Gifts for book lovers

Buying a book for a reader is risky; they've probably read it. So go one better. Goldsboro Books on Cecil Court in London specialises in signed first editions, and John Atkinson Fine & Rare Books in Harrogate deals in signed and collectable editions, some of them truly rare.

Persephone Books in Bath reprints neglected writing, mostly by women, in its distinctive grey covers. Bookishly frames lines from classic novels on real book pages, and The Literary Gift Company in Reading designs literary maps and posters.

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