Welcome to R L Allan - www.bibles-direct.com

Since 1863, R.L. Allan & Son Publishers have been producing and selling our own exclusive Allan range of beautiful, high quality, hand-finished leather Bibles. They are perhaps the finest leather-bound Bibles you can buy.

We offer a wide variety of calfskin and natural grain goatskin editions of the revered and much-loved Authorized King James Version Bible using vintage Oxford University Press typesettings, alongside a select range of reference editions of the most popular modern English language Bible versions in our trademark highland goatskin bindings.

We also have the Cambridge range of fine leather Bibles available to purchase.

Allan's offer a wide range of Bible translations, handbound in the finest leather

Superb leather bindings
Traditional craftsmanship
The best range of Bible versions
Personal service
Free delivery worldwide

Latest News

New Products and Bindings

Stock just arriving of our ESV New Classic Readers (ESV NC1) edition bound in highland goatskin here in the UK. Back in classic Black with red under gold art gilding plus speckled page editions in Navy and Black. And NEW for 2025, a handsome dark brown edition with speckled page edges.
New stock of the Longprimer #52 is in with NEW colours - a striking Burnt Orange (#52 OR) with gold embossing and a Navy Blue Silver Line (#52 NBS) - for 2025.
New stock just in of our journals - in black, navy blue, crimson red, green, brown purple and (NEW for 2025) grey highland goatskin - with notebooks to follow.
Our exclusive adaptation of Crossway's now discontinued ESV Single Column Reference typesetting is available in Petrol Blue, Red with Bright Blue Liner and in a fine Black Silver Line edition with Purple Liner.
Final copies of our 2024 bright colours range of the NIV Classic Reference in Light Blue, Orange and Pink now discounted.
NASB Readers (1995) in stock with the special new editions for Fall 2024 of Navy Blue with Pink liner, Black Silver Line with Blue liner and Lincoln Green proving popular. Get them while you can!

Getting in touch

Our usual office hours are Monday to Thursday 9am to 4.30pm British time (normally 5 hours ahead of US ET/Canadian East coast, 8 hours ahead of US PT/Canadian west coast, and 9 or 11 hours behind Sydney, Australia depending on the time of year).

You can email us at info@bibles-direct.co.uk, or individually using first names plus the same web address.

Here are our address and phone number:

R L Allan & Son Publishers Ltd
Thorogood House
34 Tolworth Close
Tolworth
Surrey KT6 7EW

tel +44 (0) 208 399 2352