Bernard Quaritch Ltd. has been buying and selling rare books and manuscripts since 1847. Our founder, Bernard Quaritch, was born in 1819 near Göttingen in Germany. After working for booksellers in Nordhausen and Berlin, he set off for London in 1842, aged twenty-three. Quaritch knew no one there, but was armed with a letter of introduction to Henry Bohn, then London’s leading book dealer. Impressed by Quaritch’s persistence, Bohn took the young man on. Quaritch later recalled saying to his employer, “Mr Bohn, you are the first bookseller in England, I mean to become the first bookseller in Europe”. Bohn’s answer is not recorded, but Mrs Bohn, already impressed by Quaritch’s diligence, replied “I believe you will”.

Since it was established in 1978 Sims Reed Ltd. has been trading in the heart of St James's to an international clientele and is now one of the leading antiquarian booksellers in London. The bookshop specialises in material related to art and architecture and stocks a wide range of both original and reference material in the following categories: Artists' Illustrated Books, Fine Art Reference, Architecture, Photography, The Applied Arts, Islamic Art, Asian Art, and International Exhibitions.

The longest established antiquarian booksellers in the world - founded in York in 1761, established in London in 1815, Henry Sotheran Ltd has a long and distinguished history. For over 200 years we have been offering unsurpassed opportunities to collectors and enthusiasts, from the purchase of the libraries of Laurence Sterne in 1768, and Charles Dickens in 1870; the complete stock and copyright of the ornithologist and publisher John Gould; to the successful bid in 1980 ... 

Any Amount of Books - Rare books, first editions, modern literature, art, poetry, scholarly/academic books, antiquarian, leather bound sets, general stock. Our second-hand bookshop is in the centre of London. The shop is fifty 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 - well worth a detour when in the mighty city.

Tim Bryars opened his antiquarian book and map shop in Summer 2004, returning to street level after some years selling books from a fourth floor office at Oxford Circus and communicating with the world electronically.

Traditional bookshops like ours allow for browsing and face-to-face discussion, and the chance to examine original material at first hand - all valuable opportunities which we would encourage customers to take up whenever possible. We believe that ground-floor retail is becoming, if anything, increasingly important, and in Autumn 2012 we opened Pinda Bryars Books at 7 Cecil Court.

Peter Ellis - within our cramped confines, amid the tottering piles of newly arrived stock, you will find first editions of literary highlights in fine condition, many of which are signed or inscribed copies, beautiful illustrated books, impressively bound sets, as well as a multitude of scarce and fascinating works on a variety of subjects.

Recent acquisitions, for example, include an immaculate sixteenth century herbal, Osip Mandelstam's rare first book, a collection of books by and about the Surrealists, a pristine first edition of The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes etc, etc. But please don't get the idea that the stock comprises nothing but the expensive and the stellar: we have prices to suit all pockets.

Natalie Galustian Rare Books, established in 2005, specialises in first editions, manuscripts and letters from nineteenth and twentieth-century English and American literature, with particular emphasis on African, African-American and Caribbean fiction, poetry and history; books on poker and gambling; beat and avant-garde literature, and also  contemporary art, original prints and photographs.

The stylish shop in Cecil Court, off the Charing Cross Road, was opened in 2010.

Goldsboro Books are the UK's largest specialist in first edition, signed books. We are a central London bookshop in the very heart of the west-end and a moment's walk from Leicester Square. We are based in Cecil Court (a whole street full of antiquarian, rare books and map shops) which is a picturesque Victorian thoroughfare linking Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane.

Grosvenor Prints is one of the few remaining shops exclusively serving collectors of antique prints. The reduced supply of prints has caused specialist shops to close and dealers to retire. This trend means less opportunity for collectors to browse a wide variety of prints and compare different techniques and printmakers. The thousands of prints on our website give collectors from all around the world the chance to look at prints and focus on specific acquisitions.

Jarndyce are leading specialists in Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century Books & Manuscripts.

Our shop, opposite the British Museum, is open between 11.00am and 5.30pm Monday to Friday.  With an open fire for cold winter days, we display stock including selections from our catalogues (up to 6 published each year).  Sections include 19th Century Literature, Sets, 17th & 18th Century Books & Pamphlets, The Social Sciences, Poetry, and Travel.  As specialists in Charles Dickens we always display a dedicated section to his works and a variety of Dickensiana.

Marchpane is located in the centre of Cecil Court, the quiet pedestrian lane lined with antiquarian bookshops, tucked away in London's bustling West End, Marchpane opened in August 1989.

During the last two decades Marchpane has become well known as a specialist in children's and illustrated books from the eighteenth century up to the present day. On our shelves you can find early publications from Newbery's moral tales to signed first editions of Harry Potter.

We stock all the best British collectable children’s books ...

Stephen Poole Fine Books specialises in first editions of twentieth-century fiction, poetry and plays in the English language (including translations into English), together with a small selection of literary biography and printed letters and diaries. The stock, with very few exceptions, is in fine or near fine condition. There are many signed copies and a good selection of books which have won, or been shortlisted for, the major literary prizes.

Stephen Poole Fine Books
27 Cecil Court
London WC2N 4EZ