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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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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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Signed1930 The Unconscious SinnerLondon: 1930A very scarce, first edition of this novel of love, romance and desire, inscribed by the author, Victoria Cross, the pseudonym of Annie Sophie Cory.
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1932 The Approaching StormLondon : 1932A scarce copy of one of the works from mystic author Aelfrida Tillyard.
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2009 The Casebook of Gregory HoodNorfolk, Virginia: 2009The very scarce first edition of this publication of fourteen scripts of 'Gregory Hood' radio dramas.
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1958 The AntiphonLondon: 1958The first edition of this tragic play by Djuna Barnes in the original dust wrapper.
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2008 13 to the GallowsNorfolk, VA: 2008The first edition of a collection of four never before published 1940s plays, by John Dickson Carr and Val Gielgud, in the publisher's original shrink wrap.
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1903 The Comedy of As You Like ItEast Aurora: 1903One of the popular and entertaining comedies of Shakespeare, a smart edition in the original binding.
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1904 A Fair Jacobite: A Tale of the Exiled StuartsLondon: 1904A scarce, first edition of this historical tale surrounding the exiled Stuarts, written by Henrietta May Poynter.
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Signed1889 The RivalsNew York: 1889A beautifully illustrated limited edition of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comedy of manners, illustrated by Frank M. Gregory, and signed by the publisher.
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1822 Evelina; or, The History of a Young Lady's Introduction to the WorldChiswick: 1822A smart copy of this epistolary novel from English satirical novelist Frances Burney.
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1909 Shakespeare's Comedy: As You Like ItLondon: 1909A brightly illustrated edition of Shakespeare's play As You Like It, with colour images throughout.
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1910 The Rhinegold & The ValkyrieLondon; New York: 1910A beautifully and colourfully illustrated copy of Richard Wagner's epic dramas, the first edition, second impression, to be illustrated in colour by Arthur Rackham, in the original dust wrapper.
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1901 Quality StreetLondon: 1901The first trade edition of J. M. Barrie's comedy, beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Hugh Thomson.
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1927-28 4vol The Complete Works of Sir John VanbrughLondon: 1927-1928A smart complete four volume set of this limited edition collection of the work of English architect, dramatist and herald, Sir John Vanbrugh.
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1953 To Love and Be WiseLondon: 1953A scarce, early edition of this detective novel penned by Josephine Tey, in the original, very scarce dust wrapper.
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1958 As Music and SplendourLondon: 1958An uncommon, first edition of Kate O'Brien's charming novel set in Paris and Italy, with the original, very scarce dust wrapper.
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1903 12vol The Complete Works of ShakespeareLondon: 1903A smartly bound twelve volume set of the complete works of William Shakespeare, with the original cloth covered slip case.
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1939 The Family ReunionLondon: 1939The first edition of T. S. Eliot's blank verse drama, in the second state dust wrapper.
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1964 After the FallNew York: 1964An excellent example of the first trade edition of Arthur Miller's classic semi-autobiographical play.
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Signed1990 Shadows in BronzeNew York: 1990A signed, first US edition of this detective novel featuring Marcus Didius Falcon, written by Lindsey Davis.
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1926 The Death of Ivan the Terrible: A Drama in VerseLondon: 1926A smart copy of Alfred Hayes' English translation of Alexis Tolstoi's celebrated play featuring Ivan the Terrible, with the scarce, original dust wrapper.
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1906 The Complete Works of William ShakespeareLondon: 1906A smart copy of this complete collection of the works of William Shakespeare, the Bard of Avon.
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1635 [1735] The Works of ShakespeareLondon: 1735An exceedingly scarce early Tonson edition of the works of William Shakespeare, with six volumes out of eight.
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1787 Ignoramus, ComoediaLondini [London]: 1787An attractive first edition thus of George Ruggle's college farce, with this being John Sidney Hawkins significantly edited edition.
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1721 5vol Le Theatre Italien de Gheradi, ou Le Recueil GeneralAmsterdam: 1721A five volume set of theatrical works and plays by Evaristo Gherardi, written here in French.
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1933 Armoured Train 14-69London: 1933A smart first edition copy of Ivanov's critically acclaimed, and now very scarce, play 'Armoured Train 14-69'.
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1757-1765 Pieces de Theatre: A Sammelband of Seven French Theatrical WorksParis; Yverdon: 1757-1765A smart sammelband of seven mid-eighteenth century theatrical works, largely comedic in tone, but with a vanishingly scarce tragedy titled 'Marcellus, ou, Les Persecutions' also present.
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1766-1781 Four Eighteenth Century Comic PlaysLondon: 1766-1781A charming volume of four comic plays, from Colley Cibber, George Farquhar and Isaac Bickerstaff, illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume.
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1940 Last Poems & PlaysNew York: 1940The first US edition of this posthumously published collection of poems and plays by one of the foremost literary figures of the twentieth century, W. B. Yeats.
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1843-1857 A Sammelband of Eight Mid-Nineteenth Century Fantasy PlaysLondon: 1843-1857A sammelband consisting of eight very scarce one and two act Victorian era plays, with five plays by J. R. Planche, and others by the Brothers Brough and Charles Selby.
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1758 5vols Oeuvres de Theatre de M. de Marivaux, de l'Academie FrançoiseParis: 1758A new edition of this five-volume set of the works of the important French playwright Pierre de Marivaux.
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1827-1828 2vols Répertoire du Théatre de MadameParis: 1827-1828Two volumes from the series 'Répertoire du Théatre de Madame', containing works by Eugène Scribe and many other playwrights.
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1824 4vols Oeuvres de RegnardParis: 1824A complete four-volume set of the works of the distinguished dramatist Jean-François Regnard.
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1745 5vol Oeuvres de Theatre de M. DestouchesParis: 1745A complete five volume set of this collection of theatrical works by Andre Cardinal Destouches, in the original French.
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1748 4vol Poemes DramatiquesParis: 1748A four volume set of this collection of dramatic poetry from French writer Thomas Corneille, in the original French.
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1950 The Cocktail PartyLondon: 1950The first edition of the most successful play of T. S. Eliot, a verse drama following the troubled relationship of a husband and wife.