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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. 1955 The Mint: A Day-Book of the R. A. F. Depot Between August and December 1922
      1955 The Mint: A Day-Book of the R. A. F. Depot Between August and December 1922
      London: 1955
      An exceptional limited edition example of the first edition of T. E. Lawrence's memoirs of his time enlisted in the Royal Air Force.
      £425.00
      Stock Code: 978F38
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    2. 1935 Seven Pillars of Wisdom
      1935 Seven Pillars of Wisdom
      London: 1935
      A wonderful example of the first trade edition of T. E. Lawrence's account of his experiences during the First World War, illustrated throughout, and in the original dust wrapper.
      £490.00
      Stock Code: 978F37
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    3. 1936 The African Queen
      1936 The African Queen
      London: 1936
      The 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.
      £65.00
      Stock Code: 964F51
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    4. 1926 Payment Deferred
      1926 Payment Deferred
      London: 1926
      A handsome example of the first edition of C. S. Foreser's psychological crime novel, a departure from his usual tales of naval adventure.
      £430.00
      Stock Code: 964F48
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    5. 1940 The Earthly Paradise
      1940 The Earthly Paradise
      London: 1940
      The first edition of this from author of the 'Horatio Hornblower' series, C. S. Forester.
      £140.00
      Stock Code: 964Y42
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    6. 1941 The Captain from Connecticut
      1941 The Captain from Connecticut
      London: 1941
      The first edition of C. S. Forester's nautical novel depicting the War of 1812, with an American captain protagonist.
      £60.00
      Stock Code: 964Y41
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    7. 1948 The Sky and the Forest
      1948 The Sky and the Forest
      London: 1948
      A smart first edition of this tale of one primitive tribe's struggle against slave traders, written by C. S. Forester.
      £60.00
      Stock Code: 964Y40
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    8. 1951 Randall and the River of Time
      1951 Randall and the River of Time
      London: 1951
      A pleasing first edition of this sweeping World War I novel from C. S. Forester.
      £90.00
      Stock Code: 964Y39
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    9. 1946 Plain Murder
      1946 Plain Murder
      London: 1946
      An uncommon impression of C. S. Forester's gripping crime novel, this copy with a particularly very scarce dust wrapper.
      £49.00
      Stock Code: 964Y38
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    10. 1943 The Ship
      1943 The Ship
      London: 1943
      The first edition of this gripping WWII nautical novel by C. S. Forester, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper.
      £80.00
      Stock Code: 964Y37
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    11. 1935 Seven Pillars of Wisdom
      1935 Seven Pillars of Wisdom
      London: 1935
      The first trade edition, first impression of T. E. Lawrence's iconic and extensively illustrated autobiography, with the scarce Memorial pamphlet.
      £450.00
      Stock Code: 964P23
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    12. 1955 The Mint: A Day-Book of the R.A.F. Depot Between August and December 1922
      1955 The Mint: A Day-Book of the R.A.F. Depot Between August and December 1922
      London: 1955
      A smart first edition of T. E. Lawrence's insightful memoirs of his time as an enlisted man in the Royal Air Force.
      £118.00
      Stock Code: 964T65
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    13. 1958 Hornblower in the West Indies
      1958 Hornblower in the West Indies
      London: 1958
      The first edition of the C. S. Forester's final Hornblower novel, his only novel in the series set during peacetime.
      £125.00
      Stock Code: 950P45
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    14. 1951 Randall and the River of Time
      1951 Randall and the River of Time
      London: 1951
      The first edition of C. S. Forester's novel, set during the last one-hundred days of the First World War.
      £54.00
      Stock Code: 922F20
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    15. 1952 Lieutenant Hornblower
      1952 Lieutenant Hornblower
      London: 1952
      The first edition of C. S. Forester's seventh published Horatio Hornblower novel, the second in the series chronologically.
      £75.00
      Stock Code: 921F13
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    16. 1958 Hornblower in the West Indies
      1958 Hornblower in the West Indies
      London: 1958
      The first edition of the C. S. Forester's final Hornblower novel, in the original illustrated dust wrapper.
      £105.00
      Stock Code: 921F2
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    17. 1948 The Sky and the Forest
      1948 The Sky and the Forest
      London: 1948
      A smart first edition copy of this C. S. Forester novel, set amongst conflict between Europeans and a tribe in Central Africa.
      £90.00
      Stock Code: 893P28
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    18. 1920 Touch and Go
      1920 Touch and Go
      London: 1920
      The first edition of D. H. Lawrence's political play, in the publisher's original dust wrapper.
