Books and Manuscripts

Witch’s Blood by William Blain traces the saga of a Scottish family descended from Elspet, a red‑haired woman accused of witchcraft and executed du...

An original Scottish variant poster for the Coronation in 1937 - for the town of Dunfermline in Fife, detailing all the local activities and events...

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860–1948) was a Scottish biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar best known for his groundbreaking work On Growt...

A handsome volume presenting the contributions of Sir George Cornewall Lewis to The Edinburgh Review. The Edinburgh Review, founded in 1802 in Edin...

A very smart set indeed of this limited edition version of Don Quixote. SOLD The History of The Valorous and Witty Knight-Errant Don Quixote of The...

A fine, as new, UK first edition set, of these thriller novels, which are all signed by both Bill Clinton and James Patterson. All are in pristine,...

An interesting and uncommon original British passport from 1912: Type: British passport issued in 1912; Single sheet as was standard practice in ...

A Truly Outstanding Burmese Kammavaca Buddhist manuscript. This richly decorated Burmese Kammavaca manuscript is an outstanding example of late 19t...

An attractive Folio Society production, which is well illustrated throughout, exploring 'the culmination of the rich young eighteenth-century Engli...

An impressive, and imposing, large folio volume of the engravings from the classic work by David Hume - almost 'elephant folio' in size. This large...

19th Century Japanese photo album 日本のビンテージ写真集 SOLD A photo album of original albumen prints, hand coloured, of Japanese subjects. The album is pres...

A historic novel from English novelist Maurice Hewlett (1861-1923) about Mary Queen of Scots. The 'Quair' in the title is a small book. The Queen's...

A nicely inscribed Rebus first edition by Ian Rankin, reading "To Hugh, The Old Devil is Back, Ian Rankin", and doodled with a Gallows illustration...

An interesting exploration of the world of books and reading in Ancient Greece and Rome by Frederic G. Kenyon, Late director and Principal Libraria...

A fascinating book of Sufi teachings told in a collection of stories and fables. Sufism is a mystical branch of Islam characterized by a focus on I...

2023 saw the 400th anniversary of the publication of the first collected works of Shakespeare. Copies of that surviving book are now so precious th...

A volume of literary criticism by Virginia Woolf, some articles previously published in The Times Literary Supplement, Life and Letters, The Nation...

A charming volume published by The Medici Society on the world of cats - the Introductory 'Category' features an essay form the author/compiler exp...

A charming collection of children's stories, written by Mrs Lang, and edited by Andrew Lang, her husband, who died the year prior to publication. H...

A very smart and stylish large format edition of this much respected atlas from The Times. The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World, Folio Societ...

A fascinating late nineteenth century photo album of albumen prints from Robert Welch. Undated, but c. 1870s-1890s. The album contains views taken ...

A monumental photo album of large folio size (46cm x 43cm) carrying the gilt initialed monogram 'M.G.'. Undated, but c. 1880-1890. The album is tit...

A leather bound photographic album from 1884 by 'Photographic Artist' J. Dryburgh, of St Andrews and Dalkeith, in Scotland. A truly remarkable albu...

A very smart set of 7 volumes from the classic series 'The Oxford History of England', which have been attractively and uniformly rebound in navy b...

An entertaining collection of short stories from Irish writer Maurice Walsh (1879-1964), one of Ireland's most successful writers in the 1930s and ...

From the creator of the beloved Moomins, this was her first novel for adults, first published as Bildhuggarens Dotter in 1968, a semi-autobiographi...

A smart boxed set containing 4 issues of The Wine Society List from February 2018 to February 2019 Housed in The Wine Society's branded red slipcas...

An interesting and well produced book from Consolidated Gold Fields, an international mining finance company, marking their centenary. The book exa...

An interesting and well produced book from the Shell Transport and Trading Company, Limited, marking their Diamond Jubilee. Based on their famous s...

Classic humour with a medical theme from Richard Gordon (1921-2017), formerly a ship's surgeon and anaesthetist. His 'Doctor' work was adapted for ...

A very smart, still sealed, limited edition, of this James Bond novel by Jeffrey Deaver. Carte Blanche, The New James Bond Novel, by Jeffrey Deaver...

An attractively presented book featuring 50 tipped in water-colour view of Oxford, each mounted on coloured textured paper, with facing descriptive...

Complete set of original hardbacks with their dustjackets; Born Free, Living Free, & Forever Free, by Joy Adamson: Born Free; A Lioness of Two ...

Classic humour with a medical theme from Richard Gordon (1921-2017), formerly a ship's surgeon and anaesthetist. His 'Doctor' work was adapted for ...

A beautiful copy of this work by American artist, Emelene Abbey Dunn (1859-1929), who founded the New York Normal Art School, after studying art in...

 A very smart book indeed, of the author's attempt to make sense of society in evolutionary terms. Rebound in modern green cloth bindings, this pre...

A very smart book indeed, of this work by Charles Darwin. Rebound in modern green cloth bindings, this presents as a handsome volume. We have recen...

A very smart book indeed, of this work by Charles Darwin. Rebound in modern green cloth bindings, this presents as a handsome volume. We have recen...

A very smart set indeed of this most influential of Charles Darwin's works. Rebound in modern green cloth bindings, these present as a handsome set...

A very smart set indeed of this work by Charles Darwin. Rebound in modern green cloth bindings, these present as a handsome set. We have recently a...

A very smart set indeed of this work on the life of Charles Darwin. Rebound in modern green cloth bindings, these present as a handsome set. We hav...

19th Century Japanese photo album 日本のビンテージ写真集 A photo album of original albumen prints, hand coloured, of Japanese subjects. Generally with a good ...

A set of 4 interesting and attractive Japanese tourist guides, comprising: Tourist Library No. 8; What is Shinto?, by Genchi Kato, 1935, 73pp;  Tou...

Frontiers of Jazz, edited by Ralph de Toledano. No. 58 in the series. The Jazz Book Club was a publishing project of Sidgwick & Jackson publish...

Dinosaurs in the Morning; 41 Pieces on Jazz by Whitney Balliett. No. 56 in the series. The Jazz Book Club was a publishing project of Sidgwick &...

Man Walking on Eggshells, by Herbert A. Simmons. No. 50 in the series. The Jazz Book Club was a publishing project of Sidgwick & Jackson publis...

Agatha Christie's autobiography was first published in 1977, following her death the previous year. However, in 2008, her Grandson discovered a box...

Tom Swift and His Rocket Ship by Victor Appleton II. We have recently acquired a large collection of vintage Tom Swift children's science fiction b...