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Literature
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. -
c1920 Around the World in Eighty DaysLondon: c1920A later edition of this popular novel from French novelist and poet Jules Verne. -
1942 Little GiddingLondon: 1942A smart first edition of the fourth and final of Eliot's Four Quartets series, the poem Little Gidding. -
1879 Les Tribulations d'un Chinois En ChineParis: [1879]The first edition of Jules Verne's popular adventure novel about a Chinese businessman who decides he wants to die, but not before having an a thrilling adventure. An important work from Verne's renowned 'Voyages Extraordinaires' series. -
1899 An Antarctic MysteryPhiladelphia: 1899The first American edition of Jules Verne's epic adventure novel, a continuation of Poe's 'Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym' , translated into English and beautifully illustrated. -
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'. -
1873 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeasLondon: 1873A pleasing copy of this sought after early edition in English of Jules Verne's important sci-fi novel, complete with plates. -
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. -
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. -
c1897 Les Enfants du Capitaine GrantParis: c1897One of Jules Verne's popular action adventure novels, an illustrated work from the library of the Kay-Shuttleworth family. -
1888 The Child of the Cavern or, Strange Doings UndergroundLondon: 1888A bright illustrated and translated edition of this popular novel from Jules Verne, with the very scarcely seen decorative cloth binding. -
c1910 Le Tour du Monde en 80 Jours, Le Docteur OxParis: c1910Two of Jules Verne's brilliant adventure novels in one illustrated volume, both in the original French. -
1965 Hector Servadac: Anomalous Phenomena, and, Homeward BoundLondon: 1965A smart set of the exciting sci-fi novel following a comet which picks up a group of people, originally written in French by Jules Verne. -
1884 Keraban the Inflexible: The Captain of the GuidaraLondon: 1884The very scarce first UK edition of the first volume of Jules Verne's adventure novel 'Keraban the Inflexible', in the original pictorial cloth binding.