      £190.00
      Stock Code: 891F42
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    19. 1950 The African Queen
      1950 The African Queen
      London: 1950
      A 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.
      £45.00
      Stock Code: 883F1
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    20. 1955 The Mint: A Day-Book of the R.A.F. Depot Between August and December 1922
      1955 The Mint: A Day-Book of the R.A.F. Depot Between August and December 1922
      London: 1955
      A smart first edition of T. E. Lawrence's insightful memoirs of his time as an enlisted man in the Royal Air Force.
      £125.00
      Stock Code: 874T79
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    21. 1927 Revolt in the Desert
      1927 Revolt in the Desert
      London: 1927
      T. E. Lawrence's classic war memoir, the fifth impression.
      £47.00
      Stock Code: 842A70
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    22. 1955 The Mint
      1955 The Mint
      London: 1955
      T. E. Lawrence's memoirs of his time in the Royal Air Force, the first trade edition of this volume in its unclipped dust wrapper.
      £130.00
      Stock Code: 798A66
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    23. 1953 Hornblower and the Atropos
      1953 Hornblower and the Atropos
      London: 1953
      The first impression of this C. S. Forester's novel in the Hornblower series, a lovely example in the unclipped dust wrapper.
      £95.00
      Stock Code: 789A56
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    24. 1935 Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a Triumph
      1935 Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a Triumph
      New York: 1935
      The first U.S. trade edition of Lawrence of Arabia's exciting autobiography, illustrated with four maps and plates throughout. Complete in the dust wrapper.
      £290.00
      Stock Code: 788R45
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    25. 1967 Hornblower and the Crisis
      1967 Hornblower and the Crisis
      London: 1967
      The first edition of the final Hornblower novel, published after author C. S. Forester's death, and in the original dust wrapper.
      £72.00
      Stock Code: 782F5
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    26. 1967 Hornblower and the Crisis
      1967 Hornblower and the Crisis
      London: 1967
      The first edition of the final Hornblower novel, published after author C. S. Forester's death.
      £75.00
      Stock Code: 782F2
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    27. 1967 Hornblower and the Crisis
      1967 Hornblower and the Crisis
      London: 1967
      A lovely first edition and impression of C. S. Forester's last Hornblower novel, left unfinished due to his death.
      £70.00
      Stock Code: 782A2
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    28. 1946 Lord Hornblower
      1946 Lord Hornblower
      London: 1946
      The first edition, first impression of the fifth Horatio Hornblower novel, set in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars.
      £98.00
      Stock Code: 781F64
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    29. 1958 Hornblower in the West Indies
      1958 Hornblower in the West Indies
      London: 1958
      A superb first edition and impression of the last volume in C. S. Forester's popular Hornblower series, in an excellent and unclipped dust wrapper.
      £150.00
      Stock Code: 781A69
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    30. 1955 The Mint
      1955 The Mint
      London: 1955
      The first edition of T. E. Lawrence's memoirs of his time enlisted in the Royal Air Force.
      £110.00
      Stock Code: 780F52
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    31. 1946 Lord Hornblower
      1946 Lord Hornblower
      London: 1946
      A lovely first edition copy of one of C. S. Forester's popular Hornblower novels, set in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars.
      £68.00
      Stock Code: 780P44
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    32. 1955 Lawrence of Arabia: A Biographical Enquiry
      1955 Lawrence of Arabia: A Biographical Enquiry
      London: 1955
      A smart first English edition of this biographical exploration of the life of T. E. Lawrence, complete with a clipped dust wrapper.
      £140.00
      Stock Code: 767R15
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    33. SignedSigned
      1938 2vol T E Lawrence to His Biographer Robert Graves and Liddell Hart
      1938 2vol T E Lawrence to His Biographer Robert Graves and Liddell Hart
      London: 1938
      A fascinating set complete in two first editions illustrating T E Lawrence's intimate work with his biographers Robert Graves and Liddell Hart. A limited edition signed by Graves and Hart in slipcase.
      £895.00
      Stock Code: 767A14
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    34. 1951 Randall and the River of Time
      1951 Randall and the River of Time
      London: 1951
      The first UK edition of this historical novel by popular author C. S. Forester.
      £59.00
      Stock Code: 756A70
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    35. 1940 The Earthly Paradise
      1940 The Earthly Paradise
      London: 1940
      a first edition copy of this novel by popular author C. S. Forester.
      £475.00
      Stock Code: 756A47
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    36. 1955 The Mint
      1955 The Mint
      London: 1955
      The first edition in original dustwrapper of T. E. Lawrence's memoirs of his time as an enlisted man in the Royal Air Force.
      £210.00
      Stock Code: 755A48
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