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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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1895 A Midsummer Night's DreamLondon: 1895An illustrated edition of Shakespeare's popular work, with artwork by Robert Anning Bell.
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1893 The Sonnets of William ShakspereLondon: 1893The complete collection of William Shakespeare's sonnets, edited with an introduction by Edward Dowden and bound in full calf.
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1957 The Complete Works of William ShakespeareLondon: 1957The complete works of William Shakespeare, edited with a glossary by W. J. Craig and bound in full crushed morocco.
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1894 The Works of William ShakespeareLondon: 1894A collection of works from the noted William Shakespeare in a full calf prize binding.
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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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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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1873 The Works of ShakespeareLondon: [1873-1876]A remarkable collection of two colossal volumes containing the illustrated works of the national bard William Shakespeare, as edited by Charles Knight. The Imperial edition.
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c1923 Joseph Quincy Adams A Life Of William Shakespeare With IllustrationsLondon: c1923An early edition of A Life of William Shakespeare by Joseph Quincy Adams, with a black and white plate of the Chandos Portrait of Shakespeare to frontispiece.
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1908 Shakespear Himself and his Work W. Carew Biography Theatre PoetryLondon: 1908A in-depth biographical work by W. Carew Hazlitt, exploring the life and literary achievements of William Shakespeare.
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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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1890 Shakespeare's True Life By James Walter Illustrated Gerald E MoiraLondon : 1890A first edition of this biography of William Shakespeare
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1899 A Life Of William Shakespeare Sidney Lee Portraits Facsimilies TheatreLondon : 1899A copy of this late nineteenth-century biography of Shakespeare, illustrated with plates.
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1864 Shakespeare and Stratford Upon Avon Tercentenary CelebrationLondon : 1864A fascinating biography of Shakespeare and a historical study of life in Shakespeare's England.