Latest Arrivals

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UK Vault - New Arrivals 22nd August

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Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an: £114 (2018 1st ed, Good: a few dots of light stain and fading to case, small light mark to page edges of vol.2)

Three Kingdoms: £269 (2013 1st ed, VGC: faint fading and a few very small dents to case)

The Decameron: £154 (1969 1st ed, VGC: slightly faded spines)

Les Miserables: £60 (1976 1st ed, Good: small crack to case, small dent to spines, sticker to endpaper)

The Bull from the Sea: £55 (2017 1st ed, Like New)

The King Must Die: £49 (2016 1st ed, VGC: very small scuff to case, small dent to spine)

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Redcoats and Rebels: The War for America 1770-1781: £22 (2007, Like New)

Defeat Into Victory: £89 (2017 1st ed, VGC: light creases to p.341-346)

On the Psychology of Military Incompetence: £57 (2015 1st ed, VGC: faintly faded case)

The Wannsee Conference and the Final Solution: £19 (VGC: sealed, lightly faded case)

Schindler's Ark: £43 (New & Sealed)

The Hundred Years War: £34 (2006, VGC: book - like new, a few very small dents and light marks to case)

The Thirty Years War: £23 (1999 1st ed, VGC: a few very small dents to spine)

Citizens A Chronicle of the French Revolution: £63 (2004 1st ed, VGC: books - like new, a few very small dents at rear of case)

Napoleon by Georges Lefebvre: £44 (2010, VGC)

UK Vault - New Arrivals 20th August

UK Vault - New Arrivals 18th August

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Dickens Complete Collection 1990s: £273 (VGC: small dent to a few cases, faint pencil indentations on one of first pages)

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A Game of Thrones: £167 (2019 1st ed, VGC: some very small dents to case)

A Clash of Kings: £173 (2020 1st ed, VGC: light stain and some very small dents to case)

A Feast for Crows: £169 (2021 1st ed, VGC: books - like new, a few very small dents to case)

A Storm of Swords: £173 (2020 1st ed, VGC: books - like new, a few very small dents to case)

A Dance with Dragons: £161 (2022 1st ed, VGC: a few very small dents and light creases to case)

Fire & Blood: £122 (2025 1st ed, VGC: a few very small dents to case and spine)

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The Peloponnesian War: £72 (2007, VGC)

The War with Hannibal: £76 (2011 1st ed, VGC: very small dent at rear of case)

Lost Cities of the Ancient World: £136 (2005 1st ed, VGC: faintly foxed some page edges and rear endpaper of Knosses )

Empires of the Ancient Near East: £88 (1999 1st ed, Good: a few cracks to case, a few small dents to case and spines)

The Minoans: £100 (2004 1st ed, VGC: book - like new, a few light scratches to case)

The Mycenaeans: £82 (2004 1st ed, VGC: a few very small dents and faint fading to case)

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Great Tales from English History: £18 (2009, Like New: partially sealed)

The Anglo-Saxons: £273 (2018 1st ed, VGC: small faint mark on page edges, otherwise like new)

Rulers Of The Ancient World: £80 (Good: in independent cases, faint stain to rear of cases of Alexander and Julius )

A History of Rome: £58 (2006 1st ed, VGC: a few small dents to rear of case)

UK Vault - New Arrivals 15th August

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The Poems of Thomas Gray - Limited Edition: £418 (2013, VGC: no.93, small light creases on rear endpaper)

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The History of England from the Accession of James II - Limited edition: £356 (2009, VGC: no.101, a few small faint marks on page edges, very small creases on p.vii-viii of vol.I)

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A History of the Crusades by Steven Runciman: £56 (1995, VGC: very small dent to spines)

The Story of the Middle Ages: £53 (1998 1st ed, VGC: books - like new)

The Campaigns of Alexander by Arrian: £55 (2012 1st ed, VGC: small dent to rear of case and cover, small creases on p.127)

The Gallic and Civil Wars: £91 (2006 1st ed, VGC)

The Histories by Herodotus: £74 (2007, VGC)

The Celts: £55 (2017, Good: book - VGC, partly faded case)

The Aztecs by Richard F. Townsend: £119 (2019 1st ed, VGC: a few small stains to case)

Nineveh and Babylon: £56 (2011 1st ed, VGC: a few very small light marks to case)

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Irish Myths and Legends: £101 (2011 1st ed, VGC: lightly faded case)

The Golden Fleece: £28 (2004, VGC: small faint mark on case)

The Once and Future King: £127 (2003 1st ed, VGC: a few very small dents to case)

Folk Tales of the Native American: £39 (2012 1st ed, Like New)

