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A Sammelband of 5 Shakespeare Plays, 1750s; King Lear; Hamlet; Julius Caesar; Romeo and Juliet; & Othello.

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A smart copy of this sammelband bringing together 5 uncommon mid-18th Century printings of Shakespeare's works.  SOLD Comprises: A History of King ...

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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 Poetical Works, Complete, of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B., with Some Account of His Literature, Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1816

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A very smart copy of Goldsmith's poetry, which has been professionally rebound in brown cloth, and presents the book beautifully. The Poetical Work...

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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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Os Lusiadas de Luis de Camões, Edicao Nacional, Imprensa Nacional de Lisboa, 1931

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A smart copy of this epic historical Portuguese poem, by Camões, based on Vasco de Gama's 1497/98 discovery of the sea route to India. First publis...

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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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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, James Anderson, Volume Third (plus part of Fourth), 1791, Edinburgh

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The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Consisting of Original Pieces, and Selections from Performance of Merit, Foreign and Domestic, A Work ca...

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The Temple; Sacred Poems & Private Ejaculations, George Herbert, Nonesuch Press, Numbered, Limited edition, 1927

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A beautifully produced book of the complete poetic works of George Herbert (1593-1633), a Church of England priest. First published in 1633. This v...

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The Bijou Shakespeare; The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Illustrated. In Six Volumes. Boxed set of miniature volumes.

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The Bijou Shakespeare; The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Illustrated. In Six Volumes. With Biographical Introduction and an Essay on Shake...

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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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Chaucer's Romaunt of the Rose; Troilus and Creseide and The Minor Poems, with Life of the Poet by Sir Harris Nicolas, 1846

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Chaucer's Romaunt of the Rose; Troilus and Creseide and The Minor Poems, with Life of the Poet, by Sir Harris Nicolas. In three volumes, complete. ...

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A Translation of the Inferno of Dante Alighieri, in English Verse, Henry Boyd, 1785

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A Translation of the Inferno of Dante Alighieri, in English Verse, with Historical Notes, and the Life of Dante. To Which is Added, A Specimen of a...

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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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Pia Desideria: or, Divine Addresses In Three Books, Herm. Hugo & Edm. Arwaker, London, 1712

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Pia Desideria: or, Divine Addresses In Three Books. Illustrated with XLVII Copper-Plates. Written in Latin by Herm. Hugo. Englished by Edm. Arwaker...

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Index Poeticus, Exhibens Compendio Nomina Propria, Genealogiam, Mythologiam, Astrologiam, Geographiam, Poeticam, et Alia, by P. Anselmus Desing, 1758

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Index Poeticus, Exhibens Compendio Nomina Propria, Genealogiam, Mythologiam, Astrologiam, Geographiam, Poeticam, et Alia ad Eruditionem, Copiam &am...

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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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Sammlung von Johann Christian Günthers, aus Schlesien, bis anhero herausgegebenen Gedichten, 1751

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Sammlung von Johann Christian Günthers, aus Schlesien, bis anhero herausgegebenen Gedichten. Auf das neue übersehen, und in einer bessern Wahl und ...

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The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins, Philadelphia 1831

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The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins. Complete in One Volume.  Published by John Grigg, Philadelphia, 1831. Stereotyped ...

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Cyder. A Poem in Two Books, John Philips, 1708

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Cyder. A Poem in Two Books, by John Philips (John Phillips). Author uncredited, as issued. Philips (1676-1709) was an English Poet, and Cyder his b...

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The Whole Genuine Works of Virgil, William Henry Melmoth, Subscriber's Copy, c. 1788

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The Whole Genuine Works of Virgil, The Famous Roman Poet: Including New and Complete Editions of The Aeneid, Georgics, and Pastorals, Bucolics, or ...

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The Complaint; or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality. Edward Young, Edinburgh, 1761

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The Complaint; or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality. To Which are added, Some Thoughts on the late Rebellion and a Paraphrase on Part...

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A Complete Collection of The Cambridge Prize Poems, Rev. Thomas Seaton, 1772

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Musae Seatonianae; A Complete Collection of The Cambridge Prize Poems, from the First Institution of that Premium by The Rev. Mr. Tho. Seaton, in 1...

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Milton's Paradise Lost, John Milton, 1802, 2 Volume Set

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Milton's Paradise Lost; A New Edition, Adorned with Plates. By John Milton, 2 Volume Set, Complete. Published by F.J. Du Roveray; Printed by T. Ben...

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Paradise Lost; A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton, 1790, Volume 2, Ninth Edition

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Paradise Lost; A Poem in Twelve Books by The Author John Milton. With Notes of Various Authors, by Thomas Newton, D.D., Late Lord Bishop of Bristol...

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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith; Now First Uniformly Collected, 1791

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The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith; Now First Uniformly Collected. Collecta Revirescunt. Vol. I. Containing the author's life and his essa...

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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume III, containing the Dunciad, in Four Books, 1764

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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq, Volume III, containing the Dunciad, in Four Books. SOLD Published in London 1764. Presumed first edition thus. Pr...

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Aristophanis Comoediae, Aristophanes, Immanuel Bekkerus, 1828-9

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Aristophanis Comoediae - The Comedies of Aristophanes. Edited by Immanuel Bekkerus (August Immanuel Bekker 1785-1871). 4 Volumes (from 5 - missing ...

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Works of Samuel Johnson, Twelve Volumes complete, 1816

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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.; A New Edition in Twelve Volumes. With An Essay on His Life and Genius by Arthur Murphy, Esq. Complete.  SOLD P...

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Samuel Butler, and His Hudibras, A. Ramsay, 1846

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Samuel Butler, and His Hudibras and Other Works by A. Ramsay. Published by Charles Knight & Co, London, 1846. Bound by Maclehose of Glasgow. A ...

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The Plays of William Shakspeare, Alexander Chalmers, 8 Volumes, 1856

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The Plays of William Shakspeare, accurately printed from the text of the corrected copies left by the late George Steevens, Esq., and Edmund Malone...

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B H Brockes translation of James Thomson's The Seasons, 1745. Jahres-Zeiten des Herrn Thomson

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Herrn B. H. Brockes, Com. Palat. Caes. und Rahts-Herrn der Kayserl. freyen Reichs-Stadt Hamburg, aus dem Englischen übersetzte Jahres-Zeiten des He...

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The Poets of Ayrshire, John Macintosh, 1910

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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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Alexander Pope Letters; Literary Correspondence, 1737

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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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Songs and Poems of John Dryden, Golden Cockerel Press deluxe limited edition, 1957

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Songs and Poems of John Dryden, Chosen and Introduced by Gwyn Jones. Drawings by Lavinia Blythe. SOLD Published by The Golden Cockerel Press, 1st e...

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