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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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1963 William Faulkner: Early Prose and PoetryLondon: 1963A very smart first edition of this collection of early prose and poetry from Faulkner, with illustrations.
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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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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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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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1935 PylonLondon: 1935The first U.K. edition of one of William Faulkner's only novel not set in Yoknapatawpha County, the scarce first impression with publisher's adverts and a dustwrapper.
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1961 The MansionLondon: 1961The first edition of William Faulkner's final novel in his 'Snopes' trilogy, in the original unclipped dustwrapper.
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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.
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1962 The Reivers a ReminiscenceNew York; London: 1962Smart first US and UK editions of William Faulkner's picaresque novel about two young men on a journey to Memphis.
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1953 Requiem for a NunLondon: 1953A nice first UK edition of William Faulkner's novel set in Yoknapatawpha County, in the original unclipped dustwrapper.