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English Literature Pre 1900
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Signed1896 My Laughing PhilosopherLondon: 1896A signed presentation copy of this very scarce illustrated novel by Eden Phillpotts. Loosely inserted is a letter to the author's literary agent, William Morris Colles.
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1769 The Works of Laurence SterneLondon: 1769The collected works of Laurence Sterne, containing his most beloved and influential works, with a portrait frontispiece to Volume I.
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1896 The Great White QueenLondon: 1896A scarce first edition Lost World novel by the prolific author William le Queux, complete with the original plates.
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1896 The Barbarous Britishers a Tip-Top NovelLondon: 1896The first edition of Henry Duff Traill's comical parody of a novel by Grant Allen, illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley.
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1915 The Water-BabiesLondon: 1915The first edition thus of 'The Water-Babies', the first edition to be illustrated by W. Heath Robinson, replete with beautiful colour plates.
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1816 VathekLondon: 1816The third edition of this monumental early Gothic novel by William Beckford, a sought after early edition, illustrated with a frontispiece.
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1806 The Poetical Works of Hector MacneillEdinburgh: 1806A delightfully bound two volume edition of the poetical works of Scottish poet Hector Macneill.
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1885 Half-Hours with the Best AuthorsLondon: 1885A smart four volume set of Charles Knight's anthology of short writings by important authors, with vignette illustrations throughout.
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1832-33 Tales and Novels by Maria EdgeworthLondon: 1832-33A smart set of the collected tales and novels of noted Anglo-Irish nineteenth century novelist Maria Edgeworth, illustrated with a detailed engraved frontispiece to each volume.
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1859 The Select Works of John BunyanLondon and New York: 1859An uncommon illustrated selection of the works of John Bunyan, including his important allegorical novel.
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1809 The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias SmollettEdinburgh: 1809A Zaehnsdorf bound set of the collected works of Tobias Smollett, a smart set of his works illustrated with striking hand-coloured plates by Rowlandson.
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1900-1901 The Major Works of George BorrowLondon: 1900-1901A smart set collecting together the five major works of English novelist and travel writer George Borrow.
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1841 The Pic Nic PapersLondon: 1841A smartly bound second issue of this story anthology edited by Charles Dickens, published for the benefit of the widow of Dickens' first publisher.
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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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1853-88 The Sporting Novels of Robert Smith SurteesLondon: 1853-88A smart set of the sporting novels of Surtees, a set of eight volumes including three first edition, colourfully illustrated by hand throughout.
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1903 The Works of Arthur Conan DoyleLondon: 1903A limited edition set of the collected works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, an illustrated set signed by Conan Doyle.
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1901-03 The Novels of Jane AustenLondon: 1901-03A smart set of the major novels of beloved author, Jane Austen, this set with the lively illustrations of Hugh Thomson.
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1912 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick ClubLondon: 1912A beautifully illustrated edition of Charles Dickens's first novel, with tipped in colour plates by Frank Reynolds.
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1778 The Poetical Works of Edmund SpenserLondon: 1778Bell's Edition of the collected poetical works of Tudor bard Edmund Spenser, an illustrated set in eight volumes.
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1930 Tales from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Done into ProseLondon: 1930The first edition of Eleanor Farjeon's prose rendition of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, in the publisher's original dust wrapper.
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Signed1900 The Works of Oliver GoldsmithNew York: 1900A truly beautiful limited edition set of the works of Anglo-Irish novelist Oliver Goldsmith, illustrated throughout and with a number of volumes signed by the artists.
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1828 Tim Bobbin's Lancashire Dialect and PoemsLondon: 1828The first edition thus of this charming work of satirical poetry and prose, illustrated by George Cruikshank.
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1793 The Plays of William ShakespeareLondon: 1793The sought after Johnson-Steevens edition of the collected plays of Shakespeare, a nice set complete with illustrations, including folding plates.
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1897-1903 The King's Own Edition of Frederick Marryat's NovelsLondon: 1897-1903A smart Sotheran bound set of seven popular novels by Captain Frederick Marryat, a nice illustrated set of his naval works.
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1889 CleopatraLondon: 1889The first edition of one of H. Rider Haggard's popular and thrilling adventure novels, set in Ancient Egypt.
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1887 She a History of AdventureLondon: 1887The first edition of one of the most popular adventure novels ever written, a monumental publication by H. Rider Haggard.
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1890 The Curse of Carne's HoldLondon: [1890]A scarce early edition of this exciting novel by G. A. Henty, an adventure novel complete with the original plates by Charles Kerr.
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1887-95 Allan Quatermain, Colonel Quaritch, Montezuma's Daughter, Joan HasteLondon: 1887-95A nice set of four popular adventure novels by H. Rider Haggard, illustrated with the original plates.
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1844 The Life and Adventures of Martin ChuzzlewitLondon: 1844The first edition, first issue of the Charles Dickens novel that the author himself described as being by 'a hundred points immeasurably the best of my stories'.
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1952 Ivanhoe: The Story of the FilmLondon: 1952The uncommon film tie-in edition of Scott's 'Ivanhoe', illustrated with stills from the 1952 motion picture starring Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Fontaine.
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1813-16 The Banks of Wye, Rural Tales, The Farmer's Boy, Wild FlowersLondon: 1813-16A smartly bound set of four of the popular poetical works of Robert Bloomfield, all editions published within his lifetimes, complete with the original illustrations.
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1875 The Way We Live NowLondon: 1875The first edition of Anthony Trollope's longest novel, dramatising the 1873 Panic and subsequent economic depression, illustrated throughout by Luke Fildes.
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1796 The Poetical Works of John MiltonLondon: 1796A charming, illustrated edition of Milton's poetry, including Paradise Lost. In a full vellum binding.
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1804 Cinderella; or the Glass SlipperLondon: 1804Benjamin Tabart's very scarce 1804 edition of Charles Perrault's classic fairy tale, the first separate printing of this work in English.
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1889 Three Men in a BoatBristol; London: 1889The first issue of this humorous novel by Jerome K. Jerome, an illustrated work following a fortnight long journey along the Thames.
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1904 The Brown Fairy BookLondon: 1904The first edition of the ninth of Andrew Lang's fairy books, an illustrated collection of tales from around the world.