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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. -
1901 2Vols The Letters of Robert Louis StevensonLondon: 1901A nice set, complete in two volumes, of the letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, edited and with an introduction by his friend, Sir Sidney Colvin, with two portrait frontispieces to each volume. -
1924 A Child's Garden of VersesLondon: 1924The 1924 illustrated new edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's collection of children's poems, with detailed, black and white illustrations by Charles Robinson throughout. -
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. -
1908 A Child's Garden of VersesLondon: 1908A beautiful 1908 edition of Stevenson's popular and timeless book of children's poetry. -
1908-1910 4vol A Collection of Works from Robert Louis StevensonLondon: 1908-1910A smart uniformly bound collection of works from Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, bound by Bumpus Ltd. -
1931 My Early Life: A Roving CommissionLondon: 1931A smart fifth impression of this illustrated autobiography from Sir Winston S. Churchill covering the period from his birth to around 1902. -
1934-36 2vol Marlborough: His Life and TimesLondon: 1934-1936Two first edition volumes of this biographical work on John Churchill, written by Sir Winston Churchill. Being volumes II and III of IV only. -
1924 New Arabian NightsLondon: 1924A smart new impression of Robert Louis Stevensons' short-story collection, in signed half calf prize binding. -
1912 Virginibus Puerisque and Other PapersLondon: 1912A smart prize-bound copy of the first collection of Robert Louis Stevenson's essays. -
1919 Virginibus Puerisque and Other PapersLondon: 1919A smartly bound collection of the essays of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson. -
1920 Familiar Studies of Men and BooksLondon: 1920A collection of literary criticisms from the renowned Scottish author, Robert Louis Stevenson, bound in full crushed morocco. -
1922-23 The Works of Robert Louis StevensonLondon: 1922-23A smart Bickers bound set of the collected works of Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, each volume illustrated with a frontispiece. -
1910-1912 The Grey City of the North; The City of the West; R. L. Stevenson MemoriesEdinburgh: 1910-1912Three delightful first edition works, each in the original wrappers designed by celebrated artist Jessie M. King. Including two of King's own works on the cities of Scotland, and an illustrated biography of Scottish literary titan Robert Louis Stevenson. -
1933-1938 Marlborough: His Life and TimesLondon: 1933-1938A pleasing complete first edition of Churchill's four-volume biography of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. -
1908 A Child's Garden of VersesLondon: 1908A pleasing illustrated edition of this influential volume of children's poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, with colour plates. -
1933-38 Marlborough His Life and TimesLondon: 1933-38A sought after first impression set in unclipped dust wrappers of Winston Churchill's monumental biography on his ancestor, the Duke of Marlborough, complete with all plates and folding maps. -
1949-2015 12vol A Collection of Works on Sir Winston ChurchillLondon; Boston: 1949-2015A smart collection of twelve volumes on the life and character of British statesman Sir Winston S. Churchill. -
1989 My Early Life & The Boer WarLondon: 1989A particularly scarce new edition of these two vivid autobiographies from Winston Churchill. -
1896 Weir of Hermiston: An Unfinished RomanceLondon: 1896A smart first edition of this unfinished romance novel from Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. -
1893 Island Nights' EntertainmentsLondon: 1893A first UK edition of this charming collection of short stories by writer Robert Louis Stevenson, with illustrations throughout. -
1894 The Ebb-Tide, A Trio and QuartetteLondon: 1894The first edition of this thrilling and terrifying adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. -
2015 Great ContemporariesLondon: 2015A smart copy of this Folio Society edition of Churchill's collection of biographical essays. -
1933-1938 4vol Marlborough: His Life and TimesLondon: 1933-1938A smart four set collection of Winston Churchill's biography on his ancestor, the first Duke of Marlborough. -
1905-1917 5vol A Collection of Novels by Robert Louis StevensonLondon: 1905-1917A smart collection of five volumes from Scottish novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, from the Chatto & Windus fine-paper edition. -
1908 My African JourneyLondon: 1908The first edition of Winston Churchill's account of his five month long trip to East Africa, in the vibrant original illustrated cloth binding. -
1974 The World in Crisis; War SpeechesLondon: 1974'The World in Crisis' and 'War Speeches' of Winston Churchill, taken from the very scarce twenty-five volume 'Centenary First Edition' of Churchill's works. -
1933 Marlborough: His Life and TimesLondon: 1933A smart early edition of this illustrated biographical history from British statesman Sir Winston S. Churchill, volume one only. -
1933 Marlborough: His Life and TimesLondon: 1933A smart early edition of this illustrated biographical history from British statesman Sir Winston S. Churchill, volume one only. -
1932 Amid These Storms: Thoughts and AdventuresNew York: 1932The first US edition of Churchill's essays reflecting on his career, the First World War, politics, his hobbies, and the future. -
1948 Painting as a PastimeLondon: 1948The first edition of Winston Churchill's charming essay on the joys of painting, with colour plates. -
1939 Les Grands Contemporains (Great Contemporaries)Paris : 1939The first French edition of Winston Churchill's collection of twenty-five biographical essays on renowned figures, elegantly bound in half morocco. -
1942 Great ContemporariesLondon: 1942The first Macmillan edition of Churchill's biographical essays, with the original dustwrapper. -
1900 SavrolaLondon: 1900The first edition, second state, of Winston Churchill's early novel, an interesting political tale of revolution. -
1907-1912 Familiar Studies of Men and Books; Virginibus Puerisque and Other Stories; PoemsLondon: 1907-1912A smart selection of fine paper edition works by Robert Louis Stevenson, including his poems and essays. -
1913 Kidnapped: The Adventures of David BalfourLondon: 1913A charmingly illustrated edition of this popular historical adventure novel from Robert Louis Stevenson, with colour plates.