The blog of rare booksellers Hyraxia Books, based in Leeds, UK. We are sellers of Literature, Fine and Private Press, Antiquarian items and basically anything interesting. We specialise particularly in speculative fiction, an umbrella term for science fiction, fantasy, horror and everything in between. If you have something to sell, do get in touch: simon@hyraxia.com
I’ve said it before, the best collections are those consisting of books that the collectors simply enjoyed reading. Here’s a shelf photo from a client of ours.
An excellent selection of Richard Morgan books including the rare Altered Carbon UK proof, and the collectable editions from the Subterranean Press. Very pleased to see that there are three copie...
A collection of volumes by or featuring a piece by Mark Samuels. Samuels writes weird fiction, mostly short fiction with one novel.
“I started collecting Robin Hobb in 2002 and stopped around 2008, I think. She has written more since but I only really wanted the first three trilogies and a couple of limited editions whic...
A collector sent us the following photo of his James Herbert collection. As many will know, Herbert was one of the finest writers of horror these last couple of generations have seen. Often as mu...
Here are a few ideas for photos in case you don’t know what makes a good bookshelf photo. Ideally, the photos want to be sharp and in focus, square to the frame and readable. The photos should ...