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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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1936 The African QueenLondon: 1936The scarce 'cheap edition' of C.S. Forester's thrilling novel about the adventures of a Christian missionary and a steamer captain who travel up a treacherous river in German East Africa. -
1926 Payment DeferredLondon: 1926A handsome example of the first edition of C. S. Foreser's psychological crime novel, a departure from his usual tales of naval adventure. -
1940 The Earthly ParadiseLondon: 1940The first edition of this from author of the 'Horatio Hornblower' series, C. S. Forester. -
1941 The Captain from ConnecticutLondon: 1941The first edition of C. S. Forester's nautical novel depicting the War of 1812, with an American captain protagonist. -
1948 The Sky and the ForestLondon: 1948A smart first edition of this tale of one primitive tribe's struggle against slave traders, written by C. S. Forester. -
1951 Randall and the River of TimeLondon: 1951A pleasing first edition of this sweeping World War I novel from C. S. Forester. -
1946 Plain MurderLondon: 1946An uncommon impression of C. S. Forester's gripping crime novel, this copy with a particularly very scarce dust wrapper. -
1943 The ShipLondon: 1943The first edition of this gripping WWII nautical novel by C. S. Forester, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. -
1928 UlyssesParis: 1928James Joyce's monumental modernist novel, a sought after early edition of this important work. -
1998 UlyssesLondon: 1998A very smart illustrated edition of this important modernist novel from Irish writer James Joyce, from The Folio Society. -
1891 Oeuvres Poetiques de Victor HugoParis: 1891A smartly bound collection of the poetical works of French Romantic author Victor Hugo, in the original French. -
1958 Hornblower in the West IndiesLondon: 1958The first edition of the C. S. Forester's final Hornblower novel, his only novel in the series set during peacetime. -
1830 Hernani, ou l'Honneur CastillanParis: 1830The first edition of Victor Hugo's drama about a noble outlaw determined to seek revenge against Don Carlos, King of Spain. -
1859-1877 La Legende des SieclesParis: 1859-1877The first editions of the first two volumes of Victor Hugo's 'La Legende des Siecles', uniformly bound with the fifth edition of the two volume second series of this work. -
1880-1883 Oeuvres Completes de Victor Hugo: Poesie - Volumes I-XIVParis : 1880-1883A pleasing set of fourteen volumes from the "Edition Definitive" of Victor Hugo's works, the first fourteen volumes, containing Hugo's poetry. -
1931 Haveth Childers Everywhere: Fragment of Work in ProgressLondon: 1931The first UK edition of this excerpt of James Joyce's 'Work in Progress', a work that would later be published as 'Finnegan's Wake'. -
1947 UlyssesLondon: 1947The third unlimited edition of James Joyce's monumental modernist novel, a sought after early edition of this important work. -
1926 UlyssesParis: 1926An attractively rebound eighth printing of James Joyce's modernist masterpiece, 'Ulysses'. -
1951 Randall and the River of TimeLondon: 1951The first edition of C. S. Forester's novel, set during the last one-hundred days of the First World War. -
1952 Lieutenant HornblowerLondon: 1952The first edition of C. S. Forester's seventh published Horatio Hornblower novel, the second in the series chronologically. -
1958 Hornblower in the West IndiesLondon: 1958The first edition of the C. S. Forester's final Hornblower novel, in the original illustrated dust wrapper. -
1869 L'Homme Qui RitParis: 1869The complete four volume first edition of Victor Hugo's 1869 historical novel, in full vellum bindings by Riviere. -
1952 Pomes PenyeachLondon: 1952The second published collection of poems by the pioneering author James Joyce. -
1960 UlyssesLondon: 1960A smart first impression of the new edition of this modernist novel, with the sixth impression dust wrapper from the film adaptation. -
1948 The Sky and the ForestLondon: 1948A smart first edition copy of this C. S. Forester novel, set amongst conflict between Europeans and a tribe in Central Africa. -
1950 The African QueenLondon: 1950A bright 1950 edition of C.S. Forester's thrilling novel about the adventures of a Christian missionary and a steamer captain who travel up a treacherous river in German East Africa. -
1932 Two Tales of Shem and ShaunLondon: 1932The first trade edition of these two short tales from James Joyce, works that would eventually appear in Joyce's 1939 novel, 'Finnegans Wake'. -
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1836 Notre-Dame de ParisParis: 1836The first illustrated edition of one of Victor Hugo's best known books, in the original French, inscribed by Hugo himself. -
1866 3vols Toilers of the SeaLondon: 1866Victor Hugo's well-received adventure Toilers of the Sea, uncommon in this three-volume set. -
c1880 Oeuvres de Victor HugoParis: c1880A collection of the works of Victor Hugo in the original French language, including his two magnum opuses, 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' and 'Les Miserables'. -
1866 Les Travailleurs de la MerParis: 1866A Riviere vellum bound sixth and third edition of this fascinating novel on the Industrial Revolution by Victor Hugo, these editions being published in the same year as the first edition. -
1953 Hornblower and the AtroposLondon: 1953The first impression of this C. S. Forester's novel in the Hornblower series, a lovely example in the unclipped dust wrapper. -
1967 Hornblower and the CrisisLondon: 1967The first edition of the final Hornblower novel, published after author C. S. Forester's death, and in the original dust wrapper. -
1967 Hornblower and the CrisisLondon: 1967The first edition of the final Hornblower novel, published after author C. S. Forester's death. -
1890-91 Oeuvres Poetiques de Victor HugoParis: 1890-91A collection of four volumes of the poetical works of Victor Hugo. -
1967 Hornblower and the CrisisLondon: 1967A lovely first edition and impression of C. S. Forester's last Hornblower novel, left unfinished due to his death.