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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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1962-66 The Arden Editions of the Works of ShakespeareLondon: 1962-66The Arden editions of 'The Tempest', 'Measure for Measure' and 'The Winter's Tale' by William Shakespeare, in their original dust wrappers.
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1903 The Comedy of As You Like ItEast Aurora: 1903One of the popular and entertaining comedies of Shakespeare, a smart edition in the original binding.
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1909 Shakespeare's Comedy: As You Like ItLondon: 1909A brightly illustrated edition of Shakespeare's play As You Like It, with colour images throughout.
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1903 12vol The Complete Works of ShakespeareLondon: 1903A smartly bound twelve volume set of the complete works of William Shakespeare, with the original cloth covered slip case.
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1837 The Plays of William ShakespeareLondon: 1837A beautifully bound eight volume edition of the plays of William Shakespeare.
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1635 [1735] The Works of ShakespeareLondon: 1735An exceedingly scarce early Tonson edition of the works of William Shakespeare, with six volumes out of eight.
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1969 The French Lieutenant's WomanLondon: 1969A smart first edition of this postmodern historical fiction novel by John Fowles.
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1969 The French Lieutenant's WomanBoston: 1969A smart first US edition of this postmodern historical fiction novel by John Fowles.
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1908 A Midsummer-Night's DreamLondon: 1908A first edition thus of William Shakespeare's much loved play, enchantingly illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
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1895 A Midsummer Night's DreamLondon: 1895An illustrated edition of Shakespeare's popular work, with artwork by Robert Anning Bell.
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1934 The Works of William Shakespeare Gathered into One VolumeOxford: 1934A well presented complete collection of the works of William Shakespeare, bound in one volume.
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1907 Shakespeare's SongsStratford-on-Avon : 1907A smart limited edition copy of this collection of verse from English playwright, poet and actor, William Shakespeare.
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1893 The Sonnets of William ShakspereLondon: 1893The complete collection of William Shakespeare's sonnets, edited with an introduction by Edward Dowden and bound in full calf.
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1957 The Complete Works of William ShakespeareLondon: 1957The complete works of William Shakespeare, edited with a glossary by W. J. Craig and bound in full crushed morocco.
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2008-2011 23vol The RSC Shakespeare Modern Library ClassicsNew York: 2008-2011A very smart Modern Library Classics collection of the works of English playwright and poet, William Shakespeare.
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2008-2011 20vol The RSC Shakespeare Modern Library ClassicsNew York: 2008-2011A very smart Modern Library Classics collection of the works of English playwright and poet, William Shakespeare.
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1926 The Complete Works of ShakespeareLondon: 1926A uniqely bound collection of the works of Shakespeare, this copy with an inscription by important American suffragist Almira Hollander Pitman.
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1964 The Aristos: A Self-Portrait in IdeasBoston: 1964The first edition of John Fowles's second published work, a collection of over one-thousand philosophical aphorisms.
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1963 The CollectorBoston: 1963A fine first US edition of John Fowles' thrilling debut novel, about a lonely young man who abducts a woman he becomes obsessed with.
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Signed1977 The Magus, A Revised VersionLondon: 1977A signed copy of the revised edition of John Fowles's celebrated postmodern novel, reviewed by the Sunday Times as a 'deliciously toothsome celebration of wanton story-telling'.
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1985 A MaggotLondon: 1985An exceptionally lovely first edition of John Fowles's postmodern historical novel, set between May 1736 and February 1737, in which Fowles examines historiography, the nature of history, and criminal justice.
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1977 The Magus, A Revised VersionLondon: 1977The revised edition of John Fowles's celebrated postmodern novel, reviewed by the Sunday Times as a 'deliciously toothsome celebration of wanton story-telling'.
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1977 Daniel MartinLondon: 1977The first edition of John Fowles's bildungsroman about 'what it is like to be English in the late 20th century'.
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1974 The Ebony TowerLondon: 1974The first edition of John Fowles's charming collection of five novellas and short stories.
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1969 The French Lieutenant's WomanLondon: 1969An excellent copy of the first edition of John Fowles's celebrated postmodernist Victorian-era romance.
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Signed1977 Daniel MartinLondon: 1977A signed presentation copy of the first edition of John Fowles's bildungsroman about 'what it is like to be English in the late 20th century'.
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1911 3vol Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories and Poems, & TragediesLondon: 1911A smart set of Shakespeare's comedies, tragedies, histories, and poems, with photogravures throughout.
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1883 Folk Lore of ShakespeareLondon: 1883A smart scarce work on the influences of folk lore in the Elizabethan Age on the works of William Shakespeare.
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2003 3vol The Cambridge Shakespeare LibraryLondon: 2003A very smart three volume set of Shakespeare criticism and commentary from Cambridge University Press.
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1909 Shakespeare's Comedy of As You Like ItLondon: [1909]A beautifully presented facsimile of Shakespeare's 'As You Like It', with colourful illustrations by Hugh Thomson throughout.
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1894 The Works of William ShakespeareLondon: 1894A collection of works from the noted William Shakespeare in a full calf prize binding.
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1925-1927 The Histories, Poems, Comedies and Tragedies of ShakespeareLondon: 1925-1927A well presented collection of Shakespeare's works, compiled by Humphrey Milford at the Oxford University Press.
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1909 As You Like ItLondon: [1909]A large paper copy of Shakespeare's famous comedy, first thus with illustrations by Hugh Thomson.
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1905 First Quarto Edition Facsimile of William Shakespeare's WorkOxford: 1905Limited edition of three works by William Shakespeare, first quarto editions reproduced in facsmile bound in uniform Bumpus bindings.
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1953 Shakespeare's Measure for MeasureLondon: 1953The first edition of scholar Mary Lascelle's detailed examination of William Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure'.
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1934 Personal Clues in Shakespeare Poems and SonnetsLondon: 1934The author's own copy of the first edition of this very scarce work of literary criticism, in which the author finds evidence to support the theory that Edward de Vere was the author of Shakespeare's works.