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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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1840 Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations Of The WorldLondon : 1840A charming copy of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels handsomely bound in a morocco binding.
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1727 A Tale of a TubLondon: 1727An early edition of Jonathan Swift's popular satirical work, an entertaining parody with illustrations.
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1749 Travels into Several Remote Nations of the WorldLondon: 1749E. M. Forster's personal copy of the very scarce fifth edition of Jonathan Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels'.
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1958 From an Abandoned WorkLondon: 1958The first edition of this short story by Samuel Beckett, published here for the first time after appearing as a radio story on the BBC.
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1841 2 Vols The Works of Jonathan SwiftLondon : 1841A lovely complete two volume set of The Works of Jonathan Swift.
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1925 Selected EssaysLondon: 1925The Golden Cockerell limited edition copy of selected essays by Jonathan Swift, a nice work with wood engravings.
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1970 A Tale of a Tub: To Which is Added The Battle of the Books and The Mechanical Operation of the SpiritLondon : 1970A smart limited edition reprint of Jonathan Swift's first and best satirical work, A Tale of a Tub.
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1992 The Theatrical Notebooks of Samuel BeckettLondon: 1992-3Some lovely first editions of Samuel Beckett's theatrical notebooks as issued by Faber and Faber, each volume in its unclipped dust wrapper and housed in the original cardboard slipcases.
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1920 Gulliver's TravelsLondon and New York: 1920A delightfully illustrated edition of Jonathan Swift's popular satire, with plates in colour and vignettes by Jean de Bosschere.
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1927 Polite Conversation in Three DialoguesLondon: 1927A scarce reprint of Swift's treatise, a satirical commentary on upper class conversation.
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1752 Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr Jonathan SwiftLondon: 1752The fourth edition of this early biography of Jonathan Swift. Boyle's work was the first to give account of Swift's life and work.