The Oxford English Dictionary. Being a Corrected Re-issue...
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1933. "The greatest treasure-house of any language in the world, unrivalled for its... Read More
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The Spectator.
London: S. Buckley and J. Tonson, 1712-15. First collected edition (except second edition of Volume 2), LARGE PAPER ISSUE. Large Paper Copy. Lovely copy of the famous journal in the rare LARGE PAPER ISSUE. "Volumes I and 2, printed in octavo, were bound up, and, dedicated to Lord Somers and Lord... Read More
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The Spectator. A New Edition, carefully corrected from the Original with Historical, Biographical, and Explanatory Notes, Contents and a General...
London: Printed for J. Bumpus, Holborn-Bars, 1819. Printer W. Wilson. Read More
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The Aldine Edition of British Poets.
London: George Bell & Sons, York St., Covent Garden. New York: 112, Fourth Street, 1891-1901. The poets (and number of volumes) are: Akenside (1), Beattie (1), William Blake (1), Burns (3), Butler (2), Chatterton (2), Chaucer (6), Churchill (3), Coleridge (2), Collins (1), Cowper (3), Dryden (5), Falconer (1), Goldsmith... Read More
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Le Livre des Mille Nuits et Une Nuit. Traduction littérale et complète du D'J.C. Mardrus.
Paris: Eug. Fasquelle, Éditeur 11, rue de Grenelle, nd. Read More
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Le Livre des Mille Nuits et Une Nuit. Traduction littérale et complète du D'J.C. Mardrus.
Paris: Eug. Fasquelle, Éditeur 11, rue de Grenelle. Read More
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The Journal of the Nuclear Age
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Chicago: The Atomic Scientists of Chicago, 1946-1973. The Journal of the Nuclear Age. " ... perhaps the single most important journal for documenting both the arms race and the growth and development of atomic energy, and changing attitudes toward them ... The early issues of this journal, before 1956 in... Read More
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The Plays, Histories, and Novels of the Ingenious Mrs. Aphra Behn. With Life and Memoirs.
London: John Pearson, 15, York St., Covent Garden, 1871. Facsimile edition of the1724 third edition of The Plays …, and of the 1735 edition of The Novels . First Edition thus, LARGE PAPER COPY. LARGE PAPER. Read More
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Œuvres Complètes.
Paris: Chez Méquigon-Marvis. Libtraire, rue de L'École de Médecine, 1818. First Collected edition. Chiefly remembered today for his Paul et Virginie, Barnardin de Saint-Pierre was also a naturalist who wrote extensively on the harmony and order of nature. Paul et Virginie, in fact, appears in Volume IV of his Etudes... Read More
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Elegeant Extracts from the Most Eminent British Poets (5 of 6); Elegant Epistles from the Most Eminent Authors (6); Being...
London: Published by John Sharpe, c 1820. Printed by Howlett & Brimmer, Soho. Engraved tiytle-pages by C. Wittingham. Read More
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A Beautiful Burns
The Complete Works of.
Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co, 1909. ONE OF 1000 NUMBERED COPIES OF THE AYRSHIRE EDITION. A Beautiful Burns. Read More
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The Works of Lord Byron: with His Letters and Journals, and His Life by Thomas Moore, Esq.
London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street, 1832-1833. Read More
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Canada and Its Provinces. A History of the Canadian People and Their Institutions by One Hundred Associates.
Toronto: Printed by T. & A. Constable at the Edinburgh University Press for the Publisher's Association of Canada Limited, 1913-1917. Author' Edition. First edition, Number 848 of 875 Impressions on All-Rag Watermarked Paper, signed by the Publisher. Read More
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The Writings of Mark Twain ….
New York: Gabriel Wells, 1922-1925. The Definitive Edition, no. 532 of 1024 sets signed by Twain (as both “Mark Twain” & “S.L. Clemens”). Welles had purchased the right from Collier and Son for a purported $200,000. Welles added an autographed flyleaf from Mark Twain's hand from stock recently discovered in... Read More
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[Collected Works].
London: William Pickering, etc, 1836-1877. An excellent collection of the posthumous works of Coleridge, with many of the William Pickering titles in first edition. Includes the Literary Remains (4 vols., 1836-1839), On the Constitution of Church and State (1839), Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit (1840), Biographia Literaria (2 vols. in 3... Read More
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The Works of Joseph Conrad.
