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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. 1893 Stories & Fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen
      1893 Stories & Fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen
      London: 1893
      Charmingly illustrated throughout by Gaskin, this is a wonderful example of the two volume first English language translation of Andersen's tales by H. Oskar Sommer.
      £440.00
      Stock Code: 984F15
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    2. 1931 Fairy Tales
      1931 Fairy Tales
      London: 1931
      A beautifully illustrated collection of fairy tales from the renowned Hans Christian Anderson, illustrated in colour by Harry Clarke.
      £195.00
      Stock Code: 980Z4
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    3. 1936 The African Queen
      1936 The African Queen
      London: 1936
      The scarce 'cheap edition' of C.S. Forester's thrilling novel about the adventures of a Christian missionary and a steamer captain who travel up a treacherous river in German East Africa.
      £65.00
      Stock Code: 964F51
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    4. 1926 Payment Deferred
      1926 Payment Deferred
      London: 1926
      A handsome example of the first edition of C. S. Foreser's psychological crime novel, a departure from his usual tales of naval adventure.
      £430.00
      Stock Code: 964F48
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    5. 1940 The Earthly Paradise
      1940 The Earthly Paradise
      London: 1940
      The first edition of this from author of the 'Horatio Hornblower' series, C. S. Forester.
      £140.00
      Stock Code: 964Y42
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    6. 1941 The Captain from Connecticut
      1941 The Captain from Connecticut
      London: 1941
      The first edition of C. S. Forester's nautical novel depicting the War of 1812, with an American captain protagonist.
      £60.00
      Stock Code: 964Y41
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    7. 1948 The Sky and the Forest
      1948 The Sky and the Forest
      London: 1948
      A smart first edition of this tale of one primitive tribe's struggle against slave traders, written by C. S. Forester.
      £60.00
      Stock Code: 964Y40
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    8. 1951 Randall and the River of Time
      1951 Randall and the River of Time
      London: 1951
      A pleasing first edition of this sweeping World War I novel from C. S. Forester.
      £90.00
      Stock Code: 964Y39
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    9. 1946 Plain Murder
      1946 Plain Murder
      London: 1946
      An uncommon impression of C. S. Forester's gripping crime novel, this copy with a particularly very scarce dust wrapper.
      £49.00
      Stock Code: 964Y38
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    10. 1943 The Ship
      1943 The Ship
      London: 1943
      The first edition of this gripping WWII nautical novel by C. S. Forester, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper.
      £80.00
      Stock Code: 964Y37
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    11. 1893 Stories and Fairytales Volume I
      1893 Stories and Fairytales Volume I
      London: 1893
      A wonderfully illustrated collection of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytales.
      £75.00
      Stock Code: 952Y52
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    12. 1958 Hornblower in the West Indies
      1958 Hornblower in the West Indies
      London: 1958
      The first edition of the C. S. Forester's final Hornblower novel, his only novel in the series set during peacetime.
      £125.00
      Stock Code: 950P45
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    13. 1897 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
      1897 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night
      London: 1897
      Richard Burton's famed translation of the 'Arabian Nights', a complete illustrated edition.
      £2,200.00
      Stock Code: 948P1
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    14. 1853 The Ladder of Laughter
      1853 The Ladder of Laughter
      London: 1853
      A vanishingly scarce anthology of the beloved fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen.
      £295.00
      Stock Code: 946P46
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    15. 1918 Zwolf mit der Post: Ein Neujahrsmarchen
      1918 Zwolf mit der Post: Ein Neujahrsmarchen
      Wien: 1918
      A pleasing copy of this German with coloured illustrations and a calendar for the year 1919.
      £145.00
      Stock Code: 945Y18
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    16. 1951 Randall and the River of Time
      1951 Randall and the River of Time
      London: 1951
      The first edition of C. S. Forester's novel, set during the last one-hundred days of the First World War.
      £54.00
      Stock Code: 922F20
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    17. 1952 Lieutenant Hornblower
      1952 Lieutenant Hornblower
      London: 1952
      The first edition of C. S. Forester's seventh published Horatio Hornblower novel, the second in the series chronologically.
