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Great works of literature, often in their first edition. Classic and familiar stories as well as tales you have never heard before. We go back through four hundred years of storytelling.
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1826 The Life of Samuel JohnsonLondon: 1826An exceptionally lovely extra-illustrated edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson, in full calf signed bindings by Tout.
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Signed1900 The Works of Oliver GoldsmithNew York: 1900A truly beautiful limited edition set of the works of Anglo-Irish novelist Oliver Goldsmith, illustrated throughout and with a number of volumes signed by the artists.
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1892-1901 The Works of Robert Louis StevensonLondon: 1892-1901An exceptionally beautiful thirty volume set of the works of Scottish novelist and writer Robert Louis Stevenson, in sumptuous half crushed morocco bindings.
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1880-1882 The Life of George Washington, The Alhambra, and Bonneville's AdventuresLondon: 1880-1882A very scarce full morocco seven volume set of American writer Washington Irving's works, including his biography of George Washington.
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1904 The Vicar of WakefieldLondon: 1904A striking edition of Oliver Goldsmith's popular eighteenth century novel, illustrated throughout by Hugh Thomson, and in a signed full morocco binding.
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1913 Memories & PortraitsLondon: 1913A collection of autobiographical and miscellaneous essays by noted author Robert Louis Stevenson, handsomely bound in half morocco by MacLehose.
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1950 The Plays Of Oliver Goldsmith Together With The Vicar Of WakefieldLondon: 1950A beautiful and finely bound copy of the plays of Oliver Goldsmith, strikingly bound by Bayntun Riviere.
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1887 6vol Boswell's Life of JohnsonOxford: 1887James Boswell's complete six volume biography of Samuel Johnson, beautifully bound in half calf, and illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work to be edited by George Birkbeck Hill.
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1947 Favorite Poems of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowNew York: 1947A beautifully bound selection of poems by fireside poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In a fine binding by renowned firm Sangorski and Sutcliffe as a Christmas gift from Stanley Bray to socialite and close friend Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie.
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1820 The Vicar of WakefieldLondon: 1820A fantastic copy of Oliver Goldsmith's seminal work, 'The Vicar of Wakefield'.
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Signed1929 The Vicar of WakefieldLondon: 1929A fine, de luxe, limited edition of Oliver Goldsmith's noted novel 'The Vicar of Wakefield'. Illustrated throughout, by the noted artist Arthur Rackham.
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1793 The Principal Corrections and Additions to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell'sLondon: 1793A finely bound copy of this very scarce work with manuscript corrections and additions to Boswell's 'Life of Johnson'. The first edition.
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1822 2vols Bracebridge Hall The Humorists Geoffrey Crayon Washington IrvingLondon: 1822The first U.K Edition of Washington Irving's Bracebridge Hall.
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1922 10vol The Life of Samuel Johnson James Boswell Whitman Bennett BindingNew York: 1922An attractively-bound copy of Boswell's famous 'Life of Johnson'.
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1904 2vols Boswell's Life of Johnson Oxford EditionLondon: 1904A beautifully bound two volume set of Boswell's famous biographical work.
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1823 4vol The Life of Samuel Johnson James Boswell Folding Plates FrontispieceLondon: 1823A very smart four volume leather set of James Boswell's famous biography of the life and work of Samuel Johnson