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From sumptuous coffee-table books to exquisitely illustrated recipe guides and volumes on art and design  if you really want to treat someone – or yourself –  immerse yourself in our ravishing range of beautiful books.

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Our Favourite Beautiful Books

The Lyrics
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The Lyrics
Paul McCartney
£75.00   £60.00
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Gastro Obscura
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Gastro Obscura
Cecily Wong
£32.00
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The Almanac
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The Almanac
Lia Leendertz
£12.99
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Immune
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Immune
Philipp Dettmer
£25.00
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Around the World in 80 Plants
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Around the World in 80 Plants
Jonathan Drori
£20.00
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The Appeal
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The Appeal
Janice Hallett
£14.99
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Nests
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Nests
Susan Ogilvy
£20.00
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Supersonic
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Supersonic
Oasis
£25.00   £21.99
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Earthshot
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Earthshot
Colin Butfield
£20.00   £17.99
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Together
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Together
Luke Adam Hawker
£16.99
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The Illustrated Etymologicon
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The Illustrated Etymologicon
Mark Forsyth
£20.00
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Atlas of the Invisible
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Atlas of the Invisible
James Cheshire
£25.00
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Dinosaurs
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Dinosaurs
Dr Dean Lomax
£9.99
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The Lord of the Rings
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The Lord of the Rings
J. R. R. Tolkien
£60.00
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Creation
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Creation
John-Paul Stonard
£30.00   £26.99
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Atlas of Imagined Places
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Atlas of Imagined Places
Matt Brown
£25.00
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Notes from an Island
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Notes from an Island
Tove Jansson
£12.99
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Keepsake Editions

Our best Fiction gift books.
A Highland Christmas
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A Highland Christmas
M. C. Beaton
£16.99
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The Song of Achilles
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The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
£20.00
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Ariadne
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Ariadne
Jennifer Saint
£14.99
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Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain
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Storyland: A New Mythology of Britain
Amy Jeffs
£25.00   £21.99
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Middlemarch
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Middlemarch
George Eliot
£16.99
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Klara and the Sun
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Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro
£20.00   £17.99
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Dune
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Dune
Frank Herbert
£25.00
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A Scandinavian Christmas
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A Scandinavian Christmas
Hans Christian Andersen
£12.99
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The Appeal
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The Appeal
Janice Hallett
£14.99
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Necronomicon
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Necronomicon
H.P. Lovecraft
£25.00
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Medusa
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Medusa
Jessie Burton
£14.99
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The Tuesday Club Murders
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The Tuesday Club Murders
Agatha Christie
£14.99
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The Great Dune Trilogy
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The Great Dune Trilogy
Frank Herbert
£35.00
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Rebecca
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Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier
£14.99
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The Great Gatsby
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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
£14.99
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The Archers: Home Fires at Ambridge
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The Archers: Home Fires at Ambridge
Catherine Miller
£14.99
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Food for Thought

Our best Food & Drink gift books.
Advent
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Advent
Anja Dunk
£25.00
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Soup Broth Bread
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Soup Broth Bread
Rachel Allen
£22.00
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Ottolenghi SIMPLE
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Ottolenghi SIMPLE
Yotam Ottolenghi
£27.00
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The Biscuit
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The Biscuit
Lizzie Collingham
£10.99
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The Good Beer Guide 2022
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The Good Beer Guide 2022
CAMRA
£15.99
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Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
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Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat
£35.00
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The Flavour Thesaurus
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The Flavour Thesaurus
Niki Segnit
£20.00
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Seasons at Highclere
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Seasons at Highclere
The Countess of CARNARVON
£30.00
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The Italian Bakery
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The Italian Bakery
The Silver Spoon Kitchen
£35.00
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Dishoom
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Dishoom
Shamil Thakrar
£26.00
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Oz Clarke on Wine
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Oz Clarke on Wine
Oz Clarke
£30.00
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Gastro Obscura
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Gastro Obscura
Cecily Wong
£32.00
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Everyday Drinking
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Everyday Drinking
Kingsley Amis
£12.99
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Essential
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Essential
Ollie Dabbous
£30.00
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Larousse Patisserie and Baking
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Larousse Patisserie and Baking
Editions Larousse
£45.00
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Let Me Entertain You

