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Browse our latest selection of bookish gifts and gorgeous books below. Heywood Hill is London's literary lighthouse, beaming books around the world, all dispatched in our brown-paper wrapping from our wonderful premises on Mayfair's Curzon Street. Please note international postage dates in time for Christmas have now passed. For UK customers, we can still order books into the shop for collection right up until we close on 24 December.

 

A YEAR IN BOOKS

‘A Year in Books’ is Heywood Hill's innovative range of book subscriptions and the literary gift that keeps on giving. With twelve options to choose from, including four for children, there is something to suit every taste, age and sensibility. Our TAILORED options are limited to 1000 pre-Christmas customers. Brand new for 2025 are LONDON CALLING, TRADECRAFT, the INTELLIGENT TEENAGER and BEDTIME STORIES. Find out more about each of these exciting subscriptions by clicking on the icons below. Carpe Librum!

 
Tailored - Hardback 12 Books Tailored - Hardback 12 Books £410.00
Tailored - Quarterly Selection Tailored - Quarterly Selection £1,200.00
Tailored - 12 Books for Children Tailored - 12 Books for Children £235.00
Tailored - Children's Quarterly Selection Tailored - Children's Quarterly Selection £695.00
Heywood Hill's Tradecraft Heywood Hill's Tradecraft £295.00
Heywood Hill's London Calling Heywood Hill's London Calling £295.00
Heywood Hill's Bedtime Stories Heywood Hill's Bedtime Stories £210.00
Heywood Hill's Intelligent Teenager Heywood Hill's Intelligent Teenager £295.00
Best of New Hardback Fiction & Non-Fiction Best of New Hardback Fiction & Non-Fiction £375.00
Best of New - Paperback Fiction & Non-Fiction Best of New - Paperback Fiction & Non-Fiction £175.00
Best of New - Paperback Fiction Best of New - Paperback Fiction £175.00
Best of New - Paperback Non-Fiction Best of New - Paperback Non-Fiction £175.00

Extraordinary Gifts

Our top selection of extraordinary books, collections and bundles.

 
Fitzcarraldo First Decade Collection Fitzcarraldo First Decade Collection £390.00
Penguin Clothbound Classics Collection (85 books) Penguin Clothbound Classics Collection (85 books) £1,550.00
Picasso: The Lost Sketchbook Gavin Parkinson Picasso: The Lost Sketchbook £500.00
James Bond Collection James Bond Collection £280.00
F. Scott Fitzgerald Collection F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald Collection £120.00
The Virago Modern Classics Designer Collection The Virago Modern Classics Designer Collection £110.00
Charles Dickens Set Charles Dickens Charles Dickens Set £110.00
Evelyn Waugh Collection Evelyn Waugh Evelyn Waugh Collection £96.00
Comedies, Histories & Tragedies William Shakespeare Comedies, Histories & Tragedies £125.00
The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné £2,550.00
The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné: Volume 6 The Andy Warhol Foundation The Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné: Volume 6 £500.00
The 20 Best P.G. Wodehouse The 20 Best P.G. Wodehouse £275.00
Agatha Christie Collection Agatha Christie Agatha Christie Collection £75.00
Lord of the Rings Box Set J.R.R. Tolkien Lord of the Rings Box Set £250.00
The Métier Fiction Collection The Métier Fiction Collection £220.00
The Métier Non-Fiction Collection The Métier Non-Fiction Collection £295.00
Voyage Round Great Britain (Deluxe) Leslie Gerry, Richard Ayton and William Daniell Voyage Round Great Britain (Deluxe) £4,750.00
Venice (Deluxe) Leslie Gerry, Jan Morris Venice (Deluxe) £2,800.00
Florence: Dawn and Triumph of the Renaissance (Three Volumes) Florence: Dawn and Triumph of the Renaissance (Three Volumes) £15,750.00
The Sistine Chapel (Three Volumes) The Sistine Chapel (Three Volumes) £17,500.00
Leonardo da Vinci: Atlas Anatomicus Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci: Atlas Anatomicus £3,415.00
The Nancy Mitford Collection The Nancy Mitford Collection £59.00
Arizona (Deluxe) Leslie Gerry, Thomas Edwin Farish Arizona (Deluxe) £4,500.00
Arizona (Standard) Leslie Gerry, Thomas Edwin Farish Arizona (Standard) £1,500.00
T.S Eliot Collected Prose T.S Eliot Collected Prose £200.00
The Heywood Hill Tote Bag The Heywood Hill Tote Bag £19.99

Tailored Gift Boxes

A beautiful box of individually wrapped and hand selected books, tailored to your taste by one of our team of expert booksellers following an in-depth reading consultation.

