VICTORIA QUATE ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS & CURIOSITIES 

Welcome to Victoria Quate

Hi, my name is Stuart and I own Victorian Quate, a boutique antiquarian bookshop curating curious artefacts & printed oddities, pieces with history, charm, and a certain unnameable magic. Whether you're a collector, a gift-giver, or someone who simply can't resist the pull of a dusty bookshelf, there's something here for you. I’ve loved books for as long as I can remember and I have been lucky enough to work within the book publishing industry, working across all genres from biography, local history and photography to fantasy, literary fiction and children’s books. I have also had the good fortune to work in an antiquarian library with beautiful books dating back to the 15th Century. 
At Victoria Quate, we specialise in rare, out-of-print, and unusual books, comics, and ephemera relating to romanticism and gothic fiction, myths & legends, folklore, occultism, spiritualism, art and science. From 19th-century poetry to mid-century children’s tales, from haunting chapbooks to hand-coloured prints, each piece is chosen for its story, its style, or its strangeness.

Named in memory of someone small but important, this shop is about more than commerce. It's about connection, between past and present, and between people and the printed page. I hope you enjoy the books as much as we do. 

Please enjoy browsing the collection and if something speaks to you, or you're looking for a specific title or area of interest and you can’t find what you want, please feel free to get in touch and we will do what we can to help.

We are based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and you can reach us via our contact form, by email or via our Facebook page, all of which you can find via the Contact Us page on this website.

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