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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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1910 The Rime of the Ancient MarinerLondon: 1910The first edition of this popular poem to be illustrated by Willy Pogany, with striking colour plates.
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1871 The Poetical Works of Samuel T. ColeridgeLondon: 1871A smart copy of this collection of poetical works by English writer Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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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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1844 The Friend, A Series of EssaysLondon: 1844The three volume fourth edition of poet and literary critic Samuel Taylor Coleridge's short running periodical.
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1816 Christabel, Kubla Khan, The Pains of SleepLondon: 1816Three poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the second edition of this smartly bound volume.
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1857 The Dramatic Works of Samuel Taylor ColeridgeLondon: 1857The collected dramatic works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a volume of five plays bound for Magdalene College, Oxford.
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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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1850 The FriendLondon: 1850The fourth edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 'The Friend', a series of essays concerning literary, moral, and philosophic matters.
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1830 The Devil's Walk and The Devil's VisitLondon: 1830A Birdsall bound first edition of two satirical poems about the devil bound together, including Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey's popular poem 'The Devil's Walk', and illustrations by Robert Cruikshank.
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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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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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1818 The Friend: a Series of Essays, in Three VolumesLondon: 1818A complete three volume set of the essays Coleridge published in his 'The Friend' periodical, each volume with the half-title present.
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1817 Zapolya: A Christmas Tale, in Two PartsLondon: 1817A leather bound first edition of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Christmas verse play, 'Zapolya'.
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1837 The Rime Of the Ancient Mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge David Scott IllusEdinburgh: 1837A scarce, illustrated edition of this famed and influential sea-faring poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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1850 2Vol Samuel Taylor Coleridge Essays His Own Times Edited Daughter First EdLondon : 1850An uncommon first edition set of essays by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, comprising of two out of the three available volumes.
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1836 2vol Letters Conversations and Recollections of S T Coleridge First EditionLondon : 1836The first edition of letters, conversations and recollections by S T Coleridge.
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1835 2Vols Samuel Taylor Coleridge Specimens Of The Table Talk 1st Ed. SelbourneLondon : 1835A first edition of the recorded discourse of the English poet and critic.
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1848 2vol Samuel Taylor Coleridge Aids To Reflection Sixth Edition PickeringLondon : 1848Aids to Reflection by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, edited by his nephew Henry Nelson Coleridge (1798 - 1843) and with a preliminary essay to volume two by Rev. James Marsh.