BELL,CLIVE

first edition 257pp VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine browned,sl.paper separation to ep gutters,owner's inscr.in pencil to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1928

KEYWORDS: history literature clive bell bloomsbury civilization

GAUL,SIMON

first edition 61pp ills.[col.by hugh casson] VG+ (ills.laminated boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,contents clean and bright,sl.shaky spine) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: quartet london 1983

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature simon gaul hugh casson

COONTZ,OTTO

first edition 48pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.creasing to fore-edge of pp.39-48) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.several closed tears and some creasing)

PUBLISHER: little,brown boston [1980]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition otto coontz children's literature

TOWNSON,HAZEL

first edition [unpaginated] ills.[col.by mary rees] F in laminated boards

PUBLISHER: andersen press london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature hazel townson mary rees

LANGLEY, LEE

first edition 294pp NF (black cloth, v. sl bumps and wear to extrems, v. sl foxing to front and reap e.p.s, sl sunning and foxing to t.e. contents w. sl foxing to other edges of contents) VG+ d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, sl crease to head of spine)

PUBLISHER: heinemann london1992

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction

JONES, TERRY; FOREMAN, MICHAEL

first edition 175pp illus (b/w, w. some colour by michael foreman, incl dec. e.p.s) VG+ (blue cloth, sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, sl sunning to t.e.s of boards, spine sl cocked) in VG d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, mod closed tear to t.e. of lower hinge w. sl crease to associated area, dealer label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: pavilion books london 1985

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jones terry

LE CARRE, JOHN

Super octavo hardcover (VG+)first trade edition 301pp illus, coloured maps to e.p.s) (black cloth w. gillt titling to spine and published blind stamp to front board, sl bumps and wear to extrems, fore edge of text untrimmed) in (VG+) d/w (sl bumps and wear to extrems)

PUBLISHER: alfred a. knopf new york 1995

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction le carre john

CAREY, PETER

first edition 392pp VG+ (black cloth, v. sl rubbed w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked,top and fore edges sl browned w. sl foxing) in NF d/w (sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl sunned)

PUBLISHER: university of queensland press st lucia 1997

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature fiction carey peter

JONG, ERICA

first edition 336pp VG+ (blue cloth, sl rubbed and soiled w. small stain to front board, v sl bumps and wear to extrems, sl sunning to spine and hinge area of rear board and t.e. of contents, sl foxing to prelims and edges) in VG+ d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w mod stains to front and rear covers, sl bumps and wear to extrems w. sl sunning to spine and hinge areas, mod foxing to internal side of jacket)

PUBLISHER: granada london 1984

KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature jong erica

JONG, ERICA

first edition 310pp VG+ (black cloth, sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked, sl foxing to prelims and edges, owners stamp to ffep w. sl gum stains to lower edge of front and rear eps) in VG d/w (sl rubbed and soiled, sl fading to covers and spine, price clipped, sl foxing to flaps and internal side of jacket)

PUBLISHER: secker & warburg london 1977

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction jong erica

LAWRENCE, JOAN

first edition 188pp VG+ (brown cloth, sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked, t.e. of contents sl foxed and browned) in VG+ (sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps to extrems, dealers label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: peter owen london 1988

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction lawrence joan

TREMAIN, ROSE

[uncorrected proof edition] 359pp VG+ (pink paper wrappers w. portrait to front wrapper, sl rubbed and soiled w. mod bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked, edges of contents sl soiled)

PUBLISHER: sinclair-stevenson london [paperback proof copy] 1997

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction proof copies tremain rose

RIOTTA, GIANNI

[first u.k. edition] 287pp NF (blue cloth, sl bump to foot of spine) in NF d/w (v. sl bumps to head and foot of spine, publishers label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: flamingo london 2001

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction riotta gianni

GOLDBERG, RITA

first edition 247pp VG+ (red cloth, v. sl rubbed, w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, t.e. of contents sl browned and stained) in VG+ d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems)

PUBLISHER: barrie & jenkins london 1990

KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature goldberg rita

LURIE, ALISON

first edition 182pp NF (blue cloth, v. sl rubbed w. sl bumps to extrems, spine sl cocked, sl browning to t.e. of contents and sl foxing to rear eps) in VG+ d/w (v. sl rubbed w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, very minor surface loss to edges of head and foot of spine, sl sunning of spine)

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1994

KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature lurie alison

CAREY, PETER

first edition [signed by author] 327pp VG+ (black cloth, sl rubbed w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, authors signature to title page and owner's name to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl rubbed and soiled with minor gum residue from removed label to front cover, mod bumps to head and foot of spine and sl bumps to other edges, v. sl surface loss in a few places along upper edge)

PUBLISHER: faber london 1997

KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature carey peter

MANGUEL, ALBERTO

first edition 234pp VG+ (red cloth, sl rubbed w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked, sl foxing to edges) in VG d/w (mod rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, mod tear to bottom edge of upper flap hinge, v. minor surface loss in a couple of places along upper and lower edges)

PUBLISHER: harpercollins london 1991

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction manguel alberto

NAHAI, GINA

[uncorrected proof edition] 309pp VG+ (light green paper wrappers, sl rubbed w. sl bumps to extrems, publishers review copy label to title page)

PUBLISHER: scribner [london] [paperback proof copy] 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction proof copies nahai gina

CADDLE, COLETTE

[uncorrected proof edition] 388pp VG+ (cream paper wrappers, sl rubbed and soiled w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, sl stains to front and rear wrappers, mod crease to lower area of text and wrappers w. sl creasing to page corners to first section of text)

PUBLISHER: coronet books london [paperback proof copy] 2000

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction proof copies caddle colette

O'CONNOR, EDWIN

first edition 190pp VG+ (red cloth, sl rubbed w. sl bumps and wear to extrems, spine sl cocked, sl foxing to prelims and edges, owners name to ffep) in VG d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w. sl chipping to head and foot of spine and minor surface loss along upper and lower edges, some sl surface seperation along upper hinge and board area w. mod tear to rear board near bottom of lower hinge area and a small closed tear head of upper hinge, spine sl sunned

PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction o'connor edwin