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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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1946 The GardenLondon: 1946The first edition of this touching poem following a year in the life of a garden, by Vita Sackville-West.
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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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1948 The Sky and the ForestLondon: 1948A smart first edition copy of this C. S. Forester novel, set amongst conflict between Europeans and a tribe in Central Africa.
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1950 The African QueenLondon: 1950A bright 1950 edition of C.S. Forester's thrilling novel about the adventures of a Christian missionary and a steamer captain who travel up a treacherous river in German East Africa.
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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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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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1952 Lieutenant HornblowerLondon: 1952A first edition of the seventh work by Forester to feature Horatio Hornblower, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper.
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1953 Hornblower and the AtroposLondon: 1953The first impression of this C. S. Forester's novel in the Hornblower series, a lovely example in the unclipped dust wrapper.
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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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1967 Hornblower and the CrisisLondon: 1967The first edition of the final Hornblower novel, published after author C. S. Forester's death, and in the original dust wrapper.
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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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1967 Hornblower and the CrisisLondon: 1967The first edition of the final Hornblower novel, published after author C. S. Forester's death.
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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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1967 Hornblower and the CrisisLondon: 1967A lovely first edition and impression of C. S. Forester's last Hornblower novel, left unfinished due to his death.
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1946 Lord HornblowerLondon: 1946The first edition, first impression of the fifth Horatio Hornblower novel, set in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars.
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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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1958 Hornblower in the West IndiesLondon: 1958A superb first edition and impression of the last volume in C. S. Forester's popular Hornblower series, in an excellent and unclipped dust wrapper.
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1958 Hornblower in the West IndiesLondon: 1958An excellent fist edition and impression of the last volume in the popular Hornblower series, in its unclipped dust wrapper.
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1953 Hornblower and the AtroposLondon: 1953The third volume in the popular Hornblower series by C. S. Forester, an excellent first edition, first impression in its unclipped dust wrapper.
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1952 Lieutenant HornblowerLondon: 1952The second novel in the popular Hornblower series by C. S. Forester, a lovely first edition and impression. In the unclipped dust wrapper.
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1964 The Hornblower CompanionLondon: 1964C. S. Forester's companion volume to his popular 'Hornblower' series. An excellent first edition in its unclipped dust wrapper.
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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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1946 Lord HornblowerLondon: 1946A lovely first edition copy of one of C. S. Forester's popular Hornblower novels, set in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars.
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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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1951 Randall and the River of TimeLondon: 1951The first UK edition of this historical novel by popular author C. S. Forester.
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1946 Lord HornblowerLondon: 1946The first edition of one of C. S. Forester's later Hornblower novels, set during the trials of the Napoleonic War.
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1940 The Earthly ParadiseLondon: 1940a first edition copy of this novel by popular author C. S. Forester.
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1946 Lord HornblowerLondon: 1946A beautiful first edition of this later Hornblower novel, in a lovely example of the unclipped dustwrapper.