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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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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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1942 The Death of the Moth and Other EssaysLondon: 1942The first edition of this anthology of essays from Virginia Woolf, published the year after her death, and including the notable 'A Letter to a Young Poet'.
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1950 The Captain's DeathLondon: 1950A very scarce proof copy of the first UK edition of this posthumously published collection of short essays by Virginia Woolf.
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1931 A Room of One's OwnLondon: 1931The first Uniform Edition of Virginia Woolf's critical treatise on the economic and social position of women in early twentieth century English society.
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1942 The Death of the Moon and Other EssaysLondon: 1942The first edition of Virginia Woolf's posthumous collection of essays.
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Signed1902 The Sketch BookLondon: 1902A very scarce two volume limited edition of Washington Irving's literary anthology 'The Sketch Book', signed by the illustrator, Edmund Sullivan.
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1942 The Death of the MothLondon: 1942A very smart first edition of Woolf's posthumous collection of essays, including the notable 'A Letter to a Young Poet'.
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1939 ReviewingLondon: 1939A fine first edition copy of this work of literary criticism by Bloomsbury author, Virginia Woolf.
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1932 A Letter to a Young PoetLondon: 1932A very smart copy of this epistolary essay to regarding modern poetry, published by the Hogarth Press.
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1947 The Moment and Other EssaysLondon: 1947A lovely copy of this collection of twenty nine essays by noted Bloomsbury author, Virginia Woolf, in the decorative unclipped dust wrapper designed by Vanessa Bell.
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1932 The Common Reader: Second SeriesLondon: 1932A smart example of Virginia Woolf's fascinating work of literary criticism, in the original dust wrapper designed by Vanessa Bell.
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1919 Memories and PortraitsLondon: 1919An excellent new impression of this collection of essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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1942 The Death of the Moth and Other EssaysLondon: 1942The first edition of this anthology of essays from Virginia Woolf, published the year after her death, and in the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.
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1938 Three GuineasLondon: 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 illustrated dust wrapper.
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1909 Familiar Studies of Men and BooksLondon: 1909A lovely later impression of this biographical collection on some of literature's great men, written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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1986 The Essays of Virginia WoolfLondon: 1986-7A collection of two volumes grouping Virginia Woolf's essays from 1904 to 1918, complete with unclipped dust wrapper.
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1962 The Lewis Carroll HandbookLondon: 1962An illustrated guide to the work of the beloved children's writer.
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Signedc1940 Bloomsbury Group Letters Leonard Woolf Vanessa Bell Duncan Grant Naomi MitchisonNone: c1960A fantastic selection of Bloomsbury Group letters. All addressed to one Miss Monica Young from Vanessa Bell, Leonard Woolf, Naomi Michison and Duncan Grant.
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1916 On the Choice of a Profession Robert Louis Stevenson Dustwrapper First EdLondon: 1916The first edition of this post-humously discovered work by the Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer Robert Louis Stevenson.
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1919 VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE Other Papers Robert Louis STEVENSONLondon: 1919The first collection of Stevenson's essays, in a Gonville and Caius College armorial prize binding.