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The Spectator, In Eight Volumes, 1791, David Niven, Glasgow

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The Spectator began publication in 1711 and ended in 1713, and at its height sold 20,000 copies a day, according to its authors, covering all manne...

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The Life and Works of Robert Burns; edited by Robert Chambers, Revised by William Wallace, 1896

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The Life and Works of Robert Burns; edited by Robert Chambers, Revised by William Wallace. Spine title states 'New Edition by William Wallace'. 3 V...

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Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries; With Recollections of The Author's Life, and of His Visit to Italy, Leigh Hunt, 1828, 2 Volume set

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A very smart 2 volume set of professionally rebacked full leather volumes containing fine condition text. Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries...

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The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer with an Essay on His Language and Versification, by Thomas Tyrwhitt, Edward Moxon, London, 1855

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A substantial volume of the works of the English poet and author Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400). The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer with an Ess...

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The Works of Ben Jonson; with a Biographical Memoir by William Gifford, Edward Moxon, London 1853

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A substantial volume of the works of the English playwright and poet Ben Jonson (1572-1637), with a biography of his life. The Works of Ben Jonson;...

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The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal for Oct 1803 - Jan 1804 (Vol III; Issue V and VI)

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The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal: For Oct. 1803......Jan. 1804. To be continued Quarterly. Vol III (contains issues V and VI). With many d...

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Specimens of the Classic Poets in a Chronological Series from Homer to Tryphiodorus, Charles Abraham Elton, 2 Vols, 1814

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Specimens of the Classic Poets in a Chronological Series from Homer to Tryphiodorus, Translated into English Verse, And Illustrated with Biographic...

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The Scots Magazine; New Series, December 1887 - November 1990, 5 Volumes

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The Scots Magazine was found in 1739, and claims to be the world's oldest magazine still in publication today (although with gaps in its publicatio...

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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful & Entertaining Tracts, bound as Vol VII (actually spanning Vols. XVIII-XX), 1847

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A charming bound copy of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an enterta...

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Chambers's Miscellany of Instructive & Entertaining Tracts, Vols I-IV bound in 2 volumes, c. 1869

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A charming set of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an entertaining r...

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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Charles Cowden Clarke, In Two Volumes, bound as One, c. 1870s

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The Works of Alexander Pope. With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes. the Text edited by Charles Cowden Clarke. In Two Volumes (b...

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Collection of 6 Works by Charles Lamb, Macmillan, Introduction and Notes by Alfred Ainger, 1908-1914

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Collection of 6 Works by Charles Lamb,. All with an Introduction and Notes by Alfred Ainger, 1908-1914. Comprises;  Mrs. Leicester's School and Oth...

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Manuscript Edwardian Commonplace Book, 1904-1909, with clippings, photos and pressed plants

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The owner of this Scottish book, Ethel Allan Lees of "The White Hall', titles it 'Silly Book' on their cover label. Inside they compile a book cons...

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Crerar's Edition of Burns' Poems, With His Life and Character, In Two Volumes, 1802 Kirkcaldy edition

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A scarce early copy of this edition of Robert Burns' poetry. Two volumes bound as one. Printed by J. Crerar, Kirkaldy, 1802. First edition thus. Sc...

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A.E. Housman; A Sketch Together with a List of his Writings, A.S.F. Gow, Cambridge, 1936

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Acknowledged as one of the foremost classicists of his age, this is a smart copy of a biographical sketch of the life of Alfred Edward Housman (185...

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Gennadeion Notes III; Athens in the Time of Lord Byron, C.W.J. Eliot. Presentation copy from the author to William St Clair. From Hesperia, 1968

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Gennadeion Notes III; Athens in the Time of Lord Byron, by C.W.J. Eliot. Presentation copy from the author to William St Clair. A journal offprint;...

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Lord Byron, Early Travellers, and the Monastery at Delphi, C.W.J. Eliot. Presentation copy from the author to William St Clair.

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Lord Byron, Early Travellers, and the Monastery at Delphi, C.W.J. Eliot. Presentation copy from the author to William St Clair. A journal offprint;...

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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine 1823-1831, 14 Volume Set

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Founded in 1817, and initially called Edinburgh Monthly Magazine, it was more successfully relaunched as Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine. Also known...

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Alfred Lord Tennyson; A Memoir, by His Son, 1899

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Alfred Lord Tennyson; A Memoir, by His Son. By Hallam Tennyson. Published by Macmillan and Co., Limited., London, 1899. First printed (in 2 Volumes...

