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Exhibition. Traditional Book Arts: Tazhib, Tasweer & Calligraphy.

Illumination, miniature painting and calligraphy from Persia and the wider Islamic world.

Fair. 48th Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair.

Join us at Booth 325, 6th to 8th November. Find your copy of the catalogue inside.

Opening Hours. Christmas & New Year 2026

This December our bookshop and gallery will stay open later on weekdays.

Further Reading. Detectives & Disappearances

Agatha Christie's many sleuths: from Poirot to Tommy and Tuppence.

Further Reading. Protect & Survive.

The infamous booklets telling citizens how to react to a nuclear attack in early 1980s Britain.

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Gallery. Shapero Modern. 

Modern and contemporary British and American artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Traditional Book Arts, Travel 2026, Modern First Editions, Signed, Inscribed & Limited, Children's Literature, Maps & Atlases, Photobooks & Ephemera, Birds

BOOKSELLERS’ CHOICE

Booksellers' Choice
An excellent, finely-coloured copy in its largest, six-volume form, one of the crowning cartographic achievements of the 17th century
An excellent, finely-coloured copy in its largest, six-volume form, one of the crowning cartographic achievements of the 17th century

BLAEU, Joan & Willem.
Theatrum Orbis terrarum, sive Atlas Novus. 1635 [but 1644-1655].
£225,000.00

The first edition in English of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Arte of Warre, translated out of the Italian original by Peter Whitehorne
The first edition in English of Niccolò Machiavelli's The Arte of Warre, translated out of the Italian original by Peter Whitehorne

MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò; WHITEHORNE, Peter (translator).
The Arte of Warre Anno. M.D.L.X. Menss. Iulii and M.D.LXII. Mense. Aprilis [1560-1562].
First edition in English of Machiavelli's Libro della Arte della Guerra.
£85,000.00

The first edition in English of Max Weber's seminal essay on The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism, translated into English by Talcott Parsons
The first edition in English of Max Weber's seminal essay on The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism, translated into English by Talcott Parsons

WEBER, Max.
The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism. 1930.
The first edition in English of Max Weber's seminal essay on The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism, translated into English by Talcott Parsons
£6,750.00

The first edition in English of Tacitus' Annal and Germania translated by Richard Grenewey, bound with, as issued, the Histories and Life of Agricola by Sir Henry Savile
The first edition in English of Tacitus' Annal and Germania translated by Richard Grenewey, bound with, as issued, the Histories and Life of Agricola by Sir Henry Savile

TACITUS, Publius Cornelius; GRENEWEY, Richard & SAVILE, Sir Henry (translators).
The Annales of Cornelius Tacitus. 1598.
The first edition in English of Tacitus' Annal and Germania translated by Richard Grenewey, bound with, as issued, the Histories and Life of Agricola by Sir Henry Savile
£6,750.00

A signed copy of the second edition of Freeman Dyson's Advanced Quantum Mechanics, published in 1961.
A signed copy of the second edition of Freeman Dyson's Advanced Quantum Mechanics, published in 1961.

DYSON, Freeman.
Advanced Quantum Mechanics. [c. 1961].
£2,500.00

A set of letters and drafts of the nomination of Edward Appleton for the Nobel Prize in Physics, from the files of nominator Edward Neville da Costa Andrade, 1945.
A set of letters and drafts of the nomination of Edward Appleton for the Nobel Prize in Physics, from the files of nominator Edward Neville da Costa Andrade, 1945.

[APPLETON, Edward] ANDRADE, [Percy] Edward Neville da Costa.
Successful Nobel Prize nomination for Edward Appleton. 1945.
£4,750.00

The first edition in English of the collected works of Niccolò Machiavelli, comprising The Prince, History of Florence, Discourses on Livy, and The Art of War, together with his lesssener known works.
The first edition in English of the collected works of Niccolò Machiavelli, comprising The Prince, History of Florence, Discourses on Livy, and The Art of War, together with his lesssener known works.

MACHIAVELLI, Niccolò; NEVILLE, Henry (translator).
The Works of the Famous Nicolas Machiavel, 1675.
First collected edition in English of Machiavelli's works.
£12,500.00

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NEW ARRIVALS

New Arrivals
How I Found Livingstone.
How I Found Livingstone.

STANLEY, Henry Morton.
How I Found Livingstone. 1872
£1,750.00

The handsome deluxe edition of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and Poems and Stories by J.R.R. Tolkien.
The handsome deluxe edition of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and Poems and Stories by J.R.R. Tolkien.

TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
The Hobbit Or There and Back Again [with] The Lord of the Rings [with] Poems and Stories. 1984, 1979, 1980.
£1,400.00

A charming edition of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.
A charming edition of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll.

CARROLL, Lewis [pseud. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge]; ROWNTREE, Harry (illustrator).
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [and] Through the Looking-Glass. 1928.
£450.00

A handsome copy of the English-language edition of Leon Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution, bound by Bayntun-Riviere
A handsome copy of the English-language edition of Leon Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution, bound by Bayntun-Riviere

TROTSKY, Leon; EASTMAN, Max (translator).
The History of the Russian Revolution. 1934.
£450.00

Second and last edition.
Second and last edition.

BAEDEKER, Karl.
Nordamerika. 1904
£375.00

Jane Austen's Emma, llustrated by C E. Brock, with colour frontispiece, decorative title-page, and a further 22 colour plates
Jane Austen's Emma, llustrated by C E. Brock, with colour frontispiece, decorative title-page, and a further 22 colour plates

AUSTEN, Jane; BROCK, C.E. (illustrator).
Emma 1909.
£250.00

A finely illustrated copy of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.
A finely illustrated copy of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.

AUSTEN, Jane; BROCK, C.E. (illustrator).
Sense & Sensibility. 1908.
£475.00

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FURTHER READING

Dr Livingstone, I Presume?
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Pith Paintings
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The History of Samhain in Irish Literature
The History of Samhain in Irish Literature Brining Ancient Mythology to Life 28 October 2026
Detectives and Disappearances: Agatha Christie
Detectives and Disappearances: Agatha Christie Celebrating the British Library's New Exhibition 27 October 2026
Protect & Survive: How to Outlive the Apocalypse
Protect & Survive: How to Outlive the Apocalypse Ephemera from the UK Home Office 23 October 2026
Hit The Road, Jill
Hit The Road, Jill Women Travellers in Days of Yore 20 October 2026
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