RANKIN,IAN

first edition proof copy numbered/limited [236/250] 400pp NF (in glossy wrappers,v.sl.rubbed,numbered colophon to ffep)

PUBLISHER: orion london 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies ian rankin rebus

SERVICE,ROBERT

first edition 192pp VG (tan cloth,v.sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses,tear to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: ernest benn london 1949

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry robert service

TAINE,H.A.

new edition 4 vols.433/447/462/476pp VG (red cloth w.paper title labels to spines,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,separation at fep gutter of vol.1,owner's inscr.to ffep vol.1,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,spines cracked)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1883

KEYWORDS: literature history taine

DE BOISSIERE,RALPH

first edition inscribed by author 361pp NF (black cloth,spine cracked but tight,author's warm inscr.to title dated 1981) in NF d/w (sl.rubbed)

PUBLISHER: allison & busby london 1981

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature signed ralph de boissiere

CABELL,BRANCH

first edition 304pp VG+ (purple cloth,minor soiling,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.browned,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london 1939

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature branch cabell

RAY,SHEILA G.

second impression 246pp NF (burgundy cloth,eps and content edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,remains of price sticker to front cover)

PUBLISHER: deutsch london 1983

KEYWORDS: literature history enid blyton sheila ray

KENEALLY,THOMAS

first edition inscribed by author 224pp NF (tan cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,author's inscr.to title) in NF d/w (minor rubbing)

PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 1991

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature thomas keneally signed

TRAMP,A CIRCUIT [FOOTE,J.ALDERSON]

first edition thus [facsimile of 1911 first edition