Gift Ideas

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...

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

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,...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

World in a Jug, by Roland Gant. No. 24 in the series. The Jazz Book Club was a publishing project of Sidgwick & Jackson publishers, from London...

A very scarce, privately published novel, signed and inscribed by the author. We can trace only 8 copies in institutional holdings.  Captain Anstru...

This work by Arthur Conan Doyle was a collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories from Strand magazine, originally intended to be Holmes' final out...

A classic 007 tale, with the wonderful cover art by Richard Chopping. The Man With The Golden Gun, by Ian Fleming. Published by Jonathan Cape, Lo...

21 classic children's rhymes and tales are retold by Joseph Cundall in this very scarce 1850 first edition, featuring more than 100 charming hand c...

A beautiful Folio Society edition of this Philip K. Dick classic - a fine, as new copy, with slipcase. Set in an alternative future where the outco...

A good copy of this novel by English Islamic scholar and novelist, a covert from Christianity to Islam, Marmaduke Pickthall (1875-1936) - set in Pa...

A very scarce set of 'The Enid Blyton Literary Society Journal', which changed its name to 'The Enid Blyton Society Journal' from issue 9 onwards. ...

A very scarce set of 'Green Hedges' magazine for Enid Blyton lovers, described as "The Newsletter especially for the collector of Enid Blyton Books...