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Immerse yourself in the beauty of language and storytelling with our collection of previously sold literature books, showcasing the finest works of acclaimed authors.
Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto 1580 Valgrisi - 51 STUNNING ILLUSTRATIONS !
Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto Published in Venice by the Heirs of Vincenzo Valgrisi in 1580. [i-xvi], [1-654], [i-xxxii] "A gem in...
The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry of Horace 1729 DUNSTER'S EDITION - RARE
SOLD Horace's Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry, Done into English, With Notes. By S. Dunster, The Fourth Edition. Printed by T.W. for...
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens 1843 TRUE FIRST EDITION VERY RARE ! State Aa
SOLD A Christmas Carol In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas. By Charles Dickens. With a Coloured Etching. Edition Sanctioned By The...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 1867 FIRST EDITION Original
SOLD Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. With Forty-Two Illustrations by John Tenniel. Sixth Thousand. London, Macmillan &...
Aesop's Fables and Other Fables 1786; Dodsley Edition ILLUSTRATED 3 Vols in 1
SOLD Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists. In Three Books. By R. Dodsley. A New Edition. London; Printed for J. Dodsley; 1786....
Boccaccio's Decameron Giunta 1527 (but 1729) Very Fine Facsimile Edition - RARE!
SOLD Il Decamerone di M. Giovanni Boccaccio Nuouamente Corretto et Con Diligentia Stampato. 1527 (but 1729). The colophon states this was...
Tales From the Arabian Nights 17 Vols BURTON CLUB LIMITED EDITION #252 - V RARE!
SOLD The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night by Richard F. Burton. Printed by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only, the...
Dante's Divine Comedy: Inferno, Purgatory, Paradise STUNNING FINE BINDING - Rare
The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. Translated by Charles Eliot Norton and published by Houghton, Mifflin, & Co at the Riverside Press,...
The Works of Virgil 1650: Aeneid, Georgics, etc STUNNING MANUSCRIPT BINDING!
Publius Virgilius Maro: Virgilii Opera, Iam emendatior. Amstelodami, Apud Joannem Janssonium, 1650. The Works of Virgil, including the...
From Russia with Love 1957 Ian Fleming FIRST EDITION 1st IMPRESSION Original D/J
From Russia with Love by Ian Fleming. Published in London by Jonathan Cape in 1957. Printed in Oxford by the Aldine Press. FIRST EDITION...
Dr. No 1958 Ian Fleming FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION in Original Dust Jacket!
Dr. No by Ian Fleming FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION Published in London by Jonathan Cape in 1958. Printed by the Aldine Press in Oxford....
Diamonds Are Forever 1956 Ian Fleming FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION Original DJ
Diamonds are Forever by Ian Fleming. Published in London by Jonathan Cape in 1956. Printed by the Aldine Press in Oxford. FIRST EDITION...
Tales of Troy and Greece 1923 Andrew Lang - Ulysses ANTIQUE LEATHERBOUND BOOK
Tales of Troy and Greece by Andrew Lang. With Seventeen Illustrations by H. J. Ford and a Map. New Impression. Longmans, Green and Co.;...
John Dryden's Ancient Poems 1727 STUNNING FULL CALF! Virgil, Milton, Homer, Ovid
Miscellany Poems. Containing Variety of New Translations of the Ancient Poets: Together with several Original Poems. Published and...
Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare 1820 Hamlet Othello Macbeth Romeo & Juliet
SOLD The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, from the Correct Edition of Isaac Reed, Esq. With Copious Annotations. Twelve Volumes....
The Ingoldsby Legends; Illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1898 VERY FINE BINDING!
The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth & Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby, Esq. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham and published in London by J.M. Dent &...
Goethe's Works 1806-10 - FIRST EDITION OF FAUST and FIRST COLLECTED WORKS! RARE!
SOLD Goethe's Werke. Lubingen In Der J. O. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1806-1810. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION OF THE WORKS OF JOHANN VON...
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes 1820 ZAEHNSDORF FINE BINDINGS 4 Volume Set
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes: The 'Westall' edition in 4 volumes, published by Hurst, Robinson, And Co in 1820 and bound in half...
John Milton PARADISE LOST & REGAINED Poetical Works 1801 Samson Agonistes, Comus
SOLD The Poetical Works of John Milton, From the Text of Dr. Newton: With a Critical Essay. By J. Aikin, M.D. London; Printed for J....
Historical Romances & Novels of Sir Walter Scott 1822-24 - 13 Volume Set
SOLD The Novels and Romances of The Author of Waverley [Sir Walter Scott]. Published in Edinburgh in 1824 for Archibald Constable & Co....
Through the Looking-Glass 1940 Lewis Carroll STUNNING VERY FINE BINDING!
SOLD Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll. With Forty Illustrations by John Tenniel. Macmillan and Co.,...
Winnie the Pooh - A.A. Milne 1926 FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION Original Cloth
SOLD Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne, published by Methuen & Co in 1926. The FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION. A beautiful example of this...
John Bell's Plays: Comedies in 20 Vols 1791-1794 - Dryden, Milton, Jonson, etc
SOLD A Collection of Comedies [Plays] by Several Authors (below). Printed by John Bell between 1791 and 1794 in 20 Volumes. Most volumes...
Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens 1846 FIRST ONE VOLUME EDITION - Original Cloth !
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, published by Bradbury & Evans in 1846, 8vo. The FIRST EDITION in one volume and bound in the original...
