Established in 1863, R.L.Allan is a family publishing business based in Glasgow, Scotland, which specializes in producing high quality editions of the best English language bible translations, and selling them direct to the reader.

Our exclusive Allan bibles (marked by a *) are printed in bold, black type on india paper by Oxford and Cambridge Universities and others, and strongly bound in England by craftsmen using traditional methods and top quality leather bindings. An Allan bible is very special, beautiful and most durable.

We also sell the finest Oxford and Cambridge bibles.

The King James Authorized Version (KJV), first published in 1611, is still a bestseller after almost 400 years, testifying to its timeless beauty and style of language.

The New International Version (NIV) is the world's most popular modern translation of the bible. The work of an international group of scholars, it is an accurate, thought-for-thought version in good, contemporary English.

The New Living Translation (NLT) is a fresh, easy to read, and accurate version which is fast becoming the bible of first choice for the 21st century.