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The National Burns, Including The Airs of All the Songs and an Original Life of Burns, Rev. George Gilfillan, William Mackenzie, c. 1880

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The National Burns, Edited by Rev. George Gilfillan, Including The Airs of All the Songs and an Original Life of Burns, by the Editor. Essentially ...

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Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to 'The Edinburgh Review' by Lord Macaulay, 1883, Riviere binding.

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Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to 'The Edinburgh Review' by Lord Macaulay. Authorised Edition. Published by Longmans, Green, and Co., L...

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The Life and Works of Robert Burns, Robert Chambers, 1856, 2 Vols bound as one.

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The Life and Works of Robert Burns. Edited by Robert Chambers. Library Edition. In Four Volumes. Offered here are Volumes one and two only, bound a...

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Chatterton; A Story of the Year 1770, David Masson, 1874

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Chatterton; A Story of the Year 1770, by David Masson, M.A., LL.D. Published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1874. First edition thus. The Prefatory N...

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Hudibras in Three Parts, Samuel Butler, with notes by Zachary Grey. In 2 Volumes complete, 1810.

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Hudibras in Three Parts. Written in the Time of the Late Wars. By Samuel Butler, with Select Notes by Zachary Grey, L.L. D. The Author's Remains; a...

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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume I, containing His Juvenile Poems; Translations and Imitations, 1764

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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume I, containing His Juvenile Poems; Translations and Imitations. Published by J. Balfour, Edinburgh, 1764. A...

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Amusements of Leisure Hours; or Poetical Pieces, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, John Skinner, 1809

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Amusements of Leisure Hours; or Poetical Pieces, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect; By the Late Reverend John Skinner; at Longside, Aberdeenshire. To...

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The Works of Robert Burns; with a Complete Life of the Poet, Professor Wilson, Two Volumes complete, 1847

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The Works of Robert Burns; with a Complete Life of the Poet, and An Essay on His Genius and Character, by Professor Wilson. Also Numerous Notes, An...

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In Praise of Tweed, W.S. Crockett, 1899, numbered limited edition, signed by Publisher

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In Praise of Tweed, by W.S. Crockett, Minister of Tweedsmuir. An anthology of poetic writings connected with the River Tweed, with biographical int...

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Lochleven, and Other Poems, Michael Bruce, Rev. William Mackenzie, 1837

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Lochleven, and Other Poems (also known as 'Life and Poems' from the half title page), Michael Bruce, Rev. William Mackenzie. Poetry by the Scottish...

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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, With Life, Gall & Inglis, Edinburgh, c. 1902

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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, With Life. Engravings on Steel. Published by Gall & Inglis, Edinburgh and London. Undated but with prev...

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The Works of John Milton in Verse and Prose, Rev. John Mitford, 1863. 8 Volumes complete.

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The Works of John Milton in Verse and Prose. Printed from the Original Editions with a Life of the Author by the Rev. John Mitford. In Eight Volume...

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Studies in Romanticism, Volume 16, Number 4, Fall 1977, Boston University

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Studies in Romanticism, Volume 16, Number 4, Fall 1977. This issue with articles on Marxism and Romanticism. With various contributors. Provenance;...

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The Bee and Other Essays by Oliver Goldsmith, Together with the Life of Nash, 1914

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The Bee and Other Essays by Oliver Goldsmith, Together with the Life of Nash. Published by Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press. Printed in Ox...

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Maalesh; A Theatrical Tour in the Middle East, by Jean Cocteau. Translated by Mary C. Hoeck, 1956. Publisher signed.

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Maalesh; A Theatrical Tour in the Middle East, by Jean Cocteau. Translated by Mary C. Hoeck. Signed by the Publisher. Published by Peter Owen Limit...

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Os Luciadas de Luiz de Camoes, Segunda a do Morgado Matteus, Pariz

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Os Luciadas de Luiz de Camoes. Nova Edicao. Segundo a do Morgado Matteus. Com as Notas e Vida do Autor pelo Mesmo, Corrigida Segundo as Edicoes de ...

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Polyhistor Literarius Philosophicus et Practicus, Danielis Georg Morhof, 1714

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Polyhistor Literarius Philosophicus et Practicus. Maximam Partem Opus Posthumum. Accurate Revisum, Emendatum, ex Autoris Annotationibus... Morhofii...

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