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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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Signed1922 The HeirLondon: 1922The first edition of this novel with a lovely association, signed by the author and her mother to the politician Alfred Milner.
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1937 PepitaLondon: 1937The first edition of English writer and garden designer Vita Sackville-West's fascinating biography on her grandmother and mother.
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Signed1949 Knole and the SackvillesLondon: 1949A signed presentation copy of Vita Sackville-West's ode to her ancestral home Knole House, in Kent.
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1961 No Signposts in the SeaLondon: 1961The first edition of Vita Sackville-West's final novel, a lovely and romantic story following a cruise ship, a smart copy in the original dust wrapper.
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1937 PepitaNew York: 1937The first US edition of the extraordinary story of Vita Sackville-West's grandmother, Pepita.
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1961 No Signposts in the SeaNew York: 1961A bright copy of the first US edition of Vita Sackville-West's last published novel.
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1931-1933 The Edwardians, All Passion Spent, Thirty Clocks Strike the HourLeipzig and Paris: 1931-1933Three uncommon works from the Tauchnitz Edition of British and American authors by Vita Sackville West.
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1905 The Return of Sherlock HolmesLondon: 1905The first edition of Sherlock Holmes' brilliant return, a collection of thirteen thrilling short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, complete with the original illustrations.
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1926 An Anatomie of the WorldLondon: 1926A scarce facsimile edition of this poem by John Donne reproduced from the edition held by the British Museum.
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1937 PepitaNew York: 1937An early US printing of English writer and garden designer Vita Sackville-West's biography of her grandmother, Pepita.
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1938 PepitaNew York: 1938An excellent copy of this early edition of 'Pepita', Vita Sackville West's extraordinary biography of her grandmother Josefa and her mother Victoria.
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1958 Gertrude Bell From Her Personal Papers 1889-1914London: 1958A lovely first edition copy of this biographical study of the explorer Gertrude Bell, by Elizabeth Burgoyne, illustrated throughout.
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1922 The New DecameronOxford: 1922The first edition of this 'New Decameron', an interesting association copy from the library of Victoria Sackville-West, mother of the contributor Vita.
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1959 Daughter of FranceNew York: 1959The first U.S. edition of Vita Sackville-West's intriguing biography on la Grande Mademoiselle, illustrated throughout with the original decorative dustwrapper.
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1936 Saint Joan of ArcLondon: 1936A bright first edition of Vita Sackville-West's fascinating biography of the national heroine of France, Joan of Arc. In the very scarce dust wrapper.
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1944 The Eagle and the DoveLondon: 1947The scarce first edition of Vita Sackville West intriguing double biography contrasting the life of saints Teresa of Avila and Thérèse of Lisieux, in the very rare, unclipped dust wrapper.
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Signed1938 Solitude a PoemLondon: 1938The author's presentation copy of her epic poem, inscribed by Vita Sackville-West to the recto to the front endpaper, with letters from her son, Nigel Nicolson, loosely inserted.
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1931 2vol The EdwardiansLeipzig: 1931The first Tauchnitz edition of this novel by Vita Sackville-West, two volumes, one for German and one for Swiss publication.
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1921 Orchard and VineyardLondon: 1921A fantastic, first edition copy of this poetry collection by Vita Sackville-West. Signed by the author's mother to Danish painter Bertha Wegmann.
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1796 The Lives of John Donne Henry Wotton George Herbert Thomas Zouch FirstYork: 1796A first edition of this collection of biographies by Isaac Walton.