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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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Signed1894 A Letter from George Dunlop LeslieRiverside, Wallingford: 1894A signed letter from the British painter, illustrator and author George Dunlop Leslie, discussing alterations to a paragraph apparently published in the Times.
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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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1928 Anthony TrollopeLondon: 1928An association copy of the first edition of Hugh Walpole's biography of Anthony Trollope. From the library of amateur criminologist William Roughead, and with two letters sent by Walpole to Roughead tipped in.
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1887 A Collection of Letters of W. M. Thackery 1847-1855London: 1887A charming first edition of this illustrated collection of letters from British author and illustrator, William Makepeace Thackery.
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1961-70 Shelley and his Circle 1773 - 1822London: 1961 -1970A smart collection of letters and documents from the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, relating to the poet Percy Blysshe Shelley and his contemporaries.
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1926 TransformationsLondon: 1926A collection of essays concerning art by Bloomsbury Group member Roger Fry, an interesting association copy signed by Frances Partridge.
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Signed1918 The Candle of VisionLondon: 1918A signed presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of George William Russell's fascinating collection of essays concerning Celtic mysticism.
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1916 The National Being: Some Thoughts on an Irish PolityDublin and London: 1916The scarce first edition of this work of political theory from George William Russell. An association copy, inscribed by the owner of a house where Russell would go to hunt fairies.
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Signed1915 Imaginations and ReveriesDublin and London: 1915A nice first edition presentation copy of George William Russell's collection of essays and articles, presented from the author to Lota Law, wife of Hugh Alexander Law, and owner of the house where Russell would often go to hunt fairies.
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Signed1980 2Vol Lytton Strachey (1880-1932)Lille; Paris: 1980Inscribed to Bloomsbury Group associate Frances Partridge, this is a very scarce signed copy of Gabriel Merle's doctoral thesis about Lytton Strachey.
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Signed1943 Anglo-Saxon PoetryLondon: 1946A lovely first edition copy inscribed by Gertrude Bone, the author's mother. A thorough essay on Anglo-Saxon poetry by Gavin Bone.
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Signedc1940 Bloomsbury Group Letters Leonard Woolf Vanessa Bell Duncan Grant Naomi MitchisonNone: c1960A fantastic selection of Bloomsbury Group letters. All addressed to one Miss Monica Young from Vanessa Bell, Leonard Woolf, Naomi Michison and Duncan Grant.
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1788-91 Autograph Letters By William CowperLondon: 1788-1794A collection of seven autograph letters by William Cowper to his longtime friend, Samuel Rose. These letters have been bound into a later collection of the Works of Cowper.
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Signed1994 Patrick White LettersAustralia: 1994The first edition of the collections of Patrick White's letters, inscribed by the editor to the publisher Tom Maschler.
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1891 Essays and Tales Frances Parthenope Lady Verney Very ScarceLondon: 1891A very scarce collection of essays and tales written by Frances Pathenope. Published a year after Pathenope's death this work also features a short biography of her life.
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1827 3vol Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son Philip Dormer StanhopeLondon: 1827An early nineteenth edition of Philip Dormer Stanhope's famous letters to his son in the original paper covered boards.
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1830 Essays in a Series of Letters John Foster the Ninth EditionLondon: 1830A copy of John Foster's Essays in a Series of Letters from the personal collection of Professor David Arthur Pailin.