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1785 A Dictionary of the English LanguageLondon: 1785An exceptionally attractive example of the two volume sixth edition of Samuel Johnson's important and influential 'Dictionary of the English Language'. -
1975 William Shakespeare: A Documentary LifeOxford: 1975The first edition of Schoenbaum's definitive, document-based portrait of Shakespeare’s life, illustrated throughout with folding plates -
1829 A collection of Lord Macaulay's Articles from the 'Edinburgh Review' Critiquing the work of James Stuart MillLondon: 1829A collection Lord Macaulay's famous articles published in the 'Edinburgh Review', critiquing James Mill's essay on government. -
1852 A Dictionary of the English LanguageLondon: 1852A very scarce mid nineteenth century edition of Samuel Johnson's dictionary of the English language, printed 'verbatim from the author's last folio edition'. -
1899 Little Folks: A Magazine for Young PeopleLondon: 1899A very scarce 1899 volume of Edwardian children's periodical 'Little Folks'. -
1907 Auld Acquaintance a Book For Friends and RemembrancesLondon: 1907A very scarce first edition 'book of remembrances', a charming illustrated work intended for people to sign and inscribe. -
1907 Scribner's Magazine Volume XLIINew York : 1907The forty-second volume of Scribner's magazine with illustrations by the noted Arthur Rackham including the scarce and only printing of Rackham's 'Pan O' Dreams' illustrations, bound in half straight grain morocco. -
1860 The Cornhill MagazineLondon: 1860-64Consecutive first ten volumes of the popular literary magazine edited by William Makepeace Thackeray in striking uniform signed bindings. -
1860-1864 5 Vols Cornhill MagazineLondon: 1860-1864Five volumes of the Cornhill Magazine, a popular monthly Victorian periodical edited by William Thackeray. With seventy four plates across the five volumes -
1860-1865 11 Vols of The Cornhill MagazineLondon: 1860-186511 volumes of popular the Victorian literary journal, The Cornhill Magazine -
1786 A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words are Deduced From TheirLondon: 1786A beautiful edition of Johnson's dictionary, a striking copy of the first edition complete in one volume. -
1865 The Cornhill GalleryLondon: 1865An uncommon copy of the Cornhill Gallery, featuring one hundred full page plates for the illustration of the magazine. -
1861 The Cornhill MagazineLondon: 1861-70A collection of fourteen volumes of the popular literary magazine edited by William Makepeace Thackeray. -
1824 A Dictionary of the English LanguageLondon: 1824A marvellous and scarce edition of this standard dictionary of the English language. -
1860 2 vols MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS Lord Macaulay Knight's Edinburgh FirstLondon: 1860A wonderful collection of Lord Macaulay's contributions to the Knight's Quarterly Magazine, the Edinburgh Review, and the Encyclopaedia Britannica, as well as miscellaneous poems and inscriptions. -
1965 A Glossary of Shakespeare's Sea and Naval Terms A F FalconerLondon : 1965A glossary of sea and naval terminology used in Shakespeare's writing.