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Rare books, first editions, modern literature, art, poetry, scholarly/academic, antiquarian, leather bound sets, general stock. |
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We buy large collections of books anywhere in the known world.
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Rare books, first editions, modern literature, art, poetry, scholarly/academic, antiquarian, leather bound sets, general stock. |
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Our shop is 50 yards from Leicester Square station, on the edge of Covent Garden and the Chinese quarter. We are close to many theatres and within spitting distance of Soho & Piccadilly. We have books as cheap as £1 and rare books at many thousands of pounds. Nothing can replace actually going to a bookshop, come on down when next in town… |
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LEATHER BOUND BOOKS, BINDINGS, BOOKS At our shops we always maintain a quantity of leather bindings suitable for decoration. The prices tend to be on average about £10-£15 ($15-- $24) per book. Fine bindings and sets of fine bindings are often available also, however the price can be up to £60 ($90) per book. The books available at £10-£15 are in good condition and have leather spines and have proved ideal for interior decoration. We have supplied these books throughout the world to clubs, hotels and private residences. |
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We only sell these books at the shop, we have found that people need to choose the books that suit their purposes and this is impossible by e-mail etc., So please come by the shop-we are here all week 11 hours a day. We can also supply hard back (i.e. not leather) books at considerably less, especially if bought in quantity. These books are sometimes referred to as clothbound books to distinguish them from paperbacks (which can also be supplied). 'Books do furnish a room.' |
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NOTES AND BRAGS - 2013 
We have bought 3 mighty collections in the latter half of last year which will be going out all through 2013. The Donald Rudd collection of detective fiction, unbelievably broad collection of mysteries, thrillers, whodunits from Victorian Lady Detectives through Golden Age 'cosies' to the hardest of hard-boiled noirs. The vast Jimmy Kanga collection which includes Edwardian fiction, Catholicism, ChesterBelloc, de la Mare, Barry Pain (wrote 10 fantasies bless him) Viola Meynell , Julian Green, Edmund Gosse, Vernon Lee, Forrest Reid, Mary Webb, Fiona Macleod (Drif's favourite woman writer) John Buchan, Huysmans, Edward Thomas, Michael Field, and 1000 books by Alfred Noyes and a boat load of European lit in English Zola, Gautier, Balzac, Fogazzaro, Grazia Deledda, D'Annunzio, Maartens, Perez Galdos, Eca de Queiroz etc., Jimmy was probably London's most celebrated and loved book collector of the late 20th century. He can even be found (along with Martin Stone) as a character in Iain Sinclair's White Chappell, Scarlett Tracings (as J. Leper-Klamm 'unravelled pharaoh'). We also acquired the large and seemingly endless Natural History book collection of Eric Groves of Natural History Museum in Kensington- everything from Ants to Antelopes, flora, fauna insects, mice, snakes and adders... Last brag- this encomium from the Times Literary Supplement (17/12/12) '..for quality, frequently renewed stock, reasonable prices, Any Amount of Books... cannot be beaten.' Despite this our 2013 resolution is to stay modest - as Nietzsche put it 'Some are made modest by great praise, others insolent.' Recent celebs visiting the shop include Gok Wan, Paul Merton, Victoria Coren, Hanif Kureishi, Jonathan Meades, Michael Gambon, Anastasia Hille, Hari Kunzru, Sebastian Coe, Romola Garai, Sandi Toksvig, Simon Callow, David Robb (the Downton doctor) Ben Okri and the poet Jeremy Reed with a host of super models (possibly Russian) and that G.O.M. Dr Jonathan Miller (looking for books on humour, a slow seller). Sadly not seen Lenny Henry since he was Othello down the road. Tarantino hasn't been back this century. Come back Quentin we are currently awash with pulps! The book-loving band who performed in the shop 3 years back - Mumford and Sons - have now become massive. See them singing away in the basement. |
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