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  • Oliver Twist;

    [DICKENS, Charles].
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    First edition, first issue. The first edition, first issue of Charles Dicken's (1812-1870) second — and arguably his most famous novel — Oliver Twi...

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  • Works.

    WILDE, Oscar.
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    Limited to 80 copies only. The first collected edition of Wilde's works, here presented in its most desirable state.Comprising: A Woman of No Impor...

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  • Oeuvres.

    MOLIÈRE, Jean Baptiste Poquelin de; BOUCHER, François (illustrator).
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    The first edition illustrated by Boucher. With illustrations by the celebrated Rococo painter François Boucher. 'The book's format is noble, Moliè...

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  • The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

    DICKENS, Charles.
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    'the pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again' . First edition in book form, first issue (with 'visiter' for 'sister' on p. 123 and '...

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  • Oeuvres avec des éclaircissemens historiques donnez par lui-même.

    Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas.
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    'Premiere edition de luxe que l'on ait donnee de ce grand poete. Elle se recommande et par sa belle execution typogr. et par d'assez bonnes estamp...

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  • Aubrey Beardsley. Inking the 1890s.

    SHAPERO RARE BOOKS
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    The most comprehensive collection of the printed works of Aubrey Beardsley ever to be assembled, comprising all the important works in the artist'...

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  • The Novels of Jane Austen.

    AUSTEN, Jane.
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    A delightful set of Austen's complete works, comprising: Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Northanger Abbey, Persu...

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  • The Stolen White Elephant.

    TWAIN, Mark [pseud. CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne].
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    The true first edition preceding the American edition. Uncommon in this condition.First edition, first impression; 8vo; publisher's red cloth, ill...

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  • The Adventures of Ernest Alembert.

    BRONTË, Charlotte; WISE, T.J. (editor).
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    First edition limited to 30 copies. The first edition of Charlotte Brontë's (1816-1855) posthumously published novella, The Adventures of Ernest Al...

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  • The Poems of John Milton

    MILTON, John.
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    An attractive two-volume set of Milton's (1608-1674) collected poetry arranged chronologically from his juvenilia to his last published dramatic w...

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  • Miscellaneous Poems,

    WHITEHALL, John.
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    Reflections on the civil war. The first edition of John Whitehall's (fl.1679-1685) Miscellaneous Poems, a collection of seven lyrical verses publis...

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  • Novels of George Eliot.

    ELIOT, George.
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    A finely bound set of George Eliot's novels.Eight volumes, 8vo., contemporary tree calf gilt, morocco lettering pieces, all edges gilt, school pri...

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  • The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

    BOSWELL, James.
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    Extra-illustrated. A handsomely bound extra-illustrated set of Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson. This revised edition by the Anglo-Irish MP and wri...

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  • The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De Foe.

    DEFOE, Daniel.
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    A handsome uniformly bound set of Daniel Defoe's (d.1731) much beloved essays and novels, comprising 19 works including Robinson Crusoe, The Histo...

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  • The Importance of Being Earnest.

    WILDE, Oscar.
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    First performed on 14th February 1895, The Importance of Being Earnest marked the zenith of Wilde's career, and followed on from the success of La...

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