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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. 1842 2 Vols Italy, A Poem and Poems
      1842 2 Vols Italy, A Poem and Poems
      London: 1842
      A handsomely bound two-volume set of Samuel Rogers’s poetry collections, Italy and Poems, richly illustrated throughout.
      £120.00
      Stock Code: 981H8
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    2. 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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    3. 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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    4. 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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    5. 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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    6. 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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    7. 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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    8. 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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    9. 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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    10. 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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    11. 1928 The Childermass
      1928 The Childermass
      London: 1928
      The first volume in Wyndham Lewis' curious 'Human Age' trilogy, the first edition, with a compliments slip from the author.
      £195.00
      Stock Code: 946P8
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    12. 1960 One-Way Song
      1960 One-Way Song
      London: 1960
      An important poem on society in the interwar era by Wyndham Lewis, the second edition, in the original dust wrapper.
      £45.00
      Stock Code: 940P4
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    13. 1932 Wyndham Lewis: A Discursive Exposition
      1932 Wyndham Lewis: A Discursive Exposition
      London: 1932
      The first edition of Hugh Gordon Porteus' critical exploration of the works of Wyndham Lewis, with the original, very scarce dust wrapper.
      £225.00
      Stock Code: 935Q5
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    14. 1956 The Human Age, Book One, Childermass
      1956 The Human Age, Book One, Childermass
      London: 1956
      The first volume in Wyndham Lewis' curious 'Human Age' trilogy, with illustrations by Michael Ayrton.
      £190.00
      Stock Code: 928P30
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      1930 The Apes of God
      1930 The Apes of God
      London: 1930
      The first limited edition of this satirical novel on London literary society by Wyndham Lewis, signed by Lewis himself.
      £270.00
      Stock Code: 924P38
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    16. 1914 Blast
      1914 Blast
      London: 1914
      The first edition of the first issue of Wyndham Lewis' Vorticist literary magazine, an example of the modernist movement before World War One.
      £550.00
      Stock Code: 924P36
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    17. 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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    18. 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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    19. 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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    20. 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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    21. 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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    22. 1980 Mrs Dukes' Million
      1980 Mrs Dukes' Million
      London: 1980
      An early edition of this previously unpublished novel by Wyndham Lewis. Found in the unclipped dust wrapper.
      £36.00
      Stock Code: 856N23
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    23. 1830 Italy, a Poem
      1830 Italy, a Poem
      London: 1830
      The beautiful first illustrated edition of Samuel Rogers' best known Romantic poem, also his longest work, about his travels in Italy.
      £195.00
      Stock Code: 852P36
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    24. 1814 Poems
      1814 Poems
      London: 1814
      An illustrated early edition of poetry by celebrated English poet Samuel Rogers, bound in full straight-grain morocco with gilt detailing.
      £96.00
      Stock Code: 822J31
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    25. 1836 Italy, a Poem.
      1836 Italy, a Poem.
      London: 1836
      A beautifully illustrated copy of Rogers' vivid poem about Italy, a lovely work.
      £70.00
      Stock Code: 821P27
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    26. 1932 The Apes of God
      1932 The Apes of God
      London: [1932]
      An uncommon early edition of this popular satirical novel by Wyndham Lewis.
      £48.00
      Stock Code: 792A63
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    27. 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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    28. 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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    29. 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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    30. 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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    31. 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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    32. 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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    33. 1937 Blasting and Bombardiering
      1937 Blasting and Bombardiering
      London: 1937
      A smart first edition copy of the great Wyndham Lewis' autobiography.
      £525.00
      Stock Code: 780L1
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    34. 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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    35. 1937 Blasting and Bombardiering
      1937 Blasting and Bombardiering
      London: 1937
      An very bright first edition copy of the founding father of Vorticism Wyndham Lewis' autobiography.
      £575.00
      Stock Code: 757L6
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    36. 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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