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1954 Someone Like YouLondon: 1954A smart first edition copy of this early collection of short stories by the popular children's author Roald Dahl.
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1816-1818 Tales of My Landlord, First and Second SeriesEdinburgh: 1816-1818The first edition of the first two series of Walter Scott's 'Tales of My Landlord' series of novels, uniformly bound in excellent quarter morocco bindings.
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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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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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1946 Over to YouLondon: 1946A signed first UK edition of Roald Dahl's first published book for adult readers, a collection of ten short stories, including 'Beware the Dog'. -
1863 Roundabout PapersNew York: 1863The first US edition of this collection of the columns William Makepeace Thackery contributed to the Cornhill Magazine. Illustrated by Thackeray himself.
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1898 Mrs Perkins's BallLondon : 1898A charmingly illustrated copy of M.A Titmarsh's Mrs Perkins's Ball, which is the first of many Christmas novels written by Thackery under a pseudonym.
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1946 Over to YouLondon: 1946A first UK impression of this collection of ten short stories by Roald Dahl, in the unclipped dust wrapper.
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1974 The Chian Wine and Other StoriesLondon: 1974The first edition of this entertaining collection of short stories by Patrick O'Brian, in the original unclipped dustwrapper.
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1994 The Rendezvous and Other Stories by P.O'BRIANNew York: 1994A nice first edition clean copy of Patrick O'Brian's collection of short stories