New York: Johnson Reprint Company / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. Limited reprint from 1980 (reprint of the edition published by Heinemann in 1921) Copy no. 8 of 780 copies. Handsome set of this fine paper reprint of the standard edition of the works of Joseph Conrad, comprising — vol. 1... Read More
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![The Comic Almanack for 1835[-1853] An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest … By Rigdum Funnidos, Gent. [1835-1853, Complete Run]. George Cruikshank.](/pictures/thumb/226214.jpg?v=1438724709)
A Complete Run of Cruikshank's Comic Almanacs
The Comic Almanack for 1835[-1853] An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest … By Rigdum Funnidos, Gent. [1835-1853, Complete Run].
London: Tilt and Bogue, 1835-1853. Cruikshank, George. First edition. A Complete Run of Cruikshank's Comic Almanacs. Quintessentially Cruikshank, the 19 issues of The Comic Almanack are a high spot of British humorous periodicals. In 1840, Thackeray recalled that the first issue showed “a great deal of comic power, and Cruikshank's... Read More
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The Humourist. A Collection of Entertaining Tales, Anecdotes, Repartees, Witty Sayings, Epigrams, Bon Mots, Jeu d'esprits, &c.
London: Printed & Published by J. Robins & Co. Albion Press, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row, 1819, 1819, 1819 & 1820. First edition, first issue, with the date on the title-page of volume one , p. 44 of vol. I has second issue title of "Epitaph on a Dyer" but lwith... Read More
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A Delightful Complete Set of Cruikshank's Comic Almanacs
The Comic Almanack for 1835-1853: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest...By Rigdum Funnidos, Gent.
London: Imprinted for Charles Tilt and later Tilt and Bogue, etc, 1835-1851. Cruikshank, George. First edition, third issue of 1848 issue. A Delightful Complete Set of Cruikshank's Comic Almanacs. A complete run of these amusing volumes, quintessential Cruikshank. Read More
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[Works].
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896-7. Authorized Edition. A nice set of Darwin's works, including The Origin of Species, Descent of Man, and other classics, including a two-volume Life and Letters Journal of Researches . . . during the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the World. [82] * Structure and... Read More
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Deluxe Issue of the Best Edition
The Novels and Stories….
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. Crossroads Edition, No. 103 of 256 copies. Deluxe Issue of the Best Edition. Davis (1864-1916) was the leading reporter of his day (his dispatches are studied in journalism schools), as well as an author and playwright and his good looks and manly elegance made... Read More
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The Dickensian. A Magazine for Dickens Lovers & Monthly Record of the Dickens Fellowship. Edited by B.W. Matz (through 1925)...
London: Chapman and Hall for the Dickens Fellowship, 1905-1940. Read More
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Works: a handsome partial set consisting of: Hard Times (2 vol.); Sketches by Boz (2 vol.); A Tale of Two...
New York: Sheldon & Company, 1863. Read More
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Catalogue des Livres Précieux, Manuscrits et Imprimés faisant partie de la Bibliothèque de...Précédé d'une Introduction par M. Paulin Paris...
Paris: Vente à L'Hotel des Commissaires-Priseurs, 1878-1884. With prices realized and an Index. Read More
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A Select Collection of Old English Plays. Originally Published by Robert Dodsley in the Year 1744. Now First Chronologically Arranged...
London: Reeves and Turner, 196 Strand and 185 Fleet Street, 1874. Fourth edition. This fourth and the best edition contains 28 dramas not in the previous editions, and a further 5 which had never appeared previously. Read More
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Histoire de la Nation Égyptienne. Ouvrage publié sous les auspices et le haut patronnage de Sa Majesté Fouad Ier, roi...
Paris: Société de l'histoire nationale, Librairie Plon, [etc.], [1931-1940]. Vol. I. Gabriel HANOTAUX, Introduction Général; Charles de la RONCIÈRE, La Géographie de l'Égypte à travers les Âges. Vol. II. Alexandre MORET, L'Égypte pharaonique. Vol. III. Pierre JOUGUET, L'Égypte ptolémaïque; Victor CHAPOT, L'Égypte Romaine; Ch. DIEHL, L'Égypte Chrétienne et Byzantine. Vol... Read More
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