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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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1926 Zadig and Other RomancesLondon: 1926A smart volume containing a selection of the romances of influential French author, Voltaire, illustrated by Henry Keen.
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2002 CandideNew York : 2002A lovely limited edition copy of this popular work by Voltaire, illustrated by Rockwell Kent.
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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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1929 CandideNew York: 1929Voltaire's scandalous tale of 'Candide' with the illustrations by Rockwell Kent, first edition thus.
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1765 Oeuvres de MoliereAmsterdam; Leipzig : 1765A complete collection of the works of J. B. de Moliere, an eighteenth century scarce edition edited by M de Voltaire and illustrated with engravings by J Punt, in uniform full calf bindings,
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1768-77 Collection Complette des Oeuvres de Mr. de VoltaireGeneve: 1768-77The first folio edition of the complete collected works of Voltaire, an original French set in a mottled calf binding complete with illustrations throughout.
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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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1982 La Pucelle d'OrleansParis: 1982A smart copy of the Voltaire classic, The Maid of Orleans. In the original French. Illustrated throughout with many erotic coloured and engraved plates. Limited to 3050 copies, of which this is numbered 2024.
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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.