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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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1934 The Orators: An English StudyLondon: 1934A smart second edition of Auden's long modernist poem in prose and verse.
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1863 Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando PoLondon: 1863An exceptionally bright copy of the two volume first edition of Burton's account of his explorations in West Africa.
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1894 The Kasidah (Couplets) of Haji Adbu Al-YazdiLondon: 1894A limited edition of Sir Richard Burton's long narrative novel, one of five copies printed on Japanese vellum.
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1936 The Ascent of F6: A Tragedy in Two ActsLondon: 1936First edition, first impression of this successful Auden-Isherwood play, complete with unclipped dust wrapper.
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1968 Secondary WorldsLondon: 1968A fascinating collection of four essays by W. H. Auden, based on his 'T. S. Eliot Memorial Lectures'.
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1974 Thank you, FogLondon: 1974A first edition collection of W. H. Auden's final poetry, published posthumously.
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1971 A Certain WorldLondon : 1971A commonplace book by W. H. Auden, compiling the reading which has shaped his life.
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1974 Thank You, FogLondon: 1974A first edition collection of poems by W. H. Auden, which were published posthumously following his death in September of 1973.
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1914 The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El YezdiLondon: 1914A scarce edition of Sir Richard Francis Burton's Arabic poem.
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1938 On the FrontierLondon: 1938W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood's last collaborative play telling of an outbreak of war. The first impression in its unclipped dust wrapper.
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1953 The Ascent of F6London: 1953A parable about leadership and the nature of power, this marks the second dramatic collaboration between Auden and Isherwood.
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1934 The Orators an English StudyLondon: 1934The second edition of W. H. Auden's long poem, a popular Modernist work.
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1940 Another TimeLondon: 1940A very scarce, first edition copy of W H Auden's poetry anthology. With the vanishingly rare dustwrapper.
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c1920 7vol Supplemental Nights Richard Burton Arabian Nights Limited EdAnon: c1920A complete seven volume set of Richard Burton's supplemental series of 'The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night'.
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1974 W H Auden Thank You Fog First Edition DustwrapperLondon: 1974A first edition of this work by W H Auden.
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1931 The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yedzi Sir Richard Burton Poem With Original BoxLondon : 1931A beautiful edition of Sir Richard Francis Burton's English-language poem.