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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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1883 The Three Strangers, Longman's Magazine Volume ILondon: 1883The first edition of this short story from Thomas Hardy. Present here in the scarce first volume of 'Longman's Magazine', where the story was first published in March of 1883.
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1928 The Short Stories of Thomas HardyLondon: 1928The first edition, second impression of the collected short stories of noted English novelist Thomas Hardy, published posthumously.
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2008 The Tales of Beedle the BardLondon: 2008A fine first edition first impression of the short stories published to accompany 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows', a superb example of this work.
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1887 Sultan Stork and Other Stories and SketchesLondon: 1887A first edition of this collection of stories along with a bibliography by William Makepeace Thackeray, in the publisher's original binding.
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1888 Wessex Tales Strange, Lively, and CommonplaceNew York: 1888The very scarce first U.S. edition of this Wessex-based short story collection by Thomas Hardy, illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.