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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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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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1855 Marmion; A Tale of Flodden FieldEdinburgh: 1855A beautifully bound mid nineteenth century edition of Sir Walter Scott's historical romance in verse, illustrated by Birket Foster and John Gilbert.
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Signed1930 The Private Letter-Books of Sir Walter ScottLondon: 1930In a striking full crushed morocco fine binding by Wallis, this is an impressive and very scarce Limited Edition publication of the letters of Sir Walter Scott, signed by Wilfred Partington and Hugh Walpole.
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1904 The Poetical Works of Sir Walter ScottLondon: 1904A collected edition of the poetry of Sir Walter Scott, in a full morocco Bickers signed 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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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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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