Booksellers
Grosvenor Prints
19 Shelton Street
Covent Garden
London WC2H 9JN
Tel: 020 7836 1979
Fax: 020 7379 6695
Email: grosvenorprints@btinternet.com
Web: www.grosvenorprints.com
Shop premises. Mon-Fri 10:00-6:00 Monday-Friday. 11:00-4:00 Saturday. A stock of over 100,000 prints.
Island Books
Shutes Farm
Northleigh
Devon EX24 6BL
Tel: 01798 812223
Fax: 01798 81 22 23
Email: islandrarebooks@btinternet.com
Private premises: by appointment only. Specialises in British topography, local history and genealogy, etc., including London material.
Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers
46 Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3PA.
Tel: 020 7631 4220
Fax: 020 7436 6544
Email: books@jarndyce.co.uk
Web: www.jarndyce.co.uk
Shop premises opposite the British Museum: open 11:00-5:30 Monday- Friday, but mainly catalogue booksellers and appointments are preferred. The leading specialists in 19th century literature, Dickens and Dickensiana, but can also be relied on to have London books, particularly in the fields of social and economic history, housing conditions, the London underworld, etc., as well as London literature. Also stocks antique folding maps of London.
Marlborough Rare Books
144-146 New Bond Street
London W1S 2TR
Tel: 020 7493 6993
Fax: 020 7499 2479
Email: sales@mrb-books.co.uk
Office premises: open 9:30-5:30 Monday-Friday. Owned and energetically run by Jonathan Gestetner, himself one of the great collectors of London books. No-one is more familiar with the material. Issues London catalogues -- mainly of rarer and earlier books, but also more modestly priced 19th century items.
Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books
32 St George Street
London W1S 2EA
Tel: 020 7493 0876
Fax: 020 7495 5010
Email: rarebooks@shapero.com
Web: www.shapero.com
Shop premises: open 9:30-6:30 Monday-Friday; 11:00-5:00 Saturday. A large general antiquarian bookshop that always has some worthwhile London books. Just behind Sotheby's. Ought to be visited to see the smartest antiquarian bookshop that has appeared in London for a good many years. Also stocks maps, prints, etc.
Henry Sotheran Ltd.
2-5 Sackville Street
London W1S 3DP
Tel: 020 7439 6151
Fax: 020 7434 2019
Email: sotherans@sotherans.co.uk
Web: www.sotherans.co.uk
Shop premises: open 9:30-6:00 Monday-Friday; 10:00-4:00 Saturday. The world’s oldest antiquarian bookshop. General antiquarian books. Has a very strong architecture department that always includes some unusual London material.
The Tyger Press Ltd.
41 Cheverton Road
London N19 3BA
Tel: 020 7272 3234
Email: tygerpress@clara.net
Private premises. General stock, including London material.
Unsworth’s Booksellers
7 Cecil Court
London WC2N 4EZ
Tel: 020 7836 6622
Email: books@unsworths.com
Website: www.unsworths.com
Antiquarian bookshop, general stock, including London material.
Peter Whetman
42 Harberton Road
London N19 3JR
Tel/fax: 020 7263 1010
Email: pwhetman1@waitrose.com
Private premises. View by appointment. Bookseller who issues one catalogue of books on London per year.
A selective list of booksellers who have antiquarian and second-hand London books.
Altea Gallery Limited
35 Saint George Street
London W1S 2FN
Tel: 020 7491 0010
Email: info@alteagallery.com
Web: www.alteagallery.com
Original Antique Maps, Rare Maps, Old Maps, Old Charts, Antique Prints, Wall Maps, Antique Atlases, Celestial Maps & Old Globes.
Ash Rare Books
43 Huron Road
Upper Tooting
London SW17 8RE
Tel: 020 8672 2263
Email: books@ashrare.com
Web: www.ashrare.com
Private premises: appointment necessary. General antiquarian books, first editions, etc., and with a small selection of antiquarian London books. Also London maps and a large stock of London prints.
Tim Bryars Ltd.
8 Cecil Court
London WC2N 4HE
Tel: 020 7836 1901
Fax: 020 7836 1910
Email: tim@timbryars.co.uk
Web: www.timbryars.co.uk
Shop premises: 11:00-6:00 Monday- Friday. 12:00-5:00 Saturday. Specialises in early printed books, classical texts and translations, but has a good selection of London maps and prints.
A. J. Coombes
24 Horsham Road
Dorking
Surrey RH4 2JA
Tel: 01306 880736
Email: john.coombes@btinternet.com
Private premises: appointment necessary. Specialises in British local history. Issues a London catalogue most years, with books at all price levels.
Daniel Crouch Rare Books LLP
4 Bury Street, London SW1Y 6AB, Tel: 07766 751391
Email: info@crouchrarebooks.com
Web: www.crouchrarebooks.com
Private premises: appointment necessary. Specialist dealer in antique atlases, maps, plans, sea charts and voyages dating from the fifteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Also prints and globes.
Toby English
10 St Mary’s Street
Wallingford
Oxon OX10 0EL
Tel/Fax: 01491 836389
Email: toby@tobyenglish.com
Web: www.tobyenglish.com
Shop premises: open 9:30-5:00 Monday-Saturday. General stock. Strong on books on the Thames, and often has more general London books. Exhibits regularly at the London fairs. Issues catalogues on architecture, etc.
Robert Frew Ltd.
8 Thurloe Place
London SW7 2RX
Tel: 020 7590 6650
Fax: 020 7590 6651
Email: shop@robertfrew.com
Web: www.robertfrew.com
Shop premises: open 10:00-6:00 Monday-Friday; 11:00-5:00 Saturday. An attractive general antiquarian stock, and often has some worthwhile London books. Also sells London maps, prints, etc.
Garwood & Voigt
55 Bayham Road
Sevenoaks
Kent TN13 3XE
Tel: 01732 460025
Fax: 01732 460026
Email: gv@garwood-voigt.com
Web: www.garwood-voigt.com
Office hours: By appointment during normal office hours. Specialities: maps, atlases, prints, travel, etc. They have dedicated a web page to the London Area at www.garwood- voigt.com/catalogues/london.htm
Nancy Sheiry Glaister - Fine and Rare Books
18 Huntingdon Street
London N1 1BS
Tel: 020 7609 1605
Fax: 020 7607 2641
Email: glaisterbooks@btinternet.com
Private premises: by appointment only. Specialises in architecture, town planning, landscape architecture, etc., and often has London books relating to these fields. Occasional catalogues.
Nicholas Goodyer
8 Framfield Road
Highbury Fields
London N5 1UU
Tel: 020 7226 5682
Mobile: 07759 382280
Email: email@nicholasgoodyer.com
Web: www.nicholasgoodyer.com
Private premises. Please telephone first, 9:00-5:00 Monday-Friday, by chance or by appointment. General antiquarian books, with a small and select stock of antiquarian London books. Also folding maps of London.