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      A curated collection of books that would make treasured Christmas Gifts. From the luxuriant paper of a private press book, bound in leather or half bound with marbled paper to signed limited editions from authors such as Stephen King or Iris Murdoch. Select a book here or use it as a gateway to our thousands of first editions and limited edition books. For example Folio Society Books, Private Press or Signed Books

      anon - The Ocean and its Inhabitants | image1
      anon - The Ocean and its Inhabitants
      Holp Shuppan
      £25.00 GBP
      Dinesen, Isak - Seven Gothic Tales | image1
      Dinesen, Isak - Seven Gothic Tales
      Folio Society
      £110.00 GBP
      Grahame, Kenneth - Dream Days | image1. Published by Folio Society in 2013. Hard Cover In Slipcase. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Grahame, Kenneth - Dream Days
      Folio Society
      £25.00 GBP
      Pushkin, Alexander - The Queen of Spades and Other Stories | image1. Published by Folio Society in 2014. Hard Cover In Slipcase. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Pushkin, Alexander - The Queen of Spades and Other Stories
      Folio Society
      £60.00 GBP
      Jaccottet, Philippe - Cherry Tree - SIGNED | image1
      Jaccottet, Philippe - Cherry Tree - SIGNED
      Delos Press
      £75.00 GBP
      Philippe Jaccottet SIGNED Limited Edition | Landscapes With Absent Figures | Cheltenham Rare Books. Published by Delos Press / Menard Press in 1997. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Jaccottet, Philippe - Landscapes with Absent Figures - SIGNED
      Delos Press / Menard Press
      £200.00 GBP
      Murdoch, Iris - Existentialists and Mystics - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Delos Press in 1993. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Murdoch, Iris - Existentialists and Mystics - SIGNED
      Delos Press
      £125.00 GBP
      Traherne, Thomas - The Second Century of Meditations | image1
      Traherne, Thomas - The Second Century of Meditations
      Belmont Hall
      £135.00 GBP
      Lang, Andrew - The Pink Fairy Book | front cover. Published by Folio Society in 2008. No Jacket ( As Issued ). Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Lang, Andrew - The Pink Fairy Book
      Folio Society
      £200.00 GBP
      Jacques, Brian - Build Your Own Redwall Abbey | front cover. Published by Hutchinson in 1998. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Jacques, Brian - Build Your Own Redwall Abbey
      Hutchinson
      £75.00 GBP
      Walser, David - The Fairy Tales | front cover. Published by Puffin in 2005. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +/Near Fine +
      Walser, David - The Fairy Tales
      Puffin
      £35.00 GBP
      Bestall, Alfred - Rupert 1963 Annual | front of book. Published by Egmont in 2008. Hard Cover In Slipcase. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Bestall, Alfred - Rupert 1963 Annual
      Egmont
      £20.00 GBP
      Martin, George R. R. - A Clash of Kings | image1
      Martin, George R. R. - A Clash of Kings - Game of Thrones
      Folio Society
      £200.00 GBP
      Martin, George R. R. - A Feast For Crows | image1
      Martin, George R. R. - A Feast For Crows - A Game of Thrones
      Folio Society
      £225.00 GBP
      Austen, Jane - Emma | image1
      Austen, Jane - Emma
      Folio Society
      £65.00 GBP
      Austen, Jane - Mansfied Park | image1
      Austen, Jane - Mansfied Park
      Folio Society
      £80.00 GBP
      Austen, Jane - Persuasion | image1
      Austen, Jane - Persuasion
      Folio Society
      £80.00 GBP
      Austen, Jane - Sense and Sensibility | image1
      Austen, Jane - Sense and Sensibility
      Folio Society
      £80.00 GBP
      Austen, Jane - Pride and Prejudice - SIGNED Limited Edition | image1
      Austen, Jane - Pride and Prejudice - SIGNED Limited Edition
      The Corvedale Press
      £495.00 GBP
      Burnford, Sheila - Mr Noah and the Second Flood (notes by Sir Julian Huxley) | image1
      Burnford, Sheila - Mr Noah and the Second Flood (notes by Sir Julian Huxley)
      Gollancz
      £30.00 GBP
      Brett, Molly - The Magic Spectacles and Other Tales | front of book. Published by The Medici Society in 1987. Paperback. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Brett, Molly - The Magic Spectacles and Other Tales
      The Medici Society
      £16.00 GBP
      Brett, Molly - The Runaway Fairy | front of book. Published by The Medici Society in 1982. Paperback. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Brett, Molly - The Runaway Fairy
      The Medici Society
      £15.00 GBP
      Snape, Juliet - Frog Odyssey | front of book. Published by Julia Macrae Books in 1991. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Snape, Juliet - Frog Odyssey
      Julia Macrae Books
      £25.00 GBP
      Chaucer, Geoffrey - The Canterbury Tales | front cover. Published by Folio Society in 2010. Full-Leather. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Chaucer, Geoffrey - The Canterbury Tales
      Folio Society
      £475.00 GBP
      Gill, Eric - The Four Gospels | front cover. Published by The September Press in 1987. Full-Leather In Slipcase. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Gill, Eric - The Four Gospels
      The September Press
      £1,200.00 GBP
      de la Mare, Walter - Stories from the Bible - SIGNED | image1
      de la Mare, Walter - Stories from the Bible - SIGNED
      Faber & Gwyer
      £100.00 GBP
      Britten, Benjamin - A Christmas Sequence : Chosen by Benjamin Britten from the Chester Mystery Cycle - SIGNED | image1
      Britten, Benjamin - A Christmas Sequence : Chosen by Benjamin Britten from the Chester Mystery Cycle - SIGNED
