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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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1895 Master and ManLondon: 1895The first and very scarce U.K. edition of this popular short story by master Russian author, Leo Tolstoy.
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c1900 3vol La Guerre et La Paix: Roman Historique Traduit du RusseParis: c1900A three volume set of Tolstoy's epic novel War and Peace, translated from the original Russian into French.
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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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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.
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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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1933 Flush: A BiographyLondon: 1933A lovely copy of the first Uniform Edition of Virginia Woolf's entertaining novel about Flush, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel.
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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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1922 La Sonate a Kreutzer Suivi d'un Essai sur la Question SexuelleParis: 1922A limited edition copy of Leo Tolstoy's novella The Kreutzer Sonata, translated from Russian to French.
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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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1904 The Complete Works of Count TolstoyBoston: [1904]Eight uniform volumes from the illustrated Cabinet edition of the works of celebrated Russian author Leo Tolstoy.
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1978 Tolstoy's LettersLondon: 1978Lovely first edition in two volumes of a selection from the letters of famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy, edited and translated by R. F. Christian.
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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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1977 The Diary of Virginia WoolfLondon: 1977-84Virginia Woolf's diaries introduced by her biographer and nephew Quentin Bell, complete with the unclipped 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 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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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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1960 SowingLondon: 1960An excellent first edition of Leonard Woolf's autobiographical work of the years 1880-1904, in the unclipped dust wrapper.
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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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1928 Resurrection Leon Tolstoi Tolstoy French Translation T De Wyzewa New EdParis: 1928Leo Tolstoy's final novel, Resurrection.