Books and Manuscripts

O diese Dackel! is a delightful and humorous German illustrated work devoted to the antics of dachshunds, presented here in two volumes. Published...

یک متن یا گواهینامهٔ رسمی به زبان فارسی از دانشگاه آکسفورد که اعطای درجهٔ افتخاری دکترای حقوق مدنی را به اعلیحضرت امانالله خان، پادشاه افغانستان، ا...

First edition of A. E. van Vogt's Rogue Ship, a novel constructed from three interrelated science fiction stories originally published in magazines...

First UK edition of Roger Zelazny's Today We Choose Faces, a thoughtful and character-driven work of science fiction exploring themes of identity, ...

First UK edition of Frederik Pohl's Slave Ship, a sharp and unsettling work of mid-twentieth-century science fiction. Blending dystopian themes wit...

The Persian Journey of the Reverend Ashley Wishard and His Servant Fathi by Elgin Groseclose is a lively and engaging novel of travel and adventure...

The Fortunes of the Pasquiers by Georges Duhamel forms part of his well-known sequence of novels following the lives of a French family in the earl...

The Fountain by Charles Morgan is a reflective and psychologically nuanced novel first published in 1932. Set largely within the confined world of ...

The Outward Room by Millen Brand is a powerful and unconventional novel first published in 1937, exploring themes of mental health, freedom and per...

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...

An attractive set of three volumes from Philip Reeve’s popular “Goblin” series, each a first edition, first impression paperback, and each hand-num...

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 ...

This companion volume to the hugely popular children's fantasy series, Mortal Engines comprises 3 short stories by Philip Reeve, focusing on Anna F...

This companion volume to the hugely popular children's fantasy series, Mortal Engines. Each first edition copy is signed by the authors, Philip Ree...

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...

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...

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 handsome early twentieth-century edition of selected philosophical works by Francis Bacon, one of the most influential thinkers of the e...

A richly illustrated nineteenth century account of the Waterloo campaign, bringing together eyewitness testimony, official reports, and bio...

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...

An attractive box set of classic Winnie-the-Pooh stories by A.A. Milne, with decorations by Ernest H. Shephard. This is a special facsimile ...

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

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...

A smart first edition copy of Nicolas Cheetham's Mediaeval Greece, published by Yale University Press, New Haven and London. 1981 first edition. Pr...

The Duchess of Cleveland – Invitation to “Mr Henry James” 17 St James’s Square – Saturday Evening, May 7th[Likely 7 May 1876 or 7 May 1881] A finel...