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First published between 1723 and 1725, A Collection of Old Ballads was one of the earliest major printed anthologies devoted to English popular bal...

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien presents a carefully selected collection of the author's correspondence, edited by Humphrey Carpenter with the assist...

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo brings together three of the finest surviving works of Middle English literature in translatio...

Brian Moore, Alasdair Gray, John McGahern; A Bibliography of Their First Editions, by David Rees. Colophon Press Bibliography Series No. 1. The tit...

A substantial and visually impressive celebration of the imagination and legacy of Douglas Adams, bringing together a wide-ranging exploration of t...

A substantial scholarly reference set devoted to the life, writings, and critical reception of George Eliot, bringing together a wide-ranging selec...

Acts of Light brings together selected poems by Emily Dickinson with luminous colour paintings by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, accompanied by an appreciat...

The work of W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943) occupies a distinctive place in late Victorian and early twentieth-century literature, combining humour, chara...

The work of W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943) occupies a distinctive place in late Victorian and early twentieth-century literature, combining humour, chara...

The work of W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943) occupies a distinctive place in late Victorian and early twentieth-century literature, combining humour, chara...

The work of W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943) occupies a distinctive place in late Victorian and early twentieth-century literature, combining humour, chara...

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

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...

A remarkable group of nine official NASA Manned Spacecraft Center letters sent to Ed Conifray of Irvington, New Jersey, between 1963 and 1966, toge...

A smart copy of this detailed biography of Lord Macaulay — the eminent 19th-century historian, essayist, and politician best known for his History ...

A substantial and handsomely presented 1769 first edition of A Greek and English Lexicon to the New Testament by John Parkhurst — a foundational 18...

An interesting exploration of the world of books and reading in Ancient Greece and Rome by Frederic G. Kenyon, Late director and Principal Libraria...

A volume of literary criticism by Virginia Woolf, some articles previously published in The Times Literary Supplement, Life and Letters, The Nation...

A very smart, and uncommon, abridged, complete single volume edition, of John Jamieson's important work on the language of Scotland. Jamieson's Sco...

A very scarce set of 'The Enid Blyton Literary Society Journal', which changed its name to 'The Enid Blyton Society Journal' from issue 9 onwards. ...

A very substantial Victorian set of Jamieson's classic dictionary of the Scottish language. The set essentially comprises 4 Volumes, each divided i...

Bibliography of Early English Literature, in eight volumes, complete. By William Carew Hazlitt. 1961 reprint of books originally published between ...

Days with the Great Writers; A Day with Robert Louis Stevenson, by Maurice Clare. Published by Hodder and Stoughton, London. No stated edition, but...

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...