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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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1958 The Middle Age of Mrs. EliotLondon: 1958The first edition of this award winning novel about a newly widowed women and the after effects of the shocking murder of her husband.
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1996 Angela's Ashes: A Memoir of a ChildhoodLondon: 1996The first UK edition of the Pulitzer Prize winning memoir by Frank McCourt.
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1983 The Life & Times of Michael KLondon: 1983The first UK edition of this Booker Prize winning novel by J. M. Coetzee, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.
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1893-95 Seven Volumes From the Elizabethan Library SeriesLondon: 1893-95Seven volumes from the Elizabethan Library series in the original green fleur-de-lis cloth.
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1907 Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamLondon: 1907A sumptuously bound copy of this noted work, presented here in a highly decorative Bumpus binding, with exquisite gilt detail and watered silk pastedowns.
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1942 Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamPhiladelphia: 1942A beautifully illustrated copy of this selection of poems attributed to Omar Khayyam.
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1881 Deutsche LiteraturgeschichteLeipzing: 1881An illustrated history of the literature of Germany in a splendid decorative binding.
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c1932 Assorted Works of Children's LiteratureLondon: c1932An unusually bright collection of four important pieces of children's literature, illustrated in colour and in splendid decorative bindings.
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1926 Ten Droll TalesLondon: 1926An excellent copy of Honore de Balzac's famous short story collection. Illustrated throughout by the famous Belgian painter Jean de Bosschere.
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2006 The Inheritance of LossLondon: 2006A first edition of this poignant Man Booker Prize Winner by Kiran Desai
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1995 The Moor's Last SighLondon: 1995A fine, limited edition copy of Salman Rushdie's fifth novel. This special edition was published to celebrate the opening of Waterstone's 100th store.
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1942 Manon Lescaut Abbe Prevost Illus Limited EditionParis: 1942A limited edition of the classic French tale of the Chevalier des Grieux and his lover Manon Lescaut, following them from France, leading a life of luxury in Paris, to a tragic end in Louisiana.