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Memoirs of The Life and Correspondence of Mrs H. More (4 vols) (SIGNED LETTER)
- £1,000.00
- 3rd edition (revused with new preface). The first edition of a biography of Hannah More (1745-1833) by William Roberts (1767-1849). More's reputation rests firstly as a bluestocking poet and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick; secondly as an immensely successful author of moral and religious works; and,…
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Novels and Tales (4 vols): Tancred, Coningsby, Alroy Etc, Contarini Fleming
- £60.00
- From the Hughenden Edition of 'The Novels & Tales of the Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G.' Vol. III: Contarini Fleming, and the Rise of Iskander Vol. IV: Alroy; Ixion in Heaven; The Infernal Marriage; And Popanilla. Vol. VIII: Tancred, or the New Crusade Vol. IX: Coningsby, or the New Generation.
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Palmer’s Treatise on the Church (2 vols)
- £60.00
- A Treatise on the Church of Christ: Designed Chiefly for the Use of Students in Theology, in 2 volumes
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Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant (vols I & II)
- £40.00
- Standard Edition of Complete Works Originally published in 1898, this set of George Bernard Shaw's plays Vol. 1. Unpleasant: Widowers' Houses; The Philanderer, a Topical Comedy; Mrs Warren's Profession Vol. 2. Pleasant: Arms and the Man, a comedy; Candida, a Mystery; The Man of Destiny, a Trifle; You Never Can…
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Poetiske Skrifter (vol 1&2)
- £80.00
- Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791-1860) was a Danish poet, literary critic, playwright and historian. These are the first two volumes of several anthologies of his own works of "Poetic Writing".
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Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (vols I & II SIGNED)
- £800.00
- William Holman Hunt (1827–1910) chronicled the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in this well-illustrated two-volume memoir of 1905, controversially presenting himself as the movement's founding father. Popular when first published, it illuminates the search for authenticity of treatment and depth of meaning in his own work and that of Millais, Rossetti and their…
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Stories; Plays and Poems; Essays and Letters (Folio)
- £100.00
- Folio 3-volume set of Wilde's work: includes 'Essays and Letters'; 'Stories', and 'Plays and Poems'.
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The Collected Plays (3 vols)
- £150.00
- Maugham's plays were first published togheter in 1931. This reprint version was published to conform to the style of Complete Short Stories & Selected Novels. Vol 1 - Lady Frederick / Mrs Dot / Jack Straw / Penelope / Smith / The Land of Promise; Vol II - Our Betters…
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The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston (3 vols.)
- £55.00
- A highly decorated English soldier and an acclaimed poet and novelist, Siegfried Sassoon won fame for his trilogy of fictionalized autobiographies that wonderfully capture the vanishing idylls of Edwardian England and the brutal realities of war. The first, Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man, is picked up immediately in 1916 with…
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The Complete Short Stories (3 vols)
- £150.00
- Maugham's brilliant stories move the reader from England, France and Spain to the silver sands of the South Pacific. It includes the famous story 'Rain', the tragedy of a narrow-minded and overzealous missionary and a prostitute, and 'The Three Fat Women of Antibes,' an extravagantly sardonic tale of abstention and…
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The Complete Short Stories (3 vols)
- £120.00
- Maugham's brilliant stories move the reader from England, France and Spain to the silver sands of the South Pacific. It includes the famous story 'Rain', the tragedy of a narrow-minded and overzealous missionary and a prostitute, and 'The Three Fat Women of Antibes,' an extravagantly sardonic tale of abstention and…
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The Gurneys of Earlham (2 volumes)
- £50.00
- The two-volume account of the extraordinary Quaker banking family from Norfolk that included Elizabeth Fry and the abolitionist Thomas Fowell Buxton, by famed Victorian writer Augustus Hare (1834-1903). Frontispieces and 30 illustrations.
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The History Of England From The Accession Of James II (2 volumes)
- £80.00
- Macaulay's History was originally published in 1848 in 5 volumes, but this edition reduced that to two, without a reduction in text. The History is famous for its brilliant ringing prose and for its confident, sometimes dogmatic, emphasis on a progressive model of British history. According to this view, England…
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The History of Middle-Earth (vols I-X)
- £130.00
- Tolkien's Volumes 1-X in the 12-volume set of extended writings to narrate the history of Middle Earth, here in paperback editions. Comprised of The Book of Lost Tales, Part I and II, The Lays of Beleriand, The Shaping of Middle-Earth, The Lost Road and Other Writings, The Return of the…
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Memoirs of The Life and Correspondence of Mrs H. More (4 vols) (SIGNED LETTER)
- £1,000.00
- 3rd edition (revused with new preface). The first edition of a biography of Hannah More (1745-1833) by William Roberts (1767-1849). More's reputation rests firstly as a bluestocking poet and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick; secondly as an immensely successful author of moral and religious works; and,…
- Add to basket
-
Novels and Tales (4 vols): Tancred, Coningsby, Alroy Etc, Contarini Fleming
- £60.00
- From the Hughenden Edition of 'The Novels & Tales of the Earl of Beaconsfield, K.G.' Vol. III: Contarini Fleming, and the Rise of Iskander Vol. IV: Alroy; Ixion in Heaven; The Infernal Marriage; And Popanilla. Vol. VIII: Tancred, or the New Crusade Vol. IX: Coningsby, or the New Generation.
