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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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Signed1999 GhostwrittenLondon: 1999A signed first edition of David Mitchell's acclaimed debut novel, consisting of nine disparate but interconnected tales.
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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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1989 The Remains of the DayLondon: 1989The first edition of Kazuo Ishiguro's moving and tender Booker Prize winning novel.
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1990 Tehanu: The Last Book of EarthseaLondon: 1990A fine example of the first UK edition of Ursula K. Le Guin's fourth Earthsea novel.
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Signed2019 The TestamentsLondon: 2019A signed copy of the first UK edition of Margaret Atwood's Booker Prize winning sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'.
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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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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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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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1970 Mr Sammler's PlanetLondon: 1970The first UK edition of this award winning fiction novel by Saul Bellow.
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1948 The Heart of the MatterLondon: 1948The first edition of this immensely popular novel from Graham Greene.
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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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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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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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Signed2001 The Amber SpyglassLondon: 2001A signed copy of the final work in Phillip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials' series.
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Signed2000 The Blind AssassinLondon: 2000A signed copy of the first UK edition of Margaret Atwood's Booker Prize winning work of historical fiction.
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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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2009 Wolf HallLondon: 2009A fine first impression of Hilary Mantel's award winning historical fiction novel about the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII.
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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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1973 The Eye of the StormLondon: 1973The first edition of Patrick White's Nobel Prize winning novel in the original dust wrapper.
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1994 Long Walk to FreedomSouth Africa: 1994The first edition of Nelson Mandela's ground breaking autobiography in the original dust wrapper.
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1995 The Moor's Last SighLondon: 1995The first edition, first impression of this award winning novel by Salman Rushdie in the original dust wrapper.
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1986 The Old DevilsLondon, Melbourne, Auckland, Johannesburg: 1986The first edition of Kingsley Amis's novel in the original dust wrapper.
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Signed2005 Shalimar the ClownLondon: 2005A signed first edition of Salman Rushdie's award winning novel in the original dust wrapper.
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Signed2003 Vernon God LittleLondon: 2003A fine signed first edition of DBC Pierre's award winning debut novel.
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1923 Riceyman StepsLondon, New York, Toronto and Melbourne : 1923The first edition of Arnold Bennett's award winning novel in the original binding.
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1942 Dragon's TeethLondon: 1942The uncommon first UK edition, first impression of Upton Sinclair's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, covering the period of the Nazi takeover of Germany in the 1930s.