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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SMOLLETT, Tobias.
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker … The...
London, Printed for W. Johnston … and...
Second edition of Smollett’s acknowledged...
£275
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SOPHOCLES.
‘Αι του Σοφοκλεους τραγωδιαι...
Eton, Joseph Pote; and sold by C. Bathurst...
An attractive Eton-printed edition of Thomas...
£400
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SOPHOCLES; Ezra POUND, translator.
Women of Trachis. A Version by Ezra Pound.
London, Neville Spearman, [1956].
First edition of Pound’s version of Sophocles’...
£1000
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SOUTHEY, Robert.
The Lay of the Laureate. Carmen Nuptiale …
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees,...
First trade edition of Southey’s laureate...
£200
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SPENSER, Edmund.
The Works of Edmund Spenser.
Oxford, The Shakespeare Head Press, 1930...
Limited edition, numbered 123 of 375 copies,...
£875
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SPRAT, Thomas.
Observations on Monsieur de Sorbier’s...
London, Printed for John Martyn, and James...
First edition. When Samuel de Sorbière...
£850
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STILLINGFLEET, Edward.
Sermons preached on several Occasions to...
London, Printed by Robert White, for Henry...
First edition thus, comprising twelve sermons...
£200
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[STRASBOURG.]
Souscription patriotique de la part du...
[S.l., s.n., 1789?.]
Rare first edition of this entertaining...
£165
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STRYPE, John.
The Life of the learned Sir John Cheke,...
London, John Wyat, 1705.
First edition of Strype’s biography of...
£450
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SUETONIUS TRANQUILLUS, Caius.
[De XII Caesarum vitis. De Illustribus...
Paris, Typographia Regia, 1644.
An attractive, illustrated pocket Suetonius....
£350
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SULIVAN, Richard Joseph.
Philosophical Rhapsodies. Fragments of...
London, printed for T. Becket … Bookseller...
First edition of this eccentric travel-inspired...
£750
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SULLIVAN, J.P., editor.
Ezra Pound, a critical Anthology.
[London, Penguin, 1970.]
First edition.
£30
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[SURTEES, Robert Smith,] and John LEECH (illustrator).
Handley Cross series.
London, Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., 1899-1900.
Limited ‘Master of Foxhounds’ edition,...
£1200
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[SWEDENBORG, Emanuel.]
De nova Hierosolyma et ejus Doctrina Coelesti:...
London, [John Lewis,] 1758.
First edition of Swedenborg’s ‘New...
£975
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[SWIFT, Jonathan].
Miscellanies in Prose and Verse.
London: Printed for John Morphew ... 1711.
First edition, ordinary paper issue, the...
£1250
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SWIFT, Jonathan.
The Works of J. S, D. D, D. S. P. D. in...
Dublin: Printed by and for George Faulkner,...
First 12mo. edition of the first collected...
£1250
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[SWIFT, Jonathan.]
On Poetry: a Rapsody.
Printed at Dublin, and Re-printed at London:...
First edition. On Poetry, one of...
£750
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SWIFT, Jonathan.
A Tale of a Tub … to which is added,...
London, C. Bathurst, 1751.
A scarce later edition of Swift’s classic...
£175
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SWIFT, Jonathan (attr.).
The Life and genuine Character of Doctor...
London: Printed for J. Roberts … and...
First edition. Authorship of this fine...
£1000