The Antique Map & Bookshop

The Antique Map & Bookshop The Antique Map & Bookshop www.puddletownbookshop.co.uk Antiquarian Booksellers, Antique Maps, Rare Books in the heart of Dorset.

Our bookshop is open to the public in a grade 2 listed building in the beautiful village of Puddletown.

The Blue Lagoon, A Romance. With Thirteen Illustrations in Colour by W***y Pogany.London & Leipsic, T. Fisher Unwin, 191...
28/05/2026

The Blue Lagoon, A Romance.
With Thirteen Illustrations in Colour by W***y Pogany.

London & Leipsic, T. Fisher Unwin, 1910 1st thus Illustrated New Edition

The story follows two young cousins, Dicky and Emmeline Lestrange, shipwrecked on a remote South Pacific island.
A highly celebrated “Golden Age” collector’s piece, elevated by the vivid artistry of the master Hungarian
illustrator W***y Pogány.

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Isaac Walton The Lives of Dr. John Donne; Sir Henry Wotton; Mr. Richard Ho**er; Mr. George Herbert & Dr. Robert Sanderso...
27/05/2026

Isaac Walton

The Lives of Dr. John Donne; Sir Henry Wotton; Mr. Richard Ho**er; Mr. George Herbert & Dr. Robert Sanderson.
To which is now first added,
Love and Truth.
With Notes and Life of The Author
by Thomas Zouch.

Printed by Thomas Wilson and Sons,
For Payne & Foss, J.Mawman, and Wilson & Sons,

1817 3rd edition

Hardbacks in full calf leather, raised banding with gilt decorations. Marbled endpapers and page edges.

EBay listing ending this Sunday 31st May

EBay Listings ending this Sunday 31st May Loads of beautiful listings this week Link in bio go check them out
26/05/2026

EBay Listings ending this Sunday 31st May

Loads of beautiful listings this week

Link in bio go check them out

The Sensitive Plant. Introduction by Edmund Gosse. De Luxe EditionPercy Byshee Shelley Illustrated by Charles Robinson T...
25/05/2026

The Sensitive Plant.
Introduction by Edmund Gosse.
De Luxe Edition
Percy Byshee Shelley
Illustrated by Charles Robinson

Tall 8vo. Full vellum binding with elaborate gold decorations and illustrations on front cover & spine.

Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book With Illustrations in Colour by Maurice and Edward Detmold Published by Macmillan & Co. ...
22/05/2026

Rudyard Kipling

The Jungle Book
With Illustrations in Colour by Maurice and Edward Detmold

Published by Macmillan & Co.

1921 reprint

Hardback, red cloth with gilt lettering and design to front, top page edges gilt.

size approx 8.5 x 5.5 inches.

Illustrated with 16 colour plates, and B&W chapter vignettes

This beautiful classic is listed on our eBay ending this Sunday with a starting bid of 99p 😱

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EBay listings ending this Sunday 24th May So many beautiful books listed this week link in bio
21/05/2026

EBay listings ending this Sunday 24th May

So many beautiful books listed this week

link in bio

John CASSELL Cassell’s History of England.“Special Edition” Published by Cassell and Company [ca.1899]., London, Paris, ...
20/05/2026

John CASSELL

Cassell’s History of England.
“Special Edition”

Published by Cassell and Company [ca.1899]., London, Paris, New York & Melbourne

Gravure Frontispieces, profusely illustrated throughout with full-page colour & B&W plates.

This revised edition had been enhanced with additional, beautiful and “originally drawings by the best artists” (title).

8 Volumes, I to IX
(Lacks Vol. IV)

From the Roman Invasion to the Wars of the Roses;

From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion;

From the Great Rebellion to the Fall of Marlborough;


From the Peninsular War to the Death of Sir Robert Peel;

From the Death of Sir Robert Peel to the Illness of the Prince of Wales;

From the Illness of the Prince of Wales to the British Occupation of Egypt;

From the British Occupation of Egypt to the Opening of Parliament 1895;

From the Opening of Parliament 1895 to the Coronation of Edward VII.


Bound in attractive dark green cloth, highly decorated with gilt, full gilt edges.

This beautiful set is listed on our eBay ending this Sunday

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Something very special listed on our website this week Sir John Tenniel’s Illustrations to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderl...
18/05/2026

Something very special listed on our website this week

Sir John Tenniel’s Illustrations to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass.

Ninety-one Prints from the Original Wood Blocks engraved by the Brothers Dalziel from Drawings by Sir John Tenniel & One Print from an Electrotype.

Together with a small companion volume by Leo John De Freitas: ‘A Study of Sir John Tenniel’s Wood-Engraved Illustrations to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass.’ The prospectus,

also printed at The Rocket Press and limited to 1000 copies.

AA MILNE Now We Are Six Methuen & Co 1927 FIRST EDITION Winnie The PoohHardback in maroon cloth with gilt lettering to s...
15/05/2026

AA MILNE Now We Are Six Methuen & Co
1927 FIRST EDITION Winnie The Pooh

Hardback in maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine and pictorial designs to front and rear. Pictorial endpapers.

approx 7.5 x 5 inches.

Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.

EBay Listing Ending this Sunday 17th May

Watson being all regal while we are trying to get some work done but what a lovely distraction.
13/05/2026

Watson being all regal while we are trying to get some work done but what a lovely distraction.

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