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First editions and signed copies of important Georgian, Victorian, and earlier literary works, including novels, mystery and detective fiction, plays, and poetry, with a particular emphasis on English-speaking authors such as Shakespeare, Milton, Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, the Brontës, Jane Austen, Keats, Byron, and the Shelleys.

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  • The first edition in English of Milton's Literare Pseudo-Senatus Anglicani, translated by his nephew Edward Phillips, and containing three previously unpublished preliminary sonnets
    The first edition in English of Milton's Literare Pseudo-Senatus Anglicani, translated by his nephew Edward Phillips, and containing three previously unpublished preliminary sonnets

    MILTON, John; PHILIPS, Edward (translator).
    Letters of State, 1694.
    £1,850.00

  • A handsome copy of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
    A handsome copy of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.

    STEVENSON, Robert Louis.
    Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde with Other Fables. 1897.
    £285.00

  • First edition of Bram Stoker's vampire classic, a genre-defining masterpiece inspiring numerous reprints, variations, pastiches, stage & screen versions
    First edition of Bram Stoker's vampire classic, a genre-defining masterpiece inspiring numerous reprints, variations, pastiches, stage & screen versions

    STOKER, Bram.
    Dracula. 1897.
    £17,500.00

  • A delightfully illustrated two volume set of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
    A delightfully illustrated two volume set of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

    CONAN DOYLE, Arthur.
    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [with] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. 1892; 1894.
    £3,900.00

  • A handsome first edition of The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
    A handsome first edition of The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

    CONAN DOYLE, Arthur.
    The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. 1927.
    £1,200.00

  • A very handsome two volume set of Jonathan Swift's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World and the third of Teerink's three issues, all published within two months of each other in 1726.
    A very handsome two volume set of Jonathan Swift's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World and the third of Teerink's three issues, all published within two months of each other in 1726.

    [SWIFT, Jonathan].
    Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. 1726.
    £6,500.00

  • John Dryden's translation of The Works of Virgil, including The Aeneid.
    John Dryden's translation of The Works of Virgil, including The Aeneid.

    VIRGIL, Publius Vergilius Maro; DRYDEN, John (translator).
    The Works of Virgil: 1792.
    £800.00

  • A beautiful binding by Zaehnsdorf of the Poems of Shelley by famed English poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley.
    A beautiful binding by Zaehnsdorf of the Poems of Shelley by famed English poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley.

    SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
    Poems of Shelley 1920.
    £575.00

  • A first edition of the Garnett translation of Anna Karenin by Leo Tolstoy.
    A first edition of the Garnett translation of Anna Karenin by Leo Tolstoy.

    TOLSTOY, Leo.
    Anna Karenin. 1901.
    £1,750.00

  • A handsome edition of The Complete Poetical Works of Jon Keats.
    A handsome edition of The Complete Poetical Works of Jon Keats.

    KEATS, John.
    The Complete Poetical works of John Keats 1907.
    £225.00

  • The first edition thus of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte with illustrations by Clare Leighton.
    The first edition thus of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte with illustrations by Clare Leighton.

    BRONTË, Emily; LEIGHTON, Clare (Illustrator).
    Wuthering Heights. 1931.
    £650.00

  • A handsome edition of the collected poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning finely bound in contemporary tree calf gilt.
    A handsome edition of the collected poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning finely bound in contemporary tree calf gilt.

    BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett.
    The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 1897.
    £175.00

  • A near-fine set of Don Quixote, undoubtedly one of Ashendene's finest achievements, limited edition of only 225 copies
    A near-fine set of Don Quixote, undoubtedly one of Ashendene's finest achievements, limited edition of only 225 copies

    [ASHENDENE PRESS]; CERVANTES, Miguel de.
    [Don Quixote]. 1927-28.
    £7,500.00

  • The first facsimile edition of the first folio containing the Comedes, Histories, & Tragedies of William Shakespeare
    The first facsimile edition of the first folio containing the Comedes, Histories, & Tragedies of William Shakespeare

    SHAKESPEARE, William.
    Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. 1807].
    £5,000.00

  • Both volumes of Thomas Hood's Serious and Comic Poems bound in half brown morocco in 1897.
    Both volumes of Thomas Hood's Serious and Comic Poems bound in half brown morocco in 1897.

    HOOD, Thomas.
    Serious Poems [and] Poems of Wit and Humour. 1897.
    £85.00

  • A copy of the first complete edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetry bound by Bickers & Son in 1897.
    A copy of the first complete edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetry bound by Bickers & Son in 1897.

    BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett.
    The Poetical Works. 1897.
    £175.00

  • A Doves Press publication comprising poems by William Wordsworth, almost all of which were composed between the years 1798-1807
    A Doves Press publication comprising poems by William Wordsworth, almost all of which were composed between the years 1798-1807

    [DOVES PRESS]. WORDSWORTH, William.
    A Decade of Years. 1911.
    £1,750.00

  • Limited edition numbered 318 of 470
    Limited edition numbered 318 of 470

    SHAKESPEARE, William.
    The Poems & Sonnets of William Shakespeare. 1960.
    £1,250.00

  • A handsome copy of John Milton's famed work, Paradise Lost.
    A handsome copy of John Milton's famed work, Paradise Lost.

