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English Literature Pre 1900
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1891-1907 The Strand MagazineLondon: 1891-1907Thirty-one volumes of 'The Strand Magazine', featuring the first appearance of many Sherlock Holmes tales, including 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'.
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1891 Colonel Carter of CartersvilleBoston and New York: 1891The first edition, first issue of the debut novel of American author Francis Hopkinson Smith. From the library of noted American bibliophile Natalie Knowlton Blair.
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1899 Sense and SensibilityLondon: 1899The first Chris Hammond edition of Jane Austen's beloved first novel, in a beautiful pictorial cloth binding.
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1855 The Balloon Travels of Robert Merry and His Young FriendsNew York: 1855The first edition of this charming novel about the travels of a group of characters across Europe in a balloon.
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1896 Bracebridge Hall: or, The HumouristsNew York: 1896A beautifully illustrated edition of Washington Irving's episodic novel, in the original decorative cloth bindings, and scarce protective cloth dust wrappers.
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1887 King Solomon's Wives; or, The Phantom MinesLondon: 1887The uncommon first edition of this humorous contemporary parody of H. Rider Haggerd's 'King Solomon's Mines'.
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1888 Mr. Meeson's WillLondon: 1888The first UK edition in book form of this exciting H. Rider Haggard adventure novel, illustrated throughout.
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1888 Mr. Meeson's WillLondon: 1888The first UK edition in book form of this exciting H. Rider Haggard adventure novel, illustrated throughout.
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1895 RomolaLondon: 1895A beautifully bound 1895 edition of George Eliot's historical novel, in an exceptionally decorative vellum binding, and illustrated with mounted albumen plates.
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1787 Ignoramus, ComoediaLondini [London]: 1787An attractive first edition thus of George Ruggle's college farce, with this being John Sidney Hawkins significantly edited edition.
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1830 The Pilgrim's ProgressLondon: 1830The first edition thus of this work, being the first edition of Bunyan's magnum opus to feature Robert Southey's biography of the author.
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1726 HudibrasLondon: 1726William Hogarth's first illustrated edition of Samuel Butler's mock-heroic satirical poem 'Hudibras'.
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1896 Ozmar the Mystic: A NovelLondon: 1896The very scarce first edition of Emeric Hulme-Beaman's fantasy novel, with plates by W. T. Smith.
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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.