Within our latest catalogue of Americana you'll find items dating from the late 17th to mid-19th century, relevant to our country's founding, expansion, and subsequent civil turmoil.

We are proud to present a selection of works by and about Herman Melville, on the occasion of the centenary of Billy Budd, the author's final work, which first appeared in the Constable Standard Edition. There are editions of the major works, an autograph letter, a book from Melville's library, and we are pleased to offer a copy of the beautiful new edition of Billy Budd with original woodcuts by American artist Barry Moser, as seen here.

As a Thursday pick-me-up here's a catalogue of recent acquisitions featuring a clutch of books inscribed by Charles Bukowski. Highlights include a first edition of the notable fugitive slave and whaling narrative, Life of John Thompson; one of the rarest of the Derrydales, Grasslands International Steeplechase, with outstanding provenance: F.P. Williamson; and a collection of first editions of Anthony Powell's classic novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time as seen here.

From the decadent debauchery of Venus in Furs, as seen above, to the ribald Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, we are proud to present an eclectic single-owner collection of books to satisfy your inner aesthete.