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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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1954-1971 5Vol Collection of Works in Modern PoetryLondon: 1954-1971A pleasing five-volume collection of works in modern poetry, by Louis MacNeice, W. H. Auden, and Robert Powell, in the original cloth with the original dust wrappers. -
1823-1834 Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great BritainLondon: 1823-1834The complete set of Edmund Lodge's illustrated series, offering portraits and memoirs of illustrious figures of Great Britain. -
1969 Auden's PoetryLondon: 1969A first edition of this critical study of the poetry of British-American writer W. H. Auden, a review copy. -
1930 PoemsLondon: 1930The first edition of W. H. Auden's first trade publication, following a 1928 privately printed collection with the same name. -
1947 The Age of AnxietyNew York: 1947A first edition of this long poem in six parts by British-American writer Wystan Hugh Auden. -
1940 Another TimeLondon : 1940A pleasing copy of W. H. Auden's shorter poems, complete with the very scarce unclipped dust wrapper. -
1972 Epistle to a Godson & Other PoemsLondon: 1972The U.K. first edition, first impression of this wonderful anthology by the poet W. H. Auden, with the original dust wrapper. -
1969 City Without WallsLondon: 1969The first U.K. edition of this anthology of shorter poems and a translation of Bertolt Brecht's 'Mutter Courage' by W. H. Auden, with the original dust wrapper. -
1966 About the HouseLondon: 1966A lovely first edition, first impression of this collection of W. H. Auden's poetry, containing his first use of the haiku. -
1959 Collected Shorter Poems 1930-1944London: 1959A pleasing copy of this poetry collection from widely acclaimed British-American poet, Wystan Hugh Auden. -
1950 Collected Shorter Poems 1930-1944London: 1950The first edition of this pleasing collection from prolific and highly acclaimed British-American poet, Wystan Hugh Auden. -
1950 Collected Shorter Poems 1930-1944London: 1950The first edition of British-American W. H. Auden's first collection of shorter poems. -
1974 Thank You Fog: Last PoemsLondon: 1974The first edition of W. H. Auden's posthumous book of poetry, in the original dust wrapper. -
1823-1834 Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great BritainLondon: 1823-1834A complete twelve volume first edition of Edmund Lodge's impressive collection of portraits of famous individuals, uniformly bound in half morocco. -
1972 Epistle to a Godson and Other PoemsLondon: 1972The first edition of W. H. Auden's final poetry collection, a touching collection, in the original dust wrapper. -
1936 The Ascent of F6: A Tragedy in Two ActsLondon: 1936First edition, first impression of this successful Auden-Isherwood play, complete with unclipped dust wrapper. -
1968 Secondary WorldsLondon: 1968A fascinating collection of four essays by W. H. Auden, based on his 'T. S. Eliot Memorial Lectures'. -
1974 Thank you, FogLondon: 1974A first edition collection of W. H. Auden's final poetry, published posthumously. -
1971 A Certain WorldLondon : 1971A commonplace book by W. H. Auden, compiling the reading which has shaped his life. -
1938 On the FrontierNew York: 1938W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood's last collaborative play, first US edition in its unclipped dust wrapper. -
1974 Thank You, FogLondon: 1974A first edition collection of poems by W. H. Auden, which were published posthumously following his death in September of 1973. -
1823 Lodge's Portraits of Illustrious PersonagesLondon: 1823-34Edmund Lodge's celebrated biography of eminent people in Great Britain, the first edition complete in twelve volumes in some charming Hatchard signed bindings. -
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1998 Remembering the Earlier AudenLondon: 1998A lovely signed copy of Edward Upward's work on the early life of American poet W.H. Auden, part of a limited edition printing of 200 copies. -
1938 On the FrontierLondon: 1938W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood's last collaborative play telling of an outbreak of war. The first impression in its unclipped dust wrapper. -
1823 Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great BritainLondon: 1823-1835A complete set in twelve volumes of Edmund Lodge's collection of portraits of eminent people in British History. -
1953 The Ascent of F6London: 1953A parable about leadership and the nature of power, this marks the second dramatic collaboration between Auden and Isherwood. -
1934 The Orators an English StudyLondon: 1934The second edition of W. H. Auden's long poem, a popular Modernist work. -
1940 Another TimeLondon: 1940A very scarce, first edition copy of W H Auden's poetry anthology. With the vanishingly rare dustwrapper. -
1974 W H Auden Thank You Fog First Edition DustwrapperLondon: 1974A first edition of this work by W H Auden. -
1827 8vol LODGE Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain VERY FINELondon: 1827-1828An absolutely exemplary edition of Lodge's selected portraits of the juggernauts of British history. -
1835 12vol Portraits of Illustrious Personages in Great Britian Edmund LodgeLondon: 1835A lovely twelve volume set of the 'Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain' by Edmund Lodge, with illustrations and biographical accounts. -
c1869 5vol Lodge's Portraits Of Illustrious Personages Of Great Britain MemoirsLondon : c1869An elaborate work, being an illustrated collection of portraits with biographical and historical memoirs written by Edmund Lodge. With two-hundred and forty black and white engravings with decorative borders, engraved reproductions from pictures in public