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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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1804 The Chase; To Which Is Annexed Field SportsLondon: 1804An illustrated edition of William Somervile's best known and pioneering poem.
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Signed1897 The Mirror of the Sinful SoulLondon: 1897A facsimile of Queen Elizabeth I's manuscript translation of a French poem by Marguerite de Navarre, the editor's presentation copy.
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1828-1851 Diamond ClassicsLondon: 1828-1851A delightful collection of four volumes from the Diamond Classic series, published by Orr & Co. between 1828 and 1851.
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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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1928 The TowerLondon: 1928A wonderful example of the second impression of W. B. Yeats's celebrated poetry collection, in the beautiful pictorial cloth binding, and unclipped dust wrapper.
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1928 The TowerLondon: 1928The second impression of W. B. Yeats's celebrated poetry collection, in the beautiful pictorial cloth binding, and unclipped dust wrapper.
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1885 In a Good Cause. A Collection of Stories, Poems, and IllustrationsLondon: 1885The first edition of this scarce anthology of poems and prose, compiled to raise money for the North Eastern Hospital For Children, with contributions by Oscar Wilde and H. Rider Haggard.
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1854 The Poetical Works of Thomas CampbellLondon: 1854A sumptuously bound collection of the poetical works of Thomas Campbell, illustrated from designs by Turner.
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1896 The Treasury of American Sacred SongLondon: 1896A first edition of this lovely treasury of religious poems from American poets, selected and edited by William Garrett Holder.
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1889 The Treasury of Sacred SongOxford: 1889A first edition copy of this treasury of English lyrical poetry, smartly bound in a quarter paper vellum binding.
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1890 Life and Its Author, An Essay in VerseLondon: 1890The first edition of this essay in verse from Ella Haggard with a memoir written by her son H. Rider Haggard.
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1864 The Poetical Works of William CowperLondon: 1864A lovely collection of the poems of William Cowper, in a delightfully decorative full morocco binding.
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c1863 The Poetical Works of William WordsworthLondon: c1863A collection of the poetical works of William Wordsworth, illustrated and bound in half calf.
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1907 The Children's Hour: An anthology of Poems, Stories, Sketches, EtcLondon: 1907The scarce first edition of this charming anthology of children's poems and short stories, illustrated throughout.
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1855 3vols in 1 Three Poetry Collections by Alphonse de LamartineParis: 1855Three poetry collections by the French writer Alphonse de Lamartine, compiled in one handsomely bound volume.
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1856 The Poetical Works of George HerbertLondon: 1856The illustrated poetical works of George Herbert, bound by Hayday in full calf.
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1898 The Shepheard's Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve MonethesLondon : 1898A decorative edition of the Elizabethan poet's first major work, illustrated throughout by Walter Crane.
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1909 The Cotter's Saturday NightLondon: [1909]A popular poem by Robert Burns, illustrated with a frontispiece by Arthur Rackham, a scarce Rackham work.
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1909 The Cotter's Saturday NightLondon: [1909]A popular poem by Robert Burns, illustrated with a frontispiece by Arthur Rackham, a scarce Rackham work.
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1895 The Story of Rosina and Other VersesLondon: 1895A charming collection of verses from Austin Dobson with illustrations by Hugh Thomson.
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1892 The Ballad of Beau Brocade and other Poems of the XVIIIth CenturyLondon: 1892A charming collection of eighteenth-century poems from Austin Dobson, with illustrations by Hugh Thomson.
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c1899 The Hey Diddle Diddle Picture BookLondon: c1899R. Caldecott's illustrated book of nursery rhymes for children, with Caldecott's beautiful colour illustrations.
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1908 The Cotter's Saturday NightLondon: 1908A smart copy of this sentimental poem based on Christian teaching from Scottish writer Robert Burns, with a frontispiece by Arthur Rackham.
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1898-99 The Harmsworth Magazine Volumes One and TwoLondon: 1898-99Two volumes of the profusely illustrated 'Harmsworth Magazine', with illustrations by the noted Arthur Rackham and 'Volume One' featuring Winston Churchill's 'Man Overboard!'.
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1897 The Quiver: An Illustrated Magazine for Sunday and General ReadingLondon: 1897A smartly bound copy of this new and enlarged series from The Quiver, with illustrations throughout.
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1923 The Windmill: Stories, Essays, Poems & PicturesLondon: 1923A charming collection of short stories, essays, and poems by a variety of authors, with illustrations throughout.
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1907 Scribner's Magazine Volume XLIINew York : 1907The forty-second volume of Scribner's magazine with illustrations by the noted Arthur Rackham including the scarce and only printing of Rackham's 'Pan O' Dreams' illustrations, bound in half straight grain morocco.
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1912 St. Nicholas Annual for Boys & Girls Volume XLLondon: 1912The fortieth issue of this profusely illustrated Christmas annual for children, with contributions from L. Frank Baum and illustrations from the noted Arthur Rackham.
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1886 From Gold to Grey: Being Poems and Pictures of Life and NatureNew York: 1886A wonderfully illustrated first edition of this collection of poetry by American poet and novelist, Mary Dow Brine.
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1886 2vol Illustrated British Ballads Old and NewLondon: 1886A smart complete two volume set of this scarce collection of illustrated British ballads.
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1927 Songs of the Sea From Rudyard Kipling's VerseNew York: 1927The first edition of this collection of poems by Rudyard Kipling, colourfully illustrated by Donald Maxwell.
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1940 Selected PoemsLondon: 1940The first edition of this book of poetry by Stephen Spender in the original dust wrapper.
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1926 St AndrewsLondon: 1926A volume of two memorial poems on St Andrews by Rudyard Kipling and Walter de la Mare.
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1949 Rudyard Kipling's VerseLondon: 1949The definitive collection of the poems of Rudyard Kipling, an India Paper Edition in the original slicpase.
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1940 Rudyard Kipling's Verse: Definitive EditionLondon: 1940The first printing of the 'Definitive Edition' of Rudyard Kipling's verse, in the publisher's original uncommon unclipped dust wrapper.
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1912 Poems of Passion and PleasureLondon: 1912Ella Wheeler Wilcox's famous collection of love themed poems, this edition beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Dudley Tennant.