 
Tailored Gift Box - £150 £150 Tailored Gift Box - £150 £150.00
Tailored Gift Box - £250 £250 Tailored Gift Box - £250 £250.00
Tailored Gift Box - £500 £500 Tailored Gift Box - £500 £500.00
Tailored Gift Box - £1,000 £1,000 Tailored Gift Box - £1,000 £1,000.00

Children's

Superb well-chosen books for children. Our collections and age-specific bundles make for the perfect presents.

 
Under 5's Christmas Bundle Under 5's Christmas Bundle £145.00
5-7 Christmas Bundle 5-7 Christmas Bundle £140.00
7-9 Christmas Bundle 7-9 Christmas Bundle £150.00
9-12 Christmas Bundle 9-12 Christmas Bundle £152.00
Puffin Clothbound Classics Collection Puffin Clothbound Classics Collection £300.00
Mina Lima bundle Mina Lima bundle £125.00
Everyman Children's Classics Complete Collection Everyman Children's Classics Complete Collection £650.00
Alexander Armstrong Recommends Alexander Armstrong Recommends £150.00
Emily Sutton Picture Book Bundle Emily Sutton Picture Book Bundle £121.00
The Asterix Collection René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo The Asterix Collection £420.00
The Tintin Collection Hergé The Tintin Collection £290.00

BEAUTIFUL BOOKS

A selection of new coffee table books, with stunning photography and design.

