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Selected Poems by Nora Chesson, 5 Volume set, 1906
Selected Poems by Nora Chesson, 5 Volume set; SOLD Volume I: Dirge for Aoine and Other Poems. Volume II: A Dead Girl to Her Lover and Other Poems....
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Shakespeare versus Shallow by Leslie Hotson, 1931, Nonesuch Press
Shakespeare versus Shallow by Leslie Hotson. Published by the Nonesuch Press, London, 1931, first edition. A very good blue cloth hardback wrapped ...
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Landfall at Sunset by David Bone, 1955, signed copy
Landfall at Sunset; The Life of a Contented Sailor, by David Bone. SOLD Published by Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, London, 1955 1st edition. Signe...
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The Illustrated Globe Encyclopaedia, John Ross, 1877
The Illustrated Globe Encyclopaedia of Universal Information, edited by John Ross. SOLD Published by A. Fullarton & Co, London, Edinburgh and D...
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The Correspondence of H.G. Wells, 4 Volume Set, Pickering & Chatto 1998
The Correspondence of H.G. Wells. Edited by David C. Smith. Consulting Editor Patrick Parrinder. 4 Volume Set, Pickering & Chatto 1998. SOLD Pu...
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Engraving of Lord Nelson, after Hoppner, by Minnie Cormack, signed, 1894
Engraving of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (aka Admiral Nelson/Lord Nelson), after Hoppner, by Minnie Cormac...
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Winston Churchill; The Second World War, 6 Vol set, 1948-1954.
Winston Churchill; The Second World War, 6 Vol set, 1948-1954. SOLD Published by Cassell & Co. Limited, London, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney, We...
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Marcel Proust; Sa Vie, Son Oeuvre, Leon Pierre-Quint, 1935
Marcel Proust; Sa Vie, Son Oeuvre; Nouvelle edition augmentee de plusieurs etudes. Le Comique et le Mystère Chez Proust, Une Nouvelle Lecture 10 An...
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The Inaugration of Robert Burns, As Poet Laureate of the Lodge 1787, Pub. 1862. Freemasonry print.
The Inaugration of Robert Burns, As Poet Laureate of the Lodge, Canongate Kilwinning, Edinburgh 1st March 1787. Presented by James Burnes, K.H., F....
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The Romantic Movement in English Poetry, Arthur Symons, 1909
The Romantic Movement in English Poetry, by Arthur Symons. Published by Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, London, 1909, 1st edition. A very good cl...
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The Poets of Ayrshire, John Macintosh, 1910
The Poets of Ayrshire from the Fourteenth Century till the Present Day, with Selections from their Writings. Compiled and edited by John Macintosh....
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Stories from the Italian Poets, 2 Vols, by Leigh Hunt 1846
Stories from the Italian Poets: With Lives of the Writers. By Leigh Hunt. In Two Volumes. Published by Chapman and Hall, London 1846. First edition...
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Charles Ricketts R.A. by T Sturge Moore, 1933.
Charles Ricketts R.A. Sixty Five Illustrations. Introduced by T. Sturge Moore. Published by Cassell & Company Limited, London, Toronto, Melbour...
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Alexander Pope Letters; Literary Correspondence, 1737
New Letters of Mr Alexander Pope, And Several of His Friends. Vellem Nescire Litteras!; Mr Pope's Literary Correspondence, Volume the Fifth, with L...
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The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, Henry Weber, 14 Volume Set 1812
The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher in Fourteen Volumes: with an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Henry Weber, Esq. Published by James Ballanty...
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The Works of Lord Byron, 13 Volumes Complete, John Murray 1898-1901, Limited Edition.
The Works of Lord Byron. A New, Revised and Enlarged edition with Illustrations. 13 Volumes Complete. 7 Volumes of Poetry edited by Ernest Hartley ...
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The Kirriemuir Edition of the Works of J. M. Barrie, 10 Volume Limited Edition Set, 1913
The Kirriemuir Edition of the Works of J. M. Barrie, 10 Volume Limited Edition Set, 1913. Complete. Published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, London...
