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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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1844 La Esmerelda, or The Hunchback of Notre DameLondon: 1844An illustrated edition of Victor Hugo's famous French Gothic novel, in English.
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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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Signed1836 Notre-Dame de ParisParis: 1836The first illustrated edition of one of Victor Hugo's best known books, in the original French, inscribed by Hugo himself.
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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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c1880 Oeuvres de Victor HugoParis: c1880A collection of the works of Victor Hugo in the original French language, including his two magnum opuses, 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' and 'Les Miserables'.
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1866 Les Travailleurs de la MerParis: 1866A Riviere vellum bound sixth and third edition of this fascinating novel on the Industrial Revolution by Victor Hugo, these editions being published in the same year as the first edition.
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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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1890-91 Oeuvres Poetiques de Victor HugoParis: 1890-91A collection of four volumes of the poetical works of Victor Hugo.
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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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1866 CHANSONS Rues des Bois VICTOR HUGO First ParisParis: 1866The first Parisian edition of 'Les Chansons des Rues et des Bois', from Victor Hugo, in a decorative calf binding.
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1840 The Last Days of a Condemned Victor Hugo With Notes by P Hesketh FleetwoodLondon: 1840An English translation of this story of a condemned prisoner from Victor Hugo.
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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.
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c1903 2vols Oeuvres de Shakespere Translated by Victor Hugo Tomes I and IIParis: 1903A part set of two volumes of the Oeuvres de Shakespeare.