McConnell Fine Books

McConnell Fine Books We specialise in beautifully-bound important titles in exceptional condition. Nick McConnell has specialised in beautifully bound books for over 40 years.

Having had shops in London he is now on the Kent coast, a short distance from Canterbury, eighty miles from London, 25 miles from the coast of France. The Golden Hind, a picturesque 17th century shop overlooking the sea, now houses a fine stock of magnificent leather bound sets and individual titles. Our main field is that of important titles, mostly literary and historical in original leather bin

dings, in exceptional condition. McConnell Fine Books has been regularly exhibiting at the ABA Olympia, ABA Chelsea and the monthly Royal National bookfairs. Nick is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA) and has studied the art of bookbinding at the highest level. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you think we can be of use to you in any of these fields. We are always interested in acquiring new stock, whether individual books, sets or libraries.

'The Plays and Poems of Shakspeare', in 15 volumes, 1832, 6 1/2" tall. In a bright half vellum with twin labels, extra g...
04/10/2025

'The Plays and Poems of Shakspeare', in 15 volumes, 1832, 6 1/2" tall. In a bright half vellum with twin labels, extra gilt. Illustrated with 170 engravings. Slightly grubby but no splits and very attractive on the

Exquisite two volume set of La Fontaine's 'Contes et Nouvelles', Amsterdam, 1745, 6 1/2" tall. In fabulous full crushed ...
26/09/2025

Exquisite two volume set of La Fontaine's 'Contes et Nouvelles', Amsterdam, 1745, 6 1/2" tall. In fabulous full crushed morocco by Reymann. Embellished with beautiful engraved vignettes throughout.

Beautiful Victorian tree calf on Thomas Arnold's 'History of Rome', 3 volume set, 1871, 8 3/4" tall. Contrasting red and...
19/09/2025

Beautiful Victorian tree calf on Thomas Arnold's 'History of Rome', 3 volume set, 1871, 8 3/4" tall. Contrasting red and bottle green labels and very fine gilt tooling, fresh from an English country house.

An extremely handsome set of Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', complete in 7 volumes, 1896, 8 1/2" tall. ...
09/08/2025

An extremely handsome set of Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', complete in 7 volumes, 1896, 8 1/2" tall. Unusually attractive full maroon calf with extra gilt panels around a Roman eagle center tool. All edges gilt. A super copy of this classic history.

Glorious set of Gardiner's 'History of England', 10 volumes, 1884, 7 1/2" tall. Superb Victorian full calf with the cres...
24/07/2025

Glorious set of Gardiner's 'History of England', 10 volumes, 1884, 7 1/2" tall. Superb Victorian full calf with the crest of Oriel College Oxford on both boards. With gilt raised bands, sparkling twin labels and extra gilt panels in pristine condition.

Another copy of Carey’s ‘Life in Paris’, 1822, 9” tall. We couldn’t resist this one in beautiful red full calf by great ...
18/07/2025

Another copy of Carey’s ‘Life in Paris’, 1822, 9” tall. We couldn’t resist this one in beautiful red full calf by great Lucien Brocante. With 21 hand-coloured aquatints by Cruikshank showing young English gents enjoying Paris. This is a rare item but we keep finding super copies!

Super first edition of 'The English Spy', 1825, 9 1/2" tall. Two volume set with over 70 witty hand-coloured aquatints b...
15/07/2025

Super first edition of 'The English Spy', 1825, 9 1/2" tall. Two volume set with over 70 witty hand-coloured aquatints by Cruikhsank and Rowlandson in a beautiful full crushed morocco by Ramage.

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