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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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c1940 The TrumpetLondon & Birmingham: c1940The first edition of this scarce, privately printed work of poetry and prose by John D. Cramer.
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c1880 Early Reminiscences of Danegate and its SurroundingsNot Stated: c1880A charming and very scarce privately published volume about a woman's reminiscences about her childhood in the Rotherfield parish of East Sussex.
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1929 Jane Austen: A BibliographyLondon: 1929A limited edition copy of this illustrated bibliography of Jane Austen's works.
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1877 The Moonstone: A Dramatic Story, in Three Acts[London]: 1877A beautiful example of Wilkie Collins's very scarce stage adaptation of 'The Moonstone', a work never widely published, and 'privately printed for the convenience of the Author'. In a beautiful Riviere solander box.
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Signed1936 A Short Account of East Budleigh and Hayes BartonCranford Budleigh Salterton: 1936A very scarce signed copy of this historical study of East Budleigh and Hayes Barton.
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1838 Visions of the Western RailwaysLondon: 1838The first edition of this very scarce privately circulated volume of poetry by Richard Edward Austin Townsend.
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1895-1898 3 vols Gleanings from an Old PortfolioEdinburgh : 1895-1898A complete three volume set of the correspondence of Lady Louisa Stuart, with illustrations.
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1869 4 vols The Poems of Phineas FletcherNot Stated : 1869A complete four volume set of the poetry of Phineas Fletcher, being limited edition copies.
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1844-1884 9 Volumes The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Edmund Spenser-: 1844-1884A privately printed set of the complete works of Edmund Spenser. With illustrations, and a biographical introduction to the sixteenth century poet.
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1907 "Lost" Tudor Plays Wealth and Health, c. 1557-8, Impatient Poverty, 1560, John the Evangelist c.1520Not Stated : 1907An interesting collection of facsimile reproductions of three Tudor plays.
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1851 The Earl and the Duchess: A DialogueLondon: 1851An uncommon booklet containing a dialogue written by Richard Monckton Milnes for a single performance at Nuneham.
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Signed1947 The Bells of Great RollrightWinchester: 1947A signed, first edition copy of The Bells of Great Rollright, with illustrations.
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1897 The Collection of Autograph Letter and Historical Documents The Bulstrode PapersNot Stated : 1897A first edition, privately printed copy of this collection of papers by Sir Richard Bulstrode.
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Signed1925 D.H. Lawrence and Maurice Magnus, A Plea For Better MannersLondon: 1925A signed presentation copy of Norman Douglas's response to D.H. Lawrence's attack on American travel writer Maurice Magnus, including a signed letter from Douglas to sculptor John Tweed.
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Signed1862 Poems MDCCCXXX - MDCCCXXXIIIToronto: 1862A pirated edition of a collection of early poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson, with a loosely inserted signed letter from the publisher, James Dykes Campbell.
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Signed1878 A Notelet About Richard Drake of Esher in SurreyLondon : 1878A very scarce copy of this notelet on Richard Drake of Esher, with a signed letter from the author.
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1968 A Bridgwater Diary 1800-1967Bridgewater: 1968A bright copy of this local history of Bridgewater, with illustrations.
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1899 Ode on a Lycian TombNew York: [1899]Silas Weir Mitchell reflects on mourning and loss in this moving poem loosely modelled on Keats' Ode on a Grecian Urn. A privately printed copy, inscribed by the author.
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c1910 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a NightNot Stated: c1910The complete 'Burton Club' limited edition of Richard Burton's English translation of, 'One Thousand and One Nights'.
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1921 2 vols The Works of Mr. Francis RabelaisLondon : 1921A complete two volume set of The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais, with illustrations.
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1919 "Sunday Poems" by George A. DouglasNot Stated: 1919A charming volume of unpublished Christian poetry reflecting on the First World War, and including twenty-eight short poems.
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Signed1918 A Story-Teller's HolidayLondon : 1918A lovely limited and signed edition of George Moore's privately printed novel, A Story-Teller's Holiday
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Signed1966 Seventeen Poems Missing From Love RespeltLondon: 1966A signed Limited Edition volume of poetry from Rupert Graves, in an unfinished full morocco binding by Ivor Robinson.
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Signed1880 Border Notes & Mixty-MaxtyNewcastle: 1880A signed presentation copy of the scarce first edition of this charming collection of poetic verse and miscellany from Northumberland artist Joseph Crawhall.
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Signed1984 A World Of Love Eleanor Roosevelt and Her Friends 1943-1962Pennsylvania : 1984A stunning, limited first edition signed book containing the letters of Eleanor Roosevelt collated by her close friend Joseph Paul Lash.
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Signed1929 The Eaten HeartChapelle-Reanville : 1929A signed limited edition poetry collection by Richard Aldington, published by the Hours Press, the Press of Nancy Cunard.
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1908 The Web of Life, a Book of PoemsLondon: 1908A lovely Samurai Press limited edition collection of poetry by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, one of his early volumes.
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Signed1878 A Letter to Father Ignatius on the Death of his MotherLondon: 1878With a touching presentation inscription, this is a very scarce work in which the author mourns the death of his wife, Louisa Genevieve Lyne, and addresses his feelings to his son, the monk Father Ignatius.
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1864 Some Particulars Contributed Towards A Memoir of Mrs. MyddeltonNot Stated: 1864A scarce and privately printed biographical account of Jane Myddelton, one of the 'Windsor Beauties', written by G. Steinman Steinman and signed by the author to the title page.
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1937 PoemsLondon: 1937A privately printed collection of poetry by Thomas Gray, presented in a paper-vellum binding for Eton College school leavers.
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1891 Auburnia Etc.London: 1891A very scarce private printing of 'The Deserted village' and other miscellaneous poems, translated into Latin by Oswald Augustus Smith.
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1902 Napoleon IntimeLondon: 1902A scarce privately printed edition of this biography of Napoleon, making use of numerous hitherto unpublished documents related to the life of the French Emperor.
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1853 Remains In Verse and Prose Of Arthur Henry HallamNot stated: 1853A touching posthumous collection of Arthur Henry Hallam's writing compiled before his sudden death in 1834.
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1984 Short of GloryLondon: 1984A wonderful first edition copy of Alan Judd's satirical fiction novel, in the original dust wrapper.
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1886 3vol The Decameron of Giovanni BoccacciLondon: 1896A scarce Limited Edition English translation of this masterpiece of early Italian literature. Illustrated throughout.
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Signed1927 The Judgement of Francois VillonLondon: 1927A signed presentation copy of this Limited Edition historical play concerning fifteenth century French poet François Villon.