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Bachelorland
Grant Richards
1899
Bell's first novel and with a gift inscription to Ethel Thompson Smith on the front free endpaper.
The farther adventures of Robinson Crusoe, being the second and last part of his life
Constable & Company Ltd
1925
A facsimile reprint of the 1790 edition in a limited edition of 1775.
The life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, mariner
Constable & Company Ltd
1925
A facsimile reprint of the 1790 edition in a limited edition of 1775.
Dream of a ridiculous man; Another man's wife; A meek young girl
Lindsay Drummond Limited
1945
Three short stories.
The house with the green shutters
John McQueen
1902
Describes the struggles of a proud and taciturn carrier, John Gourlay, against the spiteful comments and petty machinations of the envious and idle villagers of Barbie. From the library of Sydney Goodsir Smith, and signed by him.
The plague in Bergamo
Porpoise Press
1923
By the Danish novelist, poet, and scientist, who began the naturalist movement in Danish literature and was a part of the Modern Breakthrough.
Abaft the funnel
Doubleday, Page & Company
1909
The first authorised edition of a collection of contributions to various Indian newspapers.
The Sea-Wolf
William Heinemann
1904
Humphrey Van Weyden, a literary critic who is a survivor of an ocean collision and who comes under the dominance of Wolf Larsen, the powerful and amoral sea captain who rescues him.
Fragments from the history of John Bull
William Blackwood and Sons
1835
A political satire originally serialised in Blackwood's Magazine.
The Edgar Allan Poe bedside companion: morgue and mystery tales
Victor Gollancz Ltd
1980
A collection of tales most of which have not appeared in print for well over a century.
Resurrection: a novel
Brotherhood Publishing Co.
1900
The second English edition, the proceeds from which were to be devoted to the assistance of the Doukhobors who had been persecuted by the Russian Government for refusing to participate in war. From the library of artist Walter Dexter.
