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This copy of British Fungi is a different edition to the other British Fungi  book  that we also have for sale in our shop. While this book doesn’t come with its dust jacket, it is still in good condition and has all of its original illustrations and plates. For those who are interested in the kinds of fungi that live in UK, and how to find them, this book is for you. The author, George Masse, described that the ‘primary object of this book is to enable the reader to determi

For those who are interested in the kinds of fungi that live in the UK, and how to find them, this book is for you. The author, George Masse, described that the ‘primary object of this book is to enable the reader to determine the names of our indigenous mushrooms, toadstools, etc.’ – and with fantastic depth and detailed plates, that is exactly what this book does. British Fungi  was published in the early 20 th century by George Routledge and Sons, Limited. This edition co

Any set of Jane Austen’s work is a delight to have; this set in particular is a wonderful collection of all of Austen’s novels (that were published during and after her lifetime), as well some of her unfinished works. This set was published in 1927 by Eveleigh Nash & Grayson Limited, and is their ‘Georgian Edition’. Each volume has an introduction by John Bailey, giving a brief insight into each of Austen’s works. The five volumes in this set include all of Austen’s novels (

Delve into the world of Edmund Dulac’s magical and dream-like illustrations in this fairy tale book... Published by Hodder and Stoughton (c.1910), this book contains four classic fairy tales: Sleeping Beauty, Blue Beard, Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. These stories have been translated from the Old French and retold by Arthur Quiller-Couch. However, the stand-out feature of this book is the thirty, full-page colour illustrations by Edmund Dulac that accompany these pere

Anne Pratt’s Flowering Plants of Great Britain is the primary work when looking for detailed, intelligible descriptions of thousands of flowers from across England, Scotland and Wales, accompanied by colourful and intricate illustrations. The set of Pratt’s work that we are selling comes in three volumes, all filled with hundreds of full-page, colour plates of elaborate drawings of flowers from Great Britain. The books are filled with succinct yet accurate descriptions of th

EDIT: This book has been sold, but we do have other Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle books in our shop for those who are interested. Please don't hesitate to get in touch via email or visit our shop if you have any questions. The stories and cases of Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson filled the pages of The Strand Magazine,  and four novels, from 1887 to 1927. The official Conan Doyle canon includes fifty-six short stories, and twelve of them feature in The Adventures

Shakespeare’s stories and works have been told and published in thousands of different ways over the years, but this particular set is very special. This twelve-volume set of Shakespeare’s works was published in 1882 by Keagan Paul, Trench & Co. and is bound in vellum. The white vellum binding (which is untanned leather), with the red and black titling, means this quality and luxurious set will stand-out proudly on any shelf. Included in these twelve volumes are all of Shakes

EDIT: This book has been sold, but we have lots of other Terry Pratchett books in our shop, including paperbacks, hardbacks, early editions and signed copies! Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you are interested or if you have any questions. Guards! Guards!  by the beloved and prolific writer, Terry Pratchett, is the eighth book in the forty-one-part book-series, Discworld. With Pratchett’s funny and joyous writing style, his fantasy-comedy series, Discworld, is read a

With its beige, unembellished dust jacket, this illustrated edition of Alfred Lord Tennyson’s Morte D’Arthur  is very unassuming from the outside. However, the inside bursts with colour and gold of Alberto Sangorski’s fabulous illustrations, brining to life this version of the classic British myth. This illustrated edition of the poem Morte D’Arthur by Tennyson was published in 1912 by Chatto and Windus. The page design was produced by the Graphic Engraving Company, to (as t

EDIT: This book has been sold, but we do have other copies of 'The Rubáiyát' in our shop, as well as illustrated books by Edmund Dulac. Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you are interested or have any questions. ‘The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám’ is a famous poem, originally written in Persian by poet, astronomer and mathematician Omar Khayyám. In 1859, Edward Fitzgerald translated this work for the first time from Persian into English: a translation that is still read an

EDIT: This book has been sold, but we have another (cheaper!) first edition, third impression copy of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats available in our shop for sale. Please get in touch if you are interested in purchasing this book, or any others from our stock. Did you know that the famous musical Cats  was actually based on a book? It was inspired by T.S. Eliot’s work Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats , which was first published by Faber and Faber in 1939. We are luc

The Tempest  was one of the later plays written by William Shakespeare: the play is thought to have been written in 1610 or 1611, but wasn’t published until 1623, after Shakespeare’s death. The book that we have on sale is an illustrated version of The Tempest , published in 1908 by Chapman and Hall. Included are seventeen full-page, colour illustrations by Paul Woodroffe and multiple other black and white drawings amongst the text. There is also accompanying music by Joseph

Down and Out in Paris and London  was the first ever book that George Orwell had published. Unlike Animal Farm  (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four  (1949), which are Orwell’s most well-known and acclaimed fictional novels, his first book is an in-part autobiography of his time in Paris and London in the late 1920s. Orwell wrote nine books in his lifetime (alongside tens of essays), three of which were non-fiction. Down and Out in Paris and London narrates the time that Orwell s

Originally published in 1963 in the US, Where The Wild Things Are  by Maurice Sendak has been a beloved children’s classic for generations. It was first published in the UK in 1967 and has been a staple of children’s reading many decades. The copy of this magical and nostalgic book that we have on sale was published in 1983 by The Bodley Head. The book has its original dust jacket with the same artwork of the monster (or Wild Thing) underneath on the boards as well. The endpa

Behind the beloved Bond film series, that spans around sixty years and includes over twenty-five films, is a book series of equal intrigue and drama. Ian Fleming wrote fourteen books in the James Bond series, with You Only Live Twice  being the twelfth instalment. The film adaptation of You Only Live Twice  was released in 1967, three years after the book’s publication, and Bond was played by the iconic Sean Connery. It was the fifth Bond film in the series. Our copy of the b

By 2000, the year that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire  was published, J.K. Rowling’s series about the boy-wizard Harry Potter was already a major global success. Children and adults alike were eagerly expecting each new instalment, clamouring to buy any first edition they could get their hands on. Luckily, we have also acquired a first edition hardback of The Goblet of Fire , published in 2000 by Bloomsbury, Rowling’s UK publisher. Not only that, but this is a signed fir

Children of Dune  is the third book in the Dune series, after Dune  (which the 2021 and 2024 film adaptations are based on) and Dune Messiah . It is described as ‘combin[ing] the threads of ecology and adventure developed in Dune  with the theme of political intrigue from Dune Messiah .’ It is an exciting conclusion for any sci-fi and Dune  fan. Children of Dune  was published in 1976, seven years after Dune Messiah , and the edition that we are selling in our shop is a firs

Following on from the phenomenal science-fiction landmark that was Dune , Frank Herbert released the second book in the series, Dune Messiah , four years later, in 1969. The copy of Dune Messiah  that we are selling in the shop is a first edition, 2 nd  impression published in 1969 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons in America. Dune Messiah  originally appeared in a shorter version in Galaxy Magazine from July to September of the same year, before it was released as a novel. Our edition i

Sidelights on Relativity  is a fascinating follow-up work to Einstein’s previous (and iconic) book on the Theory of Relativity. The writings in this book are from lectures that Einstein gave in 1920 and 1921, and have been translated by G.B. Jeffery and W. Perrett. The first lecture on ‘Ether and the Theory of Relativity’ was delivered on 5 th  May 1920 at the University of Leyden. The second lecture was on ‘Geometry and Experience’, but the text that is in this book is an ex