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SHAKESPEARE, William. Venus and Adonis.Oxford : 1905
Limited edition of 1,000 numbered copies, in a superb binding by the Chelsea Bindery, of this Oxford University facsimile reprint of the earliest surviving editions of Venus and Adonis, Lucrece, the Sonnets, The Passionate Pilgrim, and the play Pericles, as a supplement to the reproduction of the First Folio issued by the Oxford University Press in... Learn More£1,800.00Stock Code: 65822
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MURDOCH, Iris. Under The Net.London : 1954
First edition, first impression, of the author's first novel. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 48515
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PEAKE, Mervyn. [The Gormenghast trilogy:]1946-59
First editions, first impressions of Peake's masterpiece. Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 29899
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FAULKNER, William. Light in August.New York : 1932
First Edition, First Printing. Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 89380
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THOMAS, Dylan. Under Milk Wood. A Play for Voices.London : 1954.
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 113551
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CHURCHILL, Winston. Into Battle.London : 1943
Tenth edition, presentation issue, inscribed by the author on the first blank: "To Monsieur V. V. Tilea With best wishes from Winston S. Churchill 1946". The recipient Viorel Virgil Tilea (1896-1972) was the Romanian Government-in-exile's representative in London during the war, making this a particularly appropriate volume to have been presented at... Learn More£8,500.00Stock Code: 145711
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BEERBOHM, Max. Zuleika Dobson.1911
First edition, first impression. "In 1911 he published to great critical acclaim his only novel, Zuleika Dobson. This fantasy about the beautiful young woman whose visit to Oxford occasions the suicide of all the undergraduates has proved his most popular prose work; it has been the most continuously in print of all his books. An expanded edition,... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 41557
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CHANDLER, Raymond. The Long Good-bye.London : 1953
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 109104
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. All the Sad Young Men.1926
First edition, first printing. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 62672
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KINGSLEY, Charles; Warwick Goble (illus.) The Water Babies. A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby.London : 1910
First octavo edition of Goble's Water Babies, following the quarto edition of the previous year. "Goble moved into the big time in 1909 when he became the resident gift book illustrator for the large publishing firm of Macmillan. The first of his classic de luxe volumes in the Macmillan series was The Water Babies, by Charles Kingsley. Containing 32... Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 31785
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HARTLEY, L. P. Night Fears and Other Stories.London & New York : 1924
First edition, first impression, of the author's first published work. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 75396
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HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Men Without Women.New York : 1927
First edition, first printing. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 41996
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DURRELL, Lawrence. The Alexandria Quartet.London : 1962
First combined edition. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 59975
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BRANSOM, Paul (illus.); COOPER, Frederick Taber (ed.) An Argosy of Fables.New York : 1921
Large paper edition, number 22 of 365 copies signed by the artist. Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 32201
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LAWRENCE, D. H. The Virgin and the Gypsy.Florence : 1930
Limited edition, number 750 of 810 copies printed on handmade paper. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 43264
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WEST, Nathanael. Miss Lonelyhearts.New York : 1933
First Edition, third issue with the Greenberg title page. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 29911
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WODEHOUSE, P. G. Love Among the Chickens.London : [1921]
First edition thus, first issue, entirely rewritten from the first edition under this title of 1906. This title was Wodehouse's first novel for adults and the one in which he found his voice. Initially published in 1906 the author rewrote the work for publication in 1921. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 41766
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O'HARA, John. Appointment in Samarra.New York : 1934
First edition, first printing in lovely fine binding. Learn More£2,500.00Stock Code: 86667
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WEST, Nathaniel. The Complete Works.1957
First UK edition, first impression. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 65670
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JEKYLL, Gertrude. Children and Gardens.London : 1908
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 95223
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JEKYLL, Gertrude. Lilies for English Gardens.London : 1901
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 95231
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HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Across the River and Into the Trees.New York : 1950
First edition, first printing. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 48514
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DULAC, Edmund (illus.); HOUSMAN, Laurence. Princess Badoura.[1913]
First Dulac edition. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 28745
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WOOLF, Virginia. Jacob's Room.London : 1922
First edition, first impression. Jacob's Room, Woolf's third novel, was the first full-length book to be published by the Hogarth Press, and marked the point from which the Woolfs decided to run the Press as a genuine business concern. Learn More£1,650.00Stock Code: 28033
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Vegetable or from President to Postman.New York : 1923
First edition, first printing. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 43653
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HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Winner Take Nothing.New York : 1933
First edition, first printing. This collection contains 14 short stories, of which six ("The Light of the World", "A Way You'll Never Be", "The Mother of a Queen", "One Reader Writes", "A Day's Wait", and "Fathers and Sons") were printed here for the first time. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 45602
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AMIS, Kingsley. Lucky Jim.London : 1953
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 102290
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JEKYLL, Gertrude. Annuals & Biennials.London : 1916
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 95233
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. All the Sad Young Men.New York : 1926
First edition, first printing. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 46292
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JEKYLL, Gertrude. Old West SurreyLondon : 1904
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 111273
