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Summary Of Our Service: Antique Books are dedicated to providing an excellent service to all our customers, wherever in the world they may be located. We believe rare books deserve special care and all our books are all gift wrapped for our customers. We aim to ensure that all transactions are conducted to a high … Read more

 A Whizz through Arthur Rackham and his use of the Silhouette in Cinderella

 “Rackham gave his talk on Silhouettes to the Art Workers’ Guild in November 1919, the month in which Cinderella, the first of his two great silhouette books, was published. Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty differed from Rackham’s preceding books in relying almost wholly on silhouette for their effect. It is immediately clear from the collection … Read more

Passing on Treasured Books – it’s a mixed feeling!

With much excitement (and a touch of sadness which I’ll explain later) we recently sold a rare, first edition set of The Chronicles of Narnia books and it started me thinking about the rather wonderful act of handing on antique treasured items of one’s childhood. Recent high value sales of the Narnia series were significant … Read more

About Us

Rare and Antique Books Rare and Antique Books, originally established to sell off a substantial private collection of first edition antique books. We specialise in scarce books, many of which are valuable first editions from select famous authors and collectable children’s authors. Our team are members of the Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA) and the … Read more

Rare and Antique Books

Please enjoy browsing our stock of modern first edition books, antiquarian and children’s first editions. Also included are many rare books, sometimes signed. Search by author, category or price and use our currency converter to help you with pricing. We offer free international delivery on all our books.

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