Books and Manuscripts

A hugely successful modern science fiction novel by Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary combines hard science, humour, suspense, and interstellar ...

Robert Freke Gould's History of Freemasonry is one of the landmark nineteenth century studies of the subject, long regarded as a foundational work ...

A complete original set of Reynolds' Geognostic Profiles, an exceptionally scarce and visually striking suite of Victorian scientific educational w...

The Accident by Dexter Masters is a powerful mid-twentieth century novel rooted in the anxieties of the atomic age, drawing on the author's own exp...

Arctic Adventure is the memoir of the Danish explorer, writer and anthropologist Peter Freuchen, one of the twentieth century's best-known Arc...

Drunkard is the English translation of L'Assommoir, one of Émile Zola's most important and controversial novels, first published in 1877. A major w...

Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) was one of the most influential poets and literary voices of the twentieth century, known for her intensely personal and p...

Cultural Amnesia by Clive James is an expansive and highly personal work of literary and cultural criticism, first published in 2007. Structured th...

Acts of Light brings together selected poems by Emily Dickinson with luminous colour paintings by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, accompanied by an appreciat...

A distinctive three-volume grouping centred on Dennis Wheatley's Murder Off Miami, illustrating the evolution of one of the most inventive crime pu...

Minority Report; H. L. Mencken's Notebooks by H. L. Mencken is a posthumous collection of the author's private notebooks, first published in 1956. ...

With Malice Toward Some by Margaret Halsey is a humorous travel memoir first published in 1938, recounting the author’s experiences in Britain (and...

Banshee Harvest by Jim Phelan is a novel first published in the United States in 1945, having earlier appeared in England under the title And Black...

The life and travels of Isabella Bird (1831-1904) are among the most remarkable of the nineteenth century, and this biography by Anna M. Stoddart o...

The works of Isabella Bird (1831–1904) remain among the most vivid and engaging travel narratives of the nineteenth century. The Hawaiian Archipela...

First Man; The Life of Neil A. Armstrong, by James R. Hansen. Published by Simon & Schuster UK, London, 2005. 1st Uk edition. A fine red cloth ...

I Cover the Waterfront by Max Miller is a vivid and engaging account of life along the San Diego waterfront, first published in 1932. Drawing on Mi...

The Primrose Path by Ogden Nash is a collection of his characteristically witty verse, first published in 1935. Known for his playful use of langua...

"A boorish husband, a wife starved for love, and a lover out of the East, exotic, passionate, and chivalrous. Then Fate and a senseless betrayal. W...

Morning of Life by Kristmann Guðmundsson is a novel set against the rugged backdrop of Icelandic life, drawing on a landscape and culture shaped by...

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...