+44 (0)20 7589 9473 |

10 – 12 Blacklands Terrace, Chelsea, London, SW3 2SR

JOHN SANDOE BOOKS

JOHN SANDOE BOOKS

Independent Bookshop Since 1957

JOHN SANDOE BOOKS

Independent Bookshop Since 1957

This glorious tapestry of a novel returns to Taylor's accustomed stomping ground - the university campus - with whisper-close third-person narration and minute observation worthy of his reve... read more

The Late Americans

Brandon Taylor

Hardback
£18.99

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
First published in 1924, this is at once a tragicomedy and an anti-romance. At its centre are the children of Albert Sanger, a bohemian and profligate composer said to be based on Augustus J... read more

The Constant Nymph

Margaret Kennedy

Paperback
£9.99

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
Somerset Maugham appears as one of two narrators in this atmospheric novel of love, truth, secrecy and betrayal in 1920s' colonial Penang. Eng's airy storytelling is a rare gift: he gives hi... read more

The House of Doors

Tan Twan Eng

Hardback
£20.00

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
Kreidolf (1863-1956) was a Swiss painter and leading figure in the Jugendstil movement who also wrote and illustrated children's books. In this enchanting tale from 1924, three gnomes set ou... read more

The Gnomes’ Winter Journey

Ernst Kreidolf

Hardback
£12.99

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
Witty, tangential, self-deprecating, Amis's autobiography is not a chronological procession of memories but a frenzy of footnotes, asides, literary zigzags through time and space. It's funny... read more

Experience

Martin Amis

Paperback
£12.99

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
Explores the history of the translation of classical Greek literature into Latin. Far from being inevitable, as it seems seen from the C21st, the Roman adoption of Hellenic classics was an e... read more

Beyond Greek: The Beginnings of Latin Literature

Denis Feeney

Paperback
£25.99

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
Karl Braun is German, cultivated and self-effacing; he tunes pianos for a living. When he moves into a boarding house in Pimlico, everyone assumes that he has fled Nazi Germany, when in fact... read more

The Glass Pearls

Emeric Pressburger

Paperback
£9.99

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
Stunning photos by the self-confessed philhellene: a poet's hut, a taverna in Hydra and other traditional interiors as well as grander and more spacious houses in Athens, the Peloponnese and... read more

Haute Bohemians: Greece: Interiors, Architecture, and Landscapes ...

Miguel Flores-Vianna

Hardback
£65.00

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
A memoir set in rural Wyoming where Ehrlich moved in 1978 after the unexpected death of her partner. There is grief, of course, but there are also cowboys and beautiful descriptions of the A... read more

The Solace of Open Spaces

Gretel Ehrlich

Paperback
£10.99

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
A love affair and its aftermath, set in the closing years of the GDR. The girl is young, the man significantly older; the alteration in their love finds a parallel in the oppression of the r... read more

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

Hardback
£16.99

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
This montage weaves together memories from Bergman's childhood and adulthood with all their subtle parallels. Film-like, dream-like and beautifully crafted, this self-portrait is startlingly... read more

A Magic Lantern

Ingmar Bergman

Paperback
£18.00

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
Painter, explorer, writer, archaeologist and theosophist, Roerich was a key figure for Diaghilev and Stravinsky for whom he designed sets and costumes (including The Rite of Spring). He was ... read more

Nicholas Roerich: The Artist who would be King

John McCannon

Hardback
£37.50

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
Breathtaking photographs of desolate and mostly ruinous buildings in vast, often snow-dusted landscapes. Published earlier this year in Germany with the text in English, this is a rare treas... read more

Stone & Candle: Armenian Monasteries

Ted Andreasian

Hardback
£38.00

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order
Delightfully ticklish combination of words and drawings, most of them recorded verbatim and sketched in situ - overheard on the bus, in a restaurant, wherever Monsieur Fox catches these bree... read more

The Way We Were: A Series of Monologues with a Propensity to be Boring ...

Charles Fox

Paperback
£18.00

ADD TO ORDER

This product is already in quote request list

View Order

JS grey

+ 44 (0)20 7589 9473 | sales@johnsandoe.com | John Sandoe (Books) Ltd, 10-12 Blacklands Terrace, Chelsea, London, SW3 2SR

Monday to Saturday: 9:30am – 5.30pm, Sunday: 11am – 5pm

@johnsandoebooks

© 2025 John Sandoe (Books) Ltd. | T & Cs | Registered Company No. 593117

@johnsandoebooks

+ 44 (0)20 7589 9473

sales@johnsandoe.com

Monday to Saturday 9:30am – 5.30pm

Sunday: 11am – 5pm

10-12 Blacklands Terrace, Chelsea, London, SW3 2SR

© 2025 John Sandoe (Books) Ltd. Registered Company No. 593117