Our best Music & Entertainment gift books.
PRIVATE EYE
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PRIVATE EYE
Adam Macqueen
£30.00
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The Beatles: Get Back
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The Beatles: Get Back
The Beatles
£40.00   £35.00
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The Lyrics
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The Lyrics
Paul McCartney
£75.00   £60.00
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SPIKE
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SPIKE
Spike Lee
£40.00
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Best Wishes, Warmest Regards
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Best Wishes, Warmest Regards
Daniel Levy
£25.00   £21.99
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Bring Me The Head Of The Taskmaster
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Bring Me The Head Of The Taskmaster
Alex Horne
£14.99   £12.99
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Hayao Miyazaki
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Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki
£44.00
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Redhanded
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Redhanded
Suruthi Bala
£16.99   £14.99
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The Archers: Home Fires at Ambridge
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The Archers: Home Fires at Ambridge
Catherine Miller
£14.99
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Seasons at Highclere
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Seasons at Highclere
The Countess of CARNARVON
£30.00
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Amy Winehouse: Beyond Black
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Amy Winehouse: Beyond Black
Naomi Parry
£30.00
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Joy Division: Juvenes
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Joy Division: Juvenes
Kevin Cummins
£30.00
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Hamilton: The Revolution
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Hamilton: The Revolution
Lin-Manuel Miranda
£35.00
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The Listening Party
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The Listening Party
Tim Burgess
£25.00
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Two Besides
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Two Besides
Alan Bennett
£7.99
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Works of Art

Our best Art gift books.
The Artist's Manual
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The Artist's Manual
Rob Pepper
£25.00
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows
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1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows
Ai Weiwei
£25.00   £21.99
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The World According to Colour
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The World According to Colour
James Fox
£25.00
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Kid A Mnesia
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Kid A Mnesia
Thom Yorke
£30.00
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Accidentally Wes Anderson
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Accidentally Wes Anderson
Wally Koval
£25.00
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Vogue Paris: 100 Years
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Vogue Paris: 100 Years
Sylvie Lecallier
£45.00
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Spring Cannot be Cancelled
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Spring Cannot be Cancelled
Martin Gayford
£25.00
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The Art and Soul of Dune
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The Art and Soul of Dune
Tanya Lapointe
£50.00
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Quentin Blake - A Year of Drawings
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Quentin Blake - A Year of Drawings
Claudia Zeff
£25.00
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The Colour Code
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The Colour Code
Paul Simpson
£14.99
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Creation
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Creation
John-Paul Stonard
£30.00   £26.99
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British Designers At Home
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British Designers At Home
Jenny Rose-Innes
£30.00
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Lubaina Himid
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Lubaina Himid
Michael Wellen
£35.00
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Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien
Christopher Tolkien
£25.00
Mixed media product
Vivienne Westwood Catwalk
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Vivienne Westwood Catwalk
Alexander Fury
£55.00
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Carving Kitchen Tools
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Carving Kitchen Tools
Moa Brannstroem Ott
£16.99
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Great Women Artists
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Great Women Artists
Phaidon Editors
£39.95
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The Beauty of Knowledge

Our best Reference gift books.
The Wordhord
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The Wordhord
Hana Videen
£12.99
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The Universe
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The Universe
Andrew Cohen
£25.00   £19.99
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Brilliant Maps
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Brilliant Maps
Ian Wright
£12.99
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The Illustrated Etymologicon
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The Illustrated Etymologicon
Mark Forsyth
£20.00
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Atlas of the Invisible
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Atlas of the Invisible
James Cheshire
£25.00
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Dinosaurs
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Dinosaurs
Dr Dean Lomax
£9.99
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Time
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Time
Colin Stuart
£9.99
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An Answer for Everything
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An Answer for Everything
Delayed Gratification
£16.99
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The Library
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The Library
Arthur der Weduwen
£25.00
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The Ottomans
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The Ottomans
Marc David Baer
£30.00
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Atlas of Imagined Places
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Atlas of Imagined Places
Matt Brown
£25.00
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Mustn't Grumble
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Mustn't Grumble
Graham Lawton
£14.99
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Beautiful News
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Beautiful News
David McCandless
£25.00
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Around the World in 80 Books
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Around the World in 80 Books
David Damrosch
£20.00
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Brilliant Maps
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Brilliant Maps
Ian Wright
£20.00
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The Book of Change
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The Book of Change
Stephen Ellcock
£25.00
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The Black History Book
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The Black History Book
DK
£19.99
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Murder Maps USA
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Murder Maps USA
Adam Selzer
£25.00
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Natural Beauty

