About Us

Since its establishment in 1969, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. One of the leading rare book dealers in the world, Peter Harrington has, for over half a century, dealt with a stock of thousands of fine books from rare seventeenth-century Shakespeare folios to highly sought-after contemporary classics such as signed and inscribed first editions of the Harry Potter series. Our principal specialities include literature, economics, politics, and philosophy, travel, navigation, military history, science and medicine, children’s books, and fine library sets. As highly respected authorities in their fields, the team is regularly called upon to advise individual and institutional collectors around the world seeking to enhance their collections and build specialist libraries on niche topics ranging from everything from jazz, climate change and feminist writers, to early travel literature from the Pacific, Middle East, the Far East and Central Asia as well as landmark literary, economic and philosophical works. In the past couple of years, Peter Harrington has worked closely with legendary book sellers and passionate collectors to expand, catalogue and sell landmark collections comprising original works on topics as diverse as economics, Hawaii and the Northwest Passage. We regularly exhibit at rare book fairs around the world such as the Melbourne Rare Book Fair , and at the art and antiques fairs. We also own and run the Chelsea Bindery, offering fine leather bindings.