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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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1912 6vol The Poems of Algernon Charles SwinburneLondon: 1912A smart fifth impression of this collection of the complete poetical works of Algernon Charles Swinburne.
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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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1906 The Poems of Algernon Charles SwinburneLondon: 1906A very scarce limited edition set of the poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne, in handsome half morocco signed bindings by Riviere.
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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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1868 William Blake: A Critical EssayLondon: 1868A lovely second edition of Swinburne's celebrated biography of artist and poet William Blake, analysing both his life and his works, and illustrated throughout.
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1966 The MagusLondon: 1966A superb first impression of one of John Fowles' popular postmodern novels, one of the most popular novels of the century.
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1982 MantissaLondon: 1982The first edition of this later novel by John Fowles, a first impression copy in the original dust wrapper.
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1966 The MagusLondon: 1966The first 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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Signed1979 The TreeLondon: 1979The first edition of John Fowles and Frank Horvat's collaborative work, in which Fowles's writing is accompanied by Horvat's images of trees. Signed by Fowles.
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Signed1974 The Ebony TowerLondon: 1974A signed first impression of John Fowles's charming collection of five novellas and short stories.
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1964 The Aristos: A Self-Portrait in IdeasBoston: 1964An superb first edition of John Fowles's second published work, a collection of over one-thousand philosophical aphorisms.
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Signed1969 The French Lieutenant's WomanLondon: 1969A signed presentation copy of the first edition of John Fowles's celebrated postmodernist Victorian-era romance.
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Signed1985 A MaggotLondon: 1985An exceptionally lovely signed 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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Signed1985 A MaggotLondon: 1985A specially bound signed Limited Edition of the 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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Signed1982 MantissaBoston: 1982A fine copy of the Limited Edition first US edition of John Fowles's 1982 novel, signed and in the original slip case with pictorial onlay by Pablo Picasso.
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Signed1998 Wormholes Essays and Occasional WritingsLondon: 1998A fine signed limited edition essay collection by John Fowles, a striking volume colourfully bound with many insightful pieces by Fowles.
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Signed1970 Mosaic III My Recollections of KafkaWinnipeg: 1970One of twenty-five copies of John Fowles' essay contributed to 'Mosaic', here extracted on its own. Signed by Fowles to the final leaf of text.
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1982 The Falklands, and a Death Foretold[Athens]: 1982A scarce first edition essay by John Fowles, ruminating on the Falklands War and Marquez's novel 'Chronicle of a Death Foretold', from the library of the author.
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1965 The Aristos a Self-Portrait in IdeasLondon: 1965A fine first edition of John Fowles' second published work, a collection of over one-thousand philosophical aphorisms.
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Signed1963 The CollectorLondon: 1963A fine first edition copy of John Fowles' debut novel, with the author's signature loosely inserted.
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1985 A MaggotLondon: 1985An uncommon to see uncorrected proof copy of this sixth major novel of John Fowles, a fine copy of this postmodern novel.
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1882 Bothwell a TragedyLondon: 1882Swinburne's dramatic Tudor poetical play, revolving around the murder of Darnley, and the marriage of Bothwell and Mary Queen of Scots.
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1977 Daniel MartinLondon: 1977Bright first edition, first impression of John Fowles's famous bildungsroman, complete with unclipped dust wrapper.
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1892 The Sisters, A TragedyLondon: 1892A very smart, first edition copy of this short tragedy by noted nineteenth-century English writer Algernon Charles Swinburne.
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1865 Atalanta in CalydonLondon: 1865A bright first edition of Swinburne's tragic Greek-inspired poem, praised by T. S. Eliot as ' effective because it appears to be a tremendous statement, like statements made in our dreams'.
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1902-4 Poems & Ballads Second and Third Series Tristram of LyonesseMaine: 1902-4Two limited edition poetical works by the controversial Victorian poet Algernon Charles Swinburne, lovely examples of his poetry.
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1904 A Channel Passage and Other PoemsLondon: 1904The first edition of one of Algernon Charles Swinburne's final poetry collections.