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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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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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Signed2011 In Other WorldsLondon: 2011A unique signed copy of this exploration of science fiction by Margaret Atwood, signed as part of the Guardian and Observer Book Swap.
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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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1897 Books Which Have Influenced MeLondon: 1897A smart copy of this collection of short essays from great male writers on the works which have influenced them.
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1988 Far as Human Eye Could SeeLondon: 1988The first UK edition of this collection of essays about science fiction, from iconic science fiction novelist Isaac Asimov.
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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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1921 The Mind of the EnglishNew York; Toronto : 1921The first edition of this scarce speech given by Rudyard Kipling for the Royal Society of St. George.
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1752 The Defense of PoesyGlasgow: 1752The second separate edition of this important work of literary criticism by Elizabethan writer Sir Philip Sidney.
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1926 The Days of My Life: An AutobiographyLondon: 1926The first edition of this two volume posthumously published autobiography from H. Rider Haggard, in the very scarce original dust wrapper.
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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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1856 Who Wrote the Waverley Novels? Being an Investigation into Certain Mysterious CircumstancesLondon: 1856A very scarce copy of these pamphlets detailing an in depth investigation on the Waverley Novels of Sir Walter Scott, in presentation from the author William John Fitzpatrick.
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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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1854 Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to The Edinburgh ReviewLondon: 1854A collection of Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay's essays, which first appeared in The Edinburgh Review, complete in two volumes.
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1927 3vols The Dial: March, May and June 1927Camden: 1927Three issues of The Dial, from March, May and June 1927, an American literary magazine with notable contributors.
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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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1928 The Anatomy of Dandyism with some Observations on Beau BrummellLondon: 1928A smart limited edition of D'Aurevilly's biographic essay on British dandy Beau Brummell, translated into English.
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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.
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1925 The Shining PyramidLondon: 1925The first trade edition of this collection of short stories and articles by author and mystic Arthur Machen.
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1835 Specimens of English Dramatic Poets: Volume IILondon: 1835A lovely leather bound copy of Volume II of Lamb's 'Specimens of English Dramatic Poets' from the library of the Reverend Edward Francis Witts.
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Signed2016 A View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Non-FictionLondon: 2016A signed first edition of this fascinating collection of non-fiction essays and writings by Neil Gaiman.
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1951 The Lost Childhood and Other EssaysLondon: 1951The first edition of this collection of essays and reviews by Graham Greene, in the bright original dust wrapper.
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1910-11 The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie, Siegfried and the Twilight of the GodsLondon; New York: 1910-11A beautifully and colourfully illustrated copy of Richard Wagner's epic four epic opera dramas, illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham with tipped-in colour plates, scarce to see in their original dust wrappers.
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1925-1932 The Common Reader, First Series and Second SeriesLondon: 1925-1932The first editions of the first and second series of Virginia Woolf's literary essays.