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The Giant Crab and other tales told from Old India
- £35.00
- Rouse's collection of these short stories were based on the Buddhist collection called The Jātaka, about the Buddha's former births, and originally published in 1897 by David Nutt. This edition beautifully produced with Heath Robinson's illustations.
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The Gone-Away World (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- The Jorgmund Pipe is the backbone of the world, and it's on fire. Gonzo Lubitsch, professional hero and troubleshooter, is hired to put it out - but there's more to the fire, and the Pipe itself, than meets the eye. The job will take Gonzo and his best friend, our…
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The Grand Tour 1592-1796
- £15.00
- Generously illustrated Folio Society volume presenting an account of the Grand Tour - the 'edifying' excursion many young Englishmen took to continental europe - through the writings of a selection of authors. Many of the writers assembled here do not strictly fall within the strict definition of Grand Tourists being…
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The House by the Lake: A Story of Germany
- £5.00
- In 2013, Thomas Harding returned to his grandmother's house on the outskirts of Berlin which she had been forced to leave when the Nazis swept to power. What was once her 'soul place' now stood empty and derelict. A concrete footpath cut through the garden, marking where the Berlin Wall…
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The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
- £45.00
- The Hunting of the Snark, subtitled An Agony, in Eight Fits, is a poem by the English writer Lewis Carroll. It is typically categorised as a nonsense poem. Written between 1874 and 1876, it borrows the setting, some creatures, and eight portmanteau words from Carroll's earlier poem "Jabberwocky" in his…
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The Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall
- £50.00
- Washington Irving (1783Ð1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820). One of Irving's most lasting contributions to American culture is in the way…
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The Last of the Mohicans; The Pioneers; The Prairie
- £200.00
- A bound early serialization of three novels 'The Last of the Mohicans' (1826), 'The Pioneers or The Sources of the Susquehanna...' (1823) and 'The Prairie, A Tale' (1827); Holt Novel Newspaper 1838 in decorative binding.
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The Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple 1652-54 (Folio)
- £12.00
- The love letters written by Dorothy Osborne to William Temple (from the last two years of a seven year courtship which ended with their marriage in 1654) stand with the diaries of Pepys and Evelyn as fascinating personal documents of one of the most eventful periods in British history.
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The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson I: 1868-1880 (Scotland, France, California)
- £12.00
- First of the 4-volume edition edited by Sidney Colvin (containing 150 new letters previously unavailable).
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The Letters of St Augustine – 2 vols (VI & XIII in Complete Works)
- £30.00
- The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting world-views. Two Volumes of his letters compiled and translated by J. G. Cunningham. Vols VI & XIII in the complete series The Works of Aurelius Augstine, Bishop of Hppo, A New…
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The Life of Charlemagne (Folio)
- £18.00
- Einhard's Life of Charlemagne is an absorbing chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, written by a close friend and adviser. In elegant prose it describes Charlemagne's personal life, details his achievements in reviving learning and the arts, recounts his military successes and depicts…
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The Little Fire Engine
- £25.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
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The Little Fire Engine
- £35.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
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The Little Horse Bus
- £35.00
- Everybody for miles around Goose Lane used to buy their groceries at Mr Potter's shop. Things started to look grim with competitors opening over the road, until deliverance came in the shape of the little horse bus.
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The Little Steamroller
- £35.00
- Nobody at London airport knew that Mr King newly arrived was a wicked smuggler in the dreaded Black Hand gang. But thanks to the little steamroller, their Dirty Plan was foiled in the nick of time.
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The Giant Crab and other tales told from Old India
- £35.00
- Rouse's collection of these short stories were based on the Buddhist collection called The Jātaka, about the Buddha's former births, and originally published in 1897 by David Nutt. This edition beautifully produced with Heath Robinson's illustations.
- Add to basket
-
The Gone-Away World (SIGNED)
- £35.00
- The Jorgmund Pipe is the backbone of the world, and it's on fire. Gonzo Lubitsch, professional hero and troubleshooter, is hired to put it out - but there's more to the fire, and the Pipe itself, than meets the eye. The job will take Gonzo and his best friend, our…
- Add to basket
-
The Grand Tour 1592-1796
- £15.00
- Generously illustrated Folio Society volume presenting an account of the Grand Tour - the 'edifying' excursion many young Englishmen took to continental europe - through the writings of a selection of authors. Many of the writers assembled here do not strictly fall within the strict definition of Grand Tourists being…
- Add to basket
-
The House by the Lake: A Story of Germany
- £5.00
- In 2013, Thomas Harding returned to his grandmother's house on the outskirts of Berlin which she had been forced to leave when the Nazis swept to power. What was once her 'soul place' now stood empty and derelict. A concrete footpath cut through the garden, marking where the Berlin Wall…
- Add to basket
-
The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits
- £45.00
- The Hunting of the Snark, subtitled An Agony, in Eight Fits, is a poem by the English writer Lewis Carroll. It is typically categorised as a nonsense poem. Written between 1874 and 1876, it borrows the setting, some creatures, and eight portmanteau words from Carroll's earlier poem "Jabberwocky" in his…
- Add to basket
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The Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall
- £50.00
- Washington Irving (1783Ð1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820). One of Irving's most lasting contributions to American culture is in the way…
- Add to basket
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The Last of the Mohicans; The Pioneers; The Prairie
- £200.00
- A bound early serialization of three novels 'The Last of the Mohicans' (1826), 'The Pioneers or The Sources of the Susquehanna...' (1823) and 'The Prairie, A Tale' (1827); Holt Novel Newspaper 1838 in decorative binding.
- Add to basket
-
The Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple 1652-54 (Folio)
- £12.00
- The love letters written by Dorothy Osborne to William Temple (from the last two years of a seven year courtship which ended with their marriage in 1654) stand with the diaries of Pepys and Evelyn as fascinating personal documents of one of the most eventful periods in British history.
- Add to basket
-
The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson I: 1868-1880 (Scotland, France, California)
- £12.00
- First of the 4-volume edition edited by Sidney Colvin (containing 150 new letters previously unavailable).
- Add to basket
-
The Letters of St Augustine – 2 vols (VI & XIII in Complete Works)
- £30.00
- The son of a pagan father and a Christian mother, Saint Augustine spent his early years torn between conflicting world-views. Two Volumes of his letters compiled and translated by J. G. Cunningham. Vols VI & XIII in the complete series The Works of Aurelius Augstine, Bishop of Hppo, A New…
- Add to basket
-
The Life of Charlemagne (Folio)
- £18.00
- Einhard's Life of Charlemagne is an absorbing chronicle of one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers, written by a close friend and adviser. In elegant prose it describes Charlemagne's personal life, details his achievements in reviving learning and the arts, recounts his military successes and depicts…
- Add to basket
-
The Little Fire Engine
- £25.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
- Add to basket
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The Little Fire Engine
- £35.00
- One day a shiny new fire engine arrives in Little Snoreing and Sam Trolley and the old-fashioned little fire engine are told they're not needed anymore. But one evening a fire breaks out and all the new firemen are busy . . . Will the little fire engine be able…
- Add to basket
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The Little Horse Bus
- £35.00
- Everybody for miles around Goose Lane used to buy their groceries at Mr Potter's shop. Things started to look grim with competitors opening over the road, until deliverance came in the shape of the little horse bus.
- Add to basket
-
The Little Steamroller
- £35.00
- Nobody at London airport knew that Mr King newly arrived was a wicked smuggler in the dreaded Black Hand gang. But thanks to the little steamroller, their Dirty Plan was foiled in the nick of time.
- Add to basket