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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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1894 The Yellow Fairy BookLondon: 1894Andrew Lang's sixth colourful volume in his popular fairy book series, a first edition copy complete with the original H. J. Ford illustrations.
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1903 The Crimson Fairy BookLondon: 1903Andrew Lang's crimson volume in his popular 'Fairy Book' series, a lovely work complete with colourful plates.
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1890 The Red Fairy BookLondon: 1890The first edition of Andrew Lang's red volume in his brilliant series of fairy tales, complete with the original illustrations.
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1903 The Crimson Fairy BookLondon: 1903The first edition of Andrew Lang's immensely popular collection of sweet and moralistic fairy tales for children, illustrated throughout with colour plates.
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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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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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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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1947 SCOTT-KINGS Modern Europe Evelyn WAUGH FirstLondon: 1947A first edition of Waugh's famous novella, in its original dustwrapper.