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English Literature Pre 1900
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1823 Quentin DurwardEdinburgh : 1823The first edition of Sir Walter Scott's work of historical fiction, set in France during the reign of Louis XI.
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1820 Ivanhoe; A RomanceEdinburgh: 1820The first edition, first issue of Sir Walter Scott's enormously popular historical novel, set in England in the twelfth century.
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1816 The AntiquaryEdinburgh: 1816The three volume first edition of Sir Walter Scott's favourite of his own novels, 'The Antiquary', the third of his Waverley novels.
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1824 Redgauntlet. A Tale of the Eighteenth Century.Edinburgh: 1824The first edition of this work of historical fiction by Sir Walter Scott, set in southwest Scotland in 1756.
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1822 The Fortunes of NigelEdinburgh; London: 1822The first edition of this popular historical fiction novel by Walter Scott, set in London during the reign of King James VI/I.
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1822 The PirateEdinburgh; London: 1822The first edition, second state, of Sir Walter Scott's novel loosely based on the life of John Gow, one of his historical 'Waverley' novels.
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1826 Woodstock, or, the CavalierEdinburgh; London: 1826The first edition of Sir Walter Scott's historical adventure featuring Charles II, in the original drab boards.
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1822 Peveril of the PeakEdinburgh: 1822A complete four volume first edition of one of Sir Walter Scott's best known Waverley novels, 'Peveril of the Peak'.
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1827-1828 The Chronicles of the CanongateEdinburgh: 1827-1828The first edition of Sir Walter Scott's complete 'Chronicles of Canongate', with both series bound in five volumes.
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1818 Tales of My Landlord, Second Series [The Heart of Midlothian]Edinburgh: 1818The four volume first edition of Sir Walter Scott's novel 'The Heart of Midlothian', the second work in his 'Tales of My Landlord' series.
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1816 The AntiquaryEdinburgh: 1816The three volume first edition of Sir Walter Scott's favourite of his own novels, 'The Antiquary'.
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1825 Tales of the CrusadersLondon: 1825An association copy of the four volume first edition of Sir Walter Scott's works of historical fiction, 'Tales of the Crusader's'. With the bookplate of his friend, Sir Henry Jardine, to each volume.
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1814 Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years SinceEdinburgh: 1814The first edition of the first two volumes of Sir Walter Scott's historical novel, set at the time of the Jacobite uprising.
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1827 Chronicles of the CanongateEdinburgh; London: 1827The first edition, first issue of Sir Walter Scott's collection of short stories taking place in the Scottish Highlands, 'Chronicles of Canongate'.
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1822 The Monastery; The Abbot; The Talisman; The Fortunes of NigelEdinburgh : 1822-5Four Waverley novels in nine uniformly bound volumes, each a first edition.
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1816-19 Tales of My Landlord, Collected and Arranged by Jedediah CheishbothamEdinburgh: 1816-19The first, second, and third series of 'Tales of my Landlord', collections of works by Sir Walter Scott, all first editions and handsomely bound in uniform half calf.
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1890 The Vicar of WakefieldLondon: 1890The first Hugh Thomson illustrated edition of Oliver Goldsmith's most well-known novel, in the striking publisher's original cloth binding.
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1929 The Vicar of WakefieldLondon: 1929A smart copy of Arthur Rackham's brilliantly illustrated edition of 'The Vicar of Wakefield', the first edition thus.
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1822 Halidon Hill: A Dramatic Sketch from Scottish HistoryEdinburgh: 1822A first edition copy of Walter Scott's lesser-known 'dramatic sketch', in the original paper wraps and contained within a quarter-morocco slipcase.
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1826 Woodstock; Or, The CavalierEdinburgh and London: 1826The first edition of this Civil War era historical fiction novel by Sir Walter Scott, one of his popular novels.
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1816 The AntiquaryEdinburgh; London: 1816The first edition of Sir Walter Scott's favourites of his own novels, 'The Antiquary', an example of his brilliant writing in his 'Waverley' series.
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1820-1825 Works of Sir Walter ScottLondon & Edinburgh: 1820-1825A stunning full calf fine binding of the first editions of these important works by prolific and renowned writer Sir Walter Scott.
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Signed1929 The Vicar of WakefieldLondon: 1929A fine, de luxe, limited edition of Oliver Goldsmith's noted novel 'The Vicar of Wakefield'. Illustrated throughout, by the noted artist Arthur Rackham.
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1823 3vol Quentin Durward Historical Fiction Sir Walter Scott First EditionEdinburgh: 1823The first edition of Sir Walter Scott's historical French novel 'Quentin Durward', complete in three volumes.