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Antique Books, Antiquarian Books and Antique Maps, Rare Antique Books
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Antiquarian and Rare Books, Atlases, Antique Maps and Prints
Tim Bryars opened his antiquarian book and map shop at 8 Cecil Court in the Summer of 2004. He specialises in early printing, classical texts and translations, atlases and maps of all regions, mostly printed before 1800. He also has separately issued and folding maps, and topographical and natural history prints. Please note that we only deal with original material.
Cecil Court has been London’s booksellers’ row since the 1930s. Nearly every shop offers printed material in one form or another, from theatre posters to modern first editions, which makes it a unique place in London to go shopping. Cecil Court itself is a picturesque pedestrianised passage, linking Charing Cross Road with St Martin’s Lane, right in the heart of London’s theatreland, and a stone’s throw from the galleries of Trafalgar Square and the cinemas of Leicester Square. The bookshop frontages have hardly changed since the Court was rebuilt in the 1890s – booksellers being a fairly conservative lot (with a small ‘c’ of course).
Tim Bryars was formerly a director and co-owner of Paralos Ltd, located near Oxford Circus, where he worked with a similar array of antique books, maps and prints. The company was split amicably after the June bookfairs in 2004, and his colleagues now have shops in Athens and on Corfu. Tim Bryars is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association, the oldest trade organisation of its kind with a strict code of ethics which we adhere to. Through the ABA we are also members of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, and Tim Bryars is also a Fellow of the Rare Book Society, founded recently to promote high standards of bibliographical description and knowledge of all aspects of the booktrade through internet-based courses. Tim Bryars is also one of the organisers of the London Map Fair; one day events are held regularly at the Rembrandt Hotel in Knightsbridge and in June there is a two-day fair at the Olympia Exhibition Centre. Full details of all these organizations and fairs can be found on our links page. We also stock Map Forum, and the Map Forum website can be accessed from our links page as well.
