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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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1933 The WavesLondon: 1933An early edition of this experimental novel by Virginia Woolf, one of her most puzzling publications.
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1842 Lays of Ancient RomeLondon: 1842The scarce first edition of Lord Macaulay's poetical work on Ancient Rome, bound in full crushed morocco.
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1854 Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to The Edinburgh ReviewLondon: 1854A collection of Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay's essays, which first appeared in The Edinburgh Review, complete in two volumes.
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1911 Lord Macaulay's Essays and Lays of Ancient RomeLondon: 1911A collection of Lord Macaulay's essays bound in half calf.
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1925-1932 The Common Reader, First Series and Second SeriesLondon: 1925-1932The first editions of the first and second series of Virginia Woolf's literary essays.
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1947 The Moment and Other EssaysLondon: 1947The first edition of this collection of twenty-nine essays by Virginia Woolf, in the illustrated Vanessa Bell dust wrapper.
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1937 The YearsLondon: 1937The first edition of the final novel published during Virginia Woolf's lifetime, in an especially bright example of the sought-after Vanessa Bell dust wrapper.
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1938 Three GuineasThe Hogarth Press: 1938The first edition of Virginia Woolf's detailed essay examining her views on fascism, war and women's rights. In the publisher's original unclipped Vanessa Bell dust wrapper.
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1864 Lays of Ancient Rome With Ivry and the ArmadaLondon: 1864A scarce copy of Lord Macaulay's lay poem surrounding Ivry and the Armada in Ancient Rome.
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1878 Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLondon: 1878A new edition of Lord Macaulay's critical and historical essays from the Edinburgh Review, handsomely bound in full tree calf.
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1946 The WavesLondon: 1946The fifth impression of the Uniform Edition of Virginia Woolf's experimental novel, in the scarce publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.
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1930 Night and DayLondon: 1930A uniform edition of the second novel by notable modernist Bloomsbury author Virginia Woolf, exploring the subjects of love and happiness.
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1933 Flush: A BiographyLondon: 1933The first edition of Virginia Woolf's entertaining novel about Flush, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.
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1942 The Death of the Moth and Other EssaysLondon: 1942The first edition of this anthology of essays from Virginia Woolf, published the year after her death, and including the notable 'A Letter to a Young Poet'.
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1937 The YearsLondon: 1937The first edition of the final novel published during Virginia Woolf's lifetime, a multi-generational epic set across fifty years, in the original sought-after Vanessa Bell dust wrapper.
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1933 Flush: A BiographyLondon: 1933A lovely copy of the first Uniform Edition of Virginia Woolf's entertaining novel about Flush, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel.
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1950 The Captain's DeathLondon: 1950A very scarce proof copy of the first UK edition of this posthumously published collection of short essays by Virginia Woolf.
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1933 The WavesLondon: 1933An Advance Review Copy of the scarce Uniform Edition of Virginia Woolf's experimental novel, being the third impression of the first edition.
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1929 The Voyage OutLondon: 1929The first Uniform Edition of Virginia Woolf's first novel, in the very scarce publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.
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1931 A Room of One's OwnLondon: 1931The first Uniform Edition of Virginia Woolf's critical treatise on the economic and social position of women in early twentieth century English society.
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1872 Critical and Historical EssaysLondon: 1872An academic work detailing a selection of Lord Macaulay's interests, from Machiavelli to Frederick the Great.
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1851 Macaulay's EssaysLondon: 1851Three of Lord Macaulay's essays contributed to the 'Edinburgh Review' bound in one volume.
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1904 Lays of Ancient RomeLondon: 1904A new edition of Lord Macaulay's popular illustrated book of narrative poems.
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1942 The Death of the Moon and Other EssaysLondon: 1942The first edition of Virginia Woolf's posthumous collection of essays.
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1860 Critical and Historical Essays contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLondon: 1860The tenth edition of Lord Macaulay's critical and historical essays in three volumes.
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1896 Lord Macaulay's Essays and Lays of Ancient RomeLondon: 1896A bright new edition of the collected essays of Lord Macaulay together with his popular collection of poems 'Lays of Ancient Rome' in Relfe Brothers prize binding.
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1865 The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord MacaulayLondon: 1865The miscellaneous writings of Thomas Babington Macaulay in full calf Riviere binding.
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1933 Flush a BiographyLondon: 1933A nice first edition copy of this entertaining novel by Virginia Woolf, following the protagonist, Flush, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel.
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1933 Flush a BiographyLondon: 1933The first edition of Virginia Woolf's charming biographical novel on Elizabeth Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel, Flush, complete with the original plates.
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1903 Critical and Historical Essays contributed to the Edinburgh ReviewLondon: 1903Lord Macaulay's critical and historical essays in three volumes edited by F C Montague.
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1919 Night and DayLondon: 1919A smartly rebound first edition copy of Virginia Woolf's second novel, an Edwardian-set novel on love and happiness.
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1937 The YearsLondon: 1937The first edition of the final novel published during Virginia Woolf's lifetime, a multi-generational epic set across fifty years.
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1898 The Works of Lord MacaulayLondon: 1898-1906Complete group of twelve volumes containing the collected works of Lord Macaulay, in charming uniform Hatchards binding.
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1860 The Miscellaneous Writings of Lord MacaulayLondon: 1860A complete two volume set off Thomas Babington Macaulay's miscellaneous writings, in a half calf binding with a frontispiece to Volume I.
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1943 A Haunted HouseLondon: 1943A smart first edition of this collection of short stories by noted Bloomsbury author, Virginia Woolf.
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1942 The Death of the MothLondon: 1942A very smart first edition of Woolf's posthumous collection of essays, including the notable 'A Letter to a Young Poet'.