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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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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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1929 The Heroes of Greek Fairy Tales for My ChildrenLondon: 1929A collection of stories about Greek heroes and mythology, by the noted Charles Kingsley, bound in full crushed morocco and a slipcase.
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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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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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1919 Memories and PortraitsLondon: 1919An excellent new impression of this collection of essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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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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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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1885 Charles Kingsley Plays and Puritans and Other Historical EssaysLondon: 1885Two historical essays by the English novelist, priest and historian Charles Kingsley
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1928 Resurrection Leon Tolstoi Tolstoy French Translation T De Wyzewa New EdParis: 1928Leo Tolstoy's final novel, Resurrection.
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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.