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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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1801 The RamblerLondon: 1801Samuel Johnson's series of short papers bound over four volumes in full calf.
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1759 The Prince of AbissiniaLondon: 1759The second edition of Samuel Johnson's popular novel, this edition published only a few weeks after the first edition.
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1785 The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.London: 1785A delightful single volume edition of the poems of Dr Johnson, published the year after Johnson's death and featuring the first appearance of 'Irene'.
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1934 The Orators: An English StudyLondon: 1934A smart second edition of Auden's long modernist poem in prose and verse.
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1812 The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A TaleLondon : 1812A beautiful leather bound pocket size edition of Samuel Johnson's earliest work.
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1810 The Lives of the Most Eminent English PoetsLondon: 1810Samuel Johnson's famous biographical sketches of many eminent poets, a new edition in three volumes.
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1801-1811 The Works of Samuel Johnson in Fourteen VolumesLondon: 1801-1811A new edition of the works of Samuel Johnson complete in fourteen uniform leather bound volumes.
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1936 The Ascent of F6: A Tragedy in Two ActsLondon: 1936First edition, first impression of this successful Auden-Isherwood play, complete with unclipped dust wrapper.
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1968 Secondary WorldsLondon: 1968A fascinating collection of four essays by W. H. Auden, based on his 'T. S. Eliot Memorial Lectures'.
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1974 Thank you, FogLondon: 1974A first edition collection of W. H. Auden's final poetry, published posthumously.
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1971 A Certain WorldLondon : 1971A commonplace book by W. H. Auden, compiling the reading which has shaped his life.
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1974 Thank You, FogLondon: 1974A first edition collection of poems by W. H. Auden, which were published posthumously following his death in September of 1973.
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1793 A Selection from the Harleian Miscellany of TractsLondon: 1793The first abridged edition of this fascinating and scarce collection of religious and political tracts, edited by Dr Johnson and William Oldys.
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Signed1917 Aphorisms on Authors and Their WaysLondon: 1917The first and only edition printed in one hundred copies of this series of aphorisms on authors and their ways by Augustine Birrell. A signed presentation copy, including a letter by the author.
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1938 On the FrontierLondon: 1938W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood's last collaborative play telling of an outbreak of war. The first impression in its unclipped dust wrapper.
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1953 The Ascent of F6London: 1953A parable about leadership and the nature of power, this marks the second dramatic collaboration between Auden and Isherwood.
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1934 The Orators an English StudyLondon: 1934The second edition of W. H. Auden's long poem, a popular Modernist work.
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1940 Another TimeLondon: 1940A very scarce, first edition copy of W H Auden's poetry anthology. With the vanishingly rare dustwrapper.
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1992-4 The Letters of Samuel JohnsonOxford: 1992-4A lovely collection of the letters of the monumental Samuel Johnson, documenting his life in fascinating detail, illustrated throughout.
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1974 W H Auden Thank You Fog First Edition DustwrapperLondon: 1974A first edition of this work by W H Auden.