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Literature
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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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. -
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. -
1819 4Vols The Life of Samuel JohnsonLondon: 1819The new edition complete in four volumes of James Boswell's acclaimed biography of Samuel Johnson, in half green calf with a monochrome portrait frontispiece of Johnson and folding facsimiles of his handwriting. -
1954 The Highland Jaunt: A Study of James Boswell and Samuel JohnsonLondon: 1954Beautifully bound in full crushed morocco and illustrated throughout, Moray McLaren offers a comparative study of James Boswell and Samuel Johnson's accounts of their Hebridean Tour. -
1952-1963 4vol A Collection from the Yale Edition of the Private Papers of James BoswellLondon: 1952-1963A collection of four smart volumes from the Yale Editions of The Private Papers of James Boswell. -
1986-1986 2vol Boswell: The English Experiment & The Great BiographerLondon: 1986-1989Two smart volumes from the Yale Editions of The Private Papers of James Boswell. -
1887 Boswell's Life of JohnsonLondon: 1887James Boswell's complete six volume biography of Samuel Johnson, beautifully bound in half calf, and illustrated throughout. The first edition of this work to be edited by George Birkbeck Hill. -
1936 The African QueenLondon: 1936The 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. -
1926 Payment DeferredLondon: 1926A handsome example of the first edition of C. S. Foreser's psychological crime novel, a departure from his usual tales of naval adventure. -
1940 The Earthly ParadiseLondon: 1940The first edition of this from author of the 'Horatio Hornblower' series, C. S. Forester. -
1941 The Captain from ConnecticutLondon: 1941The first edition of C. S. Forester's nautical novel depicting the War of 1812, with an American captain protagonist. -
1948 The Sky and the ForestLondon: 1948A smart first edition of this tale of one primitive tribe's struggle against slave traders, written by C. S. Forester. -
1951 Randall and the River of TimeLondon: 1951A pleasing first edition of this sweeping World War I novel from C. S. Forester. -
1946 Plain MurderLondon: 1946An uncommon impression of C. S. Forester's gripping crime novel, this copy with a particularly very scarce dust wrapper. -
1943 The ShipLondon: 1943The first edition of this gripping WWII nautical novel by C. S. Forester, complete with the unclipped dust wrapper. -
1958 Hornblower in the West IndiesLondon: 1958The first edition of the C. S. Forester's final Hornblower novel, his only novel in the series set during peacetime. -
1951-1953 The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James BoswellLondon: 1951-1953Three very smart trade editions from the Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. -
1925 2vols The Life of Samuel JohnsonBath: 1925A two-volume illustrated edition of Boswell's important biography of Samuel Johnson, edited with notes by Roger Ingpen. -
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. -
1857 The Life of Samuel JohnsonLondon: 1857James Boswell's noteworthy biography on the life of Samuel Johnson, bound over ten volumes in half morocco, with engravings throughout. -
1951 Randall and the River of TimeLondon: 1951The first edition of C. S. Forester's novel, set during the last one-hundred days of the First World War. -
1952 Lieutenant HornblowerLondon: 1952The first edition of C. S. Forester's seventh published Horatio Hornblower novel, the second in the series chronologically. -
1958 Hornblower in the West IndiesLondon: 1958The first edition of the C. S. Forester's final Hornblower novel, in the original illustrated dust wrapper. -
1835 10vol The Life of Samuel Johnson Including a Journal of His Tour to the HebridesLondon: 1835A smartly bound set of Boswell's famous biography of Samuel Johnson, featuring illustrations and valuable additions. -
1811 The Life of Samuel JohnsonLondon: 1811A smartly rebacked set of the influential biography on Samuel Johnson by James Boswell. -
1925 2vol The Life of Samuel JohnsonBath: 1925A new edition, complete in two volumes, of Boswell's important biography of Samuel Johnson, illustrated throughout. -
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. -
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. -
1901 3vol The Life of Samuel Johnson L.L.D.London: 1901A smartly bound illustrated edition of this well-known biography of English writer Samuel Johnson. -
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. -
1948 The Sky and the ForestLondon: 1948A smart first edition copy of this C. S. Forester novel, set amongst conflict between Europeans and a tribe in Central Africa. -
1857 Letters of James Boswell Addressed to the Rev. W. J. TempleLondon: 1857A smart first edition of this collection of letters written by James Boswell to the Reverend William Johnson Temple. -
1950 The African QueenLondon: 1950A 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. -
1859 The Life of Samuel JohnsonLondon: 1859A lovely ten volume edition of Boswell's life of Johnson, in half morocco bindings, and illustrated throughout. -
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.