Jet packs, spinning fairground rides and an ant on a garden hose – the award-winning history of string theory from leading physicist Brian Greene.

Patrick Leigh Fermor’s celebrated travel memoirs of Greece, presented in a two-volume set, illustrated by Katyuli Lloyd and with photographs from the first editions by Joan Eyres Monsell.

Georges Simenon’s celebrated French detective Maigret appears in his first illustrated editions, featuring wood engravings by Harry Brockway and an introduction by Julian Barnes.

The captivating memoir of an unusual 19th-century childhood from pioneering wood engraver, and Charles Darwin’s granddaughter, Gwen Raverat.