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Life of Sir Walter Raleigh, Patrick Fraser Tytler, 1833
Life of Sir Walter Raleigh: Founded on Authentic and Original Documents, Some of them Never Before Published: Including A View of the Most Importan...
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Pitcairn: The Island, The People and the Pastor, Thos. Boyles, Murray, 1860
Pitcairn: The Island, the People, and the Pastor; to Which is Added an Account of the Original Settlement and Present Condition of Norfolk Island, ...
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Prophecies of The Brahan Seer (Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche), Alexander Mackenzie, Andrew Lang, 1935
Prophecies of The Brahan Seer (Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche), by Alexander Mackenzie, F.S.A. Scot. Introductory Chapter by Andrew Lang.Published by En...
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The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, W. Spencer Jackson, Temple Scott, Vol. XII, 1908
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D. D., edited by Temple Scott. Vol. XII: Essays on the portraits of Swift by Sir Feredrick Falkiner and on Swif...
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Oeuvres Choisies de Massillon, Petit Carême
Oeuvres Choisies de Massillon, Petit Carême, Suivi de Sermons Divers. Nouvelle Edition precedee D'Observations Litteraires par la harpe et de L'elo...
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The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds, 1888 limited edition.
The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, newly translated into English by John Addington Symonds, with engraved portrait and eight etchings by F. Laguillermi...
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Institutiones Philosophicae, F. Thomas Aquinas, Venice. 1762
Institutiones Philosophicae, quas alumnis fuis proponebat, F. Thomas Aquinas A Nativitate, Carmelita Excalceatus Venetus. Volumen Tertium. Physicam...
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Frederic Lord Leighton, Ernest Rhys, 1898
Frederic Lord Leighton, Late President of the Royal Academy of Arts. An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work by Ernest Rhys. SOLD Published by G...
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Captain Cook, Alistair MacLean 1972
Captain Cook, by Alistair MacLean. Published by Collins, London, 1972. First edition. Biography of Captain Cook by the bestselling novelist, Alista...
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Mémoires de Mirabeau, 4 Volumes, 1834
Mémoires Biographiques, Littéraires at Politiques de Mirabeau, écrits par Lui-même, par son pére, son oncle et son fil adoptif. 4 Volumes. Publishe...
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An Actor and His Time, John Gielgud, 1979
An Actor and His Time, by John Gielgud, in colloration with John Miller and John Powell. Published by Sidgwick & Jackson, London, first edition...
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Chronicles of Barabbas 1884-1934, George H. Doran
Chronicles of Barabbas 1884-1934, by George H. Doran. Published by Methuen & Co, London, 1935 first UK edition. This is a memoir by George H. D...
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Stravinsky: Glimpses of a Life, Robert Craft
Stravinsky: Glimpses of a Life, by Robert Craft. Published by Lime Tree, 1992, First edition. Black cloth hardback with gilt. Good overall - would ...
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I. A. Richards, Essays in His Honour, 1973
I. A. Richards, Essays in His Honour. Edited by Reuben Brower, Helen Vendler, and John Hollander. Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 1...
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Akros, Special Hugh MacDiarmid double issue, April 1970.
Akros, Special Hugh MacDiarmid double issue, April 1970. Published by Akros Publications, Preston. Volume 5, Numbers 13 & 14, published simulta...
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Billy Connolly, Tall Tales and Wee Stories, Signed 1st edition
Billy Connolly, Tall Tales and Wee Stories. SOLD Published by Two Roads, London, 2019. First edition, First printing, as denoted in the book. As ne...
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The Life of Captain James Cook, Andrew Kippis, 1788
The Life of Captain James Cook, Andrew Kippis, 1788. SOLD Printed for G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty in Pall Mall and G.G.J. an...
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Collectanea Anglo-Minoritica, or A Collection of the Antiquities of the English Franciscans, or Friers Minors, commonly called Gray Friers, AP (Anthony Parkinson), 1726, Richard the Third interest
Collectanea Anglo-Minoritica, or A Collection of the Antiquities of the English Franciscans, or Friers Minors, commonly called Gray Friers. In Two ...
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