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We guarantee the authenticity and completeness of all items (unless otherwise described), and are happy to provide a certificate to this effect. All items can be assumed to be in good condition, with any defects being described in our description.
An interview with Angus Robb as part of our Books not Border series.
Written by Oliver Bayliss
With a diverse background in rare books, antique furniture and luxury retail, Angus shares responsibility for the Literature department, with particular emphasis on literary and children's classics, as well as arts and sports. He also manages our Gift department, helping customers find the ideal present for every occasion.
As an extremely impoverished student I used to scour the charity and junk shops for books and then share a table in Portobello Road on a Saturday morning; also occasionally in Farringdon.
Eeeek! This is a tough one. As a tot I adored ‘The Velveteen Rabbit’ by Margery Williams. A first edition would have been rare to find then and now ever rarer.
What's the most expensive book you've ever sold?
A complete set of Jane Austen First editions!
One of the most memorable was a trip to the Isle of Mull...
Any advice for budding young collectors?
Buy the best copy you can afford; better to have one decent book than two mediocre ones.
'A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains' by John Gould.
I have always been surprised at the number of very good dealers who rarely read a book and yet are so knowledgeable. Personally, I am a voracious reader, everything from Shakespeare to Zadie Smith.
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An intriguing work from the author most famous for his Oz series of books, this recounts the adventures of a young boy whose scientific experiment...
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A sweet edition of Mark Twain's classic novel in red calf gilt by Bayntun, with colour-plate and in-text illustrations by Cyril Walter Hodges (190...
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Pop-up book. Silly Symphonies comprised 75 short musical films produced by Walt Disney from 1929 to 1939; The series is notable for its innovation ...
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A complete set of the Winnie-the-Pooh books. Milne's first volume (When We Were Very Young) was published in November 1924 and was such a resoundin...
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3 vols, 8vo (227 x 160 mm); First vol: frontispiece photogravure of Lewis Carroll, 40 black & white illustrations by Peter Newell, further tex...
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Karl Baedeker was head of a successful publishing business, when in 1832 he acquired the publishing house of Franz Röhling which four years earlier had published a travel guide Rheinreise von Mainz bis Cöln: Ein Handbuch für Schnellreisende by Professor...
The Royal Academy's new exhibition, In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930s, is the most comprehensive exhibition to date in the UK, celebrating a period of bold artistic experimentation. Despite profound upheaval, there was a true flourishing...
The great thing about collecting books is that they were produced as multiples giving lots of collectors a chance to own a copy. To distinguish between copies the most desirable factors are condition and provenance and for me the greatest...
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