For the Literary Enthusiast: Books on Literature
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The Works of William Shakespeare.
SHAKESPEARE, William.Original price $1,259.00 - Original price $1,259.00Original price $0.00$1,259.00$1,259.00 - $1,259.00Current price $1,259.00| /A very handsomely bound 6 volume set of the Bard's works, including the poems and sonnets.6 vols, large 8vo (220 x 155 mm); engraved frontispiece ...
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The Good Citizen's Alphabet.
RUSSELL, Bertrand.Original price $3,642.00 - Original price $3,642.00Original price $0.00$3,642.00$3,642.00 - $3,642.00Current price $3,642.00| /Signed limited edition. A superb copy of the scarce limited edition of Russell's witty guide to the alphabet for 'immature minds', one of only 100 ...
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Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
DAHL, Roald; SCHINDELMAN, Joseph (illustrator).Original price $3,311.00 - Original price $3,311.00Original price $0.00$3,311.00$3,311.00 - $3,311.00Current price $3,311.00| /Signed by author. A near-fine, signed, first edition of the continued adventures of Charlie Bucket and his family, in the company of mad confection...
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The Invisible Man.
WELLS, H.G.Original price $2,914.00 - Original price $2,914.00Original price $0.00$2,914.00$2,914.00 - $2,914.00Current price $2,914.00| /Rare inscribed copy. Probably the most famous of H.G. Wells' 'scientific romances', in which a scientist finds a way of turning himself invisible w...
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Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes.
POTTER, Beatrix.Original price $3,973.00 - Original price $3,973.00Original price $0.00$3,973.00$3,973.00 - $3,973.00Current price $3,973.00| /In the original glassine dust jacket. A very good copy in the rare dust-jacket.First edition, first printing (with the correct front and rear endpa...
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Mother Goose.
PERRAULT, Charles; RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator).Original price $497.00 - Original price $497.00Original price $0.00$497.00$497.00 - $497.00Current price $497.00| /A beautifully illustrated edition of Mother Goose Old Nursery Rhymes, including many well-known ones such as, Hickory-Dickory-Dock.Early Rackham t...
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For the Unfallen: Poems 1952-1958.
HILL, Geoffrey.Original price $298.00 - Original price $298.00Original price $0.00$298.00$298.00 - $298.00Current price $298.00| /First edition of the author's first commercially published work, preceded only by a Fantasy Press pamphlet.First edition, first impression; 8vo; m...
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The Caretaker.
PINTER, Harold.Original price $431.00 - Original price $431.00Original price $0.00$431.00$431.00 - $431.00Current price $431.00| /Presentation copy. First Methuen edition, inscribed by the author on the verso of the half-title, ' Aug 1960. To Peter from Harold.' The recipient ...
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The Testament of Charlotte B.
KOCIEJOWSKI, Marius (editor); SMITH, Richard Shirley (illustrator).Original price $298.00 - Original price $298.00Original price $0.00$298.00$298.00 - $298.00Current price $298.00| /One of 50 copies - inscribed to Hilary Gerrard. One of 50 specially bound copies of the fascinating 18th century letters of Charlotte Biggs. Inscri...
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New Poems.
THOMAS, Dylan.Original price $497.00 - Original price $497.00Original price $0.00$497.00$497.00 - $497.00Current price $497.00| /One of 1000 copies only in purple boards, from The Poets of the Year series. A further 1500 copies were published in wrappers.First edition, first...
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog.
THOMAS, Dylan.Original price $1,656.00 - Original price $1,656.00Original price $0.00$1,656.00$1,656.00 - $1,656.00Current price $1,656.00| /The great man's first novel of which just 1500 copies were printed. Uncommon in this condition.First edition, first impression; 8vo; unmarked inte...
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Vernon God Little.
PIERRE, D.B.C.Original price $365.00 - Original price $365.00Original price $0.00$365.00$365.00 - $365.00Current price $365.00| /Signed by the author. First edition of the author's first novel, signed by him on the title page.First edition, first impression, signed by the aut...
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The Old Men at the Zoo.
WILSON, Angus.Original price $332.00 - Original price $332.00Original price $0.00$332.00$332.00 - $332.00Current price $332.00| /Inscribed by the author. First edition of Wilson's post-apocalyptic novel, dealing with the fallout of nuclear war. Lengthily inscribed by the auth...
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Travelling People.
JOHNSON, B.S.Original price $365.00 - Original price $365.00Original price $0.00$365.00$365.00 - $365.00Current price $365.00| /First edition of the author's first book. First edition of the author's first book, in which the subject matter of each chapter dictates its litera...
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The Magic Christian.
SOUTHERN, Terry.Original price $166.00 - Original price $166.00Original price $0.00$166.00$166.00 - $166.00Current price $166.00| /First edition of the author's second novel. The basis of the 1969 movie starring Ringo Starr, Peter Sellers & Raquel Welch.First edition, firs...
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The Magic Christian.
SOUTHERN, Terry.Original price $199.00 - Original price $199.00Original price $0.00$199.00$199.00 - $199.00Current price $199.00| /First edition of the author's second novel. The basis of the 1969 movie starring Ringo Starr, Peter Sellers & Raquel Welch.First edition, firs...
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Flash and Filigree.
SOUTHERN, Terry.Original price $199.00 - Original price $199.00Original price $0.00$199.00$199.00 - $199.00Current price $199.00| /First edition of the acclaimed screenwriter's first novel.First edition, first impression; 8vo; slight offsetting to endpapers, else unmarked inte...
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