Rare & First Edition Books — Peter Harrington

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Our team is always searching for the most intriguing and exciting new material. Click the link below to see what's fresh to our shelves this week.

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PLATH, Sylvia. The Colossus.
£9,500.00

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WORLD WAR II - WANAMAKER, Rodman. "A World War II Tour of Naval Duty in England Before Pearl Harbor."
£1,250.00

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BLIXEN, Karen. Out of Africa.
£6,750.00

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WILLIAMS, William Carlos. Manikin Number Two. Go Go.
£975.00

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FLEMING, Ian. Octopussy and The Living Daylights.
£350.00

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WESTON, Jessie L. (trans.). The Story of Tristan and Iseult.
£750.00

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CHURCHILL, Winston S. My African Journey.
£2,000.00

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FROST, Robert. North of Boston.
£6,750.00

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FLEMING, Ian. The Man with the Golden Gun.
£375.00

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DARWIN, Charles. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication.
£3,500.00

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"Founded by my father in 1969, Peter Harrington has been selling rare books from our London shops to collectors across the world for more than 50 years. All our books and manuscripts are chosen and catalogued by our experts so that we can guarantee the authenticity of everything we sell."

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Science Fiction

From distant worlds to imagined futures, discover rare books exploring science, technology, and the limits of human imagination.

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World at War

Comprising propaganda, artwork, photography, memoirs, and archives, our new catalogue chronicles the two World Wars and the tumult of the intervening years - three decades on which the history of the world pivoted.

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We are passionate about our customers’ collecting interests – equally dedicated to inspiring new bibliophiles as we are about nurturing established rare book collections. Today Peter Harrington is a global leader in buying and selling the world’s rarest books, but we retain the collegial spirit of a family business.

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What's on Display at Fairs

Empire State

We're exhibiting at Empire State Rare Book Fair with some of our best new arrivals, including an inscribed edition of Martin Luther King Jr.'s first book and a prose poem by Bob Dylan.

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Abu Dhabi

Our selection for the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair this year ranges across seven centuries, from medieval Arabic manuscripts and incunabula to modern literary archives.

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Berlin

We're delighted to be exhibiting in the heart of Berlin with a fascinating selection of rare books, original artworks, prints, and first editions, chosen especially for the fair.

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