Our best Nature gift books.
Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2022
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Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2022
Lonely Planet
£11.99
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Bird: Exploring the Winged World
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Bird: Exploring the Winged World
Phaidon Editors
£39.95
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The Almanac
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The Almanac
Lia Leendertz
£12.99
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Slime
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Slime
Susanne Wedlich
£20.00
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Nests
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Nests
Susan Ogilvy
£20.00
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Earthshot
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Earthshot
Colin Butfield
£20.00   £17.99
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The Travel Book
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The Travel Book
Lonely Planet
£40.00
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Notes from an Island
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Notes from an Island
Tove Jansson
£12.99
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The Wild Isles
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The Wild Isles
Patrick Barkham
£25.00
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The Soaring Life of the Lark
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The Soaring Life of the Lark
John Lewis-stempel
£9.99
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The Garden Book
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The Garden Book
Phaidon Editors
£39.95
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The Natural History Book
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The Natural History Book
DK
£35.00
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Woodston
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Woodston
John Lewis-stempel
£20.00   £17.99
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Tapestries of Life
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Tapestries of Life
Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
£14.99
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30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
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30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
Patrick Aryee
£16.99
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From Castles to Cabins

Our best Architecture and Interiors gift books.
Chatsworth, Arcadia, Now
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Chatsworth, Arcadia, Now
The Duke of Devonshire
£50.00
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Europe's 100 Best Cathedrals
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Europe's 100 Best Cathedrals
Simon Jenkins
£30.00
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A Modern Way to Live
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A Modern Way to Live
Matt Gibberd
£25.00
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Rice's Language of Buildings
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Rice's Language of Buildings
Matthew Rice
£20.00
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Cabin Porn: Inside
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Cabin Porn: Inside
Zach Klein
£10.99
Paperback
London Shopfronts
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London Shopfronts
Emma J Page
£22.95
Hardback
Architecture
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Architecture
Barnabas Calder
£20.00
Hardback
British Designers At Home
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British Designers At Home
Jenny Rose-Innes
£30.00
Hardback
The Library
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The Library
James W P Campbell
£30.00
Hardback
The See-Through House
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The See-Through House
Shelley Klein
£9.99
Paperback
Atlas of Brutalist Architecture
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Atlas of Brutalist Architecture
Phaidon Editors
£49.95
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The Iconic House
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The Iconic House
Dominic Bradbury
£25.00
Hardback
Chernobyl: A Stalkers' Guide
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Chernobyl: A Stalkers' Guide
Darmon Richter
£24.95
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A Philosopher Looks at Architecture
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A Philosopher Looks at Architecture
Paul Guyer
£9.99
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Cathedrals of Steam
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Cathedrals of Steam
Christian Wolmar
£25.00
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Resourceful Living
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Resourceful Living
Lisa Dawson
£20.00
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Secret History of English Spas, The
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Secret History of English Spas, The
Melanie King
£25.00
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The Short Story of Architecture
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The Short Story of Architecture
Susie Hodge
£14.99
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Clothbound Classics

Our best Penguin clothbound classics.
The Little Prince
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The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
£14.99
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne
£16.99
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Little Women
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Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
£14.99
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Pride and Prejudice
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Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
£14.99
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
£14.99
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Dracula
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Dracula
Bram Stoker
£14.99
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Frankenstein
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Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
£14.99
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Emma
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Emma
Jane Austen
£14.99
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A Confederacy of Dunces
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A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole
£14.99
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Jane Eyre
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Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte
£14.99
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The Odyssey
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The Odyssey
Homer
£14.99
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The Iliad
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The Iliad
Homer
£16.99
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Persuasion
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Persuasion
Jane Austen
£14.99
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Oliver Twist
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Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
£14.99
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
£16.99
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War And Peace
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War And Peace
Leo Tolstoy
£18.99
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Sense and Sensibility
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Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen
£14.99
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Don Quixote
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Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
£20.00
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Tales to Treasure for Younger Readers

Our best Children's gift books.
Julia and the Shark
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Julia and the Shark
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
£12.99
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Arthur: The Always King
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Arthur: The Always King
Kevin Crossley-Holland
£20.00
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They Both Die at the End
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They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera
£12.99
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The Christmas Pine
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The Christmas Pine
Julia Donaldson
£12.99   £10.99
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There's a Ghost in this House
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There's a Ghost in this House
Oliver Jeffers
£20.00   £17.99
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The Butterfly Lion
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The Butterfly Lion
Michael Morpurgo
£20.00
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Endgame
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Endgame
Malorie Blackman
£14.99
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Harry Potter - A Magical Year
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Harry Potter - A Magical Year
J. K. Rowling
£25.00   £21.99
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Frozen Mountain
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Frozen Mountain
Emily Hawkins
£20.00
Novelty book
How the Stars Came to Be
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How the Stars Came to Be
Poonam Mistry
£6.99
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Oceanarium
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Oceanarium
Teagan White
£25.00
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Change Sings
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Change Sings
Amanda Gorman
£12.99   £10.99
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Britannica First Big Book of Why
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Britannica First Big Book of Why
Sally Symes
£20.00
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One Hundred Reasons To Hope
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One Hundred Reasons To Hope
Adam Larkum
£14.99   £12.99
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