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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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c1912 The Book of NonsenseLondon: c1912The entertaining nonsense work of Edward Lear, an illustration collection of one-hundred and ten comical limericks.
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1900 Nonsense SongsLondon: 1900An illustrated edition of the entertaining nonsense poems of Edward Lear, this edition colourfully illustrated by Leonard Leslie Brooke.
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1894 Nonsense Songs and StoriesLondon: 1894The illustrated ninth edition of Edward Lear's popular collection of nonsense songs and verse.
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1887 Self-Help; with Illustrations of Conduct and PerseveranceLondon: 1887A leather bound copy of Samuel Smiles self-help book, often called 'the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism'.
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c1913 The Book of NonsenseLondon: c1913A copyright edition of this illustrated collection of limericks by Edward Lear.
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1880 The Book of NonsenseLondon: c1880An early edition of Edward Lear's charmingly illustrated and much-loved work, The Book of Nonsense.
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1905 Robert Dick Baker of Thurso Geologist and Botanist Samuel Smiles IllusLondon: 1905A interesting biography of Scottish geologist and botanist Robert Dick, by Samuel Smiles.
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1907 Life and Labour Men of Industry Samuel Smiles Bickers BindingLondon: 1907A study of the private and working lives of successful men in history.
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1883 Thrift by Samuel Smiles Thirty Ninth ThousandLondon: 1883An attractive edition of Samuel Smile's well known title 'Thrift'.
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1876 Samuel Smiles Character New Edition Tree Calf Binding Self HelpLondon: 1876A beautifully bound copy of Smiles' work on character.
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1905 The Book of Nonsense Edward Lear Illustrated LimericksLondon: 1905A charming copy of Edward Lear's profusely illustrated and much-loved work, The Book of Nonsense.