      The Old Stile Press
      £275.00 GBP
      Harrison, Michael - The Twelve Days of Christmas - SIGNED | image1
      Harrison, Michael - The Twelve Days of Christmas - SIGNED
      Inky Partridge Press
      £275.00 GBP
      Silas, Shelley ( edits ) - 12 Days - SIGNED | image1
      Silas, Shelley ( edits ) - 12 Days - SIGNED
      Virago
      £35.00 GBP
      Wingfield, R D - Frost at Christmas | front cover. Published by Bantam in 1995. Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Wingfield, R D - Frost at Christmas - SIGNED
      Bantam
      £60.00 GBP
      Dickens, Charles - Nicholas Nickleby | image1
      Dickens, Charles - Nicholas Nickleby
      Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd 
      £30.00 GBP
      Dickens, Charles - David Copperfield | image1
      Dickens, Charles - David Copperfield
      Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd 
      £35.00 GBP
      Barnes, Julian - Nothing to Be Frightened of - one of 25 copies - SIGNED | front cover. Published by London Review Bookshop in 2008. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Barnes, Julian - Nothing to Be Frightened of - one of 25 copies - SIGNED
      London Review Bookshop
      £650.00 GBP
      Shakespeare, William - Henry the Fourth part II | front cover. Published by Limited Editions Club in 1939. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Shakespeare, William - Henry the Fourth part II
      Limited Editions Club
      £250.00 GBP
      Shakespeare, William - Sonnets | front cover. Published by The Reading Room Press in 2023. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Shakespeare, William - Sonnets
      The Reading Room Press
      £110.00 GBP
      MacKay Brown, George - In the Margins of a Shakespeare - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Old Stile Press in 1991. Hard Cover In Slipcase. Condition: Near Fine/No Jacket
      MacKay Brown, George - In the Margins of a Shakespeare - SIGNED
      The Old Stile Press
      £175.00 GBP
      Shakespeare, William - Twelfth Night | back cover. Published by Folio Society in 2016. No Jacket ( As Issued ). Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Shakespeare, William - Twelfth Night
      Folio Society
      £38.00 GBP
      Falconer, Ian - Olivia Helps with Christmas | front cover. Published by Simon and Schuster in 2007. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Fine
      Falconer, Ian - Olivia Helps with Christmas
      Simon and Schuster
      £30.00 GBP
      Hoffmann, E. T. A. - The Nutcracker & the Mouse King | image1
      Hoffmann, E. T. A. - The Nutcracker & the Mouse King
      Minedition
      £20.00 GBP
      Doyle, Roddy - Not Just for Christmas | image1
      Doyle, Roddy - Not Just for Christmas
      New Island Books
      £20.00 GBP
      Farjeon, Eleanor - Magic Casements - SIGNED | front cover. Published by George Allen & Unwin in 1941. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +/No Jacket
      Farjeon, Eleanor - Magic Casements - SIGNED
      George Allen & Unwin
      £45.00 GBP
      Block, Lawrence - The Burglar in the Library - SIGNED | image1
      Block, Lawrence - The Burglar in the Library - SIGNED
      Scorpion Press
      £100.00 GBP
      Connelly, Michael - Angel's Flight - SIGNED | image1
      Connelly, Michael - Angel's Flight - SIGNED
      Scorpion Press
      £115.00 GBP
      Dexter, Colin - The Jewel That Was Ours - SIGNED | image1
      Dexter, Colin - The Jewel That Was Ours - SIGNED
      Scorpion Press
      £150.00 GBP
      MacDonald Fraser, George - Flashman and the Angel of the Lord - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Scorpion Press in 1994. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      MacDonald Fraser, George - Flashman and the Angel of the Lord - SIGNED
      Scorpion Press
      £200.00 GBP
      Pelecanos, George - King Suckerman - SIGNED | image1
      Pelecanos, George - King Suckerman - SIGNED
      Scorpion Press
      £130.00 GBP
      Rendell, Ruth - A Sight for Sore Eyes - SIGNED | image1
      Rendell, Ruth - A Sight for Sore Eyes - SIGNED
      Scorpion Press
      £100.00 GBP
      Rendell, Ruth - Road Rage - SIGNED | image1
      Rendell, Ruth - Road Rage - SIGNED
      Scorpion Press
      £75.00 GBP
      Ardizzone, Edward - Liquor and Literature | image1
      Ardizzone, Edward - Liquor and Literature
      The Reading Room Press
      £85.00 GBP
      Ewart Evans, George - Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay | image1
      Ewart Evans, George - Ask the Fellows Who Cut the Hay
      Ploughmans Parrot Press
      £170.00 GBP
      Duncan, Robert - Letters | image1
      Duncan, Robert - Letters
      Jonathan Williams
      £100.00 GBP
      Randle, John - Nine Artists & a Press - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Whittington Press in 1989. Hard Cover In Slipcase. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Randle, John - Nine Artists & a Press - SIGNED
      Whittington Press
      £450.00 GBP
      Carroll, Lewis - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Tern Press in 1997. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Carroll, Lewis - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - SIGNED
      Tern Press
      £600.00 GBP
      Bailey, David and Weldon - The Lady Is a Tramp - SIGNED by David Bailey | front cover. Published by Thames & Hudson in 1995. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Bailey, David and Weldon, Fay - The Lady Is a Tramp - SIGNED by David Bailey
      Thames & Hudson
      £175.00 GBP
      Welty, Eudora - Photographs - SIGNED | front cover. Published by University Of Mississippi Press in 1989. Hard Cover In Slipcase. Condition: Fine/No Jacket
