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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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c1900 The Complete Works of Geoffrey ChaucerOxford: c1900A smartly bound collection of the works of English author Geoffrey Chaucer.
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1930 Tales from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Done into ProseLondon: 1930The first edition of Eleanor Farjeon's prose rendition of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, in the publisher's original dust wrapper.
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1971 Tales of Mystery and ImaginationLondon: 1971A superior reprint of the collected spooky and mysterious tales of Edgar Allan Poe, complete with the original illustrations by Harry Clarke.
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c1910 Poe's Tales and PoemsNew York: c1910An exceptionally lovely set of four volumes of the poems and short stories of Edgar Allan Poe, including 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and 'The Gold-Bug'.
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1900 3vol Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe[London]: 1900A unique set of Edgar Allan Poe's works compiled in three volumes by Bernard Coleridge, the 2nd Baron Coleridge.
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1958 The Works of Geoffrey ChaucerCleveland and New York: 1958A large paper facsimile of the striking Kelmscott edition of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
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Signed1986 Hop-Frog: Extrait de Nouvelles Histoires ExtraordinairesBruxelles: 1986A very scarce Limited Edition of this revenge tale from Edgar Allan Poe, illustrated and signed by the artist Anne Velghe, and housed in a beautiful half calf box.
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c1944 Histoires ExtraordinairesParis: c1944A smart selection of short stories by noted American author, Edgar Allen Poe, in French.
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2010 The Complete Canterbury TalesLondon: 2010A modern edition of this classic work of English literature and Geoffrey Chaucer's magnum opus, an exceptional copy with illustrations reproduced by E Burne-Jones and William Morris.
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1884 The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan PoeLondon: 1884A beautifully illustrated and very smartly bound, limited edition of Edgar Allan Poe's works. In a lovely Bickers binding.
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1896 The Works of Edgar Allen PoeLondon: 1896A very bright and smart complete six volume set of Edgar Allan Poe's writings. A beautiful set, being the 'Fordham' edition.
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1953 The Haunted Man Edgar Allan Poe Biography Philip LindsayLondon: 1953The first edition of this biography of Poe from Philip Lindsay.