      £75.00
      Stock Code: 921F13
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    18. 1958 Hornblower in the West Indies
      1958 Hornblower in the West Indies
      London: 1958
      The first edition of the C. S. Forester's final Hornblower novel, in the original illustrated dust wrapper.
      £105.00
      Stock Code: 921F2
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      1896 Dumb in June
      1896 Dumb in June
      Boston: 1896
      An inscribed early edition of this uncommon book of poetry by Richard Burton.
      £40.00
      Stock Code: 905Z40
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    20. 1948 The Sky and the Forest
      1948 The Sky and the Forest
      London: 1948
      A smart first edition copy of this C. S. Forester novel, set amongst conflict between Europeans and a tribe in Central Africa.
      £90.00
      Stock Code: 893P28
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    21. 1995 Hans Anderson's Fairy Tales
      1995 Hans Anderson's Fairy Tales
      London: 1995
      A smart copy of this brightly illustrated collection of fairy tales from Hans Christian Andersen, published by The Folio Society.
      £49.00
      Stock Code: 893T10
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    22. 1923 Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
      1923 Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
      Nottingham: 1923
      A colourfully illustrated edition of the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, a smart copy in the original dust wrapper.
      £325.00
      Stock Code: 890P11
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    23. 1950 The African Queen
      1950 The African Queen
      London: 1950
      A bright 1950 edition of C.S. Forester's thrilling novel about the adventures of a Christian missionary and a steamer captain who travel up a treacherous river in German East Africa.
      £45.00
      Stock Code: 883F1
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    24. 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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    25. 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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    26. SignedSigned
      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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    27. 1849 Tales From Denmark
      1849 Tales From Denmark
      London: 1849
      An illustrated collection of the important fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, a nice edition with illustrations by Count Pocci.
      £340.00
      Stock Code: 820P24
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    28. 1953 Hornblower and the Atropos
      1953 Hornblower and the Atropos
      London: 1953
      The first impression of this C. S. Forester's novel in the Hornblower series, a lovely example in the unclipped dust wrapper.
      £95.00
      Stock Code: 789A56
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    29. 1967 Hornblower and the Crisis
      1967 Hornblower and the Crisis
      London: 1967
      The first edition of the final Hornblower novel, published after author C. S. Forester's death, and in the original dust wrapper.
      £72.00
      Stock Code: 782F5
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    30. 1967 Hornblower and the Crisis
      1967 Hornblower and the Crisis
      London: 1967
      The first edition of the final Hornblower novel, published after author C. S. Forester's death.
      £75.00
      Stock Code: 782F2
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    31. 1967 Hornblower and the Crisis
      1967 Hornblower and the Crisis
      London: 1967
      A lovely first edition and impression of C. S. Forester's last Hornblower novel, left unfinished due to his death.
      £70.00
      Stock Code: 782A2
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    32. 1946 Lord Hornblower
      1946 Lord Hornblower
      London: 1946
      The first edition, first impression of the fifth Horatio Hornblower novel, set in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars.
      £98.00
      Stock Code: 781F64
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    33. 1958 Hornblower in the West Indies
      1958 Hornblower in the West Indies
      London: 1958
      A superb first edition and impression of the last volume in C. S. Forester's popular Hornblower series, in an excellent and unclipped dust wrapper.
      £150.00
      Stock Code: 781A69
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    34. 1946 Lord Hornblower
      1946 Lord Hornblower
      London: 1946
      A lovely first edition copy of one of C. S. Forester's popular Hornblower novels, set in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars.
      £68.00
      Stock Code: 780P44
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    35. 1951 Randall and the River of Time
      1951 Randall and the River of Time
      London: 1951
      The first UK edition of this historical novel by popular author C. S. Forester.
      £59.00
      Stock Code: 756A70
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    36. 1940 The Earthly Paradise
      1940 The Earthly Paradise
      London: 1940
      a first edition copy of this novel by popular author C. S. Forester.
      £475.00
      Stock Code: 756A47
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