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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. 1891-1892 2 Vols John Sherman and Dhoya; Makar's Dream and Other Stories
      1891-1892 2 Vols John Sherman and Dhoya; Makar's Dream and Other Stories
      London: 1891-1892
      An interesting pair from T. Fisher Unwin’s Pseudonym Library, uniting early prose by Yeats with satirical Russian moral stories in their original paper wraps.
      £650.00
      Stock Code: 984H43
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    2. 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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    3. 1932 Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems
      1932 Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems
      Dublin: 1932
      A very smart limited edition collection of W. B. Yeats' poems, published under Elizabeth Yeats' private press, Cuala Press.
      £450.00
      Stock Code: 982Y21
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    4. 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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    5. 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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    6. 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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    7. 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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    8. 1897 The Secret Rose
      1897 The Secret Rose
      London: 1897
      The beautifully bound first edition, first issue of W. B. Yeats's late nineteenth century prose collection, illustrated with plates from his brother.
      £975.00
      Stock Code: 932F14
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    9. 1971 Twenty One Poems by Katharine Tynan: Selected by W. B. Yeats
      1971 Twenty One Poems by Katharine Tynan: Selected by W. B. Yeats
      Shannon: 1971
      A scarce 1971 facsimile of a limited edition volume of poetry by Katharine Tynan. The poems in the volume were selected by W. B. Yeats.
      £125.00
      Stock Code: 908F45
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    10. 1928 The Tower
      1928 The Tower
      London: 1928
      A wonderful example of the second impression of W. B. Yeats's celebrated poetry collection, in the beautiful pictorial cloth binding, and unclipped dust wrapper.
      £1,490.00
      Stock Code: 899F17
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    11. 1928 The Tower
      1928 The Tower
      London: 1928
      The second impression of W. B. Yeats's celebrated poetry collection, in the beautiful pictorial cloth binding, and unclipped dust wrapper.
      £1,600.00
      Stock Code: 899F16
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    12. 1940 Last Poems & Plays
      1940 Last Poems & Plays
      New York: 1940
      The first US edition of this posthumously published collection of poems and plays by one of the foremost literary figures of the twentieth century, W. B. Yeats.
      £285.00
      Stock Code: 896F26
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    13. 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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    14. 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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    15. 1940 Last Poems & Plays
      1940 Last Poems & Plays
      New York: 1940
      The first edition of this posthumous collection of poems and plays by one of the foremost literary figures of the twentieth century, W. B. Yeats.
      £390.00
      Stock Code: 879P18
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    16. 1966 English Literature in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century
      1966 English Literature in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century
      Oxford: 1966-9
      Three volumes from the Oxford History of English Literature.
      £160.00
      Stock Code: 869A4
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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. 1906 Stories from Carleton
      1906 Stories from Carleton
      London: 1906
      A second impression of this collection of literary fiction by noted Irish author William Carleton, with an introduction by W.B. Yeats.
      £95.00
      Stock Code: 813J44
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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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