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1796-7 The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray and Samuel JohnsonLondon: [1796-7]A two in one volume featuring the 'Cooke's edition' of the poetical works of the popular Thomas Gray and Samuel Johnson, bound in full calf with engravings.
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1933 Flush: A BiographyLondon: 1933The first edition of Virginia Woolf's entertaining novel about Flush, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.
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1933 Flush: A BiographyLondon: 1933A lovely copy of the first Uniform Edition of Virginia Woolf's entertaining novel about Flush, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel.
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1810 The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsLondon: 1810Samuel Johnson's famous biographical sketches of many eminent poets, a new edition in three volumes.
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1977 The Diary of Virginia WoolfLondon: 1977-84Virginia Woolf's diaries introduced by her biographer and nephew Quentin Bell, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper.
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Signed1917 Aphorisms on Authors and Their WaysLondon: 1917The first and only edition printed in one hundred copies of this series of aphorisms on authors and their ways by Augustine Birrell. A signed presentation copy, including a letter by the author.
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1960 SowingLondon: 1960An excellent first edition of Leonard Woolf's autobiographical work of the years 1880-1904, in the unclipped dust wrapper.
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Signedc1940 Bloomsbury Group Letters Leonard Woolf Vanessa Bell Duncan Grant Naomi MitchisonNone: c1960A fantastic selection of Bloomsbury Group letters. All addressed to one Miss Monica Young from Vanessa Bell, Leonard Woolf, Naomi Michison and Duncan Grant.
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1992-4 The Letters of Samuel JohnsonOxford: 1992-4A lovely collection of the letters of the monumental Samuel Johnson, documenting his life in fascinating detail, illustrated throughout.