Authors List
William Harrison Ainsworth
Victorian historical novelist known for blending romance, adventure, and history in popular 19th-century works.
**Books Available:**
- 1870s Ballads Romantic Fantastical & Humorous – W.H. Ainsworth Illustrated
Maxwell Armfield
Painter, illustrator, writer in Arts and Crafts movement.
**Books Available:**
- 1909 THE CONFESSIONS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE - RARE Edn ILLUSTRATED Maxwell Armfield
William Henry Davenport Adams
Prolific Victorian author, journalist, translator, and lexicographer.
**Books Available:**
- Scenes of the Olden Time 1874 – Illustrated Victorian Book (W H Davenport Adams)
Randal H. Alcock
Accomplished 19th-century scholar with interests in natural sciences and etymology.
**Books Available:**
- 1876 Botanical Names for English Readers – 1st Ed Author-Inscribed Rare
Thomas L. Ainsley
Thomas L. Ainsley was a South Shields nautical instructor and maritime navigation author.
**Books Available:**
- Ainsley Marine Board Extra Examination Guide 1883 – Illustrated Third Edition
Max Adeler
Max Adeler was the pen name of American humorist Charles Heber Clark, famed for witty satire.
**Books Available:**
- Random Shots by Max Adeler c1880s Ward Lock Copyright Edition Illustrated
Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888) was a leading Victorian poet, critic, and cultural commentator.
**Books Available:**
- Poems by Matthew Arnold c.1896 Canterbury Poets Special Edition Gilt Cloth
Mark Akenside
Mark Akenside (1721–1770), English poet and physician, famed for The Pleasures of the Imagination.
**Books Available:**
- 1807 Poetical Works of Mark Akenside – Fine Leather Small Antiquarian Book AND Mark Akenside Poetical Works c1856–73 Aldine Half-Leather Marbled
J. Almon
18th-century English journalist and writer on political subjects
**Books Available:**
- 1780: THE PARLIAMENTARY REGISTER J. Almon Vol.XV (1779/80) Antiquarian Book
William Allingham
Renowned 19th-century Irish poet, born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal.
**Books Available:**
- Irish Songs and Poems 1887 First Edition William Allingham Music Scores Book
Anderson Bates
Anderson Bates was a Victorian local historian and writer focused on preserving Grimsby’s history and traditions.
**Books Available:**
- Rare: A Gossip About Old Grimsby c1892 Anderson Bates Victorian Local History
Richard Burgess
19th-century missionary and travel writer.
**OUT OF STOCK**
- 1835 Greece and the Levant 1st Ed | Rare Leather Travel Book by Burgess
Max Beerbohm
Satirist, caricaturist, and Edwardian essayist.
**Books Available:**
- 1896 Second Edition – THE HAPPY HYPOCRITE By Max Beerbohm. Antiquarian Small Leather-Bound Book (“Bodley Booklets” Series No.1). A Fairy Tale For Tired Men.
John Bunyan
John Bunyan (1628–1688) was an English preacher and author of The Pilgrim’s Progress.
**Books Available:**
- The Pilgrim’s Progress John Bunyan 1871 Illustrated Houlston Edition Prize Copy AND Antiquarian Pilgrim’s Progress John Bunyan c1855 Half Calf Illustrated Virtue
William Cullen Bryant
American poet and editor who helped shape early 19th-century American literature.
**Books Available:**
- 1850 Poetical Works William Cullen Bryant - Gilt Antiquarian Illustrated Book
Robert Bloomfield
Robert Bloomfield (1766–1823) was an English poet associated with rural and pastoral verse.
**Books Available:**
- The Banks of Wye 1813 Robert Bloomfield Illustrated Poem Second Edition
Reginald Berkeley
Reginald Berkeley (1890-1935) was a British playwright, poet, and politician, associated with modernist and satirical circles.
**Books Available:**
- Decorations and Absurdities 1923 First Edition Bohun Lynch Reginald Berkeley
Cicely Mary Barker
Cicely Mary Barker (1895–1973), beloved British artist famed for her enchanting Flower Fairies illustrations.
**Books Available:**
- Flower Fairies of the Wayside Illustrated Cicely M. Barker c.1950s with Jacket AND A Flower Fairy Alphabet Poems & Pictures by Cicely M. Barker c.1950s w/ Jacket AND Flower Fairies of the Autumn by Cicely M. Barker c.1930s Illustrated w/ Jacket
James Beattie
Scottish Enlightenment poet and philosopher, famed for The Minstrel and moral philosophy.
**Books Available:**
- 1852 Poetical Works of Goldsmith, Beattie & Campbell | Illustrated | Diced Calf AND Rare 1835 Selections English Poets Spenser–Beattie Half Leather Illustrated AND c1856–73 James Beattie Poetical Works Aldine Edition Half-Leather Marbled AND The Minstrel by James Beattie – 1858 First Illustrated Edition Foster & Dalziel
Robert Burns
Scottish national poet, lyricist, and collector of folk songs; celebrated for preserving Scottish culture.
**Books Available:**
- Robert Burns Birthday Book by Jean Howie – Blue Floral Leather, Circa 1956
Peter Burn
Cumbrian poet (1831–1902) celebrated for lyrical verse capturing nature and traditions.
**OUT OF STOCK**
- 1885 Poems by Peter Burn – Rare 1st Edition Cumberland Victorian Poetry Book
John Barr
John Barr founded New Zealand’s Robert Burns Society and wrote poetry on colonial settler life.
**Books Available:**
- Poems and Songs by John Barr – Rare 1861 NZ Scottish Poetry First Edition Book
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Victorian poet, known for sonnets and love poetry.
**Books Available:**
- SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE Barrett Browning LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES c1910 Book
Lord Byron
Romantic poet, famed for dramatic narrative poetry.
**Books Available:**
- 1855 The Illustrated Byron | 200+ Engravings | Antiquarian Poetry Book AND Don Juan Volume I (1828) Lord Byron – Early Edition – Finden Frontispiece
Ernest Chesneau
Ernest Chesneau was a French art critic and historian known for championing modern painting.
**Books Available:**
- English School of Painting 1885 First Edn: Chesneau, Ruskin Preface, Illustrated
Walter Crane
Influential illustrator, designer, and Arts and Crafts pioneer in Victorian and Edwardian England.
**Books Available:**
- 1896 1st Ed – Decorative Illustration of Books by Walter Crane AND The Baby’s Opera by Walter Crane c1917 Frederick Warne Illustrated Vintage Book
Charles Clarke
Charles Clarke was a 19th-century writer known for sporting and anecdotal works reflecting Victorian leisure culture.
**Books Available:**
- Crumbs From a Sportsman’s Table c.1868 By Charles Clarke – Leather-Bound
William Collins
English lyric poet of the 18th century, precursor to Romanticism, known for odes.
**Books Available:**
- c1856–73 William Collins Poetical Works Aldine Edition Half-Leather Marbled
Geoffrey Chaucer
Father of English literature, Canterbury Tales.
**Books Available:**
- 1889 Canterbury Tales & Faerie Queene / Chaucer Spenser / Illustrated Book
Anne Marsh-Caldwell
Anne Marsh-Caldwell (1791–1874) was a popular English novelist and friend of Josiah Wedgwood.
**Books Available:**
- 1852 Castle Avon 1st Edition Vol III – Anne Marsh-Caldwell – Westerton’s Binding
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Mantic poet, co-author of Lyrical Ballads.
**Books Available:**
- 1857 Poetical Works Campbell & Coleridge | Gilt | Gall & Inglis | Illustrated
R. W. Chapman
R. W. Chapman — distinguished Oxford scholar and editor of Jane Austen’s works and letters.
**Books Available:**
- Jane Austen’s Letters 1959 Oxford 2nd Edition – Patrick Cormack Provenance
M. L. Christlieb
M. L. Christlieb was a missionary writer whose letters chronicle daily life and service in colonial India.
**Books Available:**
- An Uphill Road in India (1927) First Edition – M. L. Christlieb
Thomas Campbell
Scottish Romantic poet celebrated for patriotic verse and The Pleasures of Hope.
**Books Available:**
- 1852 Poetical Works of Goldsmith, Beattie & Campbell | Illustrated | Diced Calf AND 1857 Poetical Works Campbell & Coleridge | Gilt | Gall & Inglis | Illustrated
Randolph Caldecott
Randolph Caldecott (1846–1886) was a pioneering English illustrator famed for his classic children’s picture books.
**Books Available:**
- R. Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 1 – Warne Ltd c.1920 w/ Dust Jacket Illustrated AND R. Caldecott’s Picture Book No.2 – Warne Ltd c.1917 Green Cloth Edition
Imogen Chichester
Early 20th-century British novelist.
**Books Available:**
- 1944 1st Ed THE SAD TALE OF THE GREEDY BOY Imogen Chichester ILLUST. SCARCE Book
George Crabbe
English poet, admired for his unflinching realism and depictions of rural life.
**Books Available:**
- 1810 Poems by Rev. George Crabbe Vol II | 5th Ed | Cranbrook School Provenance AND The Borough by George Crabbe, Vol II, Third Edition 1810, Cranbrook Provenance
Charles Dickens
Victorian novelist, social reformer, master storyteller.
**Books Available:**
- The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens, c.1881 | Illustrated AND Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens First Edition 1857 First Issue Illustrated Phiz
Daniel Defoe
Author of Robinson Crusoe, early novelist.
**Books Available:**
-1895 Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe – Illustrated Pictorial Cloth Ernest Nister
Charles Darwin
Naturalist, author of On the Origin of Species.
**Books Available:**
- 1889 – A NATURALIST’S VOYAGE by Charles DARWIN – Antiquarian Illustrated HB Book
George du Maurier
George du Maurier (1834–1896), French-born British author and illustrator, best known for Trilby.
**Books Available:**
- Trilby George Du Maurier 1895 First Illustrated British Edition Osgood McIlvaine
Rev. Andrew Robert Fausset
Rev. Andrew Robert Fausset (1821–1910) was an Irish theologian, biblical scholar, and commentator.
**Books Available:**
- The Englishman’s Bible Cyclopædia – Rev. A. R. Fausset, c.1878–90s, Illustrated
Patrick Leigh Fermor
Patrick Leigh Fermor was one of Britain’s greatest travel writers and cultural historians
**Books Available:**
- Mani Travels in the Southern Peloponnese by Patrick Leigh Fermor 1958 DJ Illus
Ian Fleming
British author and journalist, best known for creating the James Bond spy thriller series.
*Books Available:**
- Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming – 1956 1st Edition, Cape, No Jacket
Henry Frith
Henry Frith (1840–1917) was a prolific Victorian writer known for accessible engineering and science works.
**Books Available:**
- Triumphs of Modern Engineering – Frith – Illustrated Leather Special School Edn
Robert Ford
Robert Ford (1846–1905), Scottish author, journalist, and folklorist preserving traditional humour and culture.
**Books Available:**
- Thistledown Robert Ford 1901 Scotch Humour Book Scottish Folklore Early Edition
Rose Fyleman
English poet known for whimsical and imaginative verse for children.
**Books Available:**
- Antiquarian 1918 Book Fairies and Chimneys Rose Fyleman First Edition
Arthur Galton
Historian, Anglican vicar, and author specialising in French history and church–state relations.
**Books Available:**
- 1907 First Edition Church and State in France by Arthur Galton, Provenance
Oliver Goldsmith
Irish writer known for The Deserted Village and The Vicar of Wakefield, 18th-century classicist
**Books Available:**
- 1852 Poetical Works of Goldsmith, Beattie & Campbell | Illustrated | Diced Calf AND 1866 Oliver Goldsmith Poetical Works Aldine Edition - Half Leather Bound Book
John Gilbert
Victorian illustrator, known for book and magazine art.
**Books Available:**
- 1857 THE BOOK OF JOB Illustr With 50 ENGRAVINGS John Gilbert RARE Luxury Binding
John Gray
18th-century Mathematician and editor and Fellow of the Royal Society, London
**Books Available:**
- 1733 Philosophical Transactions Vol VI Pt I | John Gray 12 Engraved Plates & Map
Duncan Dewar Hepburn
Duncan Dewar Hepburn (1817–1902), Nottingham-born dental surgeon and poet.
**Books Available:**
- Stray Rhymes 1873 (D. Hepburn) – Private Press, Inscribed to Nottingham Editor
George Alfred Henty
George Alfred Henty was a prolific English novelist and war correspondent, renowned for his historical adventure fiction written primarily for young readers.
**Books Available:**
- With Buller in Natal – G. A. Henty 1901 1st Ed Illustrated Boer War AND A March on London (1898) First Edition – G. A. Henty Illustrated by Margetson
Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins
Celebrated British novelist and playwright, best known for The Prisoner of Zenda.
**Books Available:**
- 1898 Adventure of the Lady Ursula – Anthony Hope First Edition Illustrated
Dr. Georg Hartwig
German naturalist and author known for richly illustrated popular science books on nature.
**Books Available:**
- 1887 1st Ed Denizens of the Deep – Hartwig – Bright Pictorial Marine Book
William Houghton
19th-century author, English naturalist and clergyman.
**Books Available:**
- Country Walks of a Naturalist 1869 | 1st Ed. | Coloured Plates | Calf
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Canadian judge, author, and satirist known for witty “Sam Slick” character and social commentary.
**Books Available:**
- Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton: Hurst & Blackett Standard Library c.1880s
Alexander Hislop
Alexander Hislop was a Scottish editor and compiler known for assembling large-scale anecdotal and historical collections aimed at popular Victorian readerships.
