Authors List
Maxwell Armfield
Painter, illustrator, writer in Arts and Crafts movement.
**Books Available:**
- 1909 THE CONFESSIONS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE - RARE Edn ILLUSTRATED Maxwell Armfield
Jane Austen
English novelist known primarily for her six major novels including Pride and Prejudice.
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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
Matthew Arnold
Victorian poet, critic, cultural essayist.
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W. H. Auden
20th-century poet, master of modern verse.
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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
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
Richard Burgess
19th-century missionary and travel writer.
**Books Available:**
- 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.
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
Robert Burns
Scottish national poet, lyricist, and collector of folk songs; celebrated for preserving Scottish culture.
**OUT OF STOCK:**
- 1801 Robert Burns Poems – Early Leather Edition with Fold-Out Engraving
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
Robert Browning
Victorian poet, pioneer of dramatic monologue.
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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
G. K. Chesterton
Writer, essayist, creator of Father Brown.
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Father of English literature, Canterbury Tales.
**Books Available:**
- 1889 Canterbury Tales & Faerie Queene / Chaucer Spenser / Illustrated Book
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Mantic poet, co-author of Lyrical Ballads.
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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
Lewis Carroll
Author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
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Imogen Chichester
Early 20th-century British novelist.
**Books Available:**
- 1944 1st Ed THE SAD TALE OF THE GREEDY BOY Imogen Chichester ILLUST. SCARCE Book
Joseph Conrad
Modernist novelist, Heart of Darkness author.
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Walter de la Mare
Poet and author of children's verse and fiction.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Creator of Sherlock Holmes, physician, author.
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Charles Dickens
Victorian novelist, social reformer, master storyteller.
**Books Available:**
- Great Expectations 1864 | Illustrated Calf Binding | Schwabe Provenance AND The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens, c.1881 | Illustrated
Daniel Defoe
Author of Robinson Crusoe, early novelist.
**Books Available:**
- Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe | c1875–1909 Illustrated Antiquarian Book
Charles Darwin
Naturalist, author of On the Origin of Species.
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T. S. Eliot
Modernist poet, The Waste Land author.
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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
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
E. M. Forster
Novelist of class and social convention.
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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
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 Galsworthy
Novelist, playwright, author of The Forsyte Saga.
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A. E. Housman
Poet, A Shropshire Lad author.
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Thomas Hardy
Influential English novelist and poet
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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
Aldous Huxley
Novelist, Brave New World satirist.
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William Houghton
19th-century author, English naturalist and clergyman.
**Books Available:**
- Country Walks of a Naturalist 1869 | 1st Ed. | Coloured Plates | Calf
Rudyard Kipling
Poet and novelist, The Jungle Book author.
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Omar Khayyám
Persian poet, mathematician, author of The Rubáiyát
**Books Available:**
- Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1953 Boxed Illustrated Otway McCannell Edition
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
Andrew Lang
Scottish poet, novelist, and folklorist best known for compiling the Fairy Book series.
**Books Available:**
- 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
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
C. S. Lewis
Christian apologist, author of Narnia series.
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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
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
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
A. A. Milne
Author of Winnie-the-Pooh children's classics.
**Books Available:**
- 1928 Winnie The Pooh A A Milne Very Rare Publisher’s Full Leather Deluxe Edition
John Milton
Epic poet, author of Paradise Lost.
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William Mason
18th-century poet and friend of Thomas Gray.
**Books Available:**
- 1781 THE ENGLISH GARDEN: A Poem In Four Books W. Mason RARE POETRY Book
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Historian, essayist, and Whig politician.
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George Orwell
Novelist, 1984 and Animal Farm author.
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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
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
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Pre-Raphaelite poet and painter.
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Christina Rossetti
Victorian poet, Goblin Market author.
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Romantic poet, husband of Mary Shelley.
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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
Robert Louis Stevenson
Novelist, poet, author of Treasure Island.
**Books Available:**
- 1890 1st Edition – BALLADS by Robert Louis Stevenson. Antiquarian hardback book.
William Shakespeare
England's national poet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Sonnets.
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John Robert Seeley
Historian and political essayist of empire.
**Books Available:**
- 1914 The Expansion of England J.R. Seeley | Leather Prize Book Adams Grammar
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Victorian poet of lush, decadent verse.
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Edmund Spenser
Major English Renaissance poet, best known for The Faerie Queene
**Books Available:**
- 1889 Canterbury Tales & Faerie Queene / Chaucer Spenser / Illustrated Book
Edward Mansel Sympson
Lincoln-based physician, historian, and local antiquarian.
**Books Available:**
- 1906 Lincoln by E. Mansel Sympson – First Edition Illustrated Topography
Mary Shelley
Author of Frankenstein, Romantic novelist.
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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.
**Books Available:**
- A Parochial History of St. Mary Bourne Joseph Stevens 1888 RARE Illustrated Book
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
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
Mark Twain
American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, and publisher famous for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Victorian poet laureate, In Memoriam author.
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William Wordsworth
Romantic poet, Lines Composed... Tintern Abbey.
**Books Available:**
- The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth c1880 | Illustrated Victorian Edition
Richard Whately
Archbishop, logician, and reformist thinker.
**Books Available:**
- 1857 - WHATELY’S ESSAYS – DANGERS TO CHRISTIAN FAITH. Antiquarian SCARCE Book
- 1850 - WHATELY’S ESSAYS – CHRISTIAN RELIGION Antiquarian SCARCE book.
Oscar Wilde
Wit, playwright, The Picture of Dorian Gray.
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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
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
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
W. B. Yeats
Irish poet, mystic, Nobel Prize winner.
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Edward Young Cox
18th-century author
**Books Available:**
- 1871 3rd Ed: THE ART OF GARNISHING CHURCHES AT CHRISTMAS Edward Young Cox ILLUSTRATED
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