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Beatrice Webb, by Margaret Cole, Longmans, Green and Co, 1945 first edition

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Beatrice Webb is a clear, engaging biography of one of the most important figures in British social reform, written by Margaret Cole. Cole traces W...

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So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish, Douglas Adams, Harmony Books, 1984

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A smart copy of the "fourth book in The Hitchhiker's Trilogy". This installment takes the series in a slightly different, more relaxed direction. A...

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Worzel Gummidge or The Scarecrow of Scatterbrook, Barbara Euphan Todd, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1937

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A smart copy of the second printing of Worzel Gummidge, the much loved living scarecrow, familiar to many in the UK from the later 1970s BBC televi...

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The Acts of Parliament in Scotland, Vol. II, 1424-1567, Printed by Command of His Majesty King George the Third, 1814

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The Acts of Parliament in Scotland, Volume II (1424-1567) is part of the authoritative early nineteenth-century edition of Scotland’s statutory rec...

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The Blaeu Atlas of Scotland, Limited edition 62/600, 2006

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The Blaeu Atlas of Scotland (2006) is a finely produced modern edition of one of the most important cartographic works ever devoted to Scotland, or...

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Fighting Terms; Poems by Thom Gunn, Fantasy Press, 1954

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Fighting Terms (1954) is the first book by Thom Gunn and a striking debut that announced his arrival as a poet of unusual discipline and intensity....

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Moly, Thom Gunn, Faber and Faber, 1971

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Moly (1971) is one of the key collections in the development of Thom Gunn's mature voice, written during his early years in the United States and r...

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The Passages of Joy, Thom Gunn, Faber and Faber, 1982

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The Passages of Joy (1982) marks a significant moment in the career of Thom Gunn, bringing together poems written during a period of stylistic free...

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Nonesuch Press; The Pilgrim's Progress, and The Life & Death of Mr. Badman by John Bunyan 1628-1688, numbered limited edition, 1928

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This Nonesuch Press edition brings together two of John Bunyan's most enduring works, The Pilgrim's Progress and The Life and Death of Mr. Badman, ...

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1728 Act of Parliament Extract; An Act for Repairing the Road from the Powder Mills on Hounslow Heath to Basing-stone, in Surrey...

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An Act for Repairing the Road from the Powder-Mills on Hounslow Heath, in the County of Middlesex, to a Place called Basing-Stone, near the Town of...

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Evolution, Old and New; or, The Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin, and Lamarck, As Compared with that of Mr. Charles Darwin, by Samuel Butler, 1879

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Samuel Butler’s Evolution, Old and New remains one of the most provocative nineteenth-century critiques of Darwinian theory, setting the ideas of B...

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Nonesuch Press; Retrospectus and Prospectus; The Nonesuch Dickens, 1937

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A finely produced companion volume to the celebrated Nonesuch Dickens, issued in 1937 as both a retrospective on Dickens’ illustrators and editions...

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Nonesuch Press; In Memoriam, Alfred Lord Tennyson, numbered limited edition, 1933

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Alfred Lord Tennyson’s In Memoriam is one of the defining elegies of the Victorian era, written in memory of his closest friend, Arthur Henry Halla...

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Nonesuch Press; Miscellaneous Poems by Andrew Marvell, numbered limited edition, 1923

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A handsome limited-edition Nonesuch Press printing of the poetry of Andrew Marvell - one of the most distinctive voices of seventeenth-century Engl...

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Narrative of A Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875-6 in H.M. Ships 'Albert' and 'Discovery', by Capt. Sir G.S. Nares, 1878

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A cornerstone account of one of the most ambitious Arctic undertakings of the nineteenth century, Sir George Naress Narrative of a Voyage to the Po...

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Sir Gawain & The Green Knight; edited by J.R.R. Tolkien & E.V. Gordon, Clarendon Press/Oxford, 1936

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A classic Oxford edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, edited by J. R. R. Tolkien and E. V. Gordon and published by the Clarendon Press in 19...

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The Lord of The Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien; HarperCollins, 1994 hardback

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First published between 1954 and 1955, The Lord of the Rings is Tolkien's epic high-fantasy masterpiece and one of the most influential works of mo...

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The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien, BCA edition, 1994

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The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited and published after the author's death by his son Christopher Tolkien, presents the mythic prehistory of...

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The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien, BCA edition, 1992

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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien remains one of the most beloved classics of modern literature, introducing readers to Middle-earth and the adventures ...

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, Illustrated by Alan Lee, HarperCollins, 1997 Hardback

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Folio Society; The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis, Boxed Set

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A handsome Folio Society boxed set of C. S. Lewis's complete Chronicles of Narnia, with all seven novels in matching hardback editions. Finely prod...

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Schillers Werke, Textrevision von Heinrich Kurz, Leipzig, with 1886 autograph inscription by Mabell, Countess of Airlie

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A well-presented part set of Schillers Werke, edited by Heinrich Kurz and published by Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig. Friedrich Schiller (175...

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John Thadeus Delane; Editor of "The Times"; His Life and Correspondence, Arthur Irwin Dasent, 1908

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A substantial Edwardian biography of the influential Victorian newspaper editor John Thadeus Delane, who steered The Times through major political,...

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Kelmscott Press; The Nature of Gothic; A Chapter of the Stones of Venice by John Ruskin, 1892

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A landmark in both printing and aesthetics, The Nature of Gothic forms a key chapter from John Ruskin’s The Stones of Venice and embodies his passi...

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Folio Society; Johnson & Boswell's Journals of the Western Isles, 1990

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Journals of the Western Isles: A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Samuel Johnson and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides by James Bo...

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, Third edition, Ninth impression, 1974

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The Illustrated Natural History of Selborne, Gibert White, with Gilbert White Museum, 1981

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A very smart illustrated edition of Gilbert White's 'Natural History of Selborne', produced in conjunction with the Gilbert White Museum. White (17...

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Swan's Views of the Lakes of Scotland, Parts 1-8 Proof Copy - Sales Prospectus, c. 1836

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Joseph Swan (1796-1872) was one of Scotland's foremost 19th-century engravers and publishers, known for his finely detailed steel-plate views of Sc...

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Piranesi, Susanna Clarke, 2020, Signed first. Special edition with extra chapter.

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Winner of the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction, Piranesi by Susanna Clarke is one of the most critically acclaimed and award-winning novels of the de...

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The Ladies of Grace Adieu, and other stories, Susanna Clarke, 2006. Slipcase edition.

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The Ladies of Grace Adieu, and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke is a beautifully written companion to her acclaimed novel Jonathan Strange & Mr ...

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Hamnet, by Maggie O'Farrell, Tinder Press, 2020, Signed first edition

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Winner of the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction, Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell is a richly imagined and deeply moving novel inspired by the life and loss...

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The Complete Tolkien Companion, J.E.A. Tyler, Pan Books, 2002

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A comprehensive and accessible reference guide to Tolkien’s vast mythological world, The Complete Tolkien Companion by J.E.A. Tyler provides clear ...

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The Lord of The Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien; Illustrated by Alan Lee, HarperCollins, 1991 Centenary Edition

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Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien, HarperCollins box set, 1993 1st impression

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This is a scarce miniature edition boxed set featuring poems by J.R.R. Tolkien - from his writings in The Hobbit and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil...

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, Illustrated by Alan Lee, HarperCollins, 2000

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Lord of the Rings boxed set, plus The Hobbit in matching edition, Unwin Paperbacks, 1981

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First published between 1937 and 1955, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings together form J.R.R. Tolkien's monumental contribution to modern fantas...

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, Allen & Unwin Paperback Edition, 1975

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, Third edition, Tenth impression, 1975

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, First Paperback Edition, Puffin, 1961

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, HarperCollins, 1995

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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, J.R.R. Tolkien, Second edition, Thirteenth impression, 1961

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The History of Middle Earth; The Book of Lost Tales, Part I, J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien, 1991

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The Book of Lost Tales, Part I is the opening volume in The History of Middle-earth series, edited by Christopher Tolkien from his father J.R.R. To...

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The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien, 1977 1st edition, 1st impression

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The Lord of The Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien; 1st edition set; 5th, 4th & 3rd impressions, 1956-1957

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Borough of Nottingham; The Meteorology of Nottingham for the Past 12 Years, 1867-1878, M. Ogle Tarbotton

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Borough of Nottingham; The Meteorology of Nottingham for the Past 12 Years, (1867 to 1878 inclusive), from Diurnal Observations by M. Ogle Tarbotto...

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Marci Antonini Imperatoris, Libri XII - Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations (Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν)

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Marci Antonini Imperatoris, Libri XII (Marcus Aurelius – The Meditations / Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν) One of the great works of Stoic philosophy, preserved in ...

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Gargantua & Pantagruel by Francois Rabelais. Preface by Henri Clouzot. Illustrated by Joseph Hemard. John Hamilton, London, 1927 Limited Edition

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First published in the 16th century, Rabelais's Gargantua and Pantagruel remains one of the great comic masterpieces of Renaissance literature - an...

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Christmas Books by Charles Dickens. With Twenty-Eight Illustrations by F. Barnard. Chapman and Hall c. 1880.

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This undated Chapman & Hall edition of Dickens’s Christmas Books (with twenty-eight illustrations by Fred Barnard, printed by Virtue & Co.)...

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