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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. 1979 The Canterbury Tales
      1979 The Canterbury Tales
      Folkstone: 1979
      A pleasing copy of this impressive facsimile edition of 'The Canterbury Tales' from the Hengwrt Manuscript and Ellesmere Manuscript.
      £190.00
      Stock Code: 962T75
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    2. 1894 The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
      1894 The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
      Oxford: 1894
      Two volumes of the complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer, with 'The Canterbury Tales' and the 'Introduction, Glossary, Indexes' volumes present here and uniformly bound in calf.
      £49.00
      Stock Code: 957F7
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    3. 1928 Ulysses
      1928 Ulysses
      Paris: 1928
      James Joyce's monumental modernist novel, a sought after early edition of this important work.
      £795.00
      Stock Code: 953P19
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    4. 1998 Ulysses
      1998 Ulysses
      London: 1998
      A very smart illustrated edition of this important modernist novel from Irish writer James Joyce, from The Folio Society.
      £90.00
      Stock Code: 952T30
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    5. 1950 The Nun's Priest's Tale of Chaucer
      1950 The Nun's Priest's Tale of Chaucer
      London: 1950
      A very smart limited edition of this retelling of Chaucer's tale in modern English, with a Christmas card signed by the publisher.
      £55.00
      Stock Code: 952T23
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    6. 1892 Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrimage
      1892 Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrimage
      London: 1892
      The Canterbury Tales of Middle English writer Geoffrey Chaucer, epitomised by Scottish classicist William Calder.
      £40.00
      Stock Code: 948T17
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    7. 1870-1890 6vol A Collection of Essays on the Works of Chaucer
      1870-1890 6vol A Collection of Essays on the Works of Chaucer
      London: 1870-1890
      A collection of essays and studies on the literary works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
      £135.00
      Stock Code: 942T10
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    8. 1868-1890 4vol A Collection of Reference Texts on Chaucer's Works
      1868-1890 4vol A Collection of Reference Texts on Chaucer's Works
      London: 1868-1890
      A collection of four volumes of reference works from The Chaucer Society on various works.
      £55.00
      Stock Code: 942T6
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    9. 1931 Haveth Childers Everywhere: Fragment of Work in Progress
      1931 Haveth Childers Everywhere: Fragment of Work in Progress
      London: 1931
      The first UK edition of this excerpt of James Joyce's 'Work in Progress', a work that would later be published as 'Finnegan's Wake'.
      £88.00
      Stock Code: 933F21
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    10. 1905 The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer and Others
      1905 The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer and Others
      London; Oxford: 1905
      A limited edition facsimile of the important 1532 folio collecting together the works of Chaucer.
      £280.00
      Stock Code: 932P3
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    11. 1892 3vol Studies in Chaucer: His Life and Writings
      1892 3vol Studies in Chaucer: His Life and Writings
      New York: 1892
      A complete three volume first edition of this detailed study on the life and work of Geoffrey Chaucer, from American literary historian Thomas Lounsbury.
      £65.00
      Stock Code: 932T32
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    12. 1979 The Canterbury Tales
      1979 The Canterbury Tales
      Folkestone : 1979
      A pleasing copy of this impressive facsimile edition of 'The Canterbury Tales'.
      £195.00
      Stock Code: 932Y4
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    13. 2019 The Norton Chaucer
      2019 The Norton Chaucer
      New York and London: 2019
      A very smart first impression of this anthology of the work of Geoffrey Chaucer.
      £80.00
      Stock Code: 932T10
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    14. 1737 The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer
      1737 The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer
      London: 1737
      A scarce edition of Chaucer's magnum opus, Thomas Morell's edition, which includes only the prologue and 'Knight's Tale'.
      £1,495.00
      Stock Code: 931P31
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    15. 1947 Ulysses
      1947 Ulysses
      London: 1947
      The third unlimited edition of James Joyce's monumental modernist novel, a sought after early edition of this important work.
      £135.00
      Stock Code: 927P44
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    16. 1926 Ulysses
      1926 Ulysses
      Paris: 1926
      An attractively rebound eighth printing of James Joyce's modernist masterpiece, 'Ulysses'.
      £1,400.00
      Stock Code: 924F11D
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    17. c1870 The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: A New Text, with Illustrative Notes
      c1870 The Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer: A New Text, with Illustrative Notes
      London: c1870
      A smart copy of this scarce collection of the Canterbury Tales with illustrative notes from Thomas Wright.
      £140.00
      Stock Code: 918T21
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    18. 1952 Pomes Penyeach
      1952 Pomes Penyeach
      London: 1952
      The second published collection of poems by the pioneering author James Joyce.
      £30.00
      Stock Code: 901P1
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    19. 1960 Ulysses
      1960 Ulysses
      London: 1960
      A smart first impression of the new edition of this modernist novel, with the sixth impression dust wrapper from the film adaptation.
      £150.00
      Stock Code: 897T26
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    20. 1930 Tales from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Done into Prose
      1930 Tales from Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales Done into Prose
      London: 1930
      The first edition of Eleanor Farjeon's prose rendition of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, in the publisher's original dust wrapper.
      £165.00
      Stock Code: 887F27
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    21. 1997 Night Train
      1997 Night Train
      London: 1997
      A smart, first, uncorrected proof edition of 'Night Train' by Martin Amis.
      £30.00
      Stock Code: 881Q2
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    22. 1932 Two Tales of Shem and Shaun
      1932 Two Tales of Shem and Shaun
      London: 1932
      The first trade edition of these two short tales from James Joyce, works that would eventually appear in Joyce's 1939 novel, 'Finnegans Wake'.
      £365.00
      Stock Code: 879F6
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    23. 1981 Other People: A Mystery Story
      1981 Other People: A Mystery Story
      New York: 1981
      The first edition of this exciting mystery novel by Martin Amis.
      £30.00
      Stock Code: 843T93
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    24. 1981 Martin Amis Other People A Mystery Story First Edition in Dustwrapper
      1981 Martin Amis Other People A Mystery Story First Edition in Dustwrapper
      London: 1981
      The first edition of this thriller from Martin Amis.
      £49.99
      Stock Code: MOD12-F-3
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