of Robert Burns; edited by Robert Chambers, Revised by William Wallace. Spine title states 'New Edition by William Wallace'. 3 V...

A beautifully presented volume of this work by Charles Bell, first published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme of London in 1806. Very much a delux...

A beautifully presented volume of this work by Sir William Osler, first published by Thomas Purfott of London in 1597. Very much a deluxe edition f...

A beautifully presented volume of this work by William Osler, first published by D. Appleton and company, New York, in 1892. Very much a deluxe edi...

A good copy of this well illustrated vintage French Dictionary/Encyclopaedia. Nouveau Petit Larousse Illustré; Dictionnaire Encyclopedique. Publié ...

A beautifully presented publication of this work, first published at The Clarendon Press, Oxford, in 1909. Very much a deluxe edition from Gryphon ...

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 beautifully presented volume of this work by John Hunter, first published by George Nicol of London and printed by John Richardson, in 1794. Very...

A complete set of James Fenimore Cooper's frontier novels set in the 18th Century known as the 'Leatherstocking Tales', primarily set in the former...

A beautifully presented set of 2 Volumes of this work, first published by The Oxford University Press in 1986. Very much a deluxe edition from Gryp...

A beautifully presented volume of this work by Dr. Theodore Billroth, Professor of Surgery in Vienna, translated by Charles E. Hackley, first publi...

A beautifully presented volume of this work by Sir William Beaumont, first published by F.P. Allen of Flattsburgh in 1921. Very much a deluxe editi...

A beautifully presented volume of this work by Sir William Osler, first published by P. Blakiston's Son & Co of Philadelphia in 1904. Very much...

A beautifully presented volume of this work by Sir William Osler, first published by Yale University Press in 1921. Very much a deluxe edition from...

A very good photographic edition of Gilbert White's 'Natural History of Selborne'. White (1720-1793) was a pioneering English naturalist and man of...

A good decorated green cloth edition of Gilbert White's 'Natural History of Selborne'. White (1720-1793) was a pioneering English naturalist and ma...

A good decorated blue cloth edition of Gilbert White's 'Natural History of Selborne'. White (1720-1793) was a pioneering English naturalist and man...

A beautifully presented volume of two classic 19th Century medical works. Very much a deluxe edition from the Classics of Medicine Library, in full...

A beautifully presented volume of this classic work, the first version of the book published in 1890. Written by Scottish anthropologist, Sir James...

A beautifully presented volume of two classic 19th Century medical works. Very much a deluxe edition from the Classics of Medicine Library, in full...

A beautifully presented volume of this work, first published in 1983. Very much a deluxe edition from Gryphon Editions, in full pigskin leather, sp...

A very smart copy indeed of this limited edition of Gilbert White's 'Natural History of Selborne'. White (1720-1793) was a pioneering English natur...

A copy of the very first printing of the Guinness Book of Records, which went on to became a worldwide publishing phenomenon. Initially produced as...

An impressive and beautifully produced art book, of substantial size, bound with leather and carrying the gilt crest of 'The Society of Writers to ...

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 Scottish book of sermons by Scottish Free Church Minister, James Sieveright (1783–1852), who also served as Moderator of ...

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 very smart copy of Goldsmith's poetry, which has been professionally rebound in brown cloth, and presents the book beautifully. The Poetical Work...

John Betjeman; Selected Poems. Edited by Alan Powers. Drawings by Peter Bailey. Published by The Folio Society, London, 2004. First edition thus. P...

A very good three volume set of this work described as: "a fascinating collection of impressions and facts about life in America, written by Americ...

A very smart copy of this intriguing Scottish work, which has been professionally rebound in orange cloth, and presents the book beautifully. The P...

A very smart copy of this intriguing Scottish work, which has been professionally rebound in blue cloth, and presents the book beautifully. Scenes ...

A very attractive full leather volume, copiously illustrated with wood engravings, exploring the area along the picturesque shores of the county of...

A very smart full leather volume which has been professionally rebacked, and contains fine condition text. Locke was one of the great pioneers of r...

A very smart 2 volume set of professionally rebacked full leather volumes containing fine condition text. Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries...