RARE AND ANTIQUE BOOK SELLERS
With autumn just around the corner, thoughts turn to indoor comforts, so what better time to explore the wonderful world of old books? Whether you hanker after a rare tome to read, or beautiful covers to use decoratively, here are three sellers we think are worth exploring.
Peter Harrington – a renowned seller specialising in sourcing and supplying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. It’s one of the leading rare book dealers in the world and the largest antiquarian book dealer in Europe, so it sells thousands of fine books, from rare 17th-century Shakespeare folios to modern classics, such as signed and inscribed Harry Potter first editions. (peterharrington.co.uk)
The Penguin Chap – specialising in Penguin books from the 1940s to the 1960s, with some as early as the 1930s, this seller regularly stocks around 500 first-edition Penguins, Puffins and Pelicans. Offering a comprehensive and well-priced selection, books are catalogued in series, from ‘Mystery and Crime’ and ‘Travel and Adventure’ to ‘Fiction’ and ‘Biography’, plus there’s a handy ‘Collector’s Corner’ selling bundles and singles. (thepenguinchap.com)
Country House Library – selling a wide range of authors from the 19th and 20th centuries, with an extensive collection of beautiful vintage works, first editions and children’s books sold by genre, author and publisher. In addition, it sells highly decorative books by the foot, metre, colour or pattern to inject seasonal or topical interest into the home, be your taste maximalist or minimal, country house or cottage core. (countryhouselibrary.co.uk)