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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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1940-1943 4vol Four QuartetsLondon: 1940-1943The complete set of the first editions of the Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot, the iconic work that confronts our relationship with time, the universe and the divine. -
1940-1942 4vol Four QuartetsLondon: 1940-1942The complete set of the first editions of the Four Quartets, Eliot's great philosophical mediations on time, the universe, and the divine. -
1940-1942 4vol Four QuartetsLondon : 1940-1942A complete 4 volume set of renowned Modernist poet T.S. Eliot's Four Quartets. -
1944 Four QuartetsLondon : 1944The first edition of this set of four poems by influential Modernist poet T.S. Eliot, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. -
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1940-1942 4Vols Four Quartets [East Coker; Burnt Norton; The Dry Salvages; Little Gidding]London: 1940-1942The first edition set of T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets, 'East Coker', 'Burnt Norton', 'The Dry Salvages', and 'Little Gidding', in Faber and Faber's original paper wraps. -
1942 The Classics and The Man of LettersLondon; New York; Toronto: 1942The first edition of T. S. Eliot's 1942 presidential address to the Classical Association. -
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1954 The Confidential ClerkLondon: 1954A first edition, first impression of T. S. Eliot’s The Confidential Clerk, a verse play first performed at the 1953 Edinburgh Festival, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper. -
1823 6 Vols The Works of Laurence SterneLondon : 1823A lovely six-volume set of Sterne’s works, uniformly bound in full straight-grain morocco, including "Tristram Shandy" and "A Sentimental Journey." -
1942 Little GiddingLondon: 1942A smart first edition of the fourth and final of Eliot's Four Quartets series, the poem Little Gidding. -
c1945 Plates for A Sentimental JourneyNone: c1945A very scarce series of plates by Richard Dreyer, simple pen and ink drawings depicting scenes from Sterne's famous novel. -
1903 The Life & Opinions of Tristram ShandyLondon: 1903A beautifully illustrated two volume edition of Laurence Sterne's 'Tristram Shandy', with engraved plates from Harry Furniss, and in signed Zaehnsdorf bindings. -
1798 The Works of Laurence SterneLondon: 1798A complete set of the works of Laurence Sterne, collecting together his fiction and non-fiction, each volume is illustrated with a frontispiece. -
1950 The Cocktail PartyLondon: 1950The first edition of the most popular play of T. S. Eliot, a comedy about a troubled married couple. -
1954 The Confidential ClerkLondon: 1954The first edition, first issue, of this comedy play by T. S. Eliot. -
1934 The RockLondon: 1934The first edition of T. S. Eliot's pageant play, exploring the enduring strength of the Church in a secularising world. -
1959 The Elder StatesmanLondon: 1959The first edition of T. S. Eliot’s third play to have been produced at Edinburgh. -
1951 Poetry and DramaLondon: 1951The first edition of this lecture on poetry and drama by T. S. Eliot, given at Harvard in honour of his friend, Theodore Spencer. -
1954 The Confidential ClerkLondon: 1954A smart first edition, first issue copy of this comical play by T. S. Eliot. -
1950 The Cocktail PartyLondon: 1950A smart first edition copy of the most popular play of T. S. Eliot, with a programme for the production a the New Theatre loosely inserted. -
1934-54 A Collection of Faber and Faber Publications by T. S. Eliot and Ezra PoundLondon: 1934-54A collection of four first editions, comprising T. S. Eliot's 'The Cocktail Party', 'Poetry and Drama' and 'The Confidential Clerk, alongside Ezra Pound's 'Homage to Sextus Propertius'. -
1897 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a NightLondon: 1897Richard Burton's famed translation of the 'Arabian Nights', a complete illustrated edition. -
1951 Selected EssaysLondon: 1951A smart third enlarged edition of this collection of essays from American writer Thomas Stearns Eliot. -
1950 The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and CriticismLondon: 1950An excellent copy of these poetical essays by T. S. Eliot, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. -
1954 The Confidential ClerkLondon: 1954An exceptionally bright copy of T. S. Eliot's successful and influential play, presented here in a lovely example of the publisher's unclipped dust wrapper. -
1953 Old Possum's Book of Practical CatsLondon: 1953A wonderfully bright, early impression of T. S. Eliot's whimsical collection of poems, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. -
1775-1776 Letters of the Late Rev. Mr. Laurence SterneLondon: 1775-1776The letters and correspondence of writer Laurence Sterne. With volume III present in the first edition, and volumes I and II in the 'New Edition' of the following year. -
1924 The Criterion: A Quarterly Review: Volume II, Numbers VI-VII (February and April)London: 1924A desirable pair of two very scarce issues from T. S. Eliot's literary magazine. Featuring early drafts of Wyndham Lewis' 'The Apes of God'. -
1928 The Sacred Wood Essays on Poetry and CriticismLondon: 1928The second edition of this collection of essays on poetry by leading poet T. S. Eliot. -
1933 The Use of Poetry and the Use of CriticismLondon: 1933The first edition of T. S. Eliot's discussion of poetry and literary criticism, from the library of prominent English lecturer Harold Andrew Mason. -
1959 The Elder Statesman: A PlayLondon: 1959A smart first UK edition of this play in verse from American writer T. S. Eliot. -
1950 The Cocktail PartyLondon: 1950The first edition of the most successful play of T. S. Eliot, a verse drama following the troubled relationship of a husband and wife. -
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1896 Dumb in JuneBoston: 1896An inscribed early edition of this uncommon book of poetry by Richard Burton. -
1939 The Family ReunionLondon: 1939The first edition of T. S. Eliot's blank verse drama, in the second state dust wrapper. -
1950 The Cocktail PartyLondon: 1950The first edition of the most successful play of T. S. Eliot, a verse drama following the troubled relationship of a husband and wife. -
1769 The Works of Laurence SterneLondon: 1769The collected works of Laurence Sterne, containing his most beloved and influential works, with a portrait frontispiece to Volume I.