The Norse Myths: £35 (2015, VGC: very small dent at rear of case, otherwise like new)

The Greek Myths: £24 (1999, VGC: books - like new, very small dent at rear of case)

British Myths and Legends: £31 (1998 1st ed, Good: no slipcase, faintly foxed page edges)

The Tale of Genji: £314 (2016 1st ed, VGC: faintly faded case, very small scratch to page gilt of vol.I)

Japanese Tales: £108 (2018 1st ed, Good: book - VGC, light fading and stains to case)

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The 100 Greates Paintings and Portraits - 2v.: £27 (VGC: small mark on case of Paintings)

Italian Cities: £35 (2001, Good: some very small dents and scratches to case, small light stains to case and spine of Florence)

The Stones of Venice: £23 (2001 1st ed, VGC)

Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari: £32 (1993 1st ed, VGC)

Mystery Train, Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music: £51 (2020 1st ed, VGC: small light stain to case and cover, a few very small dents to spine)

History of Western Music: £31 (2008 1st ed, VGC: some very small dents to case, a few specs of light mark on page edges)

Count Belisarius: £25 (2010 1st ed, VGC: book - like new, very small dent at case entrance)

French Country Cooking: £30 (2008 1st ed, Good: partly faintly faded case, foxed page edges)

Elizabeth David Food 3v including Christmas book: £59 (VGC: very small dent/stain to cases)

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The Count of Monte Cristo: £91 (1999 1st ed, VGC: faint fading and a few small dents to case)

Treasure Island: £36 (1994 1st ed, VGC: small dent and some light marks to case, creases on p.181)

The Mark of the Horse Lord: £72 (2017 1st ed, Like New)

The Eagle Of The Ninth: £20 (2005 1st ed, VGC)

Lord of the Flies: £49 (2009 1st ed, VGC: book - like new)

The Folio Book of Food and Drink: £21 (2017 1st ed, VGC: book - like new, a few small light marks and worn spots on case)

Claudius the god: £36 (1995 1st ed, VGC: a few light marks on page edges)

Don Quixote: £74 (1995 1st ed, Good: faint fading and a few very small dents to case)

UK Vault - New Arrivals 13th August

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Hansel & Gretel - Limited Edition: £427 (2016, VGC: no.74, book - like new, a few very small dents to case)

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The Baburnama: £81 (2013 1st ed, VGC: a few very small dents to case)

My Family and Other Animals: £38 (2006 1st ed, VGC: small dent to case entrance)

As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning: £27 (2010 1st ed, VGC: book - like new, a few very small dents to case)

The Life of Thomas More: £37 (2017 1st ed, Good: lightly faded case, a few very small dents to case and spine, light mark to page edges)

Blake by Peter Ackroyd: £23 (2008 1st ed, Good: some very small dents to case, small light stains to page edges and a first few pages)

The Moon's a Balloon: £31 (2009 1st ed, VGC: book - like new, hairline scratch to case)

Conrad's Congo: £30 (2013 1st ed, VGC: book - like new, a few very small scratches to case)

The Southern Gates of Arabia: £23 (2014 1st ed, VGC)

Storm of Steel: £45 (2012 1st ed, VGC)

A General History of the Robberies & Murders of the Most Notorious Pirates: £64 (2018 1st ed, Like New)

Bundle: Cider with Rosie, Hons & Rebels: £27 (VGC: sealed Hons)

Wind, Sand and Stars: £25 (2015, VGC: book - like new, very small dent to case entrance)

The Worst Journey in the World: £69 (2012 1st ed, VGC)

The Travels of Ibn Battutah: £41 (2012 1st ed, VGC: book - like new, faintly faded case)

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The Nursery Rhyme Book: £72 (2016 1st ed, Like New)

The Olive Fairy Book: £310 (2012 1st ed, Good: no slipcase, book - VGC with a few dots of faint mark on page edges)

The Green Fairy Book: £77 (2009 1st ed, Good: partly water damaged case, lightly foxed page edges and inside the case)

The Blue Fairy Book: £66 (2008, VGC: book - like new)

The Lilac Fairy Book: £336 (2012 1st ed, Good: partly water damaged case, book - VGC with a few dots of faint marks to page edges)

The Violet Fairy Book: £252 (2010 1st ed, Good: light fading and a few very small dents to case, book - VGC with very small bump to spine)

The Red Fairy Book: £119 (2008 1st ed, VGC: book - like new, a few very small dents to case)

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2001: A Space Odyssey: £72 (VGC: sealed, a few small tear to seal, very small scuff and scratch to case)

The Martian Chronicles: £172 (2015 1st ed, VGC: book - like new, very small dent to rear of case)