    MILTON, John; NEWTON, Thomas.
    Paradise Lost. 1763.
    £450.00

  • First edition of The Reverberator by Henry James, one of 500 copies.
    First edition of The Reverberator by Henry James, one of 500 copies.

    JAMES, Henry.
    The Reverberator. 1888.
    £2,500.00

  • A pocket-sized 'Cooke Edition' of The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett, embellished with six black and white plates across two volumes.
    A pocket-sized 'Cooke Edition' of The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by Tobias Smollett, embellished with six black and white plates across two volumes.

    SMOLLETT, Tobias.
    The Expedition of Humphry Clinker Undated, but circa 1790-1800.
    £125.00

  • A finely bound set of Lord Byron's works
    A finely bound set of Lord Byron's works

    BYRON, Lord.
    The Works of the Right Honorable Lord Byron. 1815.
    £500.00

  • A handsome collection of Sir Walter Scott's Poetical Works, containing an account of his life, as well as six full-page steel engravings in black and white.
    A handsome collection of Sir Walter Scott's Poetical Works, containing an account of his life, as well as six full-page steel engravings in black and white.

    SCOTT, Sir Walter.
    Scott's Poetical Works. circa 1870s.
    £175.00

  • A facsimile of the original 1786 first edition published by John Smith & Son in 1927.
    A facsimile of the original 1786 first edition published by John Smith & Son in 1927.

    BURNS, Robert.
    Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. 1927.
    £150.00

  • The first UK edition, second overall, of Adonais, the elegy for John Keats written by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
    The first UK edition, second overall, of Adonais, the elegy for John Keats written by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

    SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe.
    Adonais. 1829.
    £2,850.00

  • A fine copy of the Complete Works of C.S. Calverley, containing a biographical notice by Sir Walter J. Sendall, alongside Calverley's original verses, as well as his translations from and into Latin.
    A fine copy of the Complete Works of C.S. Calverley, containing a biographical notice by Sir Walter J. Sendall, alongside Calverley's original verses, as well as his translations from and into Latin.

    CALVERLEY, Charles Stuart.
    The Complete Works of C. S. Calverley 1905,
    £75.00

  • The second, and final, anthology of Rhymers' Club poetry, the first published two years before. The Club was founded by W.B. Yeats and Ernest Rhys in 1890.
    The second, and final, anthology of Rhymers' Club poetry, the first published two years before. The Club was founded by W.B. Yeats and Ernest Rhys in 1890.

    [RHYMERS' CLUB].
    The Second Book of the Rhymers' Club. 1894.
    £275.00

  • the tenth impression of an anthology of English poetry printed at the Clarendon Press in Oxford.
    the tenth impression of an anthology of English poetry printed at the Clarendon Press in Oxford.

    QUILLER-COUCH, A.T. (editor)
    The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900. 1904.
    £350.00

  • A thorough collection of Robert Browning's poetry bound by Bickers & Son in 1896.
    A thorough collection of Robert Browning's poetry bound by Bickers & Son in 1896.

    BROWNING, Robert.
    The Poetical Works. 1896.
    £175.00

  • A lovely copy of Men & Women and Paracelsus by Robert Browning as part of The Temple Classics series in 1899.
    A lovely copy of Men & Women and Paracelsus by Robert Browning as part of The Temple Classics series in 1899.

    BROWNING, Robert.
    Men and Women [bound with] Paracelsus. 1898-1899.
    £175.00

  • A first edition of George Meredith's final novel, The Amazing Marriage.
    A first edition of George Meredith's final novel, The Amazing Marriage.

    MEREDITH, George.
    The Amazing Marriage. 1895.
    £175.00

  • A lovely copy of the first edition of Alfred Tennyson's Enoch Arden beautifully bound in gilt-panelled vellum.
    A lovely copy of the first edition of Alfred Tennyson's Enoch Arden beautifully bound in gilt-panelled vellum.

    TENNYSON, Alfred.
    Enoch Arden, etc. 1864.
    £400.00

  • Finely bound by Sansorski and Sutcliffe, this first edition of Cruikshank's Water Colours contains fully illustrated versions of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, William Ainsworth's The Miser's Daughter, as well as both W.H Maxwell's History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798 & Emmett's Insurrection in 1803.
    Finely bound by Sansorski and Sutcliffe, this first edition of Cruikshank's Water Colours contains fully illustrated versions of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, William Ainsworth's The Miser's Daughter, as well as both W.H Maxwell's History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798 & Emmett's Insurrection in 1803.

    CRUIKSHANK, George; GREGO, Joseph (editor).
    Cruikshank's Water Colours 1903.
    £150.00

  • A lovely edition of the poems of Mary E. Coleridge bound in navy morocco with few signs of wear in 1909.
    A lovely edition of the poems of Mary E. Coleridge bound in navy morocco with few signs of wear in 1909.

    COLERIDGE, Mary E.
    Poems. 1909.
    £150.00

  • The fifth edition, and second illustrated of Milton's blank verse epic poen retelling the story of teh Fall of Man, Paradise Lost
    The fifth edition, and second illustrated of Milton's blank verse epic poen retelling the story of teh Fall of Man, Paradise Lost

    MILTON, John.
    Paradise Lost. 1691.
    £3,750.00

  • A handsome first edition of He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope.
    A handsome first edition of He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope.

    TROLLOPE, Anthony.
    He Knew He Was Right. 1869.
    £675.00

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