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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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1958 Poems of LoveLondon: 1958A pleasing Folio Society collection of the love poetry of influential English writer John Donne, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. -
1930 The Courtier's LibraryLondon: 1930A Nonesuch limited edition of this comical satire by John Donne on fashion and society of the early seventeenth century. -
1945 HengivelsenKobenhavn: 1945A very scarce copy of this illustrated verse from English poet John Donne, limited to one thousand copies. Translated into Danish. -
1873 John Stuart Mill: His Life and WorksNew York: 1873A memorial for the passing of the renowned philosopher, John Stewart Mill, with biographical sketches by the likes of Henry Fawcett. -
1873 John Stuart Mill: His LifeLondon: 1873The first edition of this very scarce article from the 'Quarterly Review', evaluating a series of critical works on the renowned philosopher John Stuart Mill. -
1874 J. S. Mill: An AutobiographyLondon: 1874A very scarce article from 'Blackwood's Magazine', being an analysis on the autobiography of the renowned philosopher John Stuart Mill. -
1865 Principles of Political Economy with Some of Their Applications to Social PhilosophyLondon: 1865The single volume 'People's Edition' of John Stuart Mill's important discussion of Political Economy, a work credited with helping to establish him as a leading public intellectual. -
1866-73 John Stuart Mill: Notices of His Life and Works, Speech of J. Stuart Mill, England and IrelandLondon: 1866-73Three scarce works by and about John Stuart Mill bound in one volume, regarding manhood suffrage, and the Ireland question. -
1897 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a NightLondon: 1897Richard Burton's famed translation of the 'Arabian Nights', a complete illustrated edition. -
1873 AutobiographyLondon: 1873The first edition, first issue of the posthumously published autobiography of John Stuart Mill. -
1863 English Sacred PoetryLondon, New York.: 1863A scarce richly illustrated anthology of major English religious poetry, selected and edited by Robert Aris Willmott. -
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1896 Dumb in JuneBoston: 1896An inscribed early edition of this uncommon book of poetry by Richard Burton. -
1866 Auguste Comte and PositivismLondon: 1866The second edition of this scarce work on the philosophies of Auguste Comte, written by John Stuart Mill. -
1857 Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and MeccahLondon: 1857The 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. -
1863 Wanderings in West Africa from Liverpool to Fernando PoLondon: 1863An exceptionally bright copy of the two volume first edition of Burton's account of his explorations in West Africa. -
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1931 The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-YezdiPhiladelphia: 1931Richard Burton's famous pseudo-translated poem on Sufi philosophy, signed and inscribed by the illustrator, Willy Pogany. -
1905 The Return of Sherlock HolmesLondon: 1905The first edition of Sherlock Holmes' brilliant return, a collection of thirteen thrilling short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, complete with the original illustrations. -
1926 An Anatomie of the WorldLondon: 1926A scarce facsimile edition of this poem by John Donne reproduced from the edition held by the British Museum. -
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1796 The Lives of John Donne Henry Wotton George Herbert Thomas Zouch FirstYork: 1796A first edition of this collection of biographies by Isaac Walton. -
c1920 7vol Supplemental Nights Richard Burton Arabian Nights Limited EdAnon: c1920A complete seven volume set of Richard Burton's supplemental series of 'The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night'.