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Literature
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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1930 The Scarlet Pimpernel Four Complete NovelsLondon: 1930The first omnibus edition of this collection of novels featuring The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy. -
1939 Chariton's Chaereas and CallirhoeLondon: 1939A scarce translation of this thirteenth century manuscript from Chariton of Aphrodisias. -
1874 The Iliad of HomerLondon: 1874The ninth edition of this translation of Homer's 'Iliad' in two uniform leather-bound volumes. -
c1920 3vol Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Poems & TragediesLondon: c1920A smartly bound three volume set of the works of Shakespeare, with slipcase. -
1934 The Works of William Shakespeare Gathered into One VolumeOxford: 1934A smart edition of the complete works of William Shakespeare, newly printed for the Shakespeare Head Press. -
1893 2vol The DecameronLondon: 1893A limited edition of this collection of short stories from Boccaccio, translated and illustrated. -
1896 2vol The Commedia and Canzoniere of Dante AlighieriLondon: 1896A scarce third edition of these works from Dante, translated with notes. -
1988 2vol Piers Plowman Version A and BLondon: 1988Fine copies of both the A and B versions of this Middle English allegorical narrative poem. -
1882 Sir John Gilbert's Shakespeare: The Works of ShakespeareLondon: 1882A beautifully illustrated collection of the works of William Shakespeare. -
1847-1848 2vol Fagrskinna & Konge-SpeiletChristiania: 1847-1848Two scarce volumes of work on the King's Mirror, a Norwegian didactic text from around 1250, in the original Danish and Icelandic languages. -
c1890 Virgil The Bucolics and GeorgicsLondon: c1890A scarce edition of this translation of Virgil's Bucolics and Georgics. -
1906 Iolaus: An Anthology of FriendshipLondon: 1906A scarce second edition of this anthology of writings on friendship. -
1902 Iolaus: An Anthology of FriendshipLondon: 1902A scarce first edition of this anthology of writings on friendship. -
1930 Alliterative Poetry in Middle English: The Dialectal and Metrical SurveyManchester: 1930A scarce first edition of this detailed study of alliterative poetry in Middle English. -
1716 Ovid's Epistles, Translated by Several HandsLondon: 1716A lovely early eighteenth century copy of Ovid's Heroides, illustrated with twelve engraved plates. -
1895-1897 4vol The Parnassus Library of Greek and Latin TextsLondon: 1895-1897Four scarce editions of these volumes from Homer, Virgil, Catullus, and Sophocles, in the original Ancient Greek. -
1961 Beowulf With the Finnesburg FragmentLondon : 1961A revised edition of the Old English epic poem, Beowulf. -
1932 2vol The Shakspere Allusion Book: A Collection of Allusions to Shakspere from 1591 to 1700London: 1932A smart two volume set on Shakespeare's work and the allusions found from 1591 to 1700. -
1810 The Pantheon: or Ancient History of the Gods of Greece and RomeLondon : 1810A scarce volume on the history of the Greek and Roman Gods, with illustrations. -
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1864 2vols The Iliad of Homer rendered into English blank verseLondon: 1864A two volume set of Homer's Iliad interpreted into English blank verse by Edward Smith-Stanley, from the library of Sir Charles Lock Eastlake. -
1875-1917 2 vols in 1 Suggestions Introductory to A Study of the Aeneid and Plato's Biography of SocratesOxford: 1875-1917An interesting volume of two works on the Aeneid and Plato's biography of Socrates. -
1812 2 vols Omniana or Horae OtiosioresLondon : 1812A complete two volume set of this work by Romantic poets, Robert Southey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. -
1925 Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe with his vision of the Angelick WorldLondon : 1925A limited facsimile of the popular novel Robinson Crusoe. -
1963 Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and FinnCambridge: 1963An excellent copy of Raymond Wilson Chambers's comprehensive study of the remarkable Anglo-Saxon manuscript 'Beowulf'. -
1916-1920 2 vols A Register of Middle English Religious & Didactic VerseOxford: 1916-1920Two extensive works on Middle English verse. -
1812 Lirici Antichi Serj E Giocosi fino al Secolo XVIVenice: 1812A scarce collection of ancient lyric poetry, part of the Parnaso Italiano collection. -
1889 Q. Horatii Flacci Opera ad Praestantium Librorum Lectiones Accurate RecensuitLipsiae [Leipzig]: 1889A small attractive volume of the poetical works of Horace; an uncommon edition edited by Karl Hermann Weise and bound in full vellum. -
1853 3 vols Socratis Scholastici Ecclesiastica HistoriaOxford: 1853A complete three volume set of this history of Socrates by Robert Hussey. -
1691 10vols Oeuvres d'Horace Traduites en Francois avec l'Original LatinParis: 1691An early edition of this scarce ten volume collection of Horace's works in French, with the original Latin. -
1770 Satires de JuvenalParis: 1770The first edition of Jean Dusaulx's important translation of the satires of Juvenal, a series of Classical Roman satirical poems. -
1922 PrometheusFrankfurt : 1922A limited edition, vellum bound copy of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Prometheus. -
1885 Etudes sur les Tragiques Grecs SophocleParis: 1885A detailed discussion of the works of Sophocles. -
1924 2vol DecameronBerlin: 1924An illustrated two volume set of this important collection of short stories from Boccaccio, translated into the German language. -
1935 Three Hundred & Sixty Five Short Quotations from HoraceShaftesbury: 1935A scarce limited edition of this anthology of quotations from Horace by H Darnley Naylor. -
1910 Quinti Horati Flacci Opera OmniaLondon: 1910A smart limited edition copy of the works of Horace, in the original Latin. -
1929 Some Remnants of Greek ComedyLondon: 1929A scarce collection of verses from Greek comedies, translated by Reverend G. R. Woodward.