**Books Available:**
- The Book of Scottish Anecdote (1876) Humorous Social History by Alexander Hislop
Thomas Hood
Thomas Hood (1799–1845), English poet and humorist known for The Song of the Shirt and witty verse.
**Books Available:**
- 1846 Thomas Hood Poems | 2nd Edition | Complete 2 Volume Antiquarian Set AND 1854 Whims and Oddities by Thomas Hood — Illustrated Edition, Edward Moxon
Thomas Finlayson Henderson
Scottish historian and author (1844–1923), noted authority on Mary, Queen of Scots.
**Books Available:**
- Mary Queen of Scots 1905 1st Edn 2 Vol Set by T. F. Henderson Scarce Illustrated
Rev. Frederic Iremonger
Rev. Frederic Iremonger, Anglican clergyman and educator, promoted national schooling and Christian knowledge.
**Books Available:**
- 1827–1828 Dr Bell’s System & Questions Rev Iremonger Leather Rare Provenance
Adolphus Alfred Jack
Adolphus Alfred Jack was a Victorian literary scholar and critic, specialising in nineteenth-century English literature.
**Books Available:**
- Thackeray: A Study 1895 First Edition – Jack – Victorian Literary Criticism
Thomas Rymer Jones
Thomas Rymer Jones (1810–1880) — British zoologist, physiologist, and popular science educator at King’s College London.
**Books Available:**
- The Natural History of Birds 1867 Illustrated Ornithology by Thomas Rymer Jones
Charles Alexander Johns
Charles Alexander Johns (1811–1874) was a British clergyman, naturalist, and botanical author.
*Books Available:**
- Flowers of the Field – Rev C.A. Johns – Scarce Victorian Botanical Guide c1870
Douglas Jerrold
Satirical playwright and journalist, known for witty Victorian social commentary.
**Books Available:**
- 1858 Leather Illustrated Mrs Caudle’s Curtain Lectures - Douglas Jerrold - RARE
Leslie Keith (Grace L. Keith Johnston)
Victorian novelist known for women’s fiction, blending domestic themes with moral and spiritual lessons.
**Books Available:**
- Cynthia’s Brother 1st Edition Rare Illustrated Leslie Keith Harold Copping
Rudyard Kipling
Poet and novelist, The Jungle Book author.
**Books Available**
- 1924 Rudyard Kipling – The Two Jungle Books, 1st Thin Paper Edition, Illustrated.
John Keble
John Keble (1792–1866), English poet, theologian, and leading figure of the Oxford Movement.
**Books Available:**
- The Christian Year John Keble 1840 Full Leather Scott Bookplate Gilt AEG AND The Christian Year 1898 2nd Ed John Keble Illustrated R. Anning Bell Riviere
Omar Khayyám
Persian poet, mathematician, author of The Rubáiyát
**Books Available:**
- Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1953 Boxed Illustrated Otway McCannell Edition AND Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1898 – Antiquarian Hardback, Vellum Binding, 5th Ed.
Thomas à Kempis
Christian mystic, author of The Imitation of Christ.
**Books Available:**
- 1733 THE CHRISTIAN’S PATTERN (THE IMITATION OF CHRIST) Thomas à Kempis
William Henry Giles Kingston
Prolific English novelist renowned for his seafaring adventure tales for boys.
**Books Available:**
- My First Voyage to Southern Seas Illustrated 1896 Edition by W. H. G. Kingston
Alexander Kinney
Alexander Kinney was a British legal scholar specialising in Indian company law during colonial India.
**Books Available:**
- Handbook on Indian Company Law 1918 Kinney First Edition Butterworth Rare
Henry G. Liddell
Henry G. Liddell (1811–1898), renowned classical scholar and Dean of Christ Church, Oxford
**Books Available:**
- The Student’s Rome 1865 – Henry G. Liddell – Illustrated Classical History Book
Edward William Lane
Edward William Lane (1801–1876) – British orientalist and Egyptologist, famed for his scholarly studies of Egyptian life.
**Books Available:**
- Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians (1895) Illustrated – E W Lane
Andrew Lang
Scottish poet, novelist, and folklorist best known for compiling the Fairy Book series.
**OUT OF STOCK**
- The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang | 1937 Vintage Illustrated Edition
John Leland
Antiquary and poet, early English topographer.
**Books Available:**
- 1744 Itinerary of John Leland – Walpole Provenance | Rare Leather Book
Thomas Edward Lawrence
T. E. Lawrence (1888–1935), “Lawrence of Arabia,” soldier, scholar, and translator of Homer’s Odyssey.
**Books Available:**
- 1935 The Odyssey of Homer by T. E. Lawrence First UK Trade Edition
D. H. Lawrence
Modern novelist, Sons and Lovers author.
