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Peter Harrington

London's leading rare book dealer, where first editions are laid out to be handled rather than locked away.

Books & paper

Photo by Hugh Venables, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The firm deals in first editions, manuscripts, signed copies and fine bindings across literature, science, travel and history, and the Dover Street gallery is arranged like a room rather than a vault. There is another shop on the Fulham Road.

You are welcome to browse without buying, which is worth knowing: there are few other places to hold a first edition of anything.

Where
43 Dover Street, W1S 4FF
Nearest station
Green Park · 2 min walk

Hours

Monday10:00 – 19:00
Tuesday10:00 – 19:00
Wednesday10:00 – 19:00
Thursday10:00 – 19:00
Friday10:00 – 19:00
Saturday10:00 – 18:00
SundayClosed

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 11 September 2026.

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