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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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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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1958 From an Abandoned WorkLondon: 1958The first edition of this short story by Samuel Beckett, published here for the first time after appearing as a radio story on the BBC.
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1992 The Theatrical Notebooks of Samuel BeckettLondon: 1992-3Some lovely first editions of Samuel Beckett's theatrical notebooks as issued by Faber and Faber, each volume in its unclipped dust wrapper and housed in the original cardboard slipcases.
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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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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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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.