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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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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. -
1958 The Big City, or, The New MayhewLondon: 1958A lovely first edition of of Alex Atkinson and Ronald Searle's satirical work on the poor of London, with Searle's illustrations and the original dust wrapper. -
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'. -
1931 Newton: The ManLondon: [1931]The first edition of this biographical work on the celebrated English scientist Sir Isaac Newton, with a foreword by the famous theoretical physicist, Professor Albert Einstein. -
1931 Albert Einstein: A Bibliographical PortraitLondon: 1931The first UK edition, later state binding of Anton Reiser's biography on the celebrated theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein, with a foreword by the incredible scientist himself. -
1931 Albert Einstein: A Bibliographical PortraitLondon: 1931The first UK edition of Anton Reiser's biography on the celebrated theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein, with a foreword by the incredible scientist himself. -
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. -
1956 The InvestigatorLondon: 1956A proof copy and first edition of the best known work of Reuben Ship, a satirical look at American politics in the 1950s. -
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'. -
1968 The Square EggLondon: 1968A superb collection of Ronald Searle's best and most recent drawings at the time, the first edition. -
1982 Ronald Searle's Big Fat Cat BookLondon: 1982A beautiful first edition of Ronald Searle's colourful collection of cat portraits. -
1951-54 A Sleep of Prisoners & The Dark is Light EnoughLondon, New York and Toronto: 1951-54A smart collection of two first editions of Christopher Fry's celebrated plays, each complete with a Ronald Searle illustrated dust wrapper. -
1970 The Great Fur Opera: Annals of the Hudson's Bay Company 1670-1970Toronto & Montreal: 1970A humorous first edition of this satirical work illustrated by Ronald Searle, complete with a bright dust wrapper. -
1956 The Investigator A Narrative in Dialogue First Edition R Ship Ronald SearleLondon: 1956A narrative story by Reuben Ship, with illustrations by Ronald Searle. -
1949 The Inconstant Moon Noel Langley Ronald Searle First Edition DustwrapperLondon: 1949The first edition of this novel by Noel Langely, illustrated by Ronald Searle. -
1952 The Diverting History of John Gilpin William Cowper Ronald Searle Ltd EdLondon : 1953An illustrated edition of William Cowper's poem The Diverting History of John Galpin. -
1952 The Diverting History of John Gilpin William Cowper Ronald Searle IllustratedLondon: 1952An illustrated edition of William Cowper's 'John Gilpin' -
2003 Ronald Searle A Biography Russell Davies First Edition DustwrapperLondon: 2003A biographical work on this popular cartoonist Ronald Searle. -
1963 John Gilpin Ronald Searle First Ed German Language William CowperZurich: 1963A German language edition of William Cowper's poem 'John Gilpin'. -
1960 Russia For Beginners Ronald Searle Alex Atkinson First Edition IllusLondon: 1960A humorous and satirical guide to Russia from long-time collaborators Ronald Searle and Alex Atkinson. -
1954 The Dark is Light Enough A Winter Comedy Christopher Fry Play Ronald SearleLondon: 1954A play by popular author, Christopher Fry. -
1951 A Sleep of Prisoners Christopher Fry Ronald Searle Dustwrapper First EdLondon: 1951The first edition of this novel by Christopher Fry. -
1956 Reuben Ship Ronald Searle The Investigator A Narrative in Dialogue First EdLondon: 1956The first edition in book form of this play by Reuben Ship. -
1956 The Investigator A Narrative in Dialogue Ronald Searle Reuben Ship First EdLondon: 1956The first edition in book form of this play by Reuben Ship.