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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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    1. 1863 Roundabout Papers
      1863 Roundabout Papers
      London: 1863
      A rebound first edition of this illustrated collection of essays, published for the first time in one volume.
      £90.00
      Stock Code: 890T37
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    2. 1926 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
      1926 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
      London: 1926
      The scarce first edition of one of Agatha Christie's most celebrated novels, a work which marked a turning point in her early career.
      £3,270.00
      Stock Code: 881F47
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    3. 1857 Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah
      1857 Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah
      London: 1857
      The second edition of Richard Burton's famous account of his journey to Mecca, disguised as a Muslim, during a period when non-Muslims were strictly forbidden.
      £900.00
      Stock Code: 877F32
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    4. 1869 Burlesques
      1869 Burlesques
      London: 1869
      A lovely copy of this collection of works by prominent novelist William Makepeace Thackeray.
      £125.00
      Stock Code: 875F19
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    5. 1858-1859 The Virginians
      1858-1859 The Virginians
      London: 1858-1859
      The first edition in book form of this historical novel from the author of 'Vanity Fair', illustrated by Thackeray himself.
      £280.00
      Stock Code: 875F15
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    6. 1854-1855 The Newcomes
      1854-1855 The Newcomes
      London: 1854-1855
      The first edition in book form of this novel from William Makepeace Thackery, illustrated with plates by Richard Doyle.
      £290.00
      Stock Code: 875F13
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    7. 1879-1880 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray
      1879-1880 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray
      London: 1879-1880
      A complete set of twenty-four works by William Makepeace Thackeray, in a smart, uniform half calf binding.
      £1,200.00
      Stock Code: 875Q7
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    8. 1936 Murder in Mesopotamia
      1936 Murder in Mesopotamia
      London: 1936
      The uncommon first edition of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot murder mystery, in the scarce publisher's original cloth binding.
      £1,175.00
      Stock Code: 873F40
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    9. 1979 Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories
      1979 Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories
      London: 1979
      An excellent copy of this posthumously published collection of short stories by the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie.
      £83.00
      Stock Code: 872F58
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    10. 1961 The Pale Horse
      1961 The Pale Horse
      London: 1961
      A very smart first edition of Agathe Christie's thrilling murder mystery, with a somewhat supernatural theme.
      £140.00
      Stock Code: 872F56
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    11. 1958 Ordeal by Innocence
      1958 Ordeal by Innocence
      London: 1958
      The first edition of Agatha Christie's stand-alone psychological murder mystery, a work particularly favoured by the author herself.
      £210.00
      Stock Code: 872F55
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    12. 1971 Nemesis
      1971 Nemesis
      London: 1971
      The first edition of this thrilling Miss Marple mystery novel by Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie.
      £122.00
      Stock Code: 872F54
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    13. 1970 Passenger to Frankfurt
      1970 Passenger to Frankfurt
      London: 1970
      An excellent first edition copy of Agatha Christie's thrilling 1970 spy novel.
      £214.00
      Stock Code: 872F52
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    14. 1968 By the Pricking of My Thumbs
      1968 By the Pricking of My Thumbs
      London: 1968
      An excellent first edition Agatha Christie novel, following the detectives Tommy and Tupper Beresford.
      £118.00
      Stock Code: 872F51
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    15. 1913 Vanity Fair
      1913 Vanity Fair
      London: [1913]
      William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical novel with the colourful illustrations of Lewis Baumer.
      £120.00
      Stock Code: 870A31
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    16. c1890 Pocket Edition of W M Thackeray Works
      c1890 Pocket Edition of W M Thackeray Works
      London: c1890
      Pocket sized edition of the collected works of William Makepeace Thackeray in twenty-seven uniform volumes.
      £295.00
      Stock Code: 868A29
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    17. 1969 The Agatha Christie Crime Collection
      1969 The Agatha Christie Crime Collection
      London: 1969
      A wonderful omnibus of three popular Agatha Christie mystery works, featuring both Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
      £75.00
      Stock Code: 866F63
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    18. 1852 3vol The History of Henry Esmond
      1852 3vol The History of Henry Esmond
      London: 1852
      The first edition of this celebrated novel, by noted author, William Makepeace Thackeray.
