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South by Java Head, Alistair Maclean, 1958 first edition

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First published in 1958, South by Java Head is one of Alistair MacLean’s classic wartime thrillers, set in the aftermath of the fall of Singapore d...

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

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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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Nonesuch Press; William Morris, Centenary Edition, edited by G.D.H. Cole, 1946 edition with dustjacket

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A distinguished Centenary Edition, first published in 1934 by the Nonesuch Press, Bloomsbury, London, and edited by G.D.H. Cole. This volume brings...

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Nonesuch Press; William Morris, Centenary Edition, edited by G.D.H. Cole, 1934 first edition

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A distinguished Centenary Edition, first published in 1934 by the Nonesuch Press, Bloomsbury, London, and edited by G.D.H. Cole. This volume brings...

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Nonesuch Press; Irene Iddesleigh, A Novel by Mrs. Amanda McKittrick Ros, 1926, numbered limited edition

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Irene Iddesleigh is the infamous debut novel of Mrs. Amanda McKittrick Ros (Anna Margaret Ross, 1860–1939), celebrated for its extravagantly ornate...

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The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels, by Thomas Ingoldsby, Carmine Edition, 1887

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The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby (the pseudonym of clergyman Richard Harris Barham) is one of the most popular colle...

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Vathek; An Arabian Tale, by William Beckford. Gibbings & Company, 1900

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Vathek: An Arabian Tale was written in French in 1782 by William Beckford (1760–1844), an English novelist, art collector, and eccentric. It is one...

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Vathek; An Arabian Tale, by William Beckford. Lawrence & Bullen, 1893, Numbered, limited edition.

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Vathek: An Arabian Tale was written in French in 1782 by William Beckford (1760-1844), an English novelist, art collector, and eccentric. It is one...

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The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius in the translation by William Adlington, F.J. Harvey Darton (ed) and illustrated by Philip Hagreen, Navarre Society. Bayntun-Riviere binding.

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The Golden Ass (also known as Metamorphoses) by Lucius Apuleius is the only complete surviving novel from ancient Rome. This picaresque tale chroni...

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The Wasp Factory, Iain Banks, Dual Cassette Audiobook read by Peter Capaldi, 2001

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The Wasp Factory, by Iain Banks; Probably one of the most impactful and influential novels by a Scottish author in the 1980s. A work of dark brilli...

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A Collection of Jessie M. King Ephemera; Posters, leaflets, cuttings, articles, cards etc., 1980s-2000s

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A Collection of Jessie M. King Ephemera; Posters, leaflets, cuttings, articles, cards etc., 1980s-2000s. A substantial and varied collection of mod...

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Tales from Inverbothrie, Frances Ryhnd Brightman, Pentland Press, 1997

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Tales from Inverbothrie, by Frances Ryhnd Brightman. Described as "Written as a historical novel, Tales from Inverbothrie charts the fortunes of a ...

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Master Humphrey's Clock (The Old Curiosity Shop), Charles Dickens, Chapman and Hall, First Book Edition, 1840

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Master Humphrey’s Clock began in 1840 as Dickens’s weekly miscellany of tales and sketches narrated by “Master Humphrey,” but soon became the seria...

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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, William and Robert Chambers, 4 Volumes; VII, VIII, IX, and XI , Nos. 313-572. 1839-1943

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This is a handsome set of four large-format 19th‑century bound volumes of Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal, originally launched in 1832 by the enterpri...

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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, William and Robert Chambers, Volume II, Nos. 27-52. July-December, 1844

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This is a handsome 19th‑century bound volume of Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal – New Series, Volume II, comprising issues 27–52 from July to December...

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, 2008 1st edition

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A delightful modern epistolary novel, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2008) was the debut work of American author Mary Ann Shaff...

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Paul and Virginia, J. Bernardin H. de Saint Pierre; Helen Maria Williams, 1828

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A charming pocket‑sized 1828 edition of Paul and Virginia, the enduring pastoral romance by Jacques‑Henri Bernardin de Saint‑Pierre, here translate...

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The Gem; A Literary Annual. Edited by Thomas Hood, 1829

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A smart 1829 volume of The Gem; A Literary Annual, edited by the poet and humorist Thomas Hood, featuring contributions from some of the era’s most...

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