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The restored, unbowdlerized text of Raspe’s slapstick travel epic featuring the classic illustrations from Strang & Clark (1895)   No one has journeyed to as many foreign lands as Baron von Munchausen. Nor, when it comes time to fire a cannon, will you find anyone more accurate. The comfort... Read More about The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Neversink)

Title: The Story of Prince Hildebrand and the Princess Ida ... With 110 illustrations by the author.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million i... Read More about The Story of Prince Hildebrand and the Princess Ida ... with 110 Illustrations by the Author.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.... Read More about The Age of Johnson (1748-1798)

Thomas Seccombe (1866-1923) was a miscellaneous English writer and, from 1891 to 1901, assistant editor of the Dictionary of National Biography, in which he wrote over 700 entries. He was educated at Felsted and Balliol College, Oxford, taking a first in Modern History in 1889. George Gissing was an... Read More about The House of Cobwebs and other stories, By George Gissing: An introductory survey by Thomas Seccombe (1866-1923) was a miscellaneous English writer.

The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher... Read More about The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen