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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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c1890 A New Light Thrown Across the Keep It Quite Darkest AfricaLondon: c1890A scarce parody of H. M. Stanley's 'In Darkest Africa', a comical illustrated work by F. C. Burnand.
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1876 Robinson Crusoe's MoneyNew York: 1876The first edition of this interesting economic parable by David A. Wells, an illustrated satirical novel.
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Signed1896 The Final WarLondon: 1896An exciting science fiction novel by Louis Tracy, the author's presentation copy of this first edition.
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1920 The Flying LegionChicago: 1920The first edition of this exciting adventure sci-fi novel by George Allan England, in the original scarce dust wrapper.
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1908 Lentala of the South SeasNew York: 1908An exciting and romantic science fiction novel by W. C. Morrow, complete with colourful plates.
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Signed1951 The Flag from the IslesLondon: 1951A signed copy of the scarce first edition of William Dickinson Croft's work of historical fiction.
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1872 Poems by Thomas HoodLondon: 1872Two beautifully illustrated volumes of the poetry of Thomas Hood, with plates by Birket Foster. In a beautiful signed binding by Sotheran.
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1967 A Reverie of Bone and Other PoemsLondon: 1967A limited edition anthology of poems written and illustrated by Mervyn Peake.
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1970 A World Away a Memoir of Mervyn PeakeLondon: 1970The first edition of this illustrated touching biography on Mervyn Peake, written by his wife, Maeve Gilmore.
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1931 Hier et DemainParis: 1931A delightfully illustrated and attractively bound edition of this thrilling collection of short stories by celebrated French author, Jules Verne.
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1987-88 Titus Groan a Radio PlayLondon: 1987-88A scarce first edition of the radio play of Mervyn Peake's first Gormenghast novel, with Peake's illustrations throughout.
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1962 The Rhyme of the Flying BombLondon: 1962The first edition of this illustrated narrative poem set in wartime London by Mervyn Peake.
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Signed1980 Mervyn Peake / Oscar Wilde Extracts From the Poems of Oscar WildeLondon: 1980A smart limited edition of this interesting collection of extracts of the poems of Oscar Wilde, illustrated throughout by Mervyn Peake.
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1949 Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch and Other StoriesLondon: 1949The first edition of this scarce anthology of stories by Dorothy K. Haynes, complete with illustrations by Mervyn Peake.
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1770-72 Paradise Lost, and, Paradise Regain'dLondon: 1770-72John Milton's two epic poems in a uniform binding, illustrated throughout.
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1856 Jaufry the Knight and the Fair Brunissende: A Tale of the Times of King ArthurLondon: 1856The scarce first edition of Alfred Elwes's English translation of Mary-Lafon's Arthurian romance.
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1899 Lucian's WonderlandEdinburgh and London: 1899The first edition of St J. Basil Wynne Willson's translation of Lucien's ancient Latin satire, authored in the second century AD.
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1915 Montorel, the Story of a CoincidenceLondon: 1915A vanishingly scarce romantic tale set in late eighteenth century France, complete with three plates.
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1908 The Iron Detective of Germany: A Comedy of the Near FutureLondon: 1908The vanishingly scarce fifth thousand of the first edition of anthropologist H. P. Fitzgerald Marriott's science fiction novel about a robot detective.
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1993 My YearLondon: 1993The first edition of this work, expanding the diary Dahl wrote in the final year of his life. Illustrated with watercolours by Quentin Blake.
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1899 The Fortress of YadasaraLondon: 1899A scarce Lost World science fiction novel by Percy Brebner, a fantastical tale illustrated by Lancelot Speed.
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1984 Boy: Tales of ChildhoodLondon: 1984The first edition of Roald Dahl's account of his life until leaving school, describing Britain's public school system in the 1920s and 1930s.
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1991 Memories with Food at Gipsy HouseLondon: 1991A fine example of the first edition of this collection of anecdotes and recipes authored by Roald Dahl, and his wife Felicity.
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1896 The Flame-Flower and Other StoriesLondon: 1896The first edition of this entertaining anthology of short stories, written and illustrated by James Sullivan.
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1991 Memories with Food at Gipsy HouseLondon: 1991A fine example of the first edition of this collection of anecdotes and recipes authored by Roald Dahl, and his wife Felicity.
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1864 Mr. Wind and Madam RainLondon: 1864The first English language edition of this charming nursery tale by Paul de Musset, illustrated throughout.
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1925 The Haunted and the HauntersLondon: 1925A smart copy of this early and chilling Victorian ghost story by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, complete with plates and the original dust wrapper.
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1930 Book of the Three DragonsNew York and Toronto: 1930The first edition, first printing of Kenneth Morris's reworking of a classic Welsh legend, illustrated throughout by Ferdinand Huszti Horvath.
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1927 The Quest of the Golden StairsLondon: 1927The very scarce first edition of this fantasy novel from British poet and scholarly mystic A. E. Waite.
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1865 The Surprising, Unheard of and Never-to-be-Surpassed Adventures of Young MunchausenLondon: 1865The first edition of Charles H. Bennett's collection of thrilling tales for children, all following the youth of Young Munchausen.
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1927 MetropolisLondon: [1927]The first Hutchinson edition of this important sci-fi novel, the first English language edition to have plates showing scenes from the monumental film.
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1928 MetropolisAmsterdam: 1928The very scarce first Dutch edition of this monumental science fiction novel by Thea von Harbou, illustrated with stills from the 1926 film.
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Signed1960 The TokoloshLondon and New York: 1960The very scarce first edition of this tale from South African activist Ronald Segal, signed with a presentation inscription from to bibliographer George Locke.
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1957 The Complete Writings of William BlakeLondon: 1957The complete collection of works by the noted William Blake, printed by the Nonesuch Press private press.
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1908 A Midsummer-Night's DreamLondon; New York: 1908The first Arthur Rackham edition of Shakespeare's ever popular 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', illustrated in colour throughout.
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1937 The Adventures of Tom SawyerNew York: 1937A smart edition of Mark Twain's beloved novel, illustrated in colour by Norman Rockwell.