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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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1840 Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations Of The WorldLondon : 1840A charming copy of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels handsomely bound in a morocco binding.
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1727 A Tale of a TubLondon: 1727An early edition of Jonathan Swift's popular satirical work, an entertaining parody with illustrations.
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1749 Travels into Several Remote Nations of the WorldLondon: 1749E. M. Forster's personal copy of the very scarce fifth edition of Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels'.
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1841 2 Vols The Works of Jonathan SwiftLondon : 1841A lovely complete two volume set of The Works of Jonathan Swift.
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1925 Selected EssaysLondon: 1925The Golden Cockerell limited edition copy of selected essays by Jonathan Swift, a nice work with wood engravings.
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1970 A Tale of a Tub: To Which is Added The Battle of the Books and The Mechanical Operation of the SpiritLondon : 1970A smart limited edition reprint of Jonathan Swift's first and best satirical work, A Tale of a Tub.
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1908 Poetical Works of Matthew ArnoldLondon: 1908A fine edition of the collected poetical works of Matthew Arnold, in a full calf binding with a frontispiece of the author.
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1924 Poetical Works of Matthew ArnoldLondon: 1924A delightful collection of this Victorian poets' works, in a signed full calf Bumpus binding.
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1920 Gulliver's TravelsLondon and New York: 1920A delightfully illustrated edition of Jonathan Swift's popular satire, with plates in colour and vignettes by Jean de Bosschere.
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1927 Polite Conversation in Three DialoguesLondon: 1927A scarce reprint of Swift's treatise, a satirical commentary on upper class conversation.
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1867 New PoemsLondon: 1867A beautifully kept scarce First Edition copy of New Poems by popular poet Arnold Matthew in the original publisher's green cloth binding.
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1752 Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr Jonathan SwiftLondon: 1752The fourth edition of this early biography of Jonathan Swift. Boyle's work was the first to give account of Swift's life and work.
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c1901 MATTHEW ARNOLD Poetry POEMS Olive BooksLondon: c1901An attractively bound collection of poems by Matthew Arnold, a leading poetical figure of the nineteenth century.
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1907 Essays in Criticism First Series Matthew Arnold Prize BindingLondon: 1907The essays from the first series of Matthew Arnold's Essays in Criticism.
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1910 ESSAYS in Criticism Matthew ArnoldLondon : 1910A varied selection of once criticised Essay's and speeches by British poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold.
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1902 POEMS Narrative Elegiac Lyric Matthew ARNOLDLondon: 1902A collection of Arnold's poetry, in a full calf binding.
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1906 Corydon Elegy in Memory of Matthew Arnold Reginald Fanshawe Scarce FirstLondon: 1906A copy of Fanshawe's elegy to Matthew Arnold.
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1900 - 1902 4 Vol The English Poets Selections Thomas Humphry WardLondon and New York: 1900-1902A set of student edition books on English poets published over two years.