      £320.00
      Stock Code: 866K18
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    19. 1860 The Cornhill Magazine
      1860 The Cornhill Magazine
      London: 1860-64
      Consecutive first ten volumes of the popular literary magazine edited by William Makepeace Thackeray in striking uniform signed bindings.
      £590.00
      Stock Code: 866A30
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    20. 1970 Passenger to Frankfurt
      1970 Passenger to Frankfurt
      London: 1970
      A delightful first edition copy of Agatha Christie's thrilling 1970 spy novel.
      £165.00
      Stock Code: 866F7
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    21. 1951 They Came to Baghdad
      1951 They Came to Baghdad
      London: 1951
      The first edition of this standalone political thriller by Queen of Crime Agatha Christie.
      £90.00
      Stock Code: 866F6
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    22. 1963 The Clocks
      1963 The Clocks
      London: 1963
      The first edition of this thrilling Hercule Poirot detective novel, by the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie.
      £120.00
      Stock Code: 866F5
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    23. 1956 Hickory Dickory Dock
      1956 Hickory Dickory Dock
      London: 1956
      A bright copy of the first Book Club edition of this thrilling Agatha Christie murder mystery, featuring Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.
      £65.00
      Stock Code: 866F3
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    24. 1955 Hickory Dickory Dock
      1955 Hickory Dickory Dock
      London: 1955
      A lovely first edition of this thrilling Agatha Christie murder mystery, featuring Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.
      £290.00
      Stock Code: 865F40
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    25. 1979 Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories
      1979 Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories
      London: 1979
      A wonderful example of this posthumously published collection of short stories by the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie.
      £87.00
      Stock Code: 865F18
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    26. 1974 Poirot's Early Cases
      1974 Poirot's Early Cases
      London: 1974
      The first edition thus of this collection of short stories by Agatha Christie, detailing early cases of Hercule Poirot.
      £139.00
      Stock Code: 865F17
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    27. 1950-1951 3vols Three Agatha Christie Novels from the Collins Crime Club Series
      1950-1951 3vols Three Agatha Christie Novels from the Collins Crime Club Series
      London: 1950-1951
      A bright trio of popular Agatha Christie novels published by the Collins Crime Club, in their original unclipped dust wrappers.
      £140.00
      Stock Code: 857M2
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    28. 1966 Third Girl
      1966 Third Girl
      London: 1966
      The first edition of this thrilling Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot mystery, one of her later mysteries set in the 1960s.
      £120.00
      Stock Code: 854F22
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    29. 1940 Hercule Poirot's Christmas
      1940 Hercule Poirot's Christmas
      London: 1940
      A scarce early edition of Christie's festive thriller, featuring her much loved Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot.
      £265.00
      Stock Code: 851K7
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    30. 1860-1864 5 Vols Cornhill Magazine
      1860-1864 5 Vols Cornhill Magazine
      London: 1860-1864
      Five volumes of the Cornhill Magazine, a popular monthly Victorian periodical edited by William Thackeray. With seventy four plates across the five volumes
      £175.00
      Stock Code: 849N34
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    31. 1971 Nemesis
      1971 Nemesis
      London: 1971
      A bright first edition of this thrilling Miss Marple mystery novel by Agatha Christie.
      £115.00
      Stock Code: 848F59
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    32. 1970 Passenger to Frankfurt
      1970 Passenger to Frankfurt
      London: 1970
      A superior first edition copy of one of Agatha Christie's popular murder mystery novels, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.
      £215.00
      Stock Code: 848P52
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    33. 1863 Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po
      1863 Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando Po
      London: 1863
      An exceptionally bright copy of the two volume first edition of Burton's account of his explorations in West Africa.
      £3,500.00
      Stock Code: 848F34
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    34. 1898 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray
      1898 The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray
      London: 1898
      A set of the illustrated biographical edition of the works of William Makepeace Thackeray in thirteen volumes.
      £165.00
      Stock Code: 846A73
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      1931 The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi
      1931 The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi
      Philadelphia: 1931
      Richard Burton's famous pseudo-translated poem on Sufi philosophy, signed and inscribed by the illustrator, Willy Pogany.
      £395.00
      Stock Code: 846G13
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    36. 1860-1865 11 Vols of The Cornhill Magazine
      1860-1865 11 Vols of The Cornhill Magazine
      London: 1860-1865
      11 volumes of popular the Victorian literary journal, The Cornhill Magazine
      £325.00
      Stock Code: 845N12
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