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1734-67 The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and PleasureNot Stated: 1734-67A collection of essays and articles from literary magazines bound in one volume, mostly consisting of 'The Universal Magazine'.
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1826 The Life of Samuel JohnsonLondon: 1826An exceptionally lovely extra-illustrated edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson, in full calf signed bindings by Tout.
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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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1833 The Beauties of LiteratureLondon: 1833A selection of the best writings of Edward Gibbon and William Robertson, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of each author.
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1962 The Water BeetleLondon: 1962A beautiful first edition copy of this anthology of essays by Nancy Mitford, complete with the plates of Obsert Lancaster.
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1794 Three Essays: On Picturesque Beauty; On Picturesque Travel; and on SketchingLondon: 1794The second edition of three essays on the picturesque by the originated of the idea, William Gilpin.
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1896 Prose Masterpieces From Modern EssayistsLondon: 1896A Bickers bound collection of twelve unabridged essays by important writers, an illustrated work with portrait plates.
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1909 Jane Austen and Her Country-House ComedyLondon: 1909An uncommon first edition work on Jane Austen, an early critical work on her writing by William Henry Helm.
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1990 Sylvius: Der DichterLeipzig: 1990A beautiful copy of this scarce, limited edition work with illustrations from French painter, sculptor, and printmaker Honoré-Victorin Daumier.
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1897-1900 The Hampstead AnnualLondon: 1897-1900Four consecutive volumes of the illustrated periodical 'The Hampstead Annual', published between 1897 and 1900.
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1824 Typographia, or, the Printer's InstructorLondon: 1824A smart first edition copy of this interesting exploration of the history of printing, an extensive work by John Johnson.
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1878 The Witness of ArtLondon: 1878The scarce second edition of this collection of meditations on art by Wyke Bayliss.
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1968 Lytton Strachey: A Critical BiographyNew York: 1968The first US edition of Michael Holroyd's illustrated critical biography of Lytton Strachey in two volumes.
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1861 Many Thoughts on Many Things: Being a Treasury of ReferenceLondon: 1861The second edition of this uncommon treasury of reference by Henry Southgate, comprising of thousands of quotes on a wide scope of subejcts.
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1904 The Life of Edward FitzGeraldLondon: 1904The two volume first edition of Thomas Wright's biography of English poet and writer Edward FitzGerald, best known for the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
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1973-1994 Byron's Letters and JournalsLondon: 1973-1994A complete thirteen volume set of the letters and journals of Lord Byron, including the scarce supplementary volume.
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1880 Life of William BlakeLondon: 1880A beautifully bound copy of the preferable second edition of William Gilchrist's richly illustrated biography of William Blake.
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1868 William Blake: A Critical EssayLondon: 1868A lovely second edition of Swinburne's celebrated biography of artist and poet William Blake, analysing both his life and his works, and illustrated throughout.
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Signed1818 Critical Description of the Procession of Chaucer's Pilgrims to CanterburyLondon: 1818A signed presentation copy of this very scarce work from art critic William Carey, inscribed to American painter Washington Allston.
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1895 Dated Book-Plates (Ex-Libris) With a Treatise on Their Origin and DevelopmentLondon: 1895A smart first edition of Walter Hamilton's illustrated treatise on the history of dated bookplates.
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1865 The Cornhill Magazine, Volumes XI and XIILondon: 1865Two volumes of this popular Victorian era literary magazine, edited by William Thackeray, making up the entirety of the publication for 1865.
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1977 Lewis CarrollLondon: 1977-2003Four lovely volumes dedicated to the life and work of Lewis Carroll.
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1997 The Famous Druids: A Survey of Three Centuries of English Literature on the DruidsOxford: 1997A fine copy of this fascinating study of the role of the Druids in English literature from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries.
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1907-1925 Works by Galt, Burns, Collins, Peacock, Coleridge and WordsworthLondon: 1907-1925A wonderful collection of early twentieth century editions of works from John Galt, Robert Burns, William Collins, Thomas Love Peacock, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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1932 ButlerianaLondon: 1932A lovely limited edition collection of the autobiographical essays of English novelist Samuel Butler, best known for 'The Way of All Flesh', and 'Erewhon'.
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1927 The Haunted Castle A Study of the Elements of English RomanticismLondon : 1927An interesting critique on the elements of English Romanticism, with illustrations.
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1691 Les Entretiens d'Ariste et d'EugeneAmsterdam: 1691A new edition of the popular philosophical work by Dominique Bouhours, in the original French.
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1826 The Remains of Henry Kirke White, Late of St. John's College CambridgeGlasgow: 1826The collected letters, poems, and hymns of Henry Kirke White, with a touching life of the author written by Robert Southey.
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1983 William Morris's Printing PressLondon: 1983A smart limited edition pamphlet looking at the history of William Morris' Kelmscott House and his printing press.
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1752 Dionysii Longini de Sublimitate Commentarius, Quem Nova Versione DonavitLondini; [London]: 1752An eighteenth century edition of this important Classical Roman-Greek work on aesthetics and the sublime, illustrated with a frontispiece.
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Signed1925 D.H. Lawrence and Maurice Magnus, A Plea For Better MannersLondon: 1925A signed presentation copy of Norman Douglas's response to D.H. Lawrence's attack on American travel writer Maurice Magnus, including a signed letter from Douglas to sculptor John Tweed.
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Signed1963 Without Prejudice One Hundred Letters From Frederick William RolfeLondon: 1963A limited edition collection of one-hundred letters by Baron Corvo to John Lane, including a signed letter from the editor, Cecil Woolf.
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1966 English Landscaping and Literature 1660-1840London : 1966A first edition copy of English Landscaping and Literature 1660-1840 by Edward Malins.
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c1753 The SpectatorLondon: c1753A complete set of the popular short-lived periodical by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele, complete with a frontispiece to each volume.
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1706 Moral Maxims and ReflectionsLondon: 1706A scarce to see second English edition of the maxims of Rochefoucauld, a sought-after work illustrated with a frontispiece.
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1825 The Miscellaneous Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. F.R.S.London: 1825The first collected edition of the works of John Evelyn, an illustrated work edited by William Upcott.