Pre-1900 Literature
Travel back in time with our selection of pre-1900 rare books. Experience the literary masterpieces of the past and add a piece of history to your collection. Shop now.
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The Works.
WELLS, H.G.Original price £5,500.00 - Original price £5,500.00Original price £5,500.00£5,500.00£5,500.00 - £5,500.00Current price £5,500.00The best edition - signed by the author . The best edition of Wells' works, with the author's revisions to the texts, special Preface to each volum...
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The Works...
BEERBOHM, Max.Original price £150.00 - Original price £150.00Original price £0.00£150.00£150.00 - £150.00Current price £150.00Preceded by the US edition, this is Beerbohm's first regularly published title, ensuring his acceptance amongst the 'fastidious and recognised hig...
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The Writings.
ELIOT, George (pseud. EVANS, Marian).Original price £5,850.00 - Original price £5,850.00Original price £5,850.00£5,850.00£5,850.00 - £5,850.00Current price £5,850.00George Eliot (1819-1880) was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, one of the leading English novelists of the 19th century. Her novels are celebrated f...
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Three Poems
LE GALLIENNE, Richard.Original price £125.00 - Original price £125.00Original price £0.00£125.00£125.00 - £125.00Current price £125.00A scarce little production, printed for private circulation by the author.Sole issue; 8vo; single leaf folded vertically and printed on all sides;...
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Thrilling Stories of the Railway.
WHITECHURCH, Victor L.Original price £8,500.00 - Original price £8,500.00Original price £0.00£8,500.00£8,500.00 - £8,500.00Current price £8,500.00The first railway detective stories. An extremely rare early detective fiction title, with only one previous auction record we could find, describi...
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Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
SWIFT, Jonathan.Original price £2,900.00 - Original price £2,900.00Original price £0.00£2,900.00£2,900.00 - £2,900.00Current price £2,900.00Second edition; 2 vols, 8vo (200 x 130 mm); portrait frontispiece to volume 1 (2nd state, 1st issue), 4 engraved maps, 2 engraved plans, woodcut h...
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Works
BROWNE, Sir Thomas.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £0.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00Includes: Biographical memoirs of Browne; Personal Correspondence; Religio Medici; Pseudodoxia Epidemica; Garden of Cyrus; Hydriotaphia; Brampton ...
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[Essay on Man]. Ensaio sobre o homem...
POPE, Alexander.Original price £6,500.00 - Original price £6,500.00Original price £6,500.00£6,500.00£6,500.00 - £6,500.00Current price £6,500.00A beautiful presentation set in deluxe velvet binding with Portuguese royal coat-of-arms gilt-stamped to the covers. This edition of Pope's famou...
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[Manuscript pour Une Volupté Nouvelle.]
LOUŸS, Pierre.Original price £5,000.00 - Original price £5,000.00Original price £5,000.00£5,000.00£5,000.00 - £5,000.00Current price £5,000.00Manuscript copy of Louÿs' work, first published in 1899. Pierre Louÿs (1870-1925) was born in Ghent in 1870 into a Champagne family, who had taken...
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[Works] Honore de Balzac Now For The First Time Completely Translated Into English.
BALZAC, Honoré de.Original price £4,500.00 - Original price £4,500.00Original price £0.00£4,500.00£4,500.00 - £4,500.00Current price £4,500.00Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) is best known for a sequence of almost 100 novels and plays collectively entitled La Comédie Humaine, which presents ...
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