 
The Buildings of Green Park Andrew Jones (Foreword by Alain de Botton) The Buildings of Green Park £30.00
Alfred Hitchcock All the Films: The Story Behind Every Movie, Episode, and Short (PRE-ORDER 5 DEC) Bernard Benoliel, Gilles Esposito, Jean-Francois Rauger, Murielle Joudet Alfred Hitchcock All the Films: The Story Behind Every Movie, Episode, and Short (PRE-ORDER 5 DEC) £50.00
An English Vision: Traditional Architecture and Decoration for Today Ben Pentreath An English Vision: Traditional Architecture and Decoration for Today £45.00
An Eye for Couture : A collector's exploration of 20th century fashion Caroline Evans, Betul Basaran and Mei Mei Rado An Eye for Couture : A collector's exploration of 20th century fashion £75.00
Benoit Pierre Emery: Carre. A Vintage Scarf Collection (PRE-ORDER 12th DEC) Benoit Pierre Emery Benoit Pierre Emery: Carre. A Vintage Scarf Collection (PRE-ORDER 12th DEC) £210.00
Blenheim: 300 Years of Life in a Palace Henrietta Spencer-Churchill Blenheim: 300 Years of Life in a Palace £57.50
Cabana Anthology: The Anniversary Edition Cabana Anthology: The Anniversary Edition £85.00
Chagall Gisela Kirpicsenko Chagall £40.00
Chateau Clarke : Edmond de Rothschild Beatrice Brasseur, Georgie Hindle and Maya Ines Touan Chateau Clarke : Edmond de Rothschild £50.00
Cooking and the Crown Tom Parker-Bowles Cooking and the Crown £30.00
Disco : Music, Movies, and Mania under the Mirror Ball Frank DeCaro Disco : Music, Movies, and Mania under the Mirror Ball £42.50
Divine Jewels : The Pursuit of Beauty Kazumi Arikawa Divine Jewels : The Pursuit of Beauty £85.00
Dora Carrington: Beyond Bloomsbury Dora Carrington: Beyond Bloomsbury £35.00
English Country House Style Milo and Katy Campbell English Country House Style £40.00
Gravetye Manor William Robinson and Tom Coward Gravetye Manor £88.50
Hidden Italy : Unveiling Art, Nature and Cultural Heritage Fondo Ambiente Italiano Hidden Italy : Unveiling Art, Nature and Cultural Heritage £50.00
Hieronymus Bosch & the Other Renaissance (PRE-ORDER 21 NOV) Bernard Aikema and Fernando Checa Cremades Hieronymus Bosch & the Other Renaissance (PRE-ORDER 21 NOV) £90.00
Hokusai: A Life in Drawing (Deluxe Edition) Henri-Alexis Baatsch Hokusai: A Life in Drawing (Deluxe Edition) £95.00
Inside Paris Ricardo Labougle Inside Paris £65.00
Jil Sander By Jil Sander Ingeborg Harms Jil Sander By Jil Sander £99.00
John Minshaw John Minshaw £125.00
La Foce Katia Lysy La Foce £46.00
Lady Pamela India Hicks Lady Pamela £46.00
Lost Gardens of London Todd Longstaffe-Gowan Lost Gardens of London £25.00
Lunar: A History of the Moon in Myths, Maps + Matter Dava Sobel & Matthew Shindell Lunar: A History of the Moon in Myths, Maps + Matter £50.00
Marina Abramovic - Deluxe Limited Edition A Visual Biography Marina Abramovic, Katya Tylevich Marina Abramovic - Deluxe Limited Edition A Visual Biography £650.00
Michael Craig-Martin Catalogue Michael Craig-Martin Catalogue £40.00
Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael : Florence, c. 1504 Scott Nethersole and Per Rumberg Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael : Florence, c. 1504 £40.00
Pastoral Gardens Clare Foster Pastoral Gardens £55.00
Spanish Gardens Monty Don Spanish Gardens £39.99
The Henry Clay Frick Houses : Architecture, Interiors, Landscapes in the Golden Era Martha Frick Symington Sanger and Wendell Garrett The Henry Clay Frick Houses : Architecture, Interiors, Landscapes in the Golden Era £65.00
The Irish Country House : A New Vision Robert O’Byrne and Luke White The Irish Country House : A New Vision £50.00
The Olive Tree : Around the World Charles Quest-Ritson The Olive Tree : Around the World £50.00
The Outward Gaze: The Photographs of Joan Leigh Fermor The Outward Gaze: The Photographs of Joan Leigh Fermor £35.00
Tracey Emin Paintings David Dawson and Jennifer Higgie Tracey Emin Paintings £79.95
Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers Cornelia Homburg Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers £40.00
Veere Grenney: Seeking Beauty Veere Grenney: Seeking Beauty £65.00
Yves Saint Laurent Inside Out : A Creative Universe Revealed Carlos Munoz-Yague Yves Saint Laurent Inside Out : A Creative Universe Revealed £60.00

GOOD BOOKS

Our hand-picked selection of the best current titles.

