A feature of The Watermill bookshop is our collection of beautiful large-format and special editions, many of which are not generally on sale in even the largest bookshops.

Whenever we get the chance we snap up books signed by leading authors - stocks are always limited.

The Alps

500 pages of photographs, some double-page. A 'birds-eye' perspective makes for remarkable images of mountains and valleys. Although published in Slovenia, the text including six essays are in English.

£55.00

The Great Map - William Roy

General Roy's magnificent atlas gives a survey of Scotland after the 1745 rising

£200.00

Tam o' Shanter illustrated by Alexander Goudie

A beautiful edition of Burns' classic poem, in a numbered limited edition of 700 copies

£100.00

An Eye on the Street - photographs by David Peat

Published by Rennaissance Press. 108 pages, 54 photographs by David Peat, with an  introduction and commentaries by Alan Spence (writer and poet), Robin Gillanders (photographer) and David Bruce (photographic historian) as well as some words by David Peat himself. Sadly David died of cancer before the publication, which will be on 9 June. Reserve your copy now to remember this remarkable photographer and filmmaker's work.

£9.99