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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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1905 The Return of Sherlock HolmesLondon: 1905The first edition of Sherlock Holmes' brilliant return, a collection of thirteen thrilling short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, complete with the original illustrations.
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1926 An Anatomie of the WorldLondon: 1926A scarce facsimile edition of this poem by John Donne reproduced from the edition held by the British Museum.
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1838 William and Robert Chambers PublicationsEdinburgh: 1838-42A collection of five miscellaneous publications of William and Robert Chambers, bound in one volume.
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1796 The Lives of John Donne Henry Wotton George Herbert Thomas Zouch FirstYork: 1796A first edition of this collection of biographies by Isaac Walton.
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1853 The Life of Lord Bacon by John Lord CampbellLondon : 1853A biography of the life of Lord Bacon by John, Lord Campbell.
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1658 Opuscula Varia Posthuma Philosophica Civilia Francis Bacon Scarce First EdLondon: 1658A handsomely bound, first edition copy of this important collection of posthumously published essays by Sir Francis Bacon.