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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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c1900 The Complete Works of Geoffrey ChaucerOxford: c1900A smartly bound collection of the works of English author Geoffrey Chaucer.
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1922 The Mercy of AllahLondon: 1922The first edition of this collection of short stories by writer and historian Hilaire Belloc, in the very scarce dust wrapper, designed by G. K. Chesterton.
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1930 Tales from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Done into ProseLondon: 1930The first edition of Eleanor Farjeon's prose rendition of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, in the publisher's original dust wrapper.
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1945 Avril: Being Essays on the Poetry of the French RenaissanceLondon: 1945A collection of essays on the poetry of the French Renaissance from Belloc, with a letter from the publisher.
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1958 The Works of Geoffrey ChaucerCleveland and New York: 1958A large paper facsimile of the striking Kelmscott edition of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
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2010 The Complete Canterbury TalesLondon: 2010A modern edition of this classic work of English literature and Geoffrey Chaucer's magnum opus, an exceptional copy with illustrations reproduced by E Burne-Jones and William Morris.
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1928 Belinda A Tale of Affection in Youth and Age Hilaire Belloc First EditionLondon: 1928The first edition of this novel by Hilaire Belloc titled 'Belinda A Tale of Affection in Youth and Age'.