- Add to basket
-
Palmer’s Treatise on the Church (2 vols)
- £60.00
- A Treatise on the Church of Christ: Designed Chiefly for the Use of Students in Theology, in 2 volumes
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-
Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant (vols I & II)
- £40.00
- Standard Edition of Complete Works Originally published in 1898, this set of George Bernard Shaw's plays Vol. 1. Unpleasant: Widowers' Houses; The Philanderer, a Topical Comedy; Mrs Warren's Profession Vol. 2. Pleasant: Arms and the Man, a comedy; Candida, a Mystery; The Man of Destiny, a Trifle; You Never Can…
- Add to basket
-
Poetiske Skrifter (vol 1&2)
- £80.00
- Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791-1860) was a Danish poet, literary critic, playwright and historian. These are the first two volumes of several anthologies of his own works of "Poetic Writing".
- Add to basket
-
Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (vols I & II SIGNED)
- £800.00
- William Holman Hunt (1827–1910) chronicled the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in this well-illustrated two-volume memoir of 1905, controversially presenting himself as the movement's founding father. Popular when first published, it illuminates the search for authenticity of treatment and depth of meaning in his own work and that of Millais, Rossetti and their…
- Add to basket
-
Stories; Plays and Poems; Essays and Letters (Folio)
- £100.00
- Folio 3-volume set of Wilde's work: includes 'Essays and Letters'; 'Stories', and 'Plays and Poems'.
- Add to basket
-
The Collected Plays (3 vols)
- £150.00
- Maugham's plays were first published togheter in 1931. This reprint version was published to conform to the style of Complete Short Stories & Selected Novels. Vol 1 - Lady Frederick / Mrs Dot / Jack Straw / Penelope / Smith / The Land of Promise; Vol II - Our Betters…
- Add to basket
-
The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston (3 vols.)
- £55.00
- A highly decorated English soldier and an acclaimed poet and novelist, Siegfried Sassoon won fame for his trilogy of fictionalized autobiographies that wonderfully capture the vanishing idylls of Edwardian England and the brutal realities of war. The first, Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man, is picked up immediately in 1916 with…
- Add to basket
-
The Complete Short Stories (3 vols)
- £150.00
- Maugham's brilliant stories move the reader from England, France and Spain to the silver sands of the South Pacific. It includes the famous story 'Rain', the tragedy of a narrow-minded and overzealous missionary and a prostitute, and 'The Three Fat Women of Antibes,' an extravagantly sardonic tale of abstention and…
- Add to basket
-
The Complete Short Stories (3 vols)
- £120.00
- Maugham's brilliant stories move the reader from England, France and Spain to the silver sands of the South Pacific. It includes the famous story 'Rain', the tragedy of a narrow-minded and overzealous missionary and a prostitute, and 'The Three Fat Women of Antibes,' an extravagantly sardonic tale of abstention and…
- Add to basket
-
The Gurneys of Earlham (2 volumes)
- £50.00
- The two-volume account of the extraordinary Quaker banking family from Norfolk that included Elizabeth Fry and the abolitionist Thomas Fowell Buxton, by famed Victorian writer Augustus Hare (1834-1903). Frontispieces and 30 illustrations.
- Add to basket
-
The History Of England From The Accession Of James II (2 volumes)
- £80.00
- Macaulay's History was originally published in 1848 in 5 volumes, but this edition reduced that to two, without a reduction in text. The History is famous for its brilliant ringing prose and for its confident, sometimes dogmatic, emphasis on a progressive model of British history. According to this view, England…
- Add to basket
-
The History of Middle-Earth (vols I-X)
- £130.00
- Tolkien's Volumes 1-X in the 12-volume set of extended writings to narrate the history of Middle Earth, here in paperback editions. Comprised of The Book of Lost Tales, Part I and II, The Lays of Beleriand, The Shaping of Middle-Earth, The Lost Road and Other Writings, The Return of the…
- Add to basket