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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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1823-1834 Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great BritainLondon: 1823-1834A complete twelve volume first edition of Edmund Lodge's impressive collection of portraits of famous individuals, uniformly bound in half morocco.
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1825 The Miscellaneous Writings of John Evelyn, Esq. F.R.S.London: 1825The first collected edition of the works of John Evelyn, an illustrated work edited by William Upcott.
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1843-1844 3 Vols Our MessDublin: 1843-1844Three volumes of works by Charles Lever, richly illustrated.
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c1879 Memoirs of John EvelynLondon: c1879A beautiful copy bound in full vellum of the memoirs of John Evelyn.
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1823 Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious PersonagesLondon: 1823-34Edmund Lodge's celebrated biography of eminent people in Great Britain, the first edition complete in twelve volumes in some charming Hatchard signed bindings.
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1823 Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great BritainLondon: 1823-1835A complete set in twelve volumes of Edmund Lodge's collection of portraits of eminent people in British History.
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1819 Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John EvelynLondon: 1819A detailed edition of the life and memoirs of diarist John Evelyn.
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1825 The Miscellaneous Writings John Evelyn William Upcott Very ScarceLondon: 1825A very scarce work compiling the miscellaneous writings of John Evelyn, with additional material by William Upcott. The volume is illustrated with four plates.
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1848 The Life of Mrs Godolphin John Evelyn BiographyLondon: 1848A copy of John Evelyn's memoir of the British courtier 'Margaret Godolphin'.
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1819 2vol Memoirs of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn Edited by BrayLondon: 1819A detailed edition of the life and memoirs of diarist John Evelyn.
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1827 8vol LODGE Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain VERY FINELondon: 1827-1828An absolutely exemplary edition of Lodge's selected portraits of the juggernauts of British history.
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1914 Seven Letters of John Evelyn Facsimile Limited Edition ScarceOxford: 1914A wonderful copy of this limited edition work, featuring seven letters written by John Evelyn.
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1819 2vol Memoirs of John Evelyn Life Writings Diary Correspondence Charles ILondon: 1819A rich wealth of information about the goings-on of the seventeenth century, from the perspective of a gardener and diarist.
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1835 12vol Portraits of Illustrious Personages in Great Britian Edmund LodgeLondon: 1835A lovely twelve volume set of the 'Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain' by Edmund Lodge, with illustrations and biographical accounts.
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c1869 5vol Lodge's Portraits Of Illustrious Personages Of Great Britain MemoirsLondon : c1869An elaborate work, being an illustrated collection of portraits with biographical and historical memoirs written by Edmund Lodge. With two-hundred and forty black and white engravings with decorative borders, engraved reproductions from pictures in public
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1852 4Vol Edward Bray Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn Charles I PlatesLondon: 1852-1857The Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S., author of "Sylvia".
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1827 5Vols William Bray Memoirs Of John Evelyn Esq With Correspondence IllusLondon : 1827The diaries of the other great British 17th century diarist, and rival to Pepys, John Evelyn.
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1827 5 Vols MEMOIRS of JOHN EVELYN Diary William BrayLondon : 1827John Evelyn's famous memoirs in a deep navy full calf binding with elegant gilt tooled decoration.