      Welty, Eudora - Photographs - SIGNED
      University Of Mississippi Press
      £495.00 GBP
      Russell Flint, Sir William - Models of Propriety - SIGNED | image1
      Russell Flint, Sir William - Models of Propriety - SIGNED
      Michael Joseph
      £110.00 GBP
      Nick Wonham SIGNED First Edition / Limited Edition | The Charm Of Magpies | Cheltenham Rare Books. Published by Incline Press in 2018. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Wonham, Nick - The Charm of Magpies - SIGNED
      Incline Press
      £165.00 GBP
      Bonnefoy, Yves - Traite du Pianiste - SIGNED | image1
      Bonnefoy, Yves - Traite du Pianiste - SIGNED
      Delos Press
      £125.00 GBP
      Buckland Wright, John - Surreal Times | image2
      Buckland Wright, John - Surreal Times
      Fleece Press
      £250.00 GBP
      Walpole, Hugh - Portrait of a Man with Red Hair - SIGNED | front cover. Published by George H. Doran in 1925. Hard Cover In Slipcase. Condition: Near Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Walpole, Hugh - Portrait of a Man with Red Hair - SIGNED
      George H. Doran
      £50.00 GBP
      Butler, W. E ( introduces ) - The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - SIGNED | image7
      Butler, W. E ( introduces ) - The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - SIGNED
      The Primrose Academy
      £180.00 GBP
      . Published by Fleece Press in 1997. Hard Cover In Slipcase. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Blythe, Ronald - First Friends : Paul and Bunty, John and Christine - and Carrington
      Fleece Press
      £250.00 GBP
      . Published by Gonin & Cie. in 1930. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Claudel, Paul - Connaissance de l'Est - SIGNED
      Gonin & Cie.
      £1,750.00 GBP
      Summers, Susan - A Crown of Flowers - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Tern Press in 1997. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Summers, Susan - A Crown of Flowers - SIGNED
      Tern Press
      £175.00 GBP
      Kipling, Rudyard - Kipling's Advice to the Hat | book detail 5. Published by The Sign of the George in 1922. Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good ++ / Near Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Kipling, Rudyard - Kipling's Advice to the Hat
      The Sign of the George
      £200.00 GBP
      De La Mare, Walter - Crossings | front cover. Published by Faber & Faber Limited in 1942. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine +/Very Good +++
      De La Mare, Walter - Crossings
      Faber & Faber Limited
      £40.00 GBP
      Lamb, Charles - Dream Children & The Dream Child | image1
      Lamb, Charles - Dream Children & The Dream Child
      de la More Press
      £25.00 GBP
      Claire Bolton First Edition, Limited Edition | Up Mill : A Hampshire Papermill in 1696 | Cheltenham Rare Books. Published by The Alembic Press in 1984. Soft Cover In Jacket. Condition: Fine/Near Fine +
      Bolton, Claire - Up Mill : A Hampshire Papermill in 1696
      The Alembic Press
      £25.00 GBP
      . Published by Nine Elms Press in 1999. Soft Cover In Jacket. Condition: Near Fine +/Near Fine
      Gerard, David - Walter Crane and the Rhetoric of Art - SIGNED
      Nine Elms Press
      £12.00 GBP
      Fenton, James - Children in Exile | front cover. Published by The Salamander Press in 1983. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/Dust Jacket Included
      Fenton, James - Children in Exile
      The Salamander Press
      £25.00 GBP
      Lang, Andrew (edits) - The Red True Story Book | front cover. Published by Longmans, Green & Co in 1895. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +/No Jacket
      Lang, Andrew (edits) - The Red True Story Book
      Longmans, Green & Co
      £85.00 GBP
      Twain, Mark - The Prince and the Pauper | front of book. Published by Folio Society in 2008. Hard Cover In Slipcase. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Twain, Mark - The Prince and the Pauper
      Folio Society
      £35.00 GBP
      Burningham, John - Borka | front cover. Published by Jonathan Cape in 2013. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Burningham, John - Borka
      Jonathan Cape
      £12.00 GBP
      Lardner, Ring W - Bib Ballads | image1
      Lardner, Ring W - Bib Ballads
      P F Volland
      £65.00 GBP
      Bradbury, Ray - Twin Hieroglyphs that Swim the River Dust (John Fowles' copy) - SIGNED | image1
      Bradbury, Ray - Twin Hieroglyphs that Swim the River Dust (John Fowles' copy) - SIGNED
      Lord John Press
      £220.00 GBP
      Crow, Barbara - An Acrobatic Alphabet - SIGNED | front cover. Published by Whittington Press in 1986. Hard Cover In Slipcase. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Crow, Barbara - An Acrobatic Alphabet - SIGNED
      Whittington Press
      £450.00 GBP
      Butcher, Kim - The Chinese Opera | image1
      Butcher, Kim - The Chinese Opera
      The Cherub Press
      £100.00 GBP
      Tolstoy, Leo - Anna Karenina - specially bound set of proof lithographs INSCRIBED by Barnett Freedman | front cover. Published by Limited Editions Club in 1951. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Tolstoy, Leo - Anna Karenina - specially bound set of proof lithographs INSCRIBED by Barnett Freedman
      Limited Editions Club
      £1,300.00 GBP
      Haberly, Loyd - Anne Boleyn and Other Poems | image1
      Haberly, Loyd - Anne Boleyn and Other Poems
      Gregynog Press
      £250.00 GBP
      Graham, Rigby - Edmund Spenser's Kilcolman | front of book. Published by Brewhouse Press in 1975. Hardcover. Condition: Fine/No Jacket ( as Issued )
      Graham, Rigby - Edmund Spenser's Kilcolman
      Brewhouse Press
      £65.00 GBP

