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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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1867 The Mill on the FlossLondon: [1867]A handsomely bound stereotyped edition of this work in half calf, with seven monochrome illustrations. -
1822 Life in Paris; Comprising the Rambles, Sprees, and Amours of Dick WildfireLondon: 1822An exceptional example of the first edition of David Carey's satirical portrait of Paris, with hand coloured plates by David Cruikshank, and in a signed calf binding by Hatchards. -
1840 The Tower of LondonLondon: 1840The first edition of this historical romance novel following the tragic life of Lady Jane Grey, complete with the original plates by Cruikshank. -
1895 The Works of George EliotEdinburgh and London: 1895A finely bound set of the collected works of George Eliot, a wonderful presentation of her important novels. -
c1892 6vol Novels of George EliotLondon: c1892A uniformly bound collection of new edition and stereotyped edition volumes from George Eliot, with illustrations. -
1866 Felix Holt, the RadicalEdinburgh and London: 1866The first edition of this social novel by George Eliot, based around the 1832 Reform Act. -
1819-20 The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder; The Political House that Jack Built; A Parody on the PoliticalLondon: 1819-1820Two very scarce political parodies by William Hone, illustrated by George Cruikshank, present alongside a very scarce response to Hone's satire on the Peterloo Massacre. -
1895 The Works of George EliotEdinburgh and London: 1895A handsomely bound half calf set of the twenty-one volume Blackwood's 'Standard Edition' of the works of George Eliot, including her most celebrated novels. -
1889-1898 Novels of George EliotEdinburgh: 1889-1898A smartly bound collection of novels from leading Victorian author, George Eliot, illustrated with plates and vignettes. -
1951-1954 The Confidential Clerk; The Cocktail Party; Poetry and DramaLondon: 1951-1954Three first edition, first impression volumes from leading poet, essayist and playwright T. S. Eliot, each in the original dust wrapper. -
1861-1879 Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe; Bound Together with Impressions of Theophrastus SuchLeipzig : 1861-1879A delightful volume containing two Tauchnitz editions of George Eliot's works. -
1897 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a NightLondon: 1897Richard Burton's famed translation of the 'Arabian Nights', a complete illustrated edition. -
1954 The Confidential ClerkLondon: 1954The first edition of T. S. Eliot's successful and influential play, present here in the first issue, and with the original unclipped dust wrapper. -
1934 The Rock. A Pageant Play Written for Performance at Sadler's Wells TheatreLondon: 1934The first edition of T. S. Eliot's pageant play, exploring the enduring strength of the Church in a secularising world. -
1898 Works of George EliotBoston, Massachusetts: 1898This scarce, near complete set of limited edition volumes from the Holly Lodge Edition of works by the beloved nineteenth-century author George Eliot. -
1899 The Works of George Eliot (The Hawarden Press Edition de Luxe)London: 1899A complete set of the works of leading Victorian writer, George Eliot, being a limited Edition de Luxe with illustrations. -
1949 Nine, a Magazine of Poetry and CriticismLondon: 1949The first number of Peter Russell's influential magazine of poetry and criticism, a scarce work. -
1878 RomolaLondon: 1878A leatherbound copy of this study of city life from English novelist George Eliot. -
1913 Scenes of Clerical Life, Middlemarch, Felix Holt and Adam BedeLondon: 1913Four volumes of popular works by the noted George Eliot, all being Blackwood's 'New Cabinet' Editions. -
1905 Silas MarnerLondon; New York: 1905A smart vellum bound edition of this darkly themed novel on the ruins of the Industrial Revolution by eminent Victorian author George Eliot. -
1908 The Writings of George EliotBoston and London: 1908A beautifully bound twenty-five volume large paper limited edition of the works of George Eliot, in half crushed morocco bindings, and illustrated throughout. -
c1878 RomolaEdinburgh: c1878An excellent copy of a new edition of George Eliot's historical novel set in Florence, in a decorative binding. -
1896 George Cruikshank's OmnibusLondon: [1896]George Cruikshank's illustrated omnibus, an entertaining work created by Cruikshank entirely under his own control, with no restrictions from an editor. -
1884 An Essay on the Genius of George CruikshankLondon: 1884The first edition edition in book form of Thackeray's essay on the talents of famed illustrator George Cruikshank, taken from the pages of the Westminster Review. -
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1820-1834 A Sammelband of Fifteen Miscellaneous Political TractsLondon; Edinburgh: 1820-1834A sammeland of fifteen satirical pamphlets and political tracts about early nineteenth century Great Britain, including a signed pamphlet on the corn laws by James Macara. -
1885-1896 8vols in 7 The Novels of George EliotLondon: 1885-1896An attractive illustrated set of the novels of George Eliot, as well as her short story collection 'Scenes of Clerical Life'. -
1869 The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron MunchausenLondon: 1869An illustrated edition of this entertaining novel by Rudolph Erich Raspe, illustrated throughout with plates by George Cruikshank. -
1887-1896 9vols in 8 The Novels of George Eliot with George Eliot’s LifeLondon: 1887-1896The complete novels of George Eliot, with her short story collection 'Scenes of a Clerical Life', and a biography arranged and edited by her husband J. W. Cross. -
1891-1896 8vols in 7 The Novels of George EliotLondon: 1891-1896A handsomely bound set of the novels of George Eliot, as well as a short story collection, with many illustrations. -
1856-60 Scenes of a Clerical Life Bound With Three Other NovelsNew York: 1856-60A volume of four novels by popular British Victorian authors bound in one, all first or early American editions, including the very scarce first U.S. edition of George Eliot's debut novel. -
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1896 Dumb in JuneBoston: 1896An inscribed early edition of this uncommon book of poetry by Richard Burton. -
1887 House ScrapsLondon: 1887The first edition of this privately published literary collection, compiled by George Duckworth Atkin, and with illustrations from George Cruikshank and others. -
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1896 A Handbook for Posterity: Or Recollections of "Twiddle Twaddle"London: 1896The scarce first edition of this limited edition celebration of the illustrations of George Cruikshank, one of only fifty copies with hand-coloured plates, initialled by the engraver and publisher. -
1877 The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron MunchausenLondon: 1877A colourfully illustrated edition of this entertaining novel by Rudolph Erich Raspe, illustrated by George Cruikshank. -
c1880 The Novels of George EliotEdinburgh and London: c1880An excellent edition of the complete works of George Eliot, bound uniformly in half morocco by Morrell. -
1879 Impressions of Theophrastus SuchEdinburgh & London: 1879A smartly bound second edition of George Eliot's last published writing, Impressions of Theophrastus Such.