**Books Available:**
- 1970 1st Ed SIGNED: LETTERS FROM DH LAWRENCE TO MARTIN SECKER Limited 500 Copies AND 1924 The Boy in the Bush 1st Edn (D H Lawrence & Skinner) Signed by M L Skinner
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Victorian novelist and statesman, known for influential social novels and enduring literary phrases.
**Books Available:**
- The Disowned (1866) By Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton Illustrated Routledge Edition
Escott Lynn
Wartime novelist, wrote realistic fiction about British military life during early twentieth century.
**Books Available:**
- Oliver Hastings V.C., 1916 Escott Lynn, WWI Novel Illustrated by Harold Earnshaw
Bohun Lynch
Bohun Lynch (1884–1962) was an English poet, artist, critic, and biographer, known for his wit and literary satire and a specialist in caricature.
**Books Available:**
- Decorations and Absurdities 1923 First Edition Bohun Lynch Reginald Berkeley
Sir Charles Lyell
Geologist, author of Principles of Geology.
**Books Available:**
- 1863 1st Edn: THE GEOLOGICAL EVIDENCES OF THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN Sir Charles Lyell AND 1865 Elements of Geology Sir Charles Lyell 6th Ed Illustrated with 770 Woodcuts
Robert Millhouse
19th-century poet of social reform and nature.
**Books Available:**
- 1881 THE SONNETS AND SONGS OF ROBERT MILLHOUSE 1ST EDITION Rare Poetry Book
David Masson
Scottish literary scholar, historian, and biographer; renowned for work on Milton and Victorian literature.
**Books Available:**
- In the Footsteps of the Poets – c.1895 Isbister | Masson | Arts & Crafts Binding
Samuil Marshak
Russian poet and translator of British literature.
**Books Available:**
- 1943 THE ICE-CREAM MAN AND OTHER STORIES Samuil Marshak RARE Vintage Book
John Mason
17th-century English nonconformist minister and devotional writer.
**Books Available:**
- Select Remains of Rev John Mason 1808 | Devotional Essays & Letters | Full Calf
Mary Louisa Molesworth
Mrs. Molesworth (Mary Louisa Molesworth) was a Victorian children’s author celebrated for imaginative, moral storytelling.
**Books Available:**
- The Children of the Castle (1895) By Mrs Molesworth – Walter Crane Illustrated
Rosaline Masson
Scottish author and memoirist, Rosaline Masson chronicled encounters with literary greats of her time.
**Books Available:**
- Poets, Patriots, and Lovers | Rosaline Masson | Rare Memoir c.1933
Hannah More
19th-century writer and pioneering social reformer and evangelical philanthropist who campaigned against slavery, promoted education for the poor.
**Books Available:**
- Coelebs in Search of a Wife – Hannah More Antiquarian Leather Book (1837)
A. A. Milne
Author of Winnie-the-Pooh children's classics.
**Books Available:**
- Winnie-the-Pooh 1928 Illustrated Deluxe Leather Edition by A. A. Milne
W. O. Massingberd
English clergyman, historian, and antiquarian who specialised in Lincolnshire history and records.
**OUT OF STOCK**
- Lincoln Cathedral Charters c.1904 2-Vol Set by W. O. Massingberd Extremely Rare
Herman Melville
Herman Melville was an American novelist and poet, best known for Moby-Dick, now regarded as a masterpiece of world literature.
**Books Available:**
- Moby-Dick c.1930 | Herman Melville | Mead Schaeffer Illustrated Hodder Edition
William Mason
18th-century poet and friend of Thomas Gray.
**Books Available:**
- The English Garden 1781 William Mason full leather antiquarian poem
Eustace Clare Grenville Murray
Victorian diplomat, satirist, and travel writer; known for sharp, scandalous works on European society.
**Books Available:**
- Roving Englishman in Turkey 1855 1st Edition Rare Leather Travel Book
John Lothrop Motley
(1814–1877) was an American diplomat and historian whose works on the Dutch Republic became foundational 19th-century studies of the subject.
**Books Available:**
- Rise of the Dutch Republic – Motley – 1882 Routledge Victorian History
James Newton
Cleric and religious author active in the early 19th century.
**Books Available:**
- Newton’s Life of Christ (1811) Illustrated Evangelical History Antiquarian
Richard Porson
Classical scholar, Greek critic and wit.
**Books Available:**
- 1824 FOUR OF EURIPIDES’ TRAGEDIES Ricardus Porson Antiquarian LEATHER LATIN Book
Alexander Pope
English poet and satirist, known for The Rape of the Lock and Homer translations.