Journey to the Centre of the Earth: £33 (2004, VGC: very small dent to case, spine and cover, a few specs of light mark to case and page edges)

Life, the Universe and Everything: £48 (New & Sealed)

The Remains of the Day: £49 (2007 1st ed, Good: faint fading and marks to case, lightly foxed page edges)

Animal Farm: £27 (2002, VGC)

The Trial: £96 (2011 1st ed, VGC: hairline scratch and some specs of light mark, lightly faded spine)

Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka: £75 (2010 1st ed, VGC)

Collected Stories by Nikolai Gogol: £55 (New & Sealed)

Complete Tales of the Unexpected and other Stories: £24 (2002, Good: light creases and very small crack to case, a few small faded spots to spine)

Anansi Boys: £91 (2019 1st ed, Like New)

UK Vault - New Arrivals 11th August

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The Holy Land & Egypt and Nubia - Limited Edition: £528 (2010, VGC: no.42, very small dent to rear of case of Land, small faint mark to page edges)

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Metamorphoses - Limited Edition: £351 (2008, Like New: no.247)

The Golden Ass - Limited Edition 2015: £291 (2015, VGC: no.393, book - like new, light fading and a few very small dents to case)

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Empires of the Ancient Near East: £103 (2002, VGC: books - like new, some shelf wear and light creases to case)

Rulers Of The Ancient World: £62 (2004, Fair: no case, faintly faded spines, slightly foxed page edges)

The Histories by Herodotus: £69 (1993, VGC: a few small dents and faint marks to case, very small scuff to cover)

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The Oxford Classical Dictionary - Limited Edition: £163 (2001, Like New: no.517)

The Devil's Dictionary: £15 (2004, VGC: book - like new, small light marks to case)

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The Father Brown Stories: £39 (1996 1st ed, VGC: in individual cases, a few very small dents to case of vol.I, a few small light marks to page edges of II)

Don't Look Now and Other Stories: £23 (2007 1st ed, VGC: book - like new)

The Adventures of Richard Hannay by John Buchan: £72 (2003 1st ed, VGC: faintly faded case and spines, a few very small dents to case, small marks to page edges)

Bundle: The Quiet American & Travels with my Aunt by Greene: £27 ( 1st ed, VGC)

The Great Novels by Graham Greene: £173 (1997 1st ed, Like New)

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Bundle: History of England 7v: £63 ( 1st ed, VGC: faint pencil indentations on half-title pages, a few small dents to case of Henry)

The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth: £23 (1974, Good: a few small cracks to case, small sticker on endpaper)

A Journal of the Plague Year: £18 (1992, Like New)

The Wars of the Roses: £31 (2011 1st ed, VGC: faded spot on case, light mark to case, page edges and p.97)

A Victorian Trilogy: £28 (1996 1st ed, VGC: books - like new)

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A Folio Anthology of Poetry: £24 (2009 1st ed, VGC: some light marks to case)

The Iliad: £72 (1998, Good: a few small dents to case, worn spine, lightly foxed page edges, endpaper and inside the case)

The Pilgrim's Progress: £21 (2003, VGC)

Selected Poems by Robert Frost: £30 (New & Sealed: Sealed)

Selected Poems by Rudyard Kipling: £23 (2005, Good: loght fading and a few small dents to case, a few worn spots to spine)

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Collected Poems: £77 (2008 1st ed, VGC: book - like new)

Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats: £64 (2007 1st ed, VGC: a few very small dents to case, creases and small light marks on p.176-177)

Selected Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson: £45 (2006 1st ed, VGC: a few very small dents at rear of case)

John Keats: Complete Poems: £33 (2002, VGC: book - like new, a few very small dents and light marks to case)

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire: £101 (2000, VGC: a few very small dents and marks to cases)

The Witches Of Salem: £21 (1982 1st ed, VGC: lightly faded case and spine)

The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon: £24 (1980, Good: no case, lightly faded spine, lightly foxed page edges)

The World of Odysseus: £20 (2002 1st ed, VGC: very small dent to cover)

Seven Pillars of Wisdom: £57 (2003, VGC)

The great game: £55 (2010 1st ed, VGC: a few small dents/scratches to case)

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Beren and Luthien - Deluxe Slipcased Edition - JRR Tolkien Alan Lee 2017 Illustrated 1st Print: £82 (2017 1st ed, VGC: ISBN: 978-0-00-821420-3, book - like new, very small dent at rear of case)

The Hobbit - dust jacket: £28 (VGC: ISBN: 0-04-823147-9, lightly faded spine of dust jacket)

The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien - Deluxe Edition - Allen & Unwin 2nd Impression 1979 in original box: £318 (VGC: small dent to box)

