James Bond first sauntered onto the big screen in 1962, his first outing being Dr. No. Since then,...
James Bond Scripts: The Films that Never Were
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Emma Walshe
Cataloguer Emma Walshe shares her journey into the rare book world and some of the projects she's...
Take a look at our best Mark Twain first editions
Discover Peter Harrington’s most valuable Mark Twain books and first editions.
Pauline Schol
Ever wondered about what the day-to-day of being a rare bookseller entails? Pauline Schol shares...
Hayek’s Neoliberal Legacy: The Road to Serfdom
By John Ryan If books change the world, The Road to Serfdom was a delayed fuse. Published in 1944,...
In The Margins: Annotations, letters and inscriptions
By Lauren Hepburn Marginalia are any kind of marks of notes made in the margins and, together with...
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Only Connect: Literary presentations, associations, and manuscripts
In today’s hyperconnected yet lonely world, the quest to make real contact with one another remains essential, in life as in literature. This catalogue gathers many exciting examples of literary connection, through presentation copies, ownership inscriptions, and...
Imperial Power and Maoist Tourism: With Dr Matthew Wills
Peter Harrington's Asia specialist, Dr Matt Wills, introduces two items which each tell a story about China's history, from Imperial philosophy to Maoist leisure.
Harry Potter & the Fabled First Editions
Our resident wizarding expert, Dr Philip W. Errington, shares his insights into the publishing phenomenon that is Harry Potter in this talk which took place in June 2022. With over two decades of experience, Phil knows how to spot a true first edition, and offers his...