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World Literature
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1782 The Adventures of Gil Blas of SantillaneLondon: 1782The fifth edition of Tobias Smollett's translation of 'Gil Blas', an adventures novel complete with plates. -
2006 Suite FrançaiseLondon: 2006A lovely first English edition, fourth impression of this French novel sequence by Irène Némirovsky. -
2017 Men without WomenLondon: 2017Lovely first English edition of this anthology of Japanese tales by the famous author Haruki Murakami. -
1983 The Name of the RoseLondon: 1983Bright fifth printing of the English edition of this very famous Italian historical murder mystery novel. -
1988 Octavio Paz: The Collected Poems 1957-1987Manchester: 1988The first UK edition of this collection of poetry by award-winning Mexican poet Octavio Paz, enclosed in the original dust wrapper. -
1972 ExtravagariaLondon: 1972The first English edition of this collection of poetry from Chilean writer Pablo Neruda, an advance review copy presented by the publisher. -
1899 Voyage au Centre de la TerreLondon: 1899The complete copyright edition of Jules Verne's science fiction adventure novel, here in the original French. -
1946 Quest for Sita of Ravana the Dark Angel and His Paradise at LankaLondon: 1946A lovely, limited edition copy of this beautifully illustrated retelling of a section from the Sanskrit epic 'The Ramayana'. -
c1885 Intrigues of a Poisoner; and Captain CoutanceauLondon: c1885A very scarce copy of these detective fiction tales by French author Emile Gaboriau. -
1884 Nights with Uncle RemusLondon: 1884First UK edition of Joel Chandler Harris's anthology of African American fables and oral traditions. -
1881 Uncle Remus and His Legends of the Old PlantationLondon: 1881First UK edition of Joel Chandler Harris's anthology of African American fables and oral traditions. -
1882 The Epic of Kings, Stories Retold from FirdusiLondon: 1882The scarce first edition of Helen Zimmern's translation of the classic Persian epic, illustrated with two plates by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. -
1850 The Arabian Nights' EntertainmentsLondon: 1850A new edition of E.W. Lake's translation of the classic collection of short stories, 'Arabian Nights', beautifully illustrated throughout -
1836 My Prisons, Memoirs of Silvio Pellico of SaluzzoCambridge : 1836Silvio Pellico's important memoirs in the English language, complete with two volumes in one. -
1894 The Prose Tales of Alexander PoushkinLondon: 1894A smart copy of this anthology of tales by Alexander Pushkin, a scarce copy. -
1843 Oeuvres de RacineParis: 1843Complete works of Jean Racine with a memoir of the author in the original French. -
1928 The Spanish Ladie and Two other Stories from CervantesOxford : 1928Short anthology of three tales by Cervantes with illustrations by Douglas Percy Bliss, first edition thus. -
1929 CandideNew York: 1929Voltaire's scandalous tale of 'Candide' with the illustrations by Rockwell Kent, first edition thus. -
1928 Virgil the Georgics in English HexametersLondon: 1928A lovely first edition of this rendition of Virgil's Georgics in English hexameters, with illustrations by Maud Reed-Cooper. -
1917 Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamLondon : 1917A beautifully illustrated volume of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, with colour plates. -
c1900 The International Library of Famous LiteratureLondon: c1900Complete set in twenty volumes of Richard Garnett's library of famous literature, in the original publisher's uniform bindings. -
1961 Folk Tales and Fairy Stories from IndiaLondon: 1961A fine copy of this collection of traditional Indian fairy tales by Sudhindra Nath Ghose, illustrated by Shrimati E. Carlile. -
1873 Eastern Legends and StoriesLondon: 1873The scarce first edition of this collection of Eastern short stories and legends from the nineteenth century. -
1896 Sindbad the Sailor and Ali Baba and The Forty ThievesLondon: 1896A scarce, illustrated edition of these classic Arabia short stories and folk tales, translated by Edward William Lane and Rev. Jonathan Scott. -
1907 The Arabian NightsLondon: 1907A bright copy of this classic collection of short stories, 'Arabian Nights', edited by W.H.D. Rouse and colourfully illustrated by Walter Paget. -
1911 Stories from the Arabian NightsLondon: 1911A bright copy of this classic collection of short stories, 'Arabian Nights', retold by Laurence Housman and colourfully illustrated by Edmund Dulac. -
1908 The Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamLondon: 1908An illustrated copy of Edward Fitzgerald's renowned translation of poetry by Omar Khayyam. -
c1911 Stories from the Arabian NightsLondon: c1911A collection of stories from The Arabian Nights, retold by Laurence Housman with beautiful colour illustrations. -
1942 Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamPhiladelphia: 1942A beautifully illustrated copy of this selection of poems attributed to Omar Khayyam. -
1943 Maldoror Les Chants de MaldororUnited States: 1943A lovely English translated version of this classic of French Surrealist literature, in the original slipcase. -
c1898 Lettres d'un Cure de CampagneParis: c1898A smart copy of the twelfth thousand of George Fonsegrive's 'Letters of a Country Vicar'. -
1893 The Pentamerone, or, Story of StoriesLondon: 1893Beautifully illustrated by George Cruikshank, this is a charming and very scarce edition of Basile's 'Pentamerone'. -
1926 Histoire d'un Enfant: Le Petit ChoseParis: 1926French novel by Alphonse Daudet with illustrations by P. Philippoteaux. -
c1898 Le Tour du Monde en 80 Jours & Le Docteur OxParis: c1898A bright turn of the century edition of the works of Jules Verne. Illustrated with colour plates, and with 'Around the World in Eighty Days' and the short stories 'Doctor Ox', bound together and in the original French. -
c1902 Michel Strogoff, de Moscou a IrkoutskParis: c1902A lovely early twentieth century edition of Jules Verne's 'Michel Strogoff', illustrated with colour plates by Ferat, and in the bright publisher's cartonnage binding. -
1889 The Kisses (Les Baisers)London: [1889]Poems by French author Claude Joseph Dorat adorned with beautiful engravings by C. Eisen and P. Marillier, a limited edition.