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

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...

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...

A handsome late‑Victorian edition of The Works of Alfred Tennyson, attractively bound in green leather with raised bands and gilt titling, compleme...

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...

A charming early 19th-century edition of William Hayley’s once-popular didactic poem, finely illustrated and attractively bound. The Triumphs of Te...

Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Chronologically Arranged with Notes, Glossaries, and Index. In Three Volumes, complete, in half slipcase. Published...

Robert Burns's Commonplace Book 1783-1785; Reproduced in Facsimile from the Poet's Manuscript with Transcript and the Original Introduction and Not...

This is an elegantly bound early 19th-century volume featuring a curated collection of popular English poetry by James Beattie, Thomas Gray, and Ol...

This attractively restored 1808 edition of Poems by William Cowper (1731-1800), is presented as a two-volume set housed in a finely crafted custom ...

A smartly restored 1730 edition of one of the most celebrated and enduring poetic works of the 18th century. The Seasons by James Thomson, a Scotti...

Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (Edinburgh, 1803) is the influential early work of Sir Walter Scott, issued here in its second edition, expanded ...

Hudibras was originally published between 1663 and 1678, and is Butler's classic satirical poem, which has remained admired and influential for ove...

This attractively bound four-volume set of The Plays of William Shakespeare, edited by Thomas Keightley and published by J.S. Virtue & Co. in t...

William Davison’s press in the Northumberland market town of Alnwick specialised in well-produced but affordable editions. Issuing Burns so early –...

2023 saw the 400th anniversary of the publication of the first collected works of Shakespeare - The First Folio. Copies of that surviving book are ...

This is an attractive 1880 two-volume edition of The Orlando Furioso, Ludovico Ariosto’s epic Renaissance poem SOLD The Orlando Furioso, Translated...

The Solitary Way is a quietly powerful collection of poems by Scottish poet William Soutar, reflecting themes of isolation, introspection, and the ...

An American Anthology, 1787–1900, edited by Edmund Clarence Stedman, is a sweeping collection of American poetry that spans more than a century. De...

2023 saw the 400th anniversary of the publication of the first collected works of Shakespeare. Copies of that surviving book are now so precious th...

A charming volume published by The Medici Society on the world of cats - the Introductory 'Category' features an essay form the author/compiler exp...

An interesting book of verse, covering themes of both angling and love matters. Verses Piscatory and Amatory, by Henry Lamond, of Luss, Dumbartonsh...

A very scarce copy of this limited edition poetry book, based on the lineage of the Stewarts in Scottish history, and featuring key figures and bat...

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

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

A very smart 2 volume set of professionally rebacked full leather volumes containing fine condition text. Lord Byron and Some of His Contemporaries...

A collection of 2 Spanish books of lyrics and verse, with their original Publisher's front covers retained. 2 volumes bound as one. Gloria de la Pr...

The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal: For Oct. 1803......Jan. 1804. To be continued Quarterly. Vol III (contains issues V and VI). With many d...

A unique copy of this work. A previous owner has restored it to completion, by creating a number of hand drawn pages including the title page, adve...

Specimens of the Classic Poets in a Chronological Series from Homer to Tryphiodorus, Translated into English Verse, And Illustrated with Biographic...

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...

The Scots Magazine was found in 1739, and claims to be the world's oldest magazine still in publication today (although with gaps in its publicatio...

A charming bound copy of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an enterta...

A charming set of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an entertaining r...

An attractive binding from a pocket-sized edition known as 'Petite Bibliotheque Litteraire - Auteurs Contemporains', published by Alphonse Lemerre....

An interesting, and uncommon, copy of Longfellow's poetry with a lovely Ivorine (?) panel cover insert. The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longf...

The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, (Reprinted from the Revised American Edition), The "Albion" Edition. With Explanatory Notes. Publ...

A handsome, and very scarce, volume of Scottish poetry from 1922. Wandering Thoughts and Random Rhymes, Arch. J. Rose, Late Burgh Procurator-Fiscal...

A handsome volume of both the First and Second Series of Emerson's essays, in a very attractive binding. Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books: Essays, ...

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...

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...

Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson, including Underwoods, Ballads, Songs of Travel, 1918 & A Child's Garden of Verses, With an Introduction by And...

Round the Grange Farm; or, Good Old Times, by Jean L. Watson, author of "Bygone Days in our Village", etc; and joint author of the "Songstresses of...

Democratic Readings from the World's Great Teachers. Reprinted from "Reynolds's Newspaper." Compiled and Edited by W.M. Thompson, L.C.C. Numerous P...

Critical and Historical Essays Contributed to 'The Edinburgh Review' by Lord Macaulay. Authorised Edition. Published by Longmans, Green, and Co., L...

The Life and Works of Robert Burns. Edited by Robert Chambers. Library Edition. In Four Volumes. Offered here are Volumes one and two only, bound a...

The Megalithic European; The 21st century Traveller in Prehistoric Europe, by Julian Cope. A very personal journey across Europe by Julian Cope, fo...

The Modern Antiquarian; A Pre-Millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain, including a Gazetteer to over 300 prehistoric Sites, by Julian Cope. S...