The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien - Deluxe Edition - Allen & Unwin 8th Impression 1982 in original box: £364 (VGC)

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Camden's Britannia. Facsimile of 1695 edition with maps by Morden: £73 (VGC)

The Civil War by Shelby Foote - A Narrative - Random House: £82 (VGC)

UK Vault - New Arrivals 8th August

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The Getty Apocalypse - Limited Edition: £478 (2011, VGC: no.436, books - like new, a few very small dents to case)

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The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana: £409 (2018 1st ed, VGC: no.405, a few very small dents to case, a few very small faint marks on page edges)

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A Midsummer Night's Dream: £46 (2001 1st ed, VGC: a few very small dents to case, slightly faded spine)

Shakespeare's Sonnets: £19 (1989 1st ed, VGC: a few small light marks to case)

Shakespeare by Anthony Burgess: £25 (2015 1st ed, VGC: a few very small light marks to case and page edges, creases to a few pages)

The Complete Plays by William Shakespeare: £95 (1990, Good: foxed page edges and inside the cases, light stains to cases and page edges of IV)

First Folio of Shakespeare, The Norton Facsimile: £72 (VGC: book - like new, small bump to case entrance)

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The Gormenghast Trilogy: £150 (1992 1st ed, VGC: a few very small dents to rear of case)

The Lantern Bearers: £91 (2011 1st ed, Good: very small crack to case, lightly foxed inside the case)

Robinson Crusoe: £20 (1998, Like New)

The Chronicles of Narnia: £245 (2002, Good: books - VGC, small tear and a few small dents to case)

The Lord of the Rings: £157 (1990 1st ed, Good: slightly faded case, very small dents to case and covers, small light marks to covers, page edges and p.230 of II)

The Hobbit: £85 (1979 1st ed, VGC: lightly faded case, some light marks to page edges)

The Hobbit: £47 (1999, VGC: very small dent to case, faintly faded spine)

The Silmarillion: £71 (1997 1st ed, Like New)

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The Essential Darwin: £86 (1990 1st ed, Like New)

The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci: £148 (2009, Good: light fading to case, light foxing to covers, page edges and inside the case)

The Periodic Table: £30 (2011 1st ed, Good: lightly faded case, faintly foxed cover and page edges)

Greek Science: £39 (New & Sealed)

The Expression of the Emotions in Man & Animals: £84 (2008 1st ed, VGC: a few dots of mark to case and page edges, very small dent to case and spine )

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Pride and Prejudice: £45 (2006 1st ed, Good: a few very small mark and dents to case, creased spine, small light mark to page edges)

Jane Austen's Works: £82 (1991, VGC: small dents to a few spines, a few stains to red cloth of Northanger )

The Complete Novels by Charlotte, Emily & Anne Bronte: £68 (2004, Good: books - VGC, light foxing, worn spot and a few light scratches to case)

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire: £89 (1999, Good: some worn spots and small dents to cases, marks to case, spines and a few covers, small tear to spine of IV, scratches to cover of II)

The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire: £104 (VGC: with Memory of My Life, books - like new, small tear to case of III)

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Barnaby Rudge: £84 (2006 1st ed, VGC: book - like new, very small dent and a few faint marks to case)

Bleak House: £41 (2004 1st ed, VGC: a few very small dents and light marks to case, a few fiant scratches to page gilt, small creases to a few pages)

Christmas Books: £113 (2007 1st ed, VGC: a few very small dents to case)

David Copperfield: £33 (2004 1st ed, VGC: book - like new, small scuff to rear of case)

Great Expectations: £36 (2004 1st ed, VGC: book - like new)

Little Dorrit: £72 (2005 1st ed, VGC: a few very small dents to case, small mark to page edges, light creases on p.823-826)

Martin Chuzzlewit: £77 (2006 1st ed, VGC: book - like new, a few very small dents to case)

The Old Curiosity Shop: £63 (2005 1st ed, VGC: book - like new, a few very small dents to case)

Our Mutual Friend: £52 (2005 1st ed, VGC: a few very small dents to case, light scratch to spine)

The Pickwick Papers: £42 (2004 1st ed, VGC: book - like new)

A Tale of Two Cities: £87 (2005 1st ed, VGC: a few very small dents to case, small light scratch to spine)

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Winston S Churchill A History of the English Speaking People's Volumes I to IV - 1st edition 1956: £77 ( 1st ed, Good: lightly foxed books, some small tears marks to dust jackets, small inscriptions/sticker to endpaper)

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Bundle: 11 books by Joseph Conrad: £127 ( 1st ed, VGC: a few small light stains to a few cases and page edges of a few books)