The Works of Machiavelli into English 1762 THE PRINCE etc 1/500 RARE! 2 vols
The Works of Niccolo Machiavelli (Nicholas Machiavel), illustrated with notes, anecdotes, dissertations, and the life of Machiavelli,...
History of the Literature of Ancient Greece 1847 Müller - HOMER AESCHYLUS PLATO
Library of Useful Knowledge: History of the Literature of Ancient Greece, to the Period of Isocrates. Translated from the German Ms. of...
The Tragedies of Lord Byron: FIRST EDITION FIRST STATE 1821; Sardanapalus, Cain
The Tragedies of Lord Byron, including Sardanapalus, The Two Foscari, and Cain. All published in one volume in 1821 by John Murray. FIRST...
Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens 1865 FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION Stunning
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens with illustrations by Marcus Stone, published by Chapman and Hall in 1865. FIRST EDITION FIRST...
As You Like It: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, 1777; A Very Rare Edition in Commerce!
As You Like it, by William Shakespeare, printed in London by J. Wenman in 1777. A rather scarce edition in commerce. For similar, see...
Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION 1865 - RARE!
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens with illustrations by Marcus Stone, published by Chapman and Hall in 1865. FIRST EDITION FIRST...
Mystery of Edwin Drood Charles Dickens FIRST EDITION 1870 Original Cloth 1st Imp
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens with twelve illustrations by S.L. Fildes, and a portrait. London: Chapman and Hall, 1870....
David Copperfield - Charles Dickens 1850 FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION Scarce
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION, published in 1850 by Bradbury and Evans, bound from the parts with...
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens FIRST EDITION 1839 Life & Adventures - Phiz
FIRST EDITION: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by Phiz. London; Chapman and Hall;...
Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens 1857 FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION From Parts!
FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION: Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne. London; Bradbury and Evans; 1857....
The Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens 1837 FIRST EDITION Publisher's Binding
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens FIRST EDITION, later issue, bound in the original publisher's half morocco leather binding by...
Poetical Works of Robert Southey 1866 Limited to 47/100 - STUNNING FINE BINDINGS
SOLD The Poetical Works of Robert Southey. With a Memoir. 10 Volumes. Boston; Little, Brown, and Company; 1866. -------------------...
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens 1843 FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION STAVE I
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION, published in 1843 by Chapman & Hall. With the 'Stave I' header...
Grimm's Fairy Tales FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION 1823-26 Brothers Grimm 1st ed
German Popular Stories, or Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jakob Ludwig Grimm and Carl Wilhelm Grimm. FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSIONS of both...
David Copperfield - Charles Dickens 1850 FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION Scarce
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSION, published in 1850 by Bradbury and Evans, bound from the parts with...
The Works of Laurence Sterne 1788 COMPLETE in 10 Vols FULL LEATHER Antique Books
The Works of Laurence Sterne in ten volumes complete. Containing the life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, A Sentimental Journey Through...
A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens STUNNING VINTAGE EDITION 1946 Illustrated
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, with illustrations by John Leech. Published by Penguin in London and New York in 1946. Beautiful...
The Works of William Shakespeare in 38 Volumes BELL'S EDITION 1784 Rare Complete
The Complete Plays of William Shakespeare: "Bell's Edition", printed for John Bell in London, including a two volume prologue with...
The Fables of Phaedrus, the Freedman of Augustus 1817 INCLUDING 6th BOOK - ROMAN
Latin: Phædri Augusti Liberti, Et Fl. Aviani Fabulæ. Accedit In Hac Noviss. Edit Phædri Liber Sextus Repertus A Ioanne Antonio Cassitto...
Dante’s Inferno Purgatory & Paradise 1910 ILLUSTRATED Full Leather DIVINE COMEDY
AUCTION ENDING 04/04/2023 at 20:29 GMT The Vision or Hell, Purgatory and Paradise of Dante Alighieri. Translated by Henry Francis Cary....
CHARLES DICKENS The Uncommercial Traveller EARLY EDITION 1866 Original Cloth
AUCTION ENDING 31/03/2023 at 20:37 GMT The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens with a Frontispiece by G. J. Pinwell. New Edition....
Dante's Cantos 1894 DIVINE COMEDY C. Potter INFERNO PARADISE PURGATORY Antique
AUCTION ENDING 29/03/2023 at 19:36 GMT Cantos From the Divina Comedia of Dante. Translated into English Verse by C. Potter. Halifax;...
Our Mutual Friend 1865 Charles Dickens ORIGINAL CLOTH FIRST EDITION FIRST IMP
SOLD. FIRST EDITION: Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by Marcus Stone. In Two Volumes. London; Chapman and Hall;...
Euripides' Hecuba, Orestes, and Phoenissa 1748 Greek Tragedy FINE BINDINGS
SOLD. Latin: Euripidis Hecuba, Orestes, Et Phœnissæ, Cum Scholiis Antiquis; Ac Versione, Notisque Johannis King, Ferè Integris; Curante...
Aeschylus 1847 2 Vols - Agamemnon Prometheus Persians STUNNING FINE BINDINGS
SOLD. Aeschylus All That Remains: Reviewed and Illustrated with a Brief Commentary by Frederick A. Paley, M.A. Once upon a time Coll....
TERENCE Comedies 1854 Andria, Hecyra, Heauton Timorumenos, Eunuchus, Phormio
SOLD. Latin: P. Terentii Afri Comœdiæ. Londini; Excudebat Carolus Whittingham; MDCCCLIV (1854). English: P. Terentius Afri Comedy....
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