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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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1905 The Bravest Deed I Ever Saw: Stories of Personal ExperienceLondon : [1905]A scarce second edition of this collection of autobiographical short stories of heroic deeds from well-known authors and celebrities, such as Earl Roberts, H. Rider Haggard and Winston Churchill.
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1898-99 The Harmsworth Magazine Volumes One and TwoLondon: 1898-99Two volumes of the profusely illustrated 'Harmsworth Magazine', with illustrations by the noted Arthur Rackham and 'Volume One' featuring Winston Churchill's 'Man Overboard!'.
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1969 The French Lieutenant's WomanLondon: 1969A smart first edition of this postmodern historical fiction novel by John Fowles.
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1969 The French Lieutenant's WomanBoston: 1969A smart first US edition of this postmodern historical fiction novel by John Fowles.
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1964 The Aristos: A Self-Portrait in IdeasBoston: 1964The first edition of John Fowles's second published work, a collection of over one-thousand philosophical aphorisms.
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1963 The CollectorBoston: 1963A fine first US edition of John Fowles' thrilling debut novel, about a lonely young man who abducts a woman he becomes obsessed with.
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Signed1977 The Magus, A Revised VersionLondon: 1977A signed copy of the revised edition of John Fowles's celebrated postmodern novel, reviewed by the Sunday Times as a 'deliciously toothsome celebration of wanton story-telling'.
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1985 A MaggotLondon: 1985An exceptionally lovely first edition of John Fowles's postmodern historical novel, set between May 1736 and February 1737, in which Fowles examines historiography, the nature of history, and criminal justice.
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1977 The Magus, A Revised VersionLondon: 1977The revised edition of John Fowles's celebrated postmodern novel, reviewed by the Sunday Times as a 'deliciously toothsome celebration of wanton story-telling'.
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1977 Daniel MartinLondon: 1977The first edition of John Fowles's bildungsroman about 'what it is like to be English in the late 20th century'.
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1974 The Ebony TowerLondon: 1974The first edition of John Fowles's charming collection of five novellas and short stories.
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1969 The French Lieutenant's WomanLondon: 1969An excellent copy of the first edition of John Fowles's celebrated postmodernist Victorian-era romance.
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Signed1977 Daniel MartinLondon: 1977A signed presentation copy of the first edition of John Fowles's bildungsroman about 'what it is like to be English in the late 20th century'.
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1966 The MagusLondon: 1966A superb first impression of one of John Fowles' popular postmodern novels, one of the most popular novels of the century.
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1982 MantissaLondon: 1982The first edition of this later novel by John Fowles, a first impression copy in the original dust wrapper.
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1966 The MagusLondon: 1966The first edition of John Fowles's celebrated postmodern novel, reviewed by the Sunday Times as a 'deliciously toothsome celebration of wanton story-telling'.
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1949-1952 4vol The Second World WarLondon: 1949-1965Four volumes of memoirs from Sir Winston Churchill that cover the period over the Second World War.
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1949-1967 3vol The Second World War by Winston S. ChurchillLondon: 1949-1967Three volumes of memoirs from Sir Winston Churchill that cover the period over the Second World War.
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1900 Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in LauraniaNew York: 1900A lovely copy of the true first edition, the US edition of Winston Churchill's only major novel
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1900 Savrola: A Tale of the Revolution in LauraniaLondon: 1900A first edition, first state of Winston Churchill's only major fictional work, Savrola
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Signed1979 The TreeLondon: 1979The first edition of John Fowles and Frank Horvat's collaborative work, in which Fowles's writing is accompanied by Horvat's images of trees. Signed by Fowles.
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Signed1974 The Ebony TowerLondon: 1974A signed first impression of John Fowles's charming collection of five novellas and short stories.
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1964 The Aristos: A Self-Portrait in IdeasBoston: 1964An superb first edition of John Fowles's second published work, a collection of over one-thousand philosophical aphorisms.
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Signed1969 The French Lieutenant's WomanLondon: 1969A signed presentation copy of the first edition of John Fowles's celebrated postmodernist Victorian-era romance.
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Signed1985 A MaggotLondon: 1985An exceptionally lovely signed first edition of John Fowles's postmodern historical novel, set between May 1736 and February 1737, in which Fowles examines historiography, the nature of history, and criminal justice.
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Signed1985 A MaggotLondon: 1985A specially bound signed Limited Edition of the first edition of John Fowles's postmodern historical novel, set between May 1736 and February 1737, in which Fowles examines historiography, the nature of history, and criminal justice.
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Signed1982 MantissaBoston: 1982A fine copy of the Limited Edition first US edition of John Fowles's 1982 novel, signed and in the original slip case with pictorial onlay by Pablo Picasso.
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Signed1998 Wormholes Essays and Occasional WritingsLondon: 1998A fine signed limited edition essay collection by John Fowles, a striking volume colourfully bound with many insightful pieces by Fowles.
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Signed1970 Mosaic III My Recollections of KafkaWinnipeg: 1970One of twenty-five copies of John Fowles' essay contributed to 'Mosaic', here extracted on its own. Signed by Fowles to the final leaf of text.
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1982 The Falklands, and a Death Foretold[Athens]: 1982A scarce first edition essay by John Fowles, ruminating on the Falklands War and Marquez's novel 'Chronicle of a Death Foretold', from the library of the author.
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1965 The Aristos a Self-Portrait in IdeasLondon: 1965A fine first edition of John Fowles' second published work, a collection of over one-thousand philosophical aphorisms.
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Signed1963 The CollectorLondon: 1963A fine first edition copy of John Fowles' debut novel, with the author's signature loosely inserted.
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1985 A MaggotLondon: 1985An uncommon to see uncorrected proof copy of this sixth major novel of John Fowles, a fine copy of this postmodern novel.
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1948-54 The Second World WarLondon: 1948-54A first edition set of William Churchill's groundbreaking memoirs regarding the Second World War.
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Signed1998 Speaking for ThemselvesLondon: 1998Bright first edition of the collected letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill, edited and signed by their daughter Baroness Soames.
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1934-1938 Marlborough His Life and Times Complete in Four VolumesLondon, Bombay and Sydney: 1934-1938The limited presentation edition of Churchill's biography of Marlborough in the original dust wrappers.