Bodleian Library
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Mapping the North: Myth, Exploration, Encounter
$40.00 Read moreAn eye-opening history of the exploration and mapping of our globe’s northernmost regions.
Maps have played a central role in our understanding of what and where defines the North. At the same time, t
- Author: Forss, Charlotta
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1851245723
- Language: English
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
$30.00 Add to cartA stunning gift edition of Washington Irving’s quintessential Halloween story.
Set in the fall of 1790, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow tells the story of schoolteacher Ichabod Crane who hopes to woo the
- Author: Irving, Washington
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1851246665
- Language: English
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The Queen’s Atlas: Saxton’s Elizabethan Masterpiece
$55.00 Add to cartA cartographic snapshot of late Tudor England, gorgeously reproduced with the first county maps of England and Wales.
Nowadays, we take for granted the ready availability of maps of all kinds, but in
- Author: Fletcher, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: January 06 2026
- ISBN10: 1851246207
- Language: English
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Intrepid Women: Adventures in Anthropology
$40.00 Add to cartTrue accounts of groundbreaking women anthropologists defying gender norms in the early 20th century.
The extraordinary women featured in Intrepid Women defied early twentieth-century conventions to c
- Author: Nicholson, Julia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 12 2025
- ISBN10: 1851246509
- Language: English
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Great Writers and the Cats Who Owned Them
$25.00 Add to cartA fun, charming romp through the history of seventeen great writers and the cats who captured their hearts.
Throughout history, cats and writers have banded together in a magical combination of comfor
- Author: Fullerton, Susannah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: December 09 2025
- ISBN10: 1851246541
- Language: English
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Tradecraft: Writers on John Le Carr?
$45.00 Add to cartOriginal insights on John le Carr? by the people who worked with him, illuminating the storied writer’s working methods.
John le Carr? is one of the most significant political novelists in the English
- Author: Varese, Federico
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1851246487
- Language: English
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Looking After Your Books
$25.00 Add to cartA quirky, indispensable resource packed with tips and advice on how to properly care for your books at home.
Have you ever wondered whether the assortment of books you have at home is a “collection”?
- Author: Galligan, Francesca
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1851246274
- Language: English
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Pen Names
$25.00 Add to cartYour favorite author may not be who they say they are.
The stories behind why an author chose their literary alias can be just as compelling as the works that they wrote.
Writers publish under pen na
- Author: McHugh, Kirsty
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 20 2025
- ISBN10: 1851246495
- Language: English
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Alice’s Oxford: People and Places That Inspired Wonderland
$20.00 Read moreA guide and history of the town and young girl that inspired Lewis Caroll’s famous Alice stories.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass are two of the most famous fantasies in
- Author: Hunt, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: July 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1851246290
- Language: English
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50 Plants That Changed the World
$40.00 Add to cartThe world as we know it would not exist without plants.
Have you ever stopped to think about how your morning cappuccino came to be? From the coffee bush that yielded the beans to the grass for the ca
- Author: Harris, Stephen A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1851246525
- Language: English
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Bookish Words & Their Surprising Stories
$25.00 Add to cartTravel through time with words that have shaped the trajectory of the English language across centuries.
The world of books has played a striking role in the history of English vocabulary. “Book” itse
- Author: Crystal, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 20 2025
- ISBN10: 1851246517
- Language: English
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Listen in: How Radio Changed the Home
$45.00 Read moreIntimate stories that offer entertaining perspectives on what it was like to engage with radio when it was new.
Radio, today, can feel like a faithful old companion, but its early history was sensatio
- Author: Rubens, Beaty
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1851246312
- Language: English
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Jane Austen in 41 Objects
$40.00 Add to cartA new kind of biography on Jane Austen examining the objects she encountered during her life alongside newer memorabilia inspired by the life she lived.
More than two hundred years after Jane Austen’s
- Author: Sutherland, Kathryn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1851246266
- Language: English
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Book Curses
$25.00 Add to cartFeaturing some of the most ferocious and humorous book curses ever inscribed, this is a lively, engaging introduction to the history and development of bookish maledictions.
Have you ever wanted to pr
- Author: Baker, Eleanor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1851246304
- Language: English
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Beautiful Shells: George Perry’s Conchology
$40.00 Read moreAn informative introduction exploring our fascination with shells, complete with stunningly reproduced illustrations.
In 1811, architect, stone mason, and shell obsessive George Perry published his la
- Author: Carnall, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1851246169
- Language: English
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Wisdom from the Ancients
$25.00 Read moreA compilation of ancient wisdom sourced from ancient and medieval philosophers.
Words of wisdom and advice for leading a good life have long been part of society, handed down from one generation to t- Author: Swain, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1851246142
- Language: English
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Literary Cats
$25.00 Read moreA light-hearted journey through the history of literary cats.
From Puss in Boots to T. S. Eliot’s Jellicles, cats have long inspired an incredible range of fiction, memoir, and poetry. This book cele- Author: Robinson, Judith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: December 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1851245731
- Language: English
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The Happy Prince & Other Tales
$30.00 Read moreA collector’s edition of Oscar Wilde’s stories for children.
Oscar Wilde’s stories have given pleasure to generations of readers. This collection of children’s stories, first published in 1888, explo- Author: Wilde, Oscar
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: December 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1851245995
- Language: English
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Tolkien: Treasures
$20.00 Read moreThis beautifully illustrated book showcases the highlights of the Tolkien archives held at the Bodleian Library. From J. R. R. Tolkien’s childhood in the Midlands and his experience of the First World… [more below]
- Author: McIlwaine, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 03 2019
- ISBN10: 1851244964
- Language: English
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The Curious History of Weights & Measures
$25.00 Read moreA fascinating miscellany of the stories behind our weights and measures.
How long is an ell? How big is the largest champagne bottle? How do you measure the heat of a chili pepper? Why is the depth o- Author: Cock-Starkey, Claire
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: May 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1851245790
- Language: English
