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The Mummy  by iconic horror writer, Anne Rice, is a perfect spooky book for all those who are fans of myth and mummies, or a good horror novel. Our first edition copy of The Mummy  (or Ramses the Damned ) was published in 1989 by Chatto and Windus. Rice had already started writing the famous ‘Vampire Chronicles’ series, with the first book, Interview with the Vampire , being adapted into a famous film in 1994. ( The Vampire Lestat  is the second book in the series and we have

EDIT: This book has now been sold, but we have hundreds of other horror books available in our shop! Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions. In 1960, Psycho , directed by Alfred Hitchcock (one of the most notable filmmakers and directors of all time), was released to the public. It was an instant success, and a seminal work for all film-fanatics and lovers of the horror genre – but did you know that it was based on a book? A year earlier to Psycho (1

The War of the Worlds  by H.G. Wells is a cornerstone of science fiction, dystopian and fin-de-siècle literature, written by one of the most prolific writers of the late 19 th  and early 20 th centuries. A serialised version of The War of the Worlds  was released in 1897, but the following year, in 1898, William Heinemann published the complete novelised version of Wells’ end-of-the-world story. The book itself is set in the south of England, specifically in Woking, Surrey a

Jules Verne is perhaps best known for his works like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea  or Around the World in Eighty Days , but our copy of his 1869 science fiction novel Around the Moon  is perfect for any Verne or space-travel fans. The edition that we are selling in our shop is a collector’s hardback edition from 1988, published by The Easton Press in Connecticut, USA. The book comes with a bookplate sticker, a loose page on the collector's notes and an introduction w

Charles Upham’s two-volume book from 1867 is a brilliant insight into the suspicion, fear and religion in 17 th  century America. It follows the infamous Salem Witch Trials that occurred in 1692 and 1693, where hordes of people were accused of witchcraft, and many were executed. The full title of the book is: ‘Salem Witchcraft; with An Account of Salem Village, and A History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Spirits.’ It was originally published by Wiggin and Lunt in Bost

Dune  is one of the most iconic sci-fi novels of all time, which was catapulted back into notoriety in the last few years with the critically-acclaimed films Dune: Part 1 and Dune: Part 2 (both directed by Denis Villeneuve). Our special copy of the first Dune  book, by Frank Herbert, is a hardback memorial edition, bound in genuine leather. It was published in 1987 by the Easton Press, in Norwalk, Connecticut. Included in the book are multiple black and white illustrations,

One of his most iconic novels, this first edition copy of Brighton Rock  by Graham Green is a perfect collector’s piece or gift for any fan. Brighton Rock  is a murder-slash-thriller book set in, as the name suggests, Brighton, in the 1930s. The story is very famous and has been adapted into a film, stage play, and a musical! The first edition hardback which we are selling was published in 1938 by William Heinemann. The pages themselves are slightly aged, and there is some si

EDIT: This item has been sold but we are still selling a first edition copy of this book (which you can find here ) as well as other Tolkien books. Please get in touch if you have any questions. The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and other verses from The Red Book  builds on the myths and legends (the legendarium) of the world of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings  through a series of poems. This book is a hardback, first edition, 3 rd impression published in 1968 by George Al

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and other verses from The Red Book  builds on the myths and legends (the legendarium) of the world of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings  through a series of poems. This book is a hardback, first edition, 1 st impression published in 1962 by George Allen and Unwin. Included are sixteen poems in various forms that tell tales from the Tolkien universe, mainly through the character of Tom Bombadil, who was featured briefly in The Lord of the Rin

For lovers of strong female protagonists, slow-burn romances, and sharp observational humour, Jane Austen is the timeless, well-loved author for readers young and old.  We are selling a six volume hardback set of all of Austen’s works, including her six completed novels, and an additional volume of her unfinished and shorter works (such as ‘Lady Susan’, ‘Love and Friendship’, and ‘Sanditon’). The full length novels included in the set are: Pride and Prejudice , Emma , Sense a

The Lord of the Rings series hardly needs an introduction: it is the cornerstone of the fantasy genre and one of the most well-known epic, adventure trilogies which is still enjoyed around the world decades after its original publication. The original books were released between 1954 and 1955 and published by George Allen and Unwin. Our set of The Lord of the Rings are all hardbacks and first editions – but varying impressions – from 1959 and 1960 (also published by George Al

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

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

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

Exactly one hundred years after the most popular version of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein  was published, the film Frankenstein (1931) was released – and a film tie-in of the classic gothic novel was produced. Thought up in the stormy landscape of Geneva in 1816, after sharing ghost stories with fellow writers Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron, Frankenstein was published two years later by Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones (but our copy is a hardback published by Th

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

This antiquarian book, dating all the way from 1694, is one of many seventeenth century books in our collection. If you are looking for something interesting and rare to add to your shelf, then you are in the right place. The General History of Earthquakes describes various volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, and makes note of particular mountains and geographical discoveries: each story or recount is numbered, going up to sixty-four. Section forty-one, for example, tells th

EDIT: This book has been sold, but we have other 17th century puritanical tracts available in our shop. Please do get in touch if you have any questions or queries. The Hunting of the Romish Fox is a curious book, not only in its content but its history: it is (as many of our religious antiquarian items are) born out of a turbulent time of theology in Britain and Ireland. The full title is: The Hunting of the Romish Fox, and the Quenching of Sectarian Fire Brands: Being a Sp

From the mid-eighteenth century emerges a fabulously researched and edited collection of the works of England’s greatest polymath: Excerpta by Sir Isaac Newton. The full title, in Latin, is: ‘Excerpta Quaedam e Newtoni Principiis Philosophiae Naturalis, cum notis variorum’, which can be translated as, ‘Certain Extracts from Newton’s Principles of Natural Philosophy, with notes of various kinds’. This book of Newton’s works was published in 1765 in Cambridge, and was edited by