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New Travel Catalogue
‘Our new travel catalogue was intended for November, but we have held it back until the New Year, free of seasonal distractions. As a taster, I have selected a favourite...
New Travel Catalogue
‘Our new travel catalogue was intended for November, but we have held it back until the New Year, free of seasonal distractions. As a taster, I have selected a favourite...
Gift Guide 07
A photographic journey with our Photobook Specialist, Oliver Wood. From René Groebli's Magic of the Tracks capturing the thrill of steam-powered travel to Alvin Langdon Coburn's Men of Mark, each book...
Gift Guide 07
A photographic journey with our Photobook Specialist, Oliver Wood. From René Groebli's Magic of the Tracks capturing the thrill of steam-powered travel to Alvin Langdon Coburn's Men of Mark, each book...
Gift Guide 06
From the delicate charm of a mid-nineteenth-century Chinese watercolor to the botanical masterpieces of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, each print tells a story of artistic brilliance. Perfect for gifting, these prints infuse...
Gift Guide 06
From the delicate charm of a mid-nineteenth-century Chinese watercolor to the botanical masterpieces of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, each print tells a story of artistic brilliance. Perfect for gifting, these prints infuse...
Gift Guide 05
From H.G. Wells' sought-after writings to W. Somerset Maugham's timeless masterpiece, explore the personal favourites of Angus Robb, our Literature Specialist.
Gift Guide 05
From H.G. Wells' sought-after writings to W. Somerset Maugham's timeless masterpiece, explore the personal favourites of Angus Robb, our Literature Specialist.
Gift Guide 04
Join our Travel Specialist, Lucinda Boyle, as she unveils some of her favourite items from our shelves. From Karl Baedeker's pre-war guidebook of London to a volume of John Betjeman's poetry,...
Gift Guide 04
Join our Travel Specialist, Lucinda Boyle, as she unveils some of her favourite items from our shelves. From Karl Baedeker's pre-war guidebook of London to a volume of John Betjeman's poetry,...
Gift Guide 03
Step into the world of rare books handpicked by our Sales Director, Jeffrey Kerr. From the vibrant allure of Broadway's 'Cabaret' to the Art Deco elegance of vintage mixology in...
Gift Guide 03
Step into the world of rare books handpicked by our Sales Director, Jeffrey Kerr. From the vibrant allure of Broadway's 'Cabaret' to the Art Deco elegance of vintage mixology in...
Gift Guide 02 | Early English Books
Embark on a curated exploration of rare Early English books with specialist Oliver Yarwood.
Gift Guide 02 | Early English Books
Embark on a curated exploration of rare Early English books with specialist Oliver Yarwood.
Gift Guide 01 | Art Books
Dive into rare cultural finds this holiday season in our Gift Guide series. Uncover rare and signed art books that will make your Christmas merrier, including Roy Lichtenstein's 'Dessins sans Bande'...
Gift Guide 01 | Art Books
Dive into rare cultural finds this holiday season in our Gift Guide series. Uncover rare and signed art books that will make your Christmas merrier, including Roy Lichtenstein's 'Dessins sans Bande'...
Richard Burton in Arabia
'His travels to Medina and Mecca make thrilling reading. Attacked by bandits in the Pilgrims Pass on the way to Medina, Burton then had a 36-hour non-stop rush to...
Richard Burton in Arabia
'His travels to Medina and Mecca make thrilling reading. Attacked by bandits in the Pilgrims Pass on the way to Medina, Burton then had a 36-hour non-stop rush to...
The Layered Legacy of Captain Cook
On the birthday of Captain Cook, we look back at an article from the archive by our Travel expert (and fount of bibliographic knowledge), Julian Mackenzie, in which he explored...
The Layered Legacy of Captain Cook
On the birthday of Captain Cook, we look back at an article from the archive by our Travel expert (and fount of bibliographic knowledge), Julian Mackenzie, in which he explored...
Exciting News
This route has its origins in the pre-Christian era as a means for China to export silk, precious stones, and other valuables, and later paper and gunpowder, thus changing the...
Exciting News
This route has its origins in the pre-Christian era as a means for China to export silk, precious stones, and other valuables, and later paper and gunpowder, thus changing the...
Money, Money, Money
Two hundred and fifty years ago this year, a group of stock-jobbers, dealers and brokers, and market-makers got together to erect their own building on Sweeting’s Alley, which became known...
Money, Money, Money
Two hundred and fifty years ago this year, a group of stock-jobbers, dealers and brokers, and market-makers got together to erect their own building on Sweeting’s Alley, which became known...
The Northwest Frontier
They say that good things come in threes and for booksellers it doesn’t get much better than buying three 19th-century Calcutta-printed books on the Northwest Frontier.
The Northwest Frontier
They say that good things come in threes and for booksellers it doesn’t get much better than buying three 19th-century Calcutta-printed books on the Northwest Frontier.
The Terra Nova Expedition
When we think of Captain Scott and his fateful last journey to the Antarctic, it is inevitable that we see him, his crew, and the continent itself, through the eyes...
The Terra Nova Expedition
When we think of Captain Scott and his fateful last journey to the Antarctic, it is inevitable that we see him, his crew, and the continent itself, through the eyes...
A tribute to Seamus Heaney
Today we pay tribute to the Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney, whose life and work are being celebrated in a new BBC Radio 4 series Four Sides of Seamus Heaney, on the...
A tribute to Seamus Heaney
Today we pay tribute to the Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney, whose life and work are being celebrated in a new BBC Radio 4 series Four Sides of Seamus Heaney, on the...