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ONLINE SHOWCASE
Explore a small selection of our antiquarian books, including scarce titles, first editions, and quality bindings. This is only a fraction of our in store collection, so come visit us in person to discover more.
We also update this page with more books (and sometimes comics!), so check back regularly to see what we have to offer!
We are a traditional bookshop and do not sell any of our books directly through the website, but if you are interested in any of these items, then please get in touch (via phone or sales@mainlybooks.co.uk) or visit us in our shop.


Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales, Illustrated by Edmund Dulac
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


Where The Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
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


Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire – Signed First Edition
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


Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Deluxe Edition, Signed by JK Rowling
Harry Potter , the now multi-billion dollar franchise, famously had a few false starts, with J.K. Rowling’s manuscript for Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone being rejected numerous times before Bloomsbury accepted it. But soon after, fans worldwide were invested in the boy wizard Harry Potter and his friends at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and in 1998, only a year after the first book in the Harry Potter series was published, J.K. Rowling released Harry


Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Deluxe First Edition, Signed by JK Rowling
In the space of just two weeks in July 2007, the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was released and the final book in the seven-part series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was published. By this point, Harry Potter was a global phenomenon and JK Rowling was one of the most famous authors in the world. Luckily, we have acquired a hardback, deluxe, first edition copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from 2007, published by Bloomsbur


Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - Signed by JK Rowling and Main Cast (Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint)
Nearly twenty years after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was published, Harry Potter still remains a multi-billion dollar franchise with fans all around the world. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth book in the seven-part series and was originally published in 2000, with the film adaptation being released in 2005. This hardback copy of The Goblet of Fire was published in 2004 by Bloomsbury, but the thing that makes this book so special is its signatures


Handbound copy of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Mimicking the quirky and whimsical nature of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland , comes this truly one-of-a-kind version of Lewis Carroll's most popular novel. Completely handbound by a local binder, each letter on this eclectic, leather cover has been cut out, gilded, and pasted by hand. Not only this, but the marbled endpapers on the inside have been affixed by hand as well, and the whole book assembled by one man who binds books as a hobby. The cover is utterly unique, and t
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