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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. 1927 The Play's The Thing! Musical Plays for Children
      1927 The Play's The Thing! Musical Plays for Children
      Not stated: [1927]
      The delightful first edition of 12 musical plays for children by beloved author Enid Blyton, with a frontispiece, 23 plates and musical scores throughout.
      £64.00
      Stock Code: 982G1
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    2. 1950-1971 A Collection of Enid Blyton "Famous Five" Novels
      1950-1971 A Collection of Enid Blyton "Famous Five" Novels
      London: 1950-1971
      A superb collection of nine novels from Enid Blyton's much loved "Famous Five" series, each with their original charming dust wrapper.
      £250.00
      Stock Code: 967Q20
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    3. 1951-1969 A Collection of Enid Blyton's Famous Five Novels
      1951-1969 A Collection of Enid Blyton's Famous Five Novels
      London: 1951-1969
      A wonderful collection of fourteen early impression novels from Enid Blyton's highly popular "Famous Five" series, each with the publisher's original dust wrapper.
      £595.00
      Stock Code: 967Q19
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    4. 1956-1960 Three Cheers Secret Seven & Good Old Secret Seven
      1956-1960 Three Cheers Secret Seven & Good Old Secret Seven
      Leicester : 1956-1960
      A lovely pair of "Secret Seven" stories written by Enid Blyton, both works present in the first edition and complete with the publisher's original dust wrapper.
      £195.00
      Stock Code: 967Q18
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    5. 1955 The River of Adventure
      1955 The River of Adventure
      London: 1955
      The first edition of Enid Blyton's eighth "Adventure" book, complete with the publisher's striking dust wrapper and charming illustrations from Stuart Tresilian.
      £165.00
      Stock Code: 967Q16
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    6. 1928-1937 The Works of Leo Tolstoy
      1928-1937 The Works of Leo Tolstoy
      London: 1928-1937
      An impressive twenty-one volume edition of the works of celebrated Russian novelist and ethicist Leo Tolstoy, one of the most influential authors of all time.
      £1,750.00
      Stock Code: 946F26
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    7. 1951-52 Five on Kirrin Island Again & Five Run Away Together
      1951-52 Five on Kirrin Island Again & Five Run Away Together
      London: 1951-1952
      Two pleasing 'Famous Five' novels from beloved children's author Enid Blyton.
      £30.00
      Stock Code: 946Y9
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    8. 1950 Six Cousins Again
      1950 Six Cousins Again
      London: 1950
      The first edition of this delightful children's novel written by Enid Blyton, the second of her works to feature the "Six Cousins", presenting their adventures on the farm.
      £145.00
      Stock Code: 945Q12
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    9. 1938 Solitude a Poem
      1938 Solitude a Poem
      London: 1938
      A smart first edition of this epic poem by Vita Sackville-West, in the original dust wrapper.
      £250.00
      Stock Code: 925P31
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    10. 1964 Good Old Secret Seven
      1964 Good Old Secret Seven
      Leicester: 1964
      The second impression of Enid Blyton's twelfth 'Secret Seven' novel.
      £40.00
      Stock Code: 923F12
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    11. 1931 All Passion Spent
      1931 All Passion Spent
      London: 1931
      A smart example of the first edition of one of Sackville-West's best known, and most loved, novels.
      £115.00
      Stock Code: 915F9
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    12. 1949-72 Six Famous Five Novels
      1949-72 Six Famous Five Novels
      London; Leicester: 1949-72
      A collection of adventure packed 'Famous Five' novels by Enid Blyton, with one being a first edition and all in the original dust wrappers.
      £550.00
      Stock Code: 914Z6
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    13. 1950-61 Four First Edition Famous Five Novels
      1950-61 Four First Edition Famous Five Novels
      London: 1950-61
      Four exciting first edition Famous Five novels by the celebrated Enid Blyton, in their original dust wrappers.
      £195.00
      Stock Code: 914Z2
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    14. 1895 Master and Man
      1895 Master and Man
      London: 1895
      The first and very scarce U.K. edition of this popular short story by master Russian author, Leo Tolstoy.
      £375.00
      Stock Code: 899P32
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    15. c1900 3vol La Guerre et La Paix: Roman Historique Traduit du Russe
      c1900 3vol La Guerre et La Paix: Roman Historique Traduit du Russe
      Paris: c1900
      A three volume set of Tolstoy's epic novel War and Peace, translated from the original Russian into French.
      £350.00
      Stock Code: 896T62
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      1922 The Heir
      1922 The Heir
      London: 1922
      The first edition of this novel with a lovely association, signed by the author and her mother to the politician Alfred Milner.
      £2,500.00
      Stock Code: 894P16D
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    17. 1919 Heritage
      1919 Heritage
      London: 1919
      The scarce first edition of Vita Sackville-West's first novel, Heritage.
      £295.00
      Stock Code: 880K2
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    18. 1937 Pepita
      1937 Pepita
      London: 1937
      The first edition of English writer and garden designer Vita Sackville-West's fascinating biography on her grandmother and mother.
      £650.00
      Stock Code: 878F44
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      1949 Knole and the Sackvilles
      1949 Knole and the Sackvilles
      London: 1949
      A signed presentation copy of Vita Sackville-West's ode to her ancestral home Knole House, in Kent.
      £1,275.00
      Stock Code: 878F43
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    20. 1922 La Sonate a Kreutzer Suivi d'un Essai sur la Question Sexuelle
      1922 La Sonate a Kreutzer Suivi d'un Essai sur la Question Sexuelle
      Paris: 1922
      A limited edition copy of Leo Tolstoy's novella The Kreutzer Sonata, translated from Russian to French.
      £44.00
      Stock Code: 861M38
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    21. 1904 The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy
      1904 The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy
      Boston: [1904]
      Eight uniform volumes from the illustrated Cabinet edition of the works of celebrated Russian author Leo Tolstoy.
      £1,250.00
      Stock Code: 846A72
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    22. 1931-1933 The Edwardians, All Passion Spent, Thirty Clocks Strike the Hour
      1931-1933 The Edwardians, All Passion Spent, Thirty Clocks Strike the Hour
      Leipzig and Paris: 1931-1933
      Three uncommon works from the Tauchnitz Edition of British and American authors by Vita Sackville West.
      £98.00
      Stock Code: 840W80
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    23. 1959 Daughter of France
      1959 Daughter of France
      New York: 1959
      The first U.S. edition of Vita Sackville-West's intriguing biography on la Grande Mademoiselle, illustrated throughout with the original decorative dustwrapper.
      £50.00
      Stock Code: 781P61
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    24. 1936 Saint Joan of Arc
      1936 Saint Joan of Arc
      London: 1936
      A bright first edition of Vita Sackville-West's fascinating biography of the national heroine of France, Joan of Arc. In the very scarce dust wrapper.
      £295.00
      Stock Code: 781A60
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      1955 The Land
      1955 The Land
      London: 1955
      A lovely new edition of Vita Sackville-West's beloved pastoral poem, with a signed letter from the author loosely inserted.
      £1,750.00
      Stock Code: 766P30
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    26. 1931 2vol The Edwardians
      1931 2vol The Edwardians
      Leipzig: 1931
      The first Tauchnitz edition of this novel by Vita Sackville-West, two volumes, one for German and one for Swiss publication.
      £75.00
      Stock Code: 759A14
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    27. 1928 Resurrection Leon Tolstoi Tolstoy French Translation T De Wyzewa New Ed
      1928 Resurrection Leon Tolstoi Tolstoy French Translation T De Wyzewa New Ed
      Paris: 1928
      Leo Tolstoy's final novel, Resurrection.
      £44.00
      Stock Code: FGN11-F-24
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