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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. 1893 Stories & Fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen
      1893 Stories & Fairytales by Hans Christian Andersen
      London: 1893
      Charmingly illustrated throughout by Gaskin, this is a wonderful example of the two volume first English language translation of Andersen's tales by H. Oskar Sommer.
      £440.00
      Stock Code: 984F15
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    2. 1931 Fairy Tales
      1931 Fairy Tales
      London: 1931
      A beautifully illustrated collection of fairy tales from the renowned Hans Christian Anderson, illustrated in colour by Harry Clarke.
      £195.00
      Stock Code: 980Z4
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    3. 1997 The Journals of Susanna Moodie
      1997 The Journals of Susanna Moodie
      London: 1997
      Margaret Atwood's collection of poems written from the perspective of Susanna Moodie, in the original slipcase and beautifully illustrated by Charles Pachter,
      £40.00
      Stock Code: 967Z32
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      2005 The Myths: A Short History of Myth, The Penelopiad, Weight
      2005 The Myths: A Short History of Myth, The Penelopiad, Weight
      London: 2005
      A wonderful, signed, Limited Edition set of three retellings of classical myth by Margaret Atwood, Jeanette Winterson and Karen Armstrong. With an original essay on myths by Philip Pullman.
      £480.00
      Stock Code: 966F71
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    5. 1986 The Handmaid's Tale
      1986 The Handmaid's Tale
      London: 1986
      A superb example of the first UK edition of Margaret Atwood's award-winning novel 'The Handmaid's Tale', a modern classic set in a theocratic regime where women's rights have been revoked.
      £495.00
      Stock Code: 966F30
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    6. 1893 Stories and Fairytales Volume I
      1893 Stories and Fairytales Volume I
      London: 1893
      A wonderfully illustrated collection of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytales.
      £75.00
      Stock Code: 952Y52
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    7. 1853 The Ladder of Laughter
      1853 The Ladder of Laughter
      London: 1853
      A vanishingly scarce anthology of the beloved fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen.
      £295.00
      Stock Code: 946P46
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    8. 1918 Zwolf mit der Post: Ein Neujahrsmarchen
      1918 Zwolf mit der Post: Ein Neujahrsmarchen
      Wien: 1918
      A pleasing copy of this German with coloured illustrations and a calendar for the year 1919.
      £145.00
      Stock Code: 945Y18
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    9. 1995 Hans Anderson's Fairy Tales
      1995 Hans Anderson's Fairy Tales
      London: 1995
      A smart copy of this brightly illustrated collection of fairy tales from Hans Christian Andersen, published by The Folio Society.
      £49.00
      Stock Code: 893T10
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      2019 The Testaments
      2019 The Testaments
      London: 2019
      A signed copy of the first UK edition of Margaret Atwood's Booker Prize winning sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'.
      £340.00
      Stock Code: 891F29
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    11. 1923 Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
      1923 Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales
      Nottingham: 1923
      A colourfully illustrated edition of the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, a smart copy in the original dust wrapper.
      £325.00
      Stock Code: 890P11
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    12. 2005 The Penelopiad
      2005 The Penelopiad
      London: 2005
      The first edition of this mythological retelling by Margaret Atwood, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.
      £34.00
      Stock Code: 882Z13
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    13. 2000 The Blind Assassin
      2000 The Blind Assassin
      London: 2000
      A very smart first UK edition of Atwood's novel The Blind Assassin, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.
      £70.00
      Stock Code: 876T48
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      2000 The Blind Assassin
      2000 The Blind Assassin
      London: 2000
      A signed copy of the first UK edition of Margaret Atwood's Booker Prize winning work of historical fiction.
      £265.00
      Stock Code: 873F54
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      1926 Ulick and Soracha
      1926 Ulick and Soracha
      London: 1926
      A limited edition copy of Ulrick and Soracha printed on Japon vellum paper. Signed by the author George Moore.
      £120.00
      Stock Code: 854N16
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      2005 The Myths: A Short History of Myth, The Penelopiad, Weight
      2005 The Myths: A Short History of Myth, The Penelopiad, Weight
      London: 2005
      A wonderful, signed, Limited Edition set of three retellings of classical myth by Margaret Atwood, Jeanette Winterson and Karen Armstrong. With an original essay on myths by Philip Pullman.
      £540.00
      Stock Code: 825F14
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    17. 1849 Tales From Denmark
      1849 Tales From Denmark
      London: 1849
      An illustrated collection of the important fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen, a nice edition with illustrations by Count Pocci.
      £340.00
      Stock Code: 820P24
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    18. 2000 The Blind Assassin
      2000 The Blind Assassin
      London: 2000
      An extremely smart first edition copy of Margaret Atwood's Booker Prize winning novel 'The Blind Assassin'.
      £98.00
      Stock Code: 743L43
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    19. 1872 Fem Digte af Theokritos Illustrerede af Lorenz Frolich
      1872 Fem Digte af Theokritos Illustrerede af Lorenz Frolich
      Kjobenhavn: 1872
      An uncommon, Danish edition of Theokritos' poetry. Signed by the prolific Danish author of fairy tales, Hans Christian Andersen. Dedicated in his hand, to a close friend.
      £6,000.00
      Stock Code: 713L16
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