**Books Available:**
- The Odyssey of Homer Vol III (1768) – Foulis Press – Pope – Full Calf
Thomas Parnell
rish poet and clergyman, early 18th-century writer, admired by Alexander Pope.
**Books Available:**
- c1856-73 Thomas Parnell Poetical Works Aldine Edition Half-Leather Marbled
Beatrix Potter
Beloved English author and illustrator, famed for timeless children’s tales and animal characters.
**Books Available:**
- The Tale of Benjamin Bunny by Beatrix Potter | Circa 1917–1930s Warne Ltd
Joseph Pennell
Joseph Pennell (1857–1926) was an American illustrator and author celebrated for his art and design writings.
**Books Available:**
- Modern Illustration 1895 Illustrated First Edition by Joseph Pennell
Madame Ida Pfeiffer
Austrian explorer and travel writer Ida Pfeiffer (1797–1858) chronicled remarkable solo journeys across five continents.
**Books Available:**
- Visit to the Holy Land Egypt and Italy 1853 Ida Pfeiffer Illustrated Travel Book
Cecil Balfour Phipson
Cecil Balfour Phipson, British public administrator and political thinker, early 20th century.
**Books Available:**
- Britain’s Destiny: Growth or Decay – 1905 1st Edition C. B. Phipson
Sir Richard Phillips
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Sir Richard Phillips was an educational writer, publisher, and reformer, writing under various pseudonyms.
**Books Available:**
- RARE 1847 Goldsmith’s British History, 12 Plates, Red Cloth, Gilt, Maps
Samuel Pepys
Diarist, naval administrator, eyewitness to the Plague.
**Books Available:**
- 1926 – EVERYBODY’S PEPYS – The Diary of Samuel Pepys 1660 – 1669 1st Edition Half-Leather and Cloth Bound Book. ILLUSTRATED BY ERNEST H. SHEPARD.
Compton Reade
Victorian novelist and biographer.
**Books Available:**
- 1907 1st Edition DISCOBOL Compton Reade Hardback EXTREMELY RARE Antiquarian Book
Reverend H. M. B. Reid
everend H. M. B. Reid was a Scottish minister, historian, and editor of 17th-century memoirs.
**Books Available:**
- One of King William’s Men 1898 by H. M. B. Reid – Scottish Diary Edition
H Rider Haggard
H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925), English novelist famed for adventure tales like King Solomon’s Mines.
*Books Available:**
- 1900 She – H. Rider Haggard | Illustrated Adventure Novel with Provenance
C. H. Reilly
C. H. Reilly (1874–1948) was a renowned British architect and influential architectural educator.
**Books Available:**
- Representative British Architects Illustrated 1931 First Edition by C. H. Reilly
William Robert Roe
Head Master of the Midland Deaf and Dumb Institution, Derby, and an advocate for deaf education in Victorian England.
**Books Available:**
- Anecdotes of the Deaf and Dumb 1886 – Roe – Scarce Victorian Social History
Anne Thackeray Ritchie
Anne Thackeray Ritchie was a Victorian novelist and essayist, daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray.
*Books Available:**
- Chapters from Some Memoirs 1894 First Edition – Anne Thackeray Ritchie
Arthur Ransome
Arthur Ransome (1884–1967) was an English author, journalist, and sailor, famed for Swallows and Amazons.
**Books Available:**
- Swallows and Amazons Arthur Ransome 1937 Jonathan Cape Illustrated Edition
Robert Smith Surtees
Celebrated English sporting writer, best remembered for his satirical hunting novels
**Books Available:**
- Hawbuck Grange, c.1920, Robert Smith Surtees — Subscription Edition, Illustrated
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Influential anti-slavery novelist whose work rivalled the Bible in Victorian-era popularity.
*Books Available:**
-c1886 Uncle Tom’s Cabin Illustrated Victorian Binding – Rare Ivy Series
Sir Walter Scott
Pioneer of historical fiction and beloved Scottish poet blending romance, history, and legend.
**Books Available:**
- 1856 Poetical Works of Walter Scott | Leather | Illustrated | Gauffered Edges AND Marmion by Walter Scott 1810 | 2 Volumes | Full Calf | Illustrated AND Anne of Geierstein & Count Robert of Paris by Walter Scott c.1880s Leather Book AND The Pirate & The Fortunes of Nigel by Walter Scott c.1880s Leather Book AND Waverley & Guy Mannering by Walter Scott c.1880s Leather Book AND The Abbot & Kenilworth by Walter Scott c.1880s Leather Book AND Peveril of the Peak & Quentin Durward by Walter Scott c1880s Leather Illustrated AND The Antiquary & Rob Roy by Walter Scott c1880s Leather Illustrated AND Castle Dangerous & Surgeon’s Daughter Walter Scott c1880s Leather Illustrated AND Bride of Lammermoor & Heart of Mid-Lothian Scott c1880s Leather Illustrated AND Woodstock & Fair Maid of Perth Walter Scott c1880s Leather Illustrated AND The Betrothed & The Talisman Walter Scott c1880s Leather Illustrated AND Old Mortality & The Black Dwarf Walter Scott c1880s Leather Illustrated AND The Fortunes of Nigel by Walter Scott c1887 Rosslyn Edition White And Allen AND St. Ronan’s Well by Walter Scott c1887 Rosslyn Edition White And Allen AND Anne of Geierstein by Walter Scott c1887 Rosslyn Edition White And Allen AND Guy Mannering by Walter Scott c1887 Rosslyn Edition White And Allen AND Woodstock by Sir Walter Scott c1887–1890 Rosslyn Edition White and Allen AND The Heart of Midlothian by Walter Scott c1887 Rosslyn Edition White And Allen AND A Legend of Montrose and The Black Dwarf Sir Walter Scott c1887 White And Allen AND Ivanhoe by Walter Scott c1887 Rosslyn Edition White and Allen
Robert Louis Stevenson
Novelist, poet, author of Treasure Island.
**Books Available:**
- BALLADS by Robert Louis Stevenson - 1890 1st Edition Poetry Book.
W. Scott
Local historian of Ashby-de-la-Zouch with rich regional and fraternal significance
**Books Available:**
- 1907 The Story of Ashby-de-la-Zouch – Oddfellows Manchester Unity – 1st Ed.
Dorothy L. Sayers
Early to mid 20th-century author and one of the foremost British writers of the Golden Age of detective fiction.
**Books Available:**
- The Sayers Tandem – 1957 First Edition | Dorothy L. Sayers Illustrated
John Robert Seeley
Historian and political essayist of empire.
**Books Available:**
- 1914 The Expansion of England J.R. Seeley | Leather Prize Book Adams Grammar
Philip Henry Stanhope (Lord Mahon)
British historian, politician, and 5th Earl Stanhope, noted for 19th-century historical works.
**Books Available:**
- The Life of Louis Prince of Condé by Lord Mahon 1846 – Gilt Cloth Provenance
John Flint South
John Flint South (1797–1882) was a British surgeon and author, affiliated with St Thomas’s Hospital in London.
**Books Available:**
- Household Surgery 1847 First Edition by John F South Illustrated Medical Manual
Edmund Spenser
Major English Renaissance poet, best known for The Faerie Queene
**Books Available:**
- 1889 Canterbury Tales & Faerie Queene / Chaucer Spenser / Illustrated Book AND Rare 1835 Selections English Poets Spenser–Beattie Half Leather Illustrated
Edward Mansel Sympson
Lincoln-based physician, historian, and local antiquarian.
**Books Available:**
- 1906 Lincoln by E. Mansel Sympson – First Edition Illustrated Topography
Emma Louise Seeley
19th-century author known for richly illustrated historical romance novels.
**Books Available:**
- 1886 – Border Lances by E. L. Seeley | 1st Edn | Illustrated Antiquarian Romance
Joseph Stevens
19th-century author, an antiquarian and the first curator of Reading Museum.
**OUT OF STOCK:**
- A Parochial History of St. Mary Bourne Joseph Stevens 1888 RARE Illustrated Book
James Thomson
James Thomson (1700–1748), Scottish poet of The Seasons, precursor to Romantic nature poetry.
**Books Available:**
- 1825 The Seasons by James Thomson – Leather, 5 Westall Plates, Rolls Engravings
William Makepeace Thackeray
One of the great Victorian novelists, renowned for Vanity Fair and his biting social satire.
**Books Available:**
- 1879 Thackeray The Four Georges illustrated, half-bound leather, Smith Elder AND 1887 Thackeray: Samuel Titmarsh, Yellowplush & Burlesques – Full Leather Binding AND 1879 Thackeray Pendennis Vol 1 Illustrated, Half-Bound Leather, Smith Elder AND Thackeray: A Study 1895 First Edition – Jack – Victorian Literary Criticism (by Adolphus Alfred Jack) AND Chapters from Some Memoirs 1894 First Edition – Anne Thackeray Ritchie (daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray)
Anthony Trollope
Victorian novelist, Barchester Chronicles author.
**Books Available:**
- 1879 1st Edition Thus – AN EYE FOR AN EYE Anthony Trollope Complete RARE Binding
Rev. James Taylor
A Victorian historian, editor, and minister of the Church of Scotland.
**Books Available:**
- Illustrated Specimen Copy – Family History of England c.1879, Leather, Taylor
Eliza Thorp
Eliza Thorp was a Victorian novelist from Yardley, Birmingham, known for moral and domestic fiction.
**Books Available:**
- A Visit to the Old House in the Country – 1871 Rare 1st Edition by Eliza Thorp (including Mary Thorp)
Dylan Thomas
Welsh poet and playwright known for lyrical language, emotional intensity, and Under Milk Wood.
**Books Available:**
- Under Milk Wood 1954 First Edn | Unclipped Jacket & Unpublished Handwritten Poem
Mary Thorp
Mary Thorp was a Victorian novelist from Yardley, Birmingham, author of family and domestic fiction.
**Books Available:**
- A Visit to the Old House in the Country – 1871 Rare 1st Edition by Eliza Thorp (including Mary Thorp)
William Wordsworth
Romantic poet, Lines Composed... Tintern Abbey.
**OUT OF STOCK**
- The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth c1880 | Illustrated Victorian Edition
H. G. Wells
Prolific English writer, pioneer of modern science fiction and incisive social commentator.
**Books Available:**
- 1914 First Edition The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman H. G. Wells Macmillan
Anthony Webb
British author known for mid-20th-century crime fiction, notably Murder in Reverse (1945).
**Books Available:**
- 1945 Murder in Reverse Anthony Webb 1st Ed w/ Dust Jacket Crime Novel Rare
Thomas Wright
British antiquarian and historian, noted for medieval and Scottish historical works.
**Books Available:**
- History of Scotland Volume I by Wright & Melven – Illustrated, Leather Cloth
J. Willoughby Rosse
Victorian scholar best known for historical reference works and chronology indexes.
**Books Available:**
- 1859 1st Edition – An Index of Dates | Leather Book from MP Stanhope Library
John Wild
English clergyman and author, wrote religious works blending biblical stories with Victorian moral lessons.
**Books Available:**
- 1893 First Edition – The Story of David by Rev. John Wild Illustrated
Gilbert White
Naturalist, author of The Natural History of Selborne.
**Books Available:**
- 1880 Natural History of Selborne: G. White Leather Ed, Inscribed to Gen. Swinton
William White
19th-century English publisher known for county directories and gazetteers.
**Books Available:**
- History of Leicestershire and Rutland 1846 Antiquarian Directory William White
F. P. Wilson
F. P. Wilson (1895–1968) was a leading Shakespearean scholar and bibliographer, best known for his contributions to early modern drama studies.
**Books Available:**
- Marlowe and the Early Shakespeare (1954) F. P. Wilson Oxford Hardback
Edgar Wallace
Prolific British crime writer, journalist, and playwright; creator of King Kong story concept.
**Books Available:**
- The People of the River by Edgar Wallace 1912 First Edition - Decorative Binding
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist, explorer, geographer, and biologist best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selection, which he co-published with Charles Darwin in 1858
**Books Available:**
- Man’s Place in the Universe 1912 | Wallace | Antiquarian Astronomy
Mrs O. F. Walton
Mrs O. F. Walton (Amy Catherine Walton) (1849–1939) was an English writer of Christian children’s and moral tales.
**Books Available:**
- Christie’s Old Organ by Mrs O F Walton c1900 Religious Tract Society Illustrated
Ichabod Charles Wright
Nottingham-born scholar‑translator famed for Dante and Homer renderings and poetry.
**Books Available:**
- Poems by Ichabod Charles Wright 1873 Very Rare Private‑Press Edition Nottingham
G. J. Wilkinson
British author and local historian best known for his 1900 publication, Illustrated Guide to Lincolnshire
**Books Available:**
- 1900 Illustrated Lincolnshire By Wilkinson + 1890s Sleaford Photo Local History
Edward Young Cox
18th-century author
**Books Available:**
- 1871 3rd Ed: THE ART OF GARNISHING CHURCHES AT CHRISTMAS Edward Young Cox ILLUSTRATED
Malcolm Yorke
Malcolm Yorke, British writer and art historian, biographer of Rigby Graham.
**OUT OF STOCK**
- Bits & Pieces by Malcolm Yorke – Signed to Rigby Graham, Rare Private Press 2014
Giggi Zanazzo
Roman poet and folklorist preserving the dialect, culture, and spirit of early 20th-century Rome.
**Books Available:**
- 1904 Poesie Romanesche by Giggi Zanazzo – 1st Edn Rare Italian Poetry