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JEKYLL, Gertrude. Lilies for English Gardens.London : 1901
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 95230
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Vegetable or from President to Postman.New York : 1923
First edition, first printing. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 46291
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DETMOLD, E. J. (illus.) The Arabian Nights.London : [1924]
Signed limited edition, number 99 of 100 copies only signed by the artist. "On the strength of The Arabian Nights, Detmold could have become one of the greatest illustrators of fantasy and fairy stories" (Richard Dalby, The Golden Age of Children's Book Illustration, pp. 98). Learn More£2,750.00Stock Code: 30661
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KAFKA, Franz. The Castle.London : 1930
First edition in English, first impression. The Castle will never attain the fame of its sister The Trial, but in literary terms it is more than a match. This was the first publication in English of any of Kafka's books, preceding English editions of The Trial and Metamorphosis by some seven years. It is far scarcer than either. Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 83324
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JEKYLL, Gertrude. Wall and Water Gardens.London : [1901]
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 101101
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DOS PASSOS, John. The 42nd Parallel.New York : 1930
First Edition, First Printing. The first novel in Dos Passos's major work, the trilogy U.S.A. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 32963
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JEKYLL, Gertrude. Wall and Water Gardens.London : [1901]
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 106258
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DOS PASSOS, John. The 42nd Parallel.New York & London : 1930
First edition, first printing. The first novel in Dos Passos's major work, the trilogy U.S.A. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 77757
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FAULKNER, William. Pylon.New York : 1935
First edition, first printing, limited issue. Number 310 of 310 copies only signed by the author; one of Faulkner's smallest limitations. Learn More£1,925.00Stock Code: 26303
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HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Across the River and Into the Trees.New York : 1950
First edition, first printing. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 68482
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FORESTER, C. S. The Happy Return.1937
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 42986
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); WALTON, Izaak. The Compleat Angler.1931
Signed limited edition, one of 775 copies of which this is number 662 signed by Rackham. Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 47610
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VAN DER POST, Laurens. In a Province.1934
First edition, first impression of this scarce Hogarth Press novel, the debut of Woolf's friend Laurens van der Post. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 36900
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KENT, Rockwell. Voyaging Southward from The Strait of Magellan.New York : 1926
Presentation copy from the author, inscribed in pencil at the head of the dedication page, "To my friend Nat Horwitt this 'voyage' (so far the only one we've sailed together on) is inscribed by me Rockwell Kent Au Sable Forks, March 1929". The recipient was the celebrated industrial designer Nathan G. Horwitt (1889-1990), "Horwitt is best known for... Learn More£1,925.00Stock Code: 60017
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DU MAURIER, Daphne. Jamaica Inn.London : 1936
First edition, first impression. Jamaica Inn was Du Maurier's first book, and her strengths in "narrative drive and the evocation of atmosphere" made it an instant best-seller and later a successful film (ODNB). Learn More£1,750.00Stock Code: 85173
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FAULKNER, William. Sartoris.New York : 1929
First edition, first printing. Sartoris is a revised version of Faulkner's Flags in the Dust, the full text of which was not published until 1973. It was the first of Faulkner's tales set in Yoknapatawpha County, and introduces many of the characters that appear in his later works Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 29322
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ROBINSON, Charles (illus.); SHAKESPEARE, William. The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare.London : [1915]
First Robinson edition. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 85631
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THOMAS, Dylan. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog.Dent, : 1940
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,250.00Stock Code: 107707
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CHRISTIE, Agatha. Lord Edgware Dies.London : 1933
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 41213
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WEST, Nathaniel. Miss Lonelyhearts.New York : 1933
First edition, second issue with the Harcout Brace title page. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 41551
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BELLOW, Saul. Dangling Man.New York : 1944
First edition, first printing, signed by the author on the first blank. A handsomely bound copy of Bellow's first novel. Learn More£1,675.00Stock Code: 41558
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WAUGH, Evelyn. Black Mischief.London : 1932
First edition, first impression, of Waugh's "satire on European notions of 'progress' imitated by an imaginary African nation" (ODNB). Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 36187
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HEMINGWAY, Ernest. Winner Take Nothing.New York : 1933
First edition, first printing. This collection contains 14 short stories, of which six ("The Light of the World", "A Way You'll Never Be", "The Mother of a Queen", "One Reader Writes", "A Day's Wait", and "Fathers and Sons") were printed here for the first time. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 62073
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FITZGERALD, F. Scott. Taps at Reveille.New York : 1935
First edition, first printing. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 72885
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CHRISTIE, Agatha. The Mysterious Mr. Quin.London : 1930
First edition, first impression. A collection of short stories featuring the characters of Mr Satterthwaite, a socialite, and the eponymous Mr Quin. Learn More£1,575.00Stock Code: 27137
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GREENE, Graham. Brighton Rock.London : 1938
First UK edition, first impression. Originally published in the US earlier the same year. Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 48052
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CONRAD, Joseph. TyphoonLondon : 1903
First UK edition, first issue. Learn More£1,375.00Stock Code: 77758
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WODEHOUSE, P. G. The Swoop!London : 1909
First edition, first impression. Learn More£1,650.00Stock Code: 27759
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WOOLF, Virginia. The Years.London : 1937
First edition, first impression. This is Woolf's penultimate novel, also the most popular during her lifetime. She began writing it in the early 1930s as a novel-essay titled The Pargiters, and subsequently divided it into two parts: the fiction portion became The Years and the essay portion the basis for Three Guineas. Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 36188
