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Our window looking very fetching this week, with a brilliant display by our #rarebooks team #shopwindow #bookshop #bookstore #books #oldbooks #rarebooks #lovebooks #booklove #booklover #bookstagram #instabooks

A true pleasure to receive a visit from the lovely @katy_moranwrites, AKA K.J. Whittaker, author of one of our very favourite historical romps, ‘False Lights’ (now publishes as ‘Hester and Crow’). Look out for the follow-up, ‘Wicked By Design’, coming this September! #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #authorvisit #bookstagram #booksellerlife #booksellers #bookshop #instabooks #historicalfiction #romance #romancefiction #novel #newnovel #falselights

It’s time for What We’re Reading Wednesday! This week, Nicole is reading ‘So Much Longing I’m So Little Space’, Karl Knausgaard’s examination of the art of Edvard Munch. Andrew is taking in some Cold War espionage with Owen Matthew’s ‘The Impeccable Spy’, and Camille is uncovering the story Harper Lee didn’t get to tell with Casey Cep’s ‘Furious Hours’. Meanwhile, Michelle and Eleanor are diving into crime, with Jonathan Letham’s ‘The Feral Detective’ and Louise Penney’s ‘The... Brutal Telling’ respectively. Zoe is enjoying the sun with Alexandra Harris’s ‘Weatherland’, and Faye is loving Anna Hope’s brilliant forthcoming novel, ‘Expectation’. Finally, Karin is travelling far and wide with Sheena Kalayil’s ‘The Wild Wind’. What are you reading this Wednesday? #wwrw #whatwerereading #whatwerereadingwednesday #reading #currentlyreading #lovereading #books #booksellers #bookshop #bookstagram #instabooks #lovebooks
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The #rhschelseaflowershow begins tomorrow, which seems like the perfect excuse to post this gorgeous print, ‘The Queen Flower’, one of three images from Thornton’s magnificent botanical folio ‘The Temple of Flora’ which we currently have in stock. Get in touch with rarebooks@heywoodhill.com if you’d like to learn more. #flower #floral #print #rareprints #bookshop #bookstore

How brilliant is this? Ira Gershwin’s personal copy of ‘The World of Jeeves’, inscribed to him by its author. We have a few items from Gershwin’s library on sale at the moment - email rarebooks@heywoodhill if you’d like to see the full list! #iragershwin #pgwodehouse #jeeves #oldbook #rarebook #rarebooks #signedcopy #firstedition #books #bookshop #bookstagram

Bookseller Eleanor lunching in the Mayfair sun, proving that even when we’re on a break, we’re still busy discerning the best books to send our subscribers... #thereadingneverstops #booksellerlife #bookseller #bookshop #bookstore #booksubscription #ayearinbooks #mayfair #reading #currentlyreading #lunchtime

Our bibliophile-booksellers are excitedly choosing their reading for the long Bank Holiday... what will you be reading this weekend? #bookseller #books #bookshop #bookstore #lovebooks #lovereading #bookstagrsm #instabooks #bookrecommendations #bankholiday #bankholidayreading #holidayreading #easter #easterreading

Prepare to hear a lot about this brilliant debut work of history by Tim Bouverie - we predict great things. We’re therefore very pleased to be able to offer copies signed by the author for sale online and in the shop, while stocks last. #signedbytheauthor #signedcopy #signedfirstedition #signed #history #appeasinghitler #timbouverie #book #bookstagram #nonfiction #instabooks #bookrecommendations #recommended

A stack of one of our favourite novels so far this year, freshly signed by it’s brilliant author, @saracollinsauthor #signedcopy #signedbytheauthor #signed #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #book #bookshop #novel #gothicnovel #frannielangton #theconfessionsoffrannielangton

The very lovely @mrdamianbarr popped by yesterday to sign copies of his excellent new novel, ‘You Will Be Safe Here’. Get them while you still can! #signedcopy #signedcopies #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #bookshop #bookstore #book #youwillbesafehere #damianbarr

The lovely Fatima Bhutto kindly came into the shop to sign copies of her urgent and brilliant new novel ‘The Runaways’ for us yesterday. Get them while you can! #signedcopies #signedcopy #signedbytheauthor #therunaways #fatimabhutto #novel #writersofinstagram #bookshop #bookstagram

Beautiful books, carefully chosen by the expert booksellers in our Library Building team, waiting to be sent off to their new home... #library #librarybuilding #homelibrary #books #privatelibrary #bespokelibrary #libraries #lovebooks #bookshop #bookstagram #instabooks #beautifulbooks

It’s Wednesday, which means time to check in with the professional avid readers who make up our book selling team. This week, Michelle is reading cult Chinese sci-fi novel ‘The Three Body Problem’, by Cixin Liu, while Andrew and Camille are both thoroughly enjoying Fatima Bhutto’s brilliant ‘The Runaways’. Zoe is indulging in a lesser-known crime classic, Cyril Hare’s ‘Tragedy at Law’. Karin is entranced by Siri Hustvedt’s forthcoming work of autofiction, ‘Memories of the Fut...ure’, and Eleanor is highly invested in Laura Legge’s debut novel ‘Cala’. Finally, Arthur has just started Martin Gayford’s account of sitting for Lucian Freud, ‘Man with a Blue Scarf’, and Faye is thoroughly engrossed in Afua Hirsch’s incisive and insightful memoir-cum-social-critique ‘Brit(ish)’. What are you reading this Wednesday? #wwrw #whatwerereading #whatwerereadingwednesday #wednesday #reading #currentlyreading #amreading #lovereading #booksellers #booksellerlife #booksellerrecommends #books #lovebooks
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If you loved the haunting, folkloric ‘Elmet’ then you are sure to love Laura Legge’s brilliantly atmospheric debut ‘Cala’. #ifyouloved #youwilllove #cala #elmet #bookrecommendations #bookrecommendation #booksellerrecommends #books #lovebooks #bookshop #bookstore

A true pleasure to welcome the brilliant Tana French to the shop today, whose excellent new crime thriller ‘The Wych Elm’ is released today. Signed copies available while stocks last! #tanafrench #thewychelm #crimenovel #signedcopy #book #bookstagram #instabooks #lovebooks #writersofinstagram #author #authorsofinstagram #bookshop #bookstore

Our book bundle ‘A Very British Romance’ contains everything you need for a bookish Valentine’s Day... #bookbundle #bookshop #books #lovestory #lovestories #romance #classicromance #valentinesday #valentine #bookstagram #instabooks

It’s Wednesday! This week, Eleanor is enjoying Clare Clark’s exploration of art and ethics in 1920s Berlin in ‘In the Full Light of the Sun’, while both Camille and Karin are intrigued by Sadie Jones’ ‘The Snakes’. Zoe is blown away by the brilliance of Sara Collins’ ‘The Confessions of Frannie Langton’, and Faye is laughing and crying along with Daisy Buchanan’s pitch-perfect memoir, ‘The Sisterhood’. Finally, Andrew, a long-time fan of Geoff Dyer, is thoroughly enjoying his essays on D. H. Lawrence, ‘Life With a Capital L’. What are you reading this Wednesday? #wwrw #whatwerereadingwednesday #whatwerereading #reading #currentlyreading #amreading #lovereading #booksellers #bookseller #booksellerlife #bookreview #bookrecommendations

The Red Room, home to Heywood Hill Rare Books, has had a bit of a makeover, and is looking rather dapper these days, if we do say so ourselves... #bookshop #rarebooks #makeover #interiors #red #books #bookstagram #shelfie