      In this collection, we've selected some example books for:

      • Luxury Gifts for Book Lovers UK
      • Inexpensive Gifts for Book Lovers
      • Christmas Presents for Kids
      • Christmas Presents for Him / Christmas Presents for Boyfriend
      • Christmas Presents for Her

      Luxury Gifts for Book Lovers UK

      We've chosen a wide range of luxury presents for book lovers. For example a treasured gift could consist of a signed or inscribed first edition, first printing of a much loved book or author. The cost will depend on the popularity and rarity of the book. It could also be a private press book, crafted using traditional techniques, leather bound with hand made paper.

      Inexpensive Gifts for Book Lovers

      Select a first edition or rare book for up to £30 with this selection. It includes the full range of our collections such as poetry, private press, literature, science fiction... through to history - and many Folio Society Books.

      Christmas Presents for Kids

      Christmas Books for Children - Cheltenham Rare BooksWe've selected a wide ranging collection of books that would make perfect christmas presents for children, books to spark their imaginations and lead them into a splendid world of make-believe.

      Christmas Presents for Him / Christmas Presents for Boyfriend

      As the 1950s disappears further into the distance we think the days of typecasting interests to a specific gender are thankfully far away. But we hope we've made choosing a present for a partner relatively simple with the range of filters, such as science fiction collection, or by author or perhaps a signed book from their birth year.

      Christmas Presents for Her

      As for gifts for men, our suggestion is to think about the recipient's interests - we've categorised some book by interest here, or... as the writer I adore private press poetry books with generous illustrations on beautiful paper, quarter or half bound with delicate marbled paper.

      Whatever you choose, we wish you a very merry Christmas - and hope the recipients of your gifts whether from our shop or elsewhere are treasured.