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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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1977 The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowLondon: 1877A collection of poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated throughout and bound in decorative full morroco.
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1826 The Life of Samuel JohnsonLondon: 1826An exceptionally lovely extra-illustrated edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson, in full calf signed bindings by Tout.
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1879 The Poets' Year: A Birthday RegisterLondon: 1879The first edition of this charming calendar of poetry, in the original decorative cloth binding.
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Signed1863 Tales of a Wayside InnBoston: 1863A Riviere bound first edition of this brilliant anthology of Longfellow's poetry, with a signed letter from Longfellow to his publisher bound in.
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1863 Tales of a Wayside InnBoston: 1863A first issue copy of this poetry collection set in a Massachusetts Inn, written by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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1859 The Life of Samuel JohnsonLondon: 1859A lovely ten volume edition of Boswell's life of Johnson, in half morocco bindings, and illustrated throughout.
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1910 The Golden LegendLondon: 1910A beautifully illustrated edition of the poem The Golden Legend by Longfellow, with many coloured plates.
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c1900 The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowLondon: c1900The collected poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in one volume bound by Mudie.
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1887 Boswell's Life of JohnsonLondon: 1887James Boswell's complete six volume biography of Samuel Johnson, illustrated throughout.
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1831 The Life of Samuel JohnsonLondon: 1831A new edition of Boswell's celebrated biography of Samuel Johnson in five uniform volumes edited by John Wilson Croker.
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1831 The Life of Samuel JohnsonLondon: 1831A bright copy of this uncommon edition of James Boswell's famous biography of Dr Johnson in striking signed binding.
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1860 Boswell's Life of Johnson including their Tour to the HebridesLondon: 1860A new edition of Boswell's celebrated biography of Samuel Johnson by John Wilson Croker.
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1859 The Life of Samuel JohnsonLondon: 1859James Boswell's famous biography of Samuel Johnson in ten volumes, featuring illustrations and valuable additions.
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1835 The Life of Samuel JohnsonLondon: 1835A striking vellum bound set of Boswell's famous biography of Samuel Johnson, featuring illustrations and valuable additions.
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1804 The Life of Samuel JohnsonLondon: 1804The scarce fourth edition of James Boswell's biography of English man of letters, Samuel Johnson.
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1859 The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other PoemsBoston: 1859An illustrated copy of this popular anthology by the 19th century American poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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1883 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.New York: 1883A delightfully bound, illustrated edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson, with five volumes bound in three, and including hi 'A Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides'.
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1793 The Life of Samuel JohnsonLondon: 1793The first two volumes of James Boswell's well-known 18th century biography of author Samuel Johnson, the second edition of this work.
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Signed1910 The Golden LegendLondon: 1910A beautifully illustrated Limited Edition copy of Longfellow's epic poem about Lucifer, signed and illustrated in colour by Sidney H. Meteyard.
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1897 The Life of Samuel Johnson & The Journal of a Tour to the HebridesLondon: 1897A handsomely bound, illustrated copy of this infamous biography of English writer Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell.
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1887 6vol Boswell's Life of JohnsonOxford: 1887James Boswell's complete six volume biography of Samuel Johnson, beautifully bound in half calf, and illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work to be edited by George Birkbeck Hill.
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1913 The Poetical Works of LongfellowLondon: 1913The collected poetical work of Longfellow, the Oxford edition in a full calf school prize binding.
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1907 The Poetical Works of LongfellowLondon, New York and Toronto: 1907The Oxford Complete Copyright edition of the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow bound in lacquered boards.
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1925 The Poetical Works of LongfellowLondon: 1925A smart copy of this collection of poetry by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in handsome half calf prize binding.
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1906 The Life of Samuel JohnsonLondon: 1906A complete set of James Boswell's influential biographical work on his friend and fellow writer, Samuel Johnson. Rebound in half calf by Riviere and Son and enclosed in a matching slipcase.
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1952-57 The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James BoswellLondon: 1952-57A limited edition set by Yale, comprising of the private papers of James Boswell, most notably his travel works. Illustrated throughout, including with folding maps.
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1947 Favorite Poems of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowNew York: 1947A beautifully bound selection of poems by fireside poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. In a fine binding by renowned firm Sangorski and Sutcliffe as a Christmas gift from Stanley Bray to socialite and close friend Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie.
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1953 Boswell on the Grand TourLondon: 1953An exceptional deluxe copy of the Yale Editions of Boswell's journals, recounting of his travels in Germany and Switzerland.
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1951-60 6vols The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James BoswellLondon: 1951-60A wonderful set of Yale's limited edition works containing the private papers of James Boswell, illustrated throughout, all small printing runs.
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1908 The Song of HiawathaLondon: 1908A beautifully illustrated edition of Longfellow's epic poem containing Native American characters, in a decorative binding.
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1902 The Life of Samuel JohnsonLondon: 1902A copy of Boswell's famous biography of Samuel Johnson.
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1856 Poetical Works Of Henry LongfellowLeipzig: 1856-63The Poetical Works of Henry W. Longfellow with a portrait of the author to frontispiece to volume one. Published by Tauchnitz under the title The Collection of British Authors The first two volumes were published in 1856 as volumes CCCXLVII and CCCXLVIII
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1917 The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowLondon: 1917A lovely collection of poetry by this popular American poet.
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c1895 The Poetical Works of Henry W. LongfellowLondon: c1895An attractively bound copy of the work of Henry Longfellow, illustrated throughout by Thomas Seccombe.
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1906 The Life of Samuel JohnsonLondon: 1906A complete edition of James Boswell's influential 'The Life of Samuel Johnson', a landmark biography. Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume.
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1793 The Principal Corrections and Additions to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell'sLondon: 1793A finely bound copy of this very scarce work with manuscript corrections and additions to Boswell's 'Life of Johnson'. The first edition.