Goldsboro

Leicester Square’s Cecil Court has long been home to a cluster of antiquarian booksellers, and Goldsboro Books is arguably the best of the bunch. As the largest signed first-edition specialist in the UK, its premises may not bulge with the weight of stock at neighbouring repositories, but everything on sale here has been autographed by its author. Writers – including household names like Salman Rushdie, Ian Rankin and Margaret Atwood – regularly sign consignments of first editions for the shop, which often sell for the same price as unsigned editions elsewhere. Goldsboro is also responsible for one of the world’s largest first-edition book clubs; there’s a new title each month and many are exclusive to the store and bound in limited-edition slipcases.