 
A Piece of Work : Playing Shakespeare and Other Stories Simon Russell Beale A Piece of Work : Playing Shakespeare and Other Stories £25.00
A Short History of British Architecture : From Stonehenge to the Shard Simon Jenkins A Short History of British Architecture : From Stonehenge to the Shard £26.99
A Suspicion of Spies Tim Spicer A Suspicion of Spies £20.00
A Thousand Feasts : Small Moments of Joy … a Memoir of Sorts Nigel Slater A Thousand Feasts : Small Moments of Joy … a Memoir of Sorts £20.00
A Voyage Around the Queen Craig Brown A Voyage Around the Queen £25.00
All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art Orlando Whitfield All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art £20.00
All the Rage : Why Anger Drives the World Josh Cohen All the Rage : Why Anger Drives the World £16.99
Annihilation Michel Houellebecq Annihilation £22.00
Autocracy, Inc. Anne Applebaum Autocracy, Inc. £20.00
Berthe Weill : Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-Garde Lynn Gumpert Berthe Weill : Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-Garde £35.00
Blood Ties Jo Nesbo Blood Ties £22.00
Blythe Spirit Ronald Blythe Blythe Spirit £25.00
Cassino '44 : Five Months of Hell in Italy James Holland Cassino '44 : Five Months of Hell in Italy £25.00
Churchill: Walking with Destiny Andrew Roberts Churchill: Walking with Destiny £50.00
CLARISSA : Muse to Power, The Untold Story of Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon Hugo Vickers CLARISSA : Muse to Power, The Untold Story of Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon £30.00
Crumbs From The Banquet : A Tale of Six Cities John Seilern Crumbs From The Banquet : A Tale of Six Cities £18.99
England : A Natural History John Lewis-Stempel England : A Natural History £25.00
Forgotten Skills of Cooking : 700 Recipes Showing You Why the Time-honoured Ways Are the Best Darina Allen Forgotten Skills of Cooking : 700 Recipes Showing You Why the Time-honoured Ways Are the Best £30.00
Foster Claire Keegan Foster £12.99
Gabriel's Moon William Boyd Gabriel's Moon £20.00
Gliff Ali Smith Gliff £18.99
Goethe : His Faustian Life A.N. Wilson Goethe : His Faustian Life £25.00
Henry V : The Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest Warrior King Dan Jones Henry V : The Astonishing Rise of England's Greatest Warrior King £25.00
Her Secret Service : The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence Claire Hubbard-Hall Her Secret Service : The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence £25.00
How Painting Happens (and why it matters) Martin Gayford How Painting Happens (and why it matters) £35.00
I Am Dynamite! A Life of Fredrich Nietzsche Sue Prideaux I Am Dynamite! A Life of Fredrich Nietzsche £12.99
In the Future of Yesterday: A Life of Stefan Zweig Rüdiger Görner In the Future of Yesterday: A Life of Stefan Zweig £25.00
Intermezzo Sally Rooney Intermezzo £20.00
Is Free Speech Under Threat? Suzanne Nossel & Charlotte Lydia Riley Is Free Speech Under Threat? £16.99
Jeremy Catto : A Portrait of the Quintessential Oxford Don David Vaiani Jeremy Catto : A Portrait of the Quintessential Oxford Don £25.00
Juice Tim Winton Juice £22.00
Just Different : A Memoir Wayne Sleep Just Different : A Memoir £25.00
Karla's Choice Nick Harkaway Karla's Choice £22.00
Kingmaker : Pamela Churchill Harriman's astonishing life of seduction, intrigue and power Sonia Purnell Kingmaker : Pamela Churchill Harriman's astonishing life of seduction, intrigue and power £25.00
Lady Glenconner's Picnic Papers Lady Glenconner Lady Glenconner's Picnic Papers £22.00
Lower than the Angels Diarmaid MacCulloch Lower than the Angels £35.00
Making the Weather : Six Politicians Who Changed Modern Britain Vernon Bogdanor Making the Weather : Six Politicians Who Changed Modern Britain £22.00
Midnight and Blue Ian Rankin Midnight and Blue £25.00
My Friends Hisham Matar My Friends £18.99
Napoleon's Library Louis N. Sarkozy Napoleon's Library £22.00
Nexus : A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI Nexus : A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI £28.00
Odyssey Stephen Fry Odyssey £25.00
Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief Ronald Hutton Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief £25.00
Our Evenings Alan Hollinghurst Our Evenings £22.00
Out of Character : From Abigail’s Party to Gavin and Stacey, and Everything in Between Alison Steadman Out of Character : From Abigail’s Party to Gavin and Stacey, and Everything in Between £25.00
Paper Boat : New and Selected Poems 1961-2023 Margaret Atwood Paper Boat : New and Selected Poems 1961-2023 £25.00
Paris '44 : The Shame and the Glory Patrick Bishop Paris '44 : The Shame and the Glory £25.00
