English Literature
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British literature and history from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, with an emphasis on poetry, fiction, and drama.
We usually have a selection of literary works from the STC and Wing period (i.e. before 1701), and a broad range of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century fiction and poetry, particularly the Romantics. We also have a selection of historical manuscripts, prints and broadsides, and works in translation.
Among important works which have passed through our hands are the editor's presentation copy of Milton's Lycidas, Swift's Modest Proposal, the autograph draft of Byron's She walks in beauty, the autograph manuscript of Jane Austen's only play Sir Charles Grandison, Dickens’s copy of Vanity Fair, Trollope's classical library, and, over the years, some fifty Shakespeare First Folios.
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CARDONNEL, Adam de.
Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland [I–II] …
London: Printed for the Author, and sold...
First edition, the very rare issue with...
£975
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[CARTOUCHE.]
The Life and Actions of Lewis Dominique...
London, printed for J. Roberts … 1722.
First edition in English, published in...
£1750
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CHALMERS, David.
Histoire abbregee de tous les roys de France,...
Paris, Jean Fevrier, 1579.
First edition of Chalmer’s historical...
£950
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[CHAPBOOK.]
Narrow Escape from the Punishment of Death,...
London: Printed by Augustus Applegath...
An uncommon early chapbook from the press...
£225
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CHESTERFIELD, Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of.
Letters written … to his Son, Philip...
London: Printed for Dodsley … 1777.
Eighth edition, a very pretty set.
£250
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CHURCHILL, Winston S.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples,...
London, Cassel & Company Ltd, [1956; –...
First editions, with dust-jackets, of Churchill’s...
£200
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CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer; F. RHODES, editor; Angus McNEILL, illustrator.
The River War: An Historical Account of...
[London, Spottiswoode & Co. for] London,...
First edition of Churchill’s second book,...
£2500
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COBDEN-SANDERSON, Annie; Marianne TIDCOMBE, editor.
The Prison Diary of Annie Cobden-Sanderson,...
[Marlborough,] Libanus Press, 2017.
The imprisonment of Annie Cobden-Sanderson,...
£25
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COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor.
Biographia Literaria; or biographical Sketches...
London: Rest Fenner … 1817.
First edition. Coleridge’s estimates...
£450
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COLERIDGE, S[amuel] T[aylor].
The Statesman’s Manual; or the Bible...
London: Printed for Gale and Fenner …...
First edition of the first of Coleridge’s...
£200
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CROMARTY, George Mackenzie, Earl of.
An historical Account of the Conspiracies...
First edition, dedicated to Queen Anne,...
£150
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CUMMINGS, E. E.
i: six nonlectures.
Cambridge (Mass.), Harvard University...
First trade edition, inscribed to the BBC...
£750
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[CURLL, Edmund, editor.]
Impartial Memorials of the Life and Writings...
London, Printed in the Year 1736.
First separate edition, amusing but in...
£450
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[CURLL, Edmund, et al.]
An impartial History of the Life, Character,...
London, Printed for E. Curll …, 1741.
First edition of this obituary pamphlet...
£650
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CURTIUS RUFUS, Quintus.
De rebus gestis Alexandri Magni regis Macedonum...
Basel, Hieronymus Froben and Nicolaus...
Handsome folio edition of Curtius Rufus’...
£2000
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DANETT, Thomas.
A Continuation of the Historie of France,...
London, Printed by Thomas East for Thomas...
First edition, an original history composed...
£1800
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[DA PORTO, Luigi.]
‘Lettere di Alvigi da Porto vicentino...
[Milan, c. 1800].
A manuscript of an influential and then-unpublished...
£950
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DAVID, [Pierre Drapeyron de].
A History of the Campaigns of General Pichegru,...
London, for G.G.J. & J. Robinson, 1796.
First edition in English, printed in the...
£185
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[DE LA COSTE.]
Voyage philosophique d’Angleterre fait...
A Londres. Et se trouve à Paris, chez...
First edition, second issue, with cancel...
£250
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DENNIS, John.
The Grounds of Criticism in Poetry, contain’d...
London, Printed for Geo. Strahan … and...
First edition. Published as a ‘preliminary’...
£1250