Great gifts: gifts that will appreciate and be appreciated

Whether you want to spend just five pounds or 300 or more, we have a wide range of books that would make great gifts.

We recommend:

Under £30 - buy a copy of: 'Dinner and a Rose’ by Sarah Bodman just £10. Books by Sarah Bodman are in the British Library as well as many libraries worldwide.

For a bit more: ‘A Sailor Went to Sea’ by Isobel Lewis. A magical miniature book illustrated with vintage sea creatures. £150

And for less than £1,000 'Ode to a chestnut on the ground' from Verdegris Editions. Taken from ‘Selected Odes’ by Pablo Neruda, this rich volume is a perfect example of the work of Verdigris Editions, a collaboration between the brilliant American artist/printmaker Judith Rothchild and the English printer Mark Lintott. £700

If you really want to go to town the book that stands out in the fine bindings section is 'Venice' with its unique binding by Kate Holland. It combines work by arguably the UK's finest printer, John Randle of the Whittington Press, with a binding from one of the UK's finest binders. It is a rare and very beautiful book with 80 wood engravings by John Craig. £4,500.