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Literary Criticism
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1999 Sixty Years of Arkham House a History and BibliographyWisconsin: 1999A fine first edition of this history of Arkham House, the publisher of weird publisher founded in order to preserve the fiction of H. P. Lovecraft. -
1843 The Correspondence Between Burns and ClarindaEdinburgh: 1843The first edition of this volume of confidential letters written between Robert Burns and Agnes Maclehose, documenting their affair. -
1846 Wit and HumourLondon: 1846A very charming, uncommon first edition copy of this collection of poems by various English writers with critical comments, edited by Leigh Hunt. -
1904 On Some of Shakespeare's Female CharactersEdinburgh & London: 1904A smart binding of this collection of essays on Shakespeare's women, written by actress Lady Martin, known for playing many of Shakespeare's characters. -
1913 Ten More Plays of ShakespeareLondon: 1913A beautiful finely bound collection of lectures by Stopford Brooke regarding the plays of Shakespeare. -
1853 The Correspondence of Thomas Gray and William MasonLondon: 1853A collection of the letters between Thomas Gray and William Mason to which are added some letters addressed by Gray to the Rev. James Browne, D.D., Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge. -
1861 Critical and Historical EssaysLondon: 1861A collection of the acclaimed essays of Thomas Babington Macaulay, originally printed in The Edinburgh Review. -
1862 The Poetical Works of John Dryden With Life and Critical DissertationEdinburgh: 1862A collection of the poetical works of John Dryden with a biographical notice and critical dissertation written by Rev. George Gilfillan. -
1871 History of English LiteratureEdinburgh: 1871The first English edition of Hippolyte Taine's detailed history of literature in England throughout the centuries. -
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1963 Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century A Factor Overlooked by the PhilosophesGeneve: 1963A very scarce signed essay on the growth of population in the eighteenth century, signed by the author, Julian Huxley. -
1988 A History of British PublishingLondon: 1988A fine first edition of this detailed history of publishing in Britain, an immensely interesting study of this subject. -
1965 The House of Warne One Hundred Years of PublishingLondon: 1965A fine first edition of this charming history of Frederick Warne, illustrated with beautiful colour plates by Beatrix Potter and Kate Greenaway. -
1932 At John Murray's Records of a Literary Circle 1843-1892London: 1932This illustrated first edition discusses the literary society surrounding John Murray III, illustrated throughout. -
1913 Literary EssaysLondon: 1913A collection of literary essays by Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay, originally contributed to the Edinburgh Review. -
1941 The Lion and the UnicornLondon: 1941A first edition of George Orwell's essay exploring his socialist views of wartime Britain. -
1910 Thomas Love Peacock Letters to Edward Hookham and Percy B. ShelleyBoston: 1910A limited edition work containing the letters of Thomas Love Peacock, written to his close friend Percy Bysshe Shelly and Edward Hookham. -
1939 Jane Austen and her ArtOxford: 1939A first edition of this literary criticism of the style of Jane Austen's writing, in an unclipped dust wrapper. -
1922 Brief Diversions Being Tales Travesties and EpigramsCambridge: 1922A beautiful first edition of this anthology of the writings of J. B. Priestley, in the original scarce 'transmatic' dustwrapper. -
1929 By Way of IntroductionLondon: 1929The first edition of this collection of essays and introductions by A. A. Milne, originally written for a variety of publications. -
1921 The Sunny SideLondon: 1921The first edition of A. A. Milne's pre-Winnie-the-Pooh collection of essays and short fiction pieces, which had originally been published in 'Punch'. -
1801 JuniusLondon: 1801The politically radical Georgian letters of 'Junius', the anonymous figure writing to the 'Public Advetiser'. Illustrated throughout. -
1729 Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami Colloquia, Cum Notis Selectis VariorumDelphis: 1729An attractive copy of Erasmus' 'Colloquies', pondering on a wide variety of important subjects during the Renaissance, in the original Latin. -
1956 The Prose of Rupert BrookeLondon: 1956A collection of the prose works by this literary writer, poet and tragic victim of the First World War, Rupert Brooke. -
1946 Democracy and the ArtsLondon: 1946A beautiful edition of this essay by celebrated and tragic war poet, Rupert Brooke. -
1916 John Webster & the Elizabethan DramaLondon: 1916A literary criticism written by renowned tragic war poet Rupert Brooke on the subject of Elizabethan theatre and John Webster, a Jacobean dramatist. -
1898 The Casquet of LiteratureLondon, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin: 1898A beautiful six volume collection comprising important works across English literature, in a decorative cloth binding. -
1854 Herodotus, with a CommentaryLondon: 1854The works of Herodotus in Ancient Greek, accompanied by a commentary in a leather binding. -
1928 La Revue Nouvelle Hommage a Thomas HardyParis: 1928A very scarce first edition of this French journal homage to Thomas Hardy, published very shortly after his death in 1928. -
1954 Irish Bookbindings 1600-1800London: 1954The first edition of this beautiful work on Irish bookbindings from 1600-1800, illustratated throughout with lovely plates. -
1933 Lytton Strachey: An EssayLondon: 1933The first edition of this scarce essay on the well-known biographer and writer, Lytton Strachey. -
1922 Books and Characters French and EnglishLondon: 1922The first edition of Lytton Strachey's in-depth history of French and English literature, illustrated throughout. -
1968 2Vol. Lytton Strachey: A Critical BiographyNew York: 1968A first edition of this two-volume-set of Lytton Strachey's critical biography by Michael Holroyd, illustrated and in the publisher's pictorial wraps and slipcase. -
1805 The Works of Edmund SpenserLondon: 1805A beautiful set of these volumes containing all of Edmund Spenser's most well-known poetical works. -
1978 Two Tales by Charlotte Bronte: 'The Secret' and 'Lily Hart'Columbia & London: 1978A facsimile of Charlotte's juvenile manuscripts, transcribed and edited by William Holtz. -
1965 Notes on ProsodyLondon: 1964A scarce first UK edition copy of this analysis on language, originally from Nabokov's commentary on Aleksandr Pushkin's Eugene Onegin. -
1858 Le Pelerinage de l'Homme compared with the Pilgrim's ProgressLondon: 1858A comparison of renowned Christian allegory 'The Pilgrim's Progress' with the French acrostic poem 'The Pilgrimage of Man'.