Literary Criticism
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1921 The Mind of the EnglishNew York; Toronto : 1921The first edition of this scarce speech given by Rudyard Kipling for the Royal Society of St. George.
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1752 The Defense of PoesyGlasgow: 1752The second separate edition of this important work of literary criticism by Elizabethan writer Sir Philip Sidney.
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1926 The Days of My Life: An AutobiographyLondon: 1926The first edition of this two volume posthumously published autobiography from H. Rider Haggard, in the very scarce original dust wrapper.
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1856 Who Wrote the Waverley Novels? Being an Investigation into Certain Mysterious CircumstancesLondon: 1856A very scarce copy of these pamphlets detailing an in depth investigation on the Waverley Novels of Sir Walter Scott, in presentation from the author William John Fitzpatrick.
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1854 Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to The Edinburgh ReviewLondon: 1854A collection of Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay's essays, which first appeared in The Edinburgh Review, complete in two volumes.
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1927 3vols The Dial: March, May and June 1927Camden: 1927Three issues of The Dial, from March, May and June 1927, an American literary magazine with notable contributors.
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1928 The Anatomy of Dandyism with some Observations on Beau BrummellLondon: 1928A smart limited edition of D'Aurevilly's biographic essay on British dandy Beau Brummell, translated into English.
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1925 The Shining PyramidLondon: 1925The first trade edition of this collection of short stories and articles by author and mystic Arthur Machen.
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Signed2016 A View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Non-FictionLondon: 2016A signed first edition of this fascinating collection of non-fiction essays and writings by Neil Gaiman.
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1951 The Lost Childhood and Other EssaysLondon: 1951The first edition of this collection of essays and reviews by Graham Greene, in the bright original dust wrapper.
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1925-1932 The Common Reader, First Series and Second SeriesLondon: 1925-1932The first editions of the first and second series of Virginia Woolf's literary essays.
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1947 The Moment and Other EssaysLondon: 1947The first edition of this collection of twenty-nine essays by Virginia Woolf, in the illustrated Vanessa Bell dust wrapper.
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1938 Three GuineasThe Hogarth Press: 1938The first edition of Virginia Woolf's detailed essay examining her views on fascism, war and women's rights. In the publisher's original unclipped Vanessa Bell dust wrapper.
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Signed1887 The Contemporary Review February 1887London: 1887A smart copy of this scarce magazine, previously held in the library of H. Rider Haggard with his inscription to the front board.
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1749 The Lucubrations of Isaac BickerstaffLondon: 1749The collected 'Tatler' essays, published under the pseudonym often used by Steele and Jonathan Swift.
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Signed2014 A Slip of the KeyboardLondon: 2014A first edition edition copy of this anthology of non-fiction pieces penned by Terry Pratchett, with the author's authenticated blind stamp signature.
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1932 Louder and FunnierLondon: 1932The first edition of this anthology of entertaining essays by P. G. Wodehouse, on a wide variety of subjects.
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Signed1930 Vulgarity in LiteratureLondon: 1930A special limited edition of this literary essay by Aldous Huxley, signed by Huxley.
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1997-98 The Complete Works of George OrwellLondon: 1997-98A striking complete set of the works of George Orwell, a sought after collection of both his fiction and non-fiction.
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1990 Vladimir Nabokov: Selected Letters,1940-1977Weidenfeld & Nicolson: 1990The scarce first UK edition of this impressive volume of the correspondence of Vladimir Nabokov between 1940 and his death.
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1981 The Lady Investigates: Women Detectives and Spies in FictionLondon: 1981The first edition of this fascinating work of literary criticism about the role of women detectives and spies in fiction.
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1925 Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other EssaysPhiladelphia: 1925An exceptionally bright copy of the limited edition first edition of D. H. Lawrence's collection of philosophical essays.
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1932 ApocalypseLondon: 1932The first trade edition of D. H. Lawrence's last major work, a radical criticism of the forces shaping Western civilisation. With the very scarce dust wrapper.
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Signed1982 The Great Code: The Bible and LiteratureToronto: 1982The first edition, second printing of Northrop Frye's study of the Bible as a work of literature, signed by the author.
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1964 Tree and LeafLondon: 1964The second impression of the first edition of this work from the author of 'The Lord of The Rings', J. R. R. Tolkien.
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1985 The Fairy Family: A Series of Ballads & Metrical Tales Illustrating the Fairy Faith of EuropeLondon: 1985A smart first edition of this illustrated work on the fairy faith in Europe, limited to five hundred copies.
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Signed2014 One Hundred Books Famous in Children's LiteratureNew York: 2014A very smart copy of this limited edition work on children's literature, inscribed by the curator and one of the authors.
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1750 The Canons of CriticismLondon: 1750The third edition of Thomas Edwards's somewhat controversial work of mid-eighteenth century Shakespearian criticism.
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1734-67 The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and PleasureNot Stated: 1734-67A collection of essays and articles from literary magazines bound in one volume, mostly consisting of 'The Universal Magazine'.
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1936 American Writers Look Left: Social Conflict as a ThemeLondon: 1936A pamphlet from The Times Literary Supplement discussing Socialist and Marxist literature in America and Britain.
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1826 The Life of Samuel JohnsonLondon: 1826An exceptionally lovely extra-illustrated edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson, in full calf signed bindings by Tout.
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1925 ExpressionismLondon: 1925A first English language edition of this interesting work by one of the first observers of Expressionism, translated into English.
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1889-96 Cope's Smoke-Room BookletsLiverpool: 1889-96A finely bound set of the complete fifteen volumes of Cope Tobacco's 'Smoke-Room Booklets', an scarce to see complete set with the original wraps bound in.
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1833 The Beauties of LiteratureLondon: 1833A selection of the best writings of Edward Gibbon and William Robertson, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of each author.
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1853 On the Lessons in ProverbsLondon: 1853The second edition of this engaging work on proverbs by the philologist Richard Chenevix Trench.
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1878 Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLondon: 1878A new edition of Lord Macaulay's critical and historical essays from the Edinburgh Review, handsomely bound in full tree calf.