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Literature
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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1928 Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting ManLondon: 1928A wonderfully presented third impression of this autobiographical novel by Siegfried Sassoon. -
1921 Castles in the AirLondon: 1921A first edition copy of this collection of stories by Baroness Orczy in the scarce green cloth variant. -
1913 A Small Boy and OthersLondon: 1913The first UK edition of novelist Henry James's autobiography of his early life and childhood. -
1907 The American SceneLondon: 1907An exceptionally lovely copy of the first edition of Henry James's account of his North American travels. -
1933 Flush: A BiographyLondon: 1933The first edition of Virginia Woolf's entertaining novel about Flush, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper. -
1969 Virginia Woolf and Lytton StracheyLondon: 1969An exceptionally lovely second impression of Virginia Woolf and Lytton Strachey's correspondence. -
1933 Flush: A BiographyLondon: 1933The first Uniform Edition of Virginia Woolf's entertaining novel about Flush, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel. -
1973 AwakeningsLondon: 1973The first edition of Oliver Sacks's Hawthornden Prize winning account of his treatment of the survivors of the sleeping-sickness epidemic of 1918. -
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1845 Spencer Farm With some Account of its OwnersSudbury: 1845A scarce First Edition of letters from G. L. Way and his son the Rev. Lewis Way, signed by the Reverend. -
1964 A Moveable FeastLondon: 1964A fantastic first UK edition of Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published memoir about life in Paris in the 1920s. -
1897 Echoes from Old Calcutta: Being Chiefly Reminiscences of the Days of Warren Hastings, Francis, and ImpeyCalcutta: 1897A smart third edition of this illustrated work on Calcutta during the time of Hastings, Francis, and Impey. -
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1887 George Eliot's Life as Related in Her Letters and JournalsEdinburgh and London: [1887]John Walter Cross' intimate biography on his late wife, George Eliot, an illustrated edition inscribed by the author to the half-title. -
1840 Up the RhineLondon: 1840A lovely first edition of English poet Thomas Hood's European travelogue, illustrated throughout. -
1908 3vols The Letters of Queen Victoria: A Selection from Her Majesty's CorrespondenceLondon: 1908A smart three-volume set, containing a selection of the correspondence of Queen Victoria. -
1935 Seven Pillars of WisdomLondon: 1935A wonderful example of the first trade edition of T. E. Lawrence's account of his experiences during the First World War, illustrated throughout. -
1875 Fac-Similes of All the Different Signatures of the Emperor Napoleon ILondon: 1875A scarce second edition of this collection of facsimile signatures from Napoleon. -
1925 2vols The Life of Samuel JohnsonBath: 1925A new edition, complete in two volumes, of Boswell's important biography of Samuel Johnson, illustrated throughout. -
1928 The Autobiography of Kingsley FairbridgeLondon: 1928A smartly bound third impression of this autobiography by the founder of the Fairbridge Schools, Kingsley Fairbridge. -
1871-1874 18vol The Works of Thomas CarlyleLondon: 1871-1874Eighteen smartly bound volumes by British essayist, historian, and philosopher, Thomas Carlyle. -
1929 Three Personal Records of the WarLondon: 1929A smart first edition copy of this collection of three accounts of the First World War, with maps. -
1804 The Correspondence of Samuel RichardsonLondon: 1804The first edition of the correspondence of Samuel Richardson in six uniform volumes. -
1820 The Miscellaneous Works of Tobias Smollett with Memoirs of His Life and WritingsEdinburgh: 1820A six volume collection of the works of Tobias Smollett, with memoirs of his life included. -
1828 Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries; With Recollections of the Author's LifeLondon: 1828The scarce to see first edition of Leigh Hunt's biography on Lord Byron, Shelley, and other literary figures, his mis-judged work written to try and redeem Byron's public image. -
1790 A Sketch of the Lives and Writings of Dante and PetrarchLondon: 1790The first and only edition of Thomas Penrose Junior's interesting study on the lives and writings of Dante and Petrarch, a vanishingly scarce work. -
1870 Men Who Were Earnest: The Springs of Their Action and Influence. A Series of Biographical StudiesLondon: 1870A scarce illustrated collection of biographical studies on great and earnest men. -
1831 2vol Memoirs of Mrs. Siddons Interspersed with Anecdotes of Authors and ActorsLondon: 1831A complete two volume set of the second edition biography of Welsh actress, Sarah Siddons. -
1825 2vol Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley SheridanLondon: 1825A complete two volume set of the second edition of the memoirs of Anglo-Irish writer, Richard Brinsley Sheridan. -
1774 4vol Letters Written by The Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His SonLondon: 1774A complete four volume set of the third edition of this collection of letters written by the Earl of Chesterfield. -
1869 My Recollections of Lord Byron; and those of Eye-Witnesses of His LifeLondon: 1869The first edition of Countess Guiccioli's memoirs of Lord Byron, complete in two uniform volumes. -
1885 Memoirs of the Life of Colonel HutchinsonNew York: 1885The scarce first edition of Lucy Hutchinson's memoirs of her late husband in two volumes sumptuously bound by Zaehnsdorf in uniform calf. -
1881 2vol Bartolozzi and his Works: A Biographical and Descriptive AccountLondon: 1881A smart first edition biographical account of Italian engraver Francesco Bartolozzi. -
1815 Memoirs of Lady Hamilton; with Illustrative AnecdotesLondon: 1815The second edition of the memoirs of the famous beauty Lady Hamilton, with anecdotes of her distinguished acquaintances. -
1833 Letters of Horace Walpole to Sir Horace MannLondon: 1833The letters of Horace Walpole to Sir Horace Mann in three sumptuous uniform leather bound copies. -
1905 Giordano Bruno: In Memoriam of the 17th February 1600Edinburgh: 1905A very scarce second edition of this biography of Italian philosopher Giordano Bruno, translated into English. -
1936 "Vulgar Society"London: 1936The first edition of James Laver's study of the career of French painter James Tissot. -
1854 2vols in 1 Jerome Cardan: The Life of Girolamo Cardano, of Milan, PhysicianLondon: 1854A first edition two-volume biography of the Italian polymath Gerolamo Cardano, smartly rebound in one volume.