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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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Signed1930 Vulgarity in LiteratureLondon: 1930A special limited edition of this literary essay by Aldous Huxley, signed by Huxley.
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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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1936 Eyeless in GazaLondon: 1936A smart first edition of this lesser known novel by Aldous Huxley, an exploration of the life of an socialite.
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1923 Antic HayLondon: 1923A first edition of this comic novel depicting life following the end of World War One.
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1949 Ape and EssenceLondon: 1949A first edition of Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel Ape and Essence, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.
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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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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.