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Introducing our New Department: Rare Science Books
Science Specialist Laura Massey introduces and gives an overview of eight new Science Categories Available to browse on our website.
Introducing our New Department: Rare Science Books
Science Specialist Laura Massey introduces and gives an overview of eight new Science Categories Available to browse on our website.
A Guide to Guidebooks
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...
A Guide to Guidebooks
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...
Ukrainian Modernism
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...
Ukrainian Modernism
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...
Provenance
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...
Provenance
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...
Africa Inscribed
In anticipation of the approaching London Antiquarian book fairs, this May, we are spotlighting rare African exploration works. Featured, are four first editions, with inscriptions linking them to historical figures, enhancing their...
Africa Inscribed
In anticipation of the approaching London Antiquarian book fairs, this May, we are spotlighting rare African exploration works. Featured, are four first editions, with inscriptions linking them to historical figures, enhancing their...
Art and the East India Company
The public perception of the East India Company, an organisation which was to become one of Britain's most notorious colonial ventures, was mediated by a collective of artists. Diplomatic wrangling,...
Art and the East India Company
The public perception of the East India Company, an organisation which was to become one of Britain's most notorious colonial ventures, was mediated by a collective of artists. Diplomatic wrangling,...
Childhood Tales & Imaginary Places
The woods and rivers, hills and hollows of fiction constitute some of our earliest and most beloved memories: from the Hundred Acre Wood to the home of Mr. McGregor. Join...
Childhood Tales & Imaginary Places
The woods and rivers, hills and hollows of fiction constitute some of our earliest and most beloved memories: from the Hundred Acre Wood to the home of Mr. McGregor. Join...
A Journey Through Natural History
Welcome to TEFAF Maastricht: the fair that plays host to some of the most memorable treasures in the art world. With artworks that span over 7000 years, the event has...
A Journey Through Natural History
Welcome to TEFAF Maastricht: the fair that plays host to some of the most memorable treasures in the art world. With artworks that span over 7000 years, the event has...
Celebrating Women in Fiction
This International Woman’s Day, travel from the political vicissitudes of Rome to the sun draped heat of the Sasanian empire, through cold moors and loveless houses, to gardens at the...
Celebrating Women in Fiction
This International Woman’s Day, travel from the political vicissitudes of Rome to the sun draped heat of the Sasanian empire, through cold moors and loveless houses, to gardens at the...
The Overland Route
Watching the news and seeing the disruption to shipping in the Red Sea, I was reminded of how the possibility of using this route so excited travellers in earlier days.
The Overland Route
Watching the news and seeing the disruption to shipping in the Red Sea, I was reminded of how the possibility of using this route so excited travellers in earlier days.
London Fashion Week Celebrates Four Decades of ...
It’s London Fashion Week 2024 and celebrated designers and artists are descending on the capital to participate in one of the biggest fashion events of the year. This year sees...
London Fashion Week Celebrates Four Decades of ...
It’s London Fashion Week 2024 and celebrated designers and artists are descending on the capital to participate in one of the biggest fashion events of the year. This year sees...
A Visit to the Charles Dickens Museum
Nestled in a quiet Georgian street, stands a house of talking ravens and Christmas ghosts, books and beetle traps, snuff, ink, poster beds, feasting, merriment and music.
A Visit to the Charles Dickens Museum
Nestled in a quiet Georgian street, stands a house of talking ravens and Christmas ghosts, books and beetle traps, snuff, ink, poster beds, feasting, merriment and music.
Finding the Value of Old Books
Learn the basic tools and practical knowledge to begin to navigate the fascinating realm of rare books. Explore the various factors that influence the value of these literary gems, including physical condition...
Finding the Value of Old Books
Learn the basic tools and practical knowledge to begin to navigate the fascinating realm of rare books. Explore the various factors that influence the value of these literary gems, including physical condition...
Fantasy: Realms of Imagination
Fairies and fiends, monsters and magic can be found in an ever-increasing number of bookshops and bookshelves around the world. They are the subject of the British Library’s extensive temporary...
Fantasy: Realms of Imagination
Fairies and fiends, monsters and magic can be found in an ever-increasing number of bookshops and bookshelves around the world. They are the subject of the British Library’s extensive temporary...
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...