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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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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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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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1913 What Tolstoy TaughtLondon: 1913The first UK edition of this detailed philosophical commentary on the works of Tolstoy and their teachings.
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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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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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1897 The Private Library. What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We OughtLondon: 1897The first edition of this interesting volume on the world of book collecting, by the bookseller Arthur L. Humphreys.
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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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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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1887 Books Which Have Influenced MeLondon: 1887A scarce volume of articles in which prominent authors discuss the works which have influenced them in their lives.
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1817-1841 2vol Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, The Quarterly Review & The New Monthly Magazine and HumoristEdinburgh; London: 1817-1841Two volumes of issues from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, The Quarterly Review, and The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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1963-69 A Collection of Novels by Margaret DrabbleLondon: 1963-69A very well presented collection of five novels by English author Margaret Drabble, each in its original, bright dust wrapper.
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1972-1980 A Collection of Novels by Margaret DrabbleLondon: 1972-1980A collection of four first edition novels by prize-winning author, Margaret Drabble.
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1987-1997 A Collection of Works by Evelyn AnthonyLondon: 1987-1997A very smart collection of seven first editions by spy-thriller writer, Evelyn Anthony.
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1955-1977 A Collection of Novels by Joy PackerLondon: 1955-1977A charming collection of ten novels by Joy Packer, each in the original dust wrapper, with nine novels being first editions.
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1988-2000 Four Novels by Rosamunde PilcherLondon: 1988-2000A collection of four wonderfully presented novels by best-selling British author Rosamunde Pilcher.
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1972-1988 A Collection of Novels by Evelyn AnthonyLondon: 1972-1988A collection of nine first edition novels by British author Evelyn Anthony, each in the original dust wrapper.
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1947-75 A Collection of Novels by Jon GoddenLondon: 1947-75A collection of nine first edition novels written by Winsome Ruth Key Godden under the pseudonym Jon Godden, each in the original, brightly coloured dust wrapper.
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1908 The Plains of AluLondon: 1908A first edition copy of this very scarce and mysterious novel set in Egypt, written by Dorothy Summers.
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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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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.
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1947 The Moment and Other EssaysLondon: 1947The first edition of this collection of twenty-nine essays by Virginia Woolf, in the illustrated Vanessa Bell dust wrapper.
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1938 Three GuineasThe Hogarth Press: 1938The first edition of Virginia Woolf's detailed essay examining her views on fascism, war and women's rights. In the publisher's original unclipped Vanessa Bell dust wrapper.
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Signed1887 The Contemporary Review February 1887London: 1887A smart copy of this scarce magazine, previously held in the library of H. Rider Haggard with his inscription to the front board.
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1749 The Lucubrations of Isaac BickerstaffLondon: 1749The collected 'Tatler' essays, published under the pseudonym often used by Steele and Jonathan Swift.