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1934 Essays in Jewish HistoryGower Street: 1934Lucien Wolf's collection of essays exploring Jewish history, a bright first edition.
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1946 Democracy and the Arts A Hitherto Unpublished Essay With a New PortraitLondon : 1946A first edition copy of this essay by Rupert Brooke.
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1920 Ideas and IdealsWirksworth: 1920A neat first edition of this collection of thoughts by important writers. Limited to 1,000 copies.
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1920 Ideas and IdealsWirksworth: 1920A very neat first edition of this collection of thoughts by important writers. Limited to 1,000 copies.
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1970 Play PowerLondon: 1970The interesting essays of the prominent counterculture figure Richard Neville, in a decorative and colourful dust wrapper designed by Martin Sharp.
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1868 Das badische Gesetz vom 8. März 1868 über den Elementarunterricht sammt den dazu gehörigen VerordnungenHeidelberg: 1868Concerned with German elementary school edition in the nineteenth century, the scarce first edition.
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1876 Vorlesungen uber allgemeine PedagogikLeipzig: 1876Very scarce German book concerned with pedagogy by Tuiskon Ziller, the first edition.
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Signed1934 Aspects of Modern PoetryLondon: 1934A first edition copy of this critique of late 19th century and early 20th century poetry, signed by the author Edith Sitwell.
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1909 ShelleyLondon: 1909A scarce large paper copy in Japanese vellum of this essay on Shelley by Francis Thompson.
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1921 Notes on Life & LettersLondon: 1921Joseph Conrad shares his literary views and provides a commentary on contemporary events in this collection of twenty six essays
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1924 Mark Twain's AutobiographyNew York: 1924The two volume first printings of Mark Twain's autobiography, dictated by him during the last years of his life.
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1948 A Survey of English Literature 1830-1880London: 1948Two volumes of this interesting literary critique of English literature of the mid nineteenth century.
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Signed1957 Alarms and DiversionsNew York: 1957A first edition anthology of short stories and essays by James Thurber, inscribed by the author.
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Signed1998 Wormholes Essays and Occasional WritingsLondon: 1998A fine signed limited edition essay collection by John Fowles, a striking volume colourfully bound with many insightful pieces by Fowles.
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1823 A Second Series of Curiosities of LiteratureLondon: 1823The first edition of Isaac D'Israeli's second series of literary curiosities, complete in three uniformly and handsomely bound volumes.
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1965 The Aristos a Self-Portrait in IdeasLondon: 1965A fine first edition of John Fowles' second published work, a collection of over one-thousand philosophical aphorisms.
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Signed1973 With All FaultsLondon: 1973A first edition of this collection of memories from David Low, the bookseller's bookseller, signed by the author.
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1890 2vol Essays Speculative and SuggestiveLondon: 1890A complete two volumes of Symonds' work on the philosophy of evolution, first edition.
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1865 Essays in CriticismLondon and Cambridge: 1865The uncommon first edition of this collection of critical essays by Mathew Arnold in full calf binding.
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1858 Biographical and Critical EssaysLondon: 1858-80A collection of seven volumes in uniform Bowers bindings of the critical and biographical essays of Abraham Hayward.
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1924 Shelley and the UnromanticsLondon : 1924A first edition copy of this work on poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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1901-1906 6 Volumes Main Currents in Nineteenth Century LiteratureLondon: 1901-1906A complete set of George Brandes ambitious work describing the Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature. A first edition of this translated work, complete in six volumes.
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1891 The History of PickwickLondon: 1891A first edition work regarding the fascinating history of 'The Pickwick Papers', by Charles Dickens.
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Signed1979 A Visit to William MorrisGloucestershire: 1979A lovely limited edition of this essay about William Morris by Helen Thomas, signed by the editor, Myfanwy Thomas.
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1901 William Morris: Die Kunst und die Schonheit der ErdeLeipzig : 1901First German translation of this essay by William Morris discussing the art and beauty of the Earth.
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1841 The Waveryley Gallery of the Principle Female Characters in Sir Walter Scott's RomancesLondon: 1841A beautiful first edition of this collection of artworks based on the principal female characters in Sir Walter Scott's romances.
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1925 A Cabinet of CharactersLondon: 1925An association copy of Gwendolen Murphy's compilation of character sketches, previously owned by conservative MP John Arkwright
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1746-1747 The Museum: or, the Literary and Historical RegisterLondon: 1746-1747The very scarce first two volumes of Robert Dodsley's mid seventeenth century literary and historical periodical, containing twenty-six issues of the work.
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1892 The Browning Cyclopedia: A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert BrowningLondon: 1892A first edition of this guide to the works of Robert Browning with notes and references.
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1930 Literature and Occult TraditionLondon: 1930The first English translation of this comprehensive work regarding occult literature and philosophical poetry.
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1962 Lonesome TravellerLondon: 1962Bright first UK edition of this collection of essays by famous American author Jack Kerouac.
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1966 The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline BabyLondon: 1966A bright copy of this first collection of essays by Tom Wolfe, the first British edition.
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1887 Watched By The Dead: A Loving Study of Dickens' Half-Told TaleLondon: 1887A superb first edition copy of Richard Proctor's loving treatise on the half-finished novel by Dickens, 'Edwin Drood'.
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Signed1930 The Private Letter-Books of Sir Walter ScottLondon: 1930In a striking full crushed morocco fine binding by Wallis, this is an impressive and very scarce Limited Edition publication of the letters of Sir Walter Scott, signed by Wilfred Partington and Hugh Walpole.
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1946 The MintLondon: 1946A first edition copy of this miscellany of literature and art collated by Geoffrey Grigson.
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1868 William Blake: A Critical EssayLondon: 1868A scarce first edition of Algernon Swinburne's acclaimed biography of William Blake