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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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1952-1965 2vol Giovanni Boccacio: La Letturara Italiana Storia E Testi, Volumes 8 and 9Milan: 1952-1965Two smart volumes concerning the works of Italian literary giant Giovanni Boccacio, from Riccardo Ricciardi's La Letturatura Italiana Storia E Testi series. -
1891-1892 2 Vols John Sherman and Dhoya; Makar's Dream and Other StoriesLondon: 1891-1892An interesting pair from T. Fisher Unwin’s Pseudonym Library, uniting early prose by Yeats with satirical Russian moral stories in their original paper wraps. -
1901 Nonsense Songs and StoriesLondon: 1901The ninth edition of this heavily illustrated collection of Edward Lear poems, in the publisher's original pictorial cloth. -
1932 Words for Music Perhaps and Other PoemsDublin: 1932A very smart limited edition collection of W. B. Yeats' poems, published under Elizabeth Yeats' private press, Cuala Press. -
1854 A Book of Nonsense[London]: 1854Illustrated with seventy-three lithographs, this is the very scarce second edition of Edward Lear's enduringly popular work. -
1906 The Decameron of Giovanni BoccaccioLondon: 1906Louis Chalon's beautifully illustrated edition of Giovanni Boccaccio's magnum opus. -
c1920 The Book of Nonsense to Which is Added More NonsenseLondon: c1920An excellent copy of Edward Lear's charmingly illustrated and much-loved work, 'The Book of Nonsense'. -
1891 Nonsense Songs & StoriesLondon, New York.: 1891This charmingly illustrated collection of children's verse by the celebrated nonsense poet Edward Lear, bound in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. -
1889 Nonsense Botany and Nonsense AlphabetsLondon, New York.: 1889This uncommon, illustrated collection of children's verse by the celebrated nonsense poet Edward Lear, bound in the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. -
c1888 The Book of NonsenseLondon: c1888An unusually bright copy of Edward Lear's charmingly illustrated and much-loved work, 'The Book of Nonsense'. -
1897 The Secret RoseLondon: 1897The beautifully bound first edition, first issue of W. B. Yeats's late nineteenth century prose collection, illustrated with plates from his brother. -
1901 The Book of NonsenseLondon: 1901A charming copy of Edward Lear's much-loved humorous Book of Nonsense, with one-hundred-and-ten illustrations. -
1971 Twenty One Poems by Katharine Tynan: Selected by W. B. YeatsShannon: 1971A scarce 1971 facsimile of a limited edition volume of poetry by Katharine Tynan. The poems in the volume were selected by W. B. Yeats. -
1802 Il Decamerone di M. Giovanni BoccaccioLondra: 1802An Italian edition of the important work of Boccaccio, including a life of the author. -
1928 The TowerLondon: 1928A wonderful example of the second impression of W. B. Yeats's celebrated poetry collection, in the beautiful pictorial cloth binding, and unclipped dust wrapper. -
1928 The TowerLondon: 1928The second impression of W. B. Yeats's celebrated poetry collection, in the beautiful pictorial cloth binding, and unclipped dust wrapper. -
c1912 The Book of NonsenseLondon: c1912The entertaining nonsense work of Edward Lear, an illustrated collection of one-hundred and ten comical limericks. -
1900 Nonsense SongsLondon: 1900An illustrated edition of the entertaining nonsense poems of Edward Lear, this edition colourfully illustrated by Leonard Leslie Brooke. -
1940 Last Poems & PlaysNew York: 1940The 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. -
1940 Last Poems & PlaysNew York: 1940The first edition of this posthumous collection of poems and plays by one of the foremost literary figures of the twentieth century, W. B. Yeats. -
1924 2vol DecameronBerlin: 1924An illustrated two volume set of this important collection of short stories from Boccaccio, translated into the German language. -
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1929 Amorous FiammettaLondon: 1929A signed presentation copy of this beautifully illustrated edition of Boccaccio's novel, signed by both the editor and publisher. -
1894 Nonsense Songs and StoriesLondon: 1894The illustrated ninth edition of Edward Lear's popular collection of nonsense songs and verse. -
1904 The Early Lives of DanteLondon: 1904The Life of Dante as narrated by Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by Philip H. Wicksteed for this beautiful 'King's Classics' edition. -
1906 Stories from CarletonLondon: 1906A second impression of this collection of literary fiction by noted Irish author William Carleton, with an introduction by W.B. Yeats. -
1779 Contes de J. BocaceLondres [Paris]: 1779A complete ten volume set of the works of Giovanni Boccaccio, the French edition. -
1904 The Early Lives of DanteLondon: 1904Philip H. Wicksteed's scarce translation of Boccaccio's 'Life of Dante', this volume focusing on the early life of the monumental Italian poet. -
1880 The Book of NonsenseLondon: c1880An early edition of Edward Lear's charmingly illustrated and much-loved work, The Book of Nonsense. -
1825 3vols Del Decamerone Giovanni Boccaccio Pickering Edition Stothard PlatesLondon: 1825A scarce first edition set of 'The Decameron' by Giovanni Boccaccio, illustrated with ten plates by the famous English illustrator and engraver Thomas Stothard. -
1905 The Book of Nonsense Edward Lear Illustrated LimericksLondon: 1905A charming copy of Edward Lear's profusely illustrated and much-loved work, The Book of Nonsense. -
1895 John Addington Symonds Giovanni Boccaccio First EditionLondon : 1895A biography of the Italian author of the Decameron, by the notable English biographer John Addington Symonds. -
c1900 Boccaccio The Decameron Leopold Flameng Illustrated English TranslationLondon : c1900An English translation of Boccaccio's Decameron.