English Literature Pre 1900
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1787 Poems by William CowperLondon: 1787An early edition of the collected poems of William Cowper, an important Romantic forerunner.
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1840 The Life and Adventures of Robinson CrusoeLondon: 1840Illustrated edition of the famous tale of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
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1857 Nearer and Dearer: a Tale Out of SchoolLondon: 1857Uncommon first edition of this novelette by Edward Bradley.
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1882-1885 2vols Writings and Speeches, and Essays and Lays by Lord MacaulayLondon: 1882-1885A handsome two-volume set of Lord Macaulay's works, bound in half calf.
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1888 The Greatest Heiress in EnglandLondon: 1888A very scarce copy of Mrs. Oliphant's novel The Greatest Heiress in England.
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1862 The Book of Waverley GemsLondon: 1862A handsome full calf copy of this scarce collection of illustrations from Sir Walter Scott's novels.
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1828 A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher ColumbusLondon: 1828A handsomely bound four volume set of this fictionalised account of the life of Christopher Columbus.
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1865 The Dead SecretLondon: 1865New edition of this novel by beloved English author Wilkie Collins.
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1882 The Cloister and the HearthLondon: [1882]A new edition of this historical novel by Charles Reade.
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1869 Collected Poems of Alfred Lord TennysonLondon: 1869The collected poems of Lord Tennyson in five volumes, attractive set in uniform calf bindings.
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1900 The Works of William ShakespeareLondon: 1900Globe edition of the works of William Shakespeare in a beautiful calf prize binding.
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1857 The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to that which is to ComeLondon: 1857John Bunyan's significant religious and theological novel, with numerous lovely engravings.
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c1887 The Novels of George EliotLondon: c1887The complete works of George Eliot, bound uniformly in half morocco, and with charming illustrations.
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1855 The Ingoldsby Legends; or, Mirth and MarvelsLondon: 1855Illustrated by George Cruikshank and John Leech, this is the three volume eleventh edition of Richard Harris Barham's popular collection of fantastical short stories.
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1853 The Pilgrim's ProgressLondon: 1853An illustrated edition of 'The Pilgrim's Progress', a nice edition in a unique morocco binding.
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1853 The Poetical Works of Thomas CampbellLondon: 1853An exceptionally smart copy of the collected works of Scottish poet Thomas Campbell, published nine years after his death.
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1894 Maud Marian, Artist; or, The Studio MarianoLondon: 1894The very scarce first edition of this illustrated novel for young women by Eglanton Thorne, the pseudonym of children's writer Elizabeth Emily Charlton.
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1882 Bothwell a TragedyLondon: 1882Swinburne's dramatic Tudor poetical play, revolving around the murder of Darnley, and the marriage of Bothwell and Mary Queen of Scots.
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1770 The Works of Alexander PopeLondon: 1770A late eighteenth century edition of the collected works of Alexander Pope in uniform calf bindings and adorned with lovely engravings.
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1894 St Bartholomew's EveLondon: 1894First edition of this historical novel by George Alfred Henty, with illustrations by H. J. Draper.
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1904 With the Allies to PekinLondon: 1904First edition, first impression of this historical tale by G. A. Henty, with illustrations by Wal Paget.
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1903 With Kitchener in the SoudanLondon: 1903First edition of this historical novel by George Alfred Henty, with illustrations by William Rainey.
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1902 Mobsley's Mohicans: a Tale of Two TermsLondon: 1902Scarce early edition of this juvenile novel by Harold Avery, with illustrations by J H Bacon.
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1895 Wulf the SaxonLondon: 1895Scarce first edition of this historical novel by G. A. Henty, with illustrations by Ralph Peacock.
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1899 At Aboukir and Acre: a Story of Napoleon's Invasion of EgyptLondon: 1899First edition of this historical novel by George Alfred Henty, with illustrations by William Rainey.
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1894 The Yellow Fairy BookLondon, and New York: 1894The first edition of this beautiful collection of folk tales for children with illustrations.
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1884 With Clive in India: Or the Beginnings of an EmpireLondon, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin : 1884The scarce first edition, third impression of this novel by G. A. Henty with beautiful illustrations.
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1896 A Knight of the White Cross A Tale of the Siege of RhodesGlasgow and Dublin: 1896First edition, first impression of this military inspired novel by G. A. Henty with illustrations.
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1891 Those Other AnimalsLondon (Bouverie Street, E.C.): 1891The first edition, first impression of this beautifully illustrated collection of essays by G. A. Henty.
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1897 On the IrrawaddyGlasgow and Dublin : 1897The first edition, first impression of this historical novel inspired by the Burmese War in the original pictorial cloth and illustrations.
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1896 The Monk of FifeLondon: 1896A first edition third impression of The Monk of Fife, illustrated by the noteworthy Selwyn Image.
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1890 John Bolt, Indian Civil ServantLondon: 1890The first edition of this vanishingly scarce nineteenth-century novel 'John Bolt', written by former Indian Civil Servant R.W. Lodwick.
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1894 The White VirginLondon: 1894The first edition of this scarce late nineteenth-century novel by English author George Manville Fenn, complete in two volumes.
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1891 The Deliverance of Robert CarterLondon: 1891The first edition of this scarce novel by nineteenth-century English novelist Hugh Farrie, known by his penname Hugh Westbury.
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1864 Maggie Bell or The Lost SisterLondon: 1864A handsomely bound copy of this mid nineteenth-century novel by Warwick Holme, a signed presentation copy from former M.P., J.T. Hibbert.