Buying Policy & Valuations. Books, Paintings, Original Signed Artwork, Prints & Engravings. Book related objects....book illustrations, bookends, bookcases, bookstands.......

We require for purchase all types of books, from paperbacks to complete libraries. We are particularly interested in purchasing specialist collection on any topic. Our aim is to give an absolutely fair offer, based on resale values in our shop.

Alternatively, we are happy to give you our valuation on a rare book, or a rare book collection. You can do this by email, telephone, or letter. This is free service. We try and get back to you in two or three days.

Current Wants, either pb or hb, include........

1. Allingham, Margery
2. Attwell, Mabel Lucy (anything..books, cards, ephemera…)
3. Austin, Jane (“Persuasion”…many pbs or hbs…others titles only with nicer or older bindings pls…...).
4. B.B. (Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
5. Beningfield, Gorden (Signed Only pls).
6. Biggles. (all…hbs or pbs…)….. Johns, W.E. (all).
7. Blake, William (anything on or by)
8. Blyton…..Famous Five. Noddy, Far Away Tree only pls ……
9. Brent-Dyer, Elinor.
10. Buckeridge, Anthony. Jennings.
11. Churchill (all…)
12. Conan Doyle (all….)
13. Coelho, Paulo
14. Cook, Beryl (anything..books, posters, cards, jig saw puzzles…).
15. Cornwell, Patricia (pbs only…not “Hornet’s Nest” or “Southern Cross”).
16. du Maurier, Daphne
17. Ende, Michael (especially “Momo” titles…).
18. Fleming, Ian
19. Fowles, John … (FLW, Magus, Aristos, only...but all non-fiction pls...e.g., The Tree, Shipwreck….)
20. Freud, Jung, Adler, Maslow, Popper, Wittgenstein,
21. Greene, Graham.
22. Grey Owl. Anything by, or on….
23. Hassell, Sven
24. Hesse, Herman
25. Heyer, Georgette (50p paid for pbs in bulk….)
26. Kellerman, Faye
27. Kellerman, Jonathan
28. Leonard, Elmore
29. McBain, Ed.
30. Milligen, Spike
31. O’Brien, Patrick
32. Pevsners (any….).
33. Potter, Beatrix
34. Powys Brothers (all….)
35. Pratchett, Terry
36. Rampa, Lobsang.
37. Rankin, Ian
38. Rupert….all.
39. Shute, Neville
40. Simenon.
41. Simmonds, Posy
42. Street, A.G.
43. Thesiger
44. Wodehouse…pbs/ Hbs.
45. Upfield, Arthur (crime).

Please also offer anything on, or related to, any of the following topics and authors: Adult pbs, Art Posters, Beryl Cook, Billy Bunter, Bicycling, Boat Building, Canal Interest, Chess, Clocks & Watches, Crossword Puzzle Solving, Crowley, Dictionaries (unusual or obscure…), Erotica, Field Sports, Film Posters, Fishing, Greek & Latin texts..(lexicons, bibles, theology…anything about Greek & Latin language), Gypsies, Hitler & Gestapo, Homeopathy, Hundertwasser, Hunting, I Ching, Inland Waterways & Canals, Jennings, Korans, Lyme Regis (anything…), Marcus Aurelius (Meditations/The Golden Book), Martial Arts, Masonic Books, Mechanical Music, Mein Kampf, Miniature Music Scores, Observer Books (complete only..with DW, where issued…)., Origami, Original Artwork, Penguin Modern Painters, Recitations (e.g., Stanley Holloway), Romans (anything by/on), Rubaiyats, Secret Societies, Shooting, Vellum Bindings, Videos, Just William, Yoga related.

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