Patchwork Pieces Lady Antonia Fraser Patchwork Pieces £10.00
PATRIOT Alexei Navalny PATRIOT £25.00
Power & Pleasure : The Devonshire House Jubilee Ball 1897 Elizabeth Kehoe Power & Pleasure : The Devonshire House Jubilee Ball 1897 £25.00
Precipice Robert Harris Precipice £22.00
Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires David Chaffetz Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires £25.00
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton Raising Hare £18.99
Reagan : His Life and Legend Max Boot Reagan : His Life and Legend £35.00
Rick Stein’s Food Stories : Over 100 New Recipes Inspired by my Travels Around the British Isles Rick Stein Rick Stein’s Food Stories : Over 100 New Recipes Inspired by my Travels Around the British Isles £28.00
Rogues and Scholars : Boom and Bust in the London Art Market, 1945–2000 James Stourton Rogues and Scholars : Boom and Bust in the London Art Market, 1945–2000 £30.00
Scarcely English : An A to Z of Assaults On Our Language Simon Heffer Scarcely English : An A to Z of Assaults On Our Language £16.99
Stranger Than Fiction : Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel Edwin Frank Stranger Than Fiction : Lives of the Twentieth-Century Novel £25.00
Tell Me Everything Elizabeth Strout Tell Me Everything £16.99
The American No Rupert Everett The American No £20.00
The Apothecary's Wife : The Hidden History of Medicine and How It Became a Commodity Karen Bloom Gevirtz The Apothecary's Wife : The Hidden History of Medicine and How It Became a Commodity £25.00
The Blue Hour Paula Hawkins The Blue Hour £22.00
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse : The Fifth Anniversary Limited Edition Charlie Mackesy The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse : The Fifth Anniversary Limited Edition £20.00
The Drowned John Banville The Drowned £18.99
The Eagle and the Hart : The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV Helen Castor The Eagle and the Hart : The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV £35.00
The Enigma Girl Henry Porter The Enigma Girl £22.00
The Glassmaker Tracy Chevalier The Glassmaker £20.00
The Golden Road William Dalrymple The Golden Road £30.00
The Granddaughter Prof Bernhard Schlink The Granddaughter £20.00
The Great Hippopotamus Hotel Alexander McCall Smith The Great Hippopotamus Hotel £20.00
The Haunted Wood : A History of Childhood Reading Sam Leith The Haunted Wood : A History of Childhood Reading £30.00
The Intelligent Spy’s Handbook Robin Renwick The Intelligent Spy’s Handbook £20.00
The Last Dream Pedro Almodóvar The Last Dream £16.99
The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse The Lives and Deaths of the Princesses of Hesse £25.00
The Party Tessa Hadley The Party £12.99
The Position of Spoons : and other intimacies Deborah Levy The Position of Spoons : and other intimacies £20.00
The Price of Victory : A Naval History of Britain: 1815 – 1945 N A M Rodger The Price of Victory : A Naval History of Britain: 1815 – 1945 £40.00
The Proof of My Innocence Jonathan Coe The Proof of My Innocence £20.00
The Safekeep Yael van der Wouden The Safekeep £16.99
The Scapegoat : The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham Lucy Hughes-Hallett The Scapegoat : The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham £30.00
The Siege Ben Macintyre The Siege £25.00
The Tree Hunters : How the Cult of the Arboretum Transformed Our Landscape Thomas Francis Dermot Pakenham The Tree Hunters : How the Cult of the Arboretum Transformed Our Landscape £30.00
The Voyage Home Pat Barker The Voyage Home £20.00
The World Atlas of Whisky 3rd edition Dave Broom The World Atlas of Whisky 3rd edition £45.00
There are Rivers in the Sky Elif Shafak There are Rivers in the Sky £18.99
Twenty-Four Partial Portraits Francis Russell Twenty-Four Partial Portraits £25.00
Unleashed Boris Johnson Unleashed £30.00
Venice and the Ottoman Empire : A Tale of Art, Culture, and Exchange Stefano Carboni Venice and the Ottoman Empire : A Tale of Art, Culture, and Exchange £50.00
What I Ate in One Year : (and related thoughts) Stanley Tucci What I Ate in One Year : (and related thoughts) £20.00
Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin Sue Prideaux Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin £30.00
Women and the Reformations : A Global History Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks Women and the Reformations : A Global History £25.00
Wonders in the Deep : Extraordinary Shipwreck Discoveries from Spanish Gold to Shackleton's Bible Mensun Bound & Mark Frary Wonders in the Deep : Extraordinary Shipwreck Discoveries from Spanish Gold to Shackleton's Bible £30.00