Classical Literature
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1930 The Scarlet Pimpernel Four Complete NovelsLondon: 1930The first omnibus edition of this collection of novels featuring The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.
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1920 The First Sir PercyLondon: [1920]A very scarce first edition of this sequel to 'The Laughing Cavalier' by Baroness Orczy.
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1913 EldoradoLondon: [1913]A first edition of this sequel to Baroness Orczy's adventure tail 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'.
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1939 Chariton's Chaereas and CallirhoeLondon: 1939A scarce translation of this thirteenth century manuscript from Chariton of Aphrodisias.
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1874 The Iliad of HomerLondon: 1874The ninth edition of this translation of Homer's 'Iliad' in two uniform leather-bound volumes.
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c1920 3vol Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Poems & TragediesLondon: c1920A smartly bound three volume set of the works of Shakespeare, with slipcase.
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1934 The Works of William Shakespeare Gathered into One VolumeOxford: 1934A smart edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare, newly printed for the Shakespeare Head Press.
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1893 2vol The DecameronLondon: 1893A limited edition of this collection of short stories from Boccaccio, translated and illustrated.
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1896 2vol The Commedia and Canzoniere of Dante AlighieriLondon: 1896A scarce third edition of these works from Dante, translated with notes.
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1988 2vol Piers Plowman Version A and BLondon: 1988Fine copies of both the A and B versions of this Middle English allegorical narrative poem.
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1882 Sir John Gilbert's Shakespeare: The Works of ShakespeareLondon: 1882A beautifully illustrated collection of the works of William Shakespeare.
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1847-1848 2vol Fagrskinna & Konge-SpeiletChristiania: 1847-1848Two scarce volumes of work on the King's Mirror, a Norwegian didactic text from around 1250, in the original Danish and Icelandic languages.
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c1890 Virgil The Bucolics and GeorgicsLondon: c1890A scarce edition of this translation of Virgil's Bucolics and Georgics.
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1906 Iolaus: An Anthology of FriendshipLondon: 1906A scarce second edition of this anthology of writings on friendship.
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1902 Iolaus: An Anthology of FriendshipLondon: 1902A scarce first edition of this anthology of writings on friendship.
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1930 Alliterative Poetry in Middle English: The Dialectal and Metrical SurveyManchester: 1930A scarce first edition of this detailed study of alliterative poetry in Middle English.
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1716 Ovid's Epistles, Translated by Several HandsLondon: 1716A lovely early eighteenth century copy of Ovid's Heroides, illustrated with twelve engraved plates.
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1895-1897 4vol The Parnassus Library of Greek and Latin TextsLondon: 1895-1897Four scarce editions of these volumes from Homer, Virgil, Catullus, and Sophocles, in the original Ancient Greek.
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1961 Beowulf With the Finnesburg FragmentLondon : 1961A revised edition of the Old English epic poem, Beowulf.
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1932 2vol The Shakspere Allusion Book: A Collection of Allusions to Shakspere from 1591 to 1700London: 1932A smart two volume set on Shakespeare's work and the allusions found from 1591 to 1700.
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1810 The Pantheon: or Ancient History of the Gods of Greece and RomeLondon : 1810A scarce volume on the history of the Greek and Roman Gods, with illustrations.
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1864 2vols The Iliad of Homer rendered into English blank verseLondon: 1864A two volume set of Homer's Iliad interpreted into English blank verse by Edward Smith-Stanley, from the library of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake. -
1875-1917 2 vols in 1 Suggestions Introductory to A Study of the Aeneid and Plato's Biography of SocratesOxford: 1875-1917An interesting volume of two works on the Aeneid and Plato's biography of Socrates.
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1812 2 vols Omniana or Horae OtiosioresLondon : 1812A complete two volume set of this work by Romantic poets, Robert Southey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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1925 Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe with his vision of the Angelick WorldLondon : 1925A limited facsimile of the popular novel Robinson Crusoe.
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1963 Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and FinnCambridge: 1963An excellent copy of Raymond Wilson Chambers's comprehensive study of the remarkable Anglo-Saxon manuscript 'Beowulf'.
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1916-1920 2 vols A Register of Middle English Religious & Didactic VerseOxford: 1916-1920Two extensive works on Middle English verse.
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1812 Lirici Antichi Serj E Giocosi fino al Secolo XVIVenice: 1812A scarce collection of ancient lyric poetry, part of the Parnaso Italiano collection.
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1889 Q. Horatii Flacci Opera ad Praestantium Librorum Lectiones Accurate RecensuitLipsiae [Leipzig]: 1889A small attractive volume of the poetical works of Horace; an uncommon edition edited by Karl Hermann Weise and bound in full vellum.
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1853 3 vols Socratis Scholastici Ecclesiastica HistoriaOxford: 1853A complete three volume set of this history of Socrates by Robert Hussey.
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1691 10vols Oeuvres d'Horace Traduites en Francois avec l'Original LatinParis: 1691An early edition of this scarce ten volume collection of Horace's works in French, with the original Latin.
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1770 Satires de JuvenalParis: 1770The first edition of Jean Dusaulx's important translation of the satires of Juvenal, a series of Classical Roman satirical poems.
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1922 PrometheusFrankfurt : 1922A limited edition, vellum bound copy of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Prometheus.
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1885 Etudes sur les Tragiques Grecs SophocleParis: 1885A detailed discussion of the works of Sophocles.
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1924 2vol DecameronBerlin: 1924An illustrated two volume set of this important collection of short stories from Boccaccio, translated into the German language.
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1935 Three Hundred & Sixty Five Short Quotations from HoraceShaftesbury: 1935A scarce limited edition of this anthology of quotations from Horace by H Darnley Naylor.