ReadThe Portobello Bookshop Gift Guide 2025

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Giles Laurén Editor & Author

Diodorus Siculus I cover

Diodorus Siculus I

Diodorus Siculus - Paperback

£20.00

Grote's Legendary Greece cover

Grote's Legendary Greece

2 authors - Paperback

£15.00

Sophrosyne cover

Sophrosyne

Helen North - Paperback

£20.00

Columella cover

Columella

Columella - Paperback

£25.00

Justin's Epitome of the Philippic Histories cover

Justin's Epitome of the Philippic Histories

Justin - Paperback

£15.00

La dialectique cover

La dialectique

Paul Foulquié - Paperback

£7.00

The Gothic History of Jordanes cover

The Gothic History of Jordanes

Jordanes - Paperback

£15.00

Strabo The Geography in Two Volumes cover

Strabo The Geography in Two Volumes

Strabo - Paperback

£20.00

The Mathematical Theory of Bridge cover

The Mathematical Theory of Bridge

2 authors - Hardback

£40.00

The Stoic's Bible cover

The Stoic's Bible

Giles Laurén - Paperback

£25.00