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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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1964-1966 2vol Set The Bodley Head Scott FitzgeraldLondon: 1964-1966The first two volumes of The Bodley Head's re-publication of F. Scott Fitzgerald's works, in original dust wrappers. -
1891-1892 2 Vols John Sherman and Dhoya; Makar's Dream and Other StoriesLondon: 1891-1892An interesting pair from T. Fisher Unwin’s Pseudonym Library, uniting early prose by Yeats with satirical Russian moral stories in their original paper wraps. -
1932 Words for Music Perhaps and Other PoemsDublin: 1932A very smart limited edition collection of W. B. Yeats' poems, published under Elizabeth Yeats' private press, Cuala Press. -
1968-1972 4vol The Bodley Head Scott FitzgeraldLondon: 1968-1972A smart reprised edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's works from The Bodley Head, being four volumes of a six volume set. -
1945 The Crack-UpNew York; London: 1945The first edition of this posthumously published anthology of essays by F. Scott Fitzgerald, including letters and poems. -
1928-1932 2vol Point Counter Point & RotundaLondon: 1928-1932Two smart first editions of these works from English philosopher and author Aldous Huxley. -
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1929 Arabia Infelix and Other PoemsNew York; London: 1929A signed copy of the first edition of Aldous Huxley's early collection of poetry. A limited edition work. -
1945 The Crack-UpNew York; London: 1945The first edition of this anthology of essays by F. Scott Fitzgerald, including letters and poems. -
1935 Taps at ReveilleNew York: 1935A smart first edition of this collection of eighteen short stories from F. Scott Fitzgerald, including the tale 'Babylon Revisited'. -
1897 The Secret RoseLondon: 1897The beautifully bound first edition, first issue of W. B. Yeats's late nineteenth century prose collection, illustrated with plates from his brother. -
1949-1962 3vol A Collection of Works by Aldous HuxleyLondon: 1949-1962A smart collection of three volumes from English writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley. -
1956 Adonis and the AlphabetLondon: 1956The first edition of this brilliant anthology of essays by Aldous Huxley, from the library of Brian Aldiss. -
1971 Twenty One Poems by Katharine Tynan: Selected by W. B. YeatsShannon: 1971A scarce 1971 facsimile of a limited edition volume of poetry by Katharine Tynan. The poems in the volume were selected by W. B. Yeats. -
1956 Adonis & the AlphabetLondon: 1956The second impression of this collection of essays written by Aldous Huxley, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. -
1928 The TowerLondon: 1928A wonderful example of the second impression of W. B. Yeats's celebrated poetry collection, in the beautiful pictorial cloth binding, and unclipped dust wrapper. -
1928 The TowerLondon: 1928The second impression of W. B. Yeats's celebrated poetry collection, in the beautiful pictorial cloth binding, and unclipped dust wrapper. -
1940 Last Poems & PlaysNew York: 1940The first US edition of this posthumously published collection of poems and plays by one of the foremost literary figures of the twentieth century, W. B. Yeats. -
1949 The Last TycoonLondon: 1949The first UK edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's posthumously published final novel, in the exceptionally bright original dust wrapper. -
1940 Last Poems & PlaysNew York: 1940The first edition of this posthumous collection of poems and plays by one of the foremost literary figures of the twentieth century, W. B. Yeats. -
1923 Antic HayLondon: 1923A first edition of this comic novel depicting life following the end of World War One. -
1949 Ape and EssenceLondon: 1949A first edition of Aldous Huxley's dystopian novel Ape and Essence, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. -
1973 Bits of ParadiseLondon: 1973A first edition anthology of previously uncollected short stories by Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. -
1906 Stories from CarletonLondon: 1906A second impression of this collection of literary fiction by noted Irish author William Carleton, with an introduction by W.B. Yeats.