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
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
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.
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
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
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.
**Books Available:**
- 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
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
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
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
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:**
- 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 AND 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Rudyard Kipling
Poet and novelist, The Jungle Book author.
Currently, no items are available, but please stay tuned for future updates.
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
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
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
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:**
- 1928 Winnie The Pooh A A Milne Very Rare Publisher’s Full Leather Deluxe Edition
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
William Shakespeare
England's national poet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Sonnets.
Currently, no items are available, but please stay tuned for future updates.
John Robert Seeley
Historian and political essayist of empire.
**Books Available:**
- 1914 The Expansion of England J.R. Seeley | Leather Prize Book Adams Grammar
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.
**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
William Wordsworth
Romantic poet, Lines Composed... Tintern Abbey.
**Books Available:**
- The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth c1880 | Illustrated Victorian Edition
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
**Books Available:**
- 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