John Keats was an English poet who died in 1821 at only 25 years old and remains an influential figure in the poetic Romantic movement. Life of John Keats is a non-fiction biography published by Walter Scott in 1887; a beautiful dark red leather-bound book with ornate golden embossing and golden edges. Written by William Michael Rossetti, brother to Christina Rossetti, the book has 49 plates of illustrations, many of which are hand coloured. Inside, you can find the binder of the book, Root &...

Originally published in 1937, The Hobbit (or There and Back Again) by J.R.R. Tolkien has enjoyed a nearly hundred-year, flourishing legacy. In 1976, following the success of the Lord of the Rings, a deluxe edition of The Hobbit was released by its original publishers: George Allen and Unwin. We are selling a second impression of this deluxe edition from 1979, perfect for any Tolkien fan or collector. The book comes in a card box and, inside, is still wrapped in its original tissue paper....

Did you know that the term ‘scientist’ was first attributed to Mary Somerville in relation to her diverse work in this book? Somerville (1790 – 1872) was a mathematician, scientist and polymath. Her second book, On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences, explores and explains mathematics, chemistry, physics, astronomy, geography and so much more. The edition that we are selling is the sixth edition, published by John Murray in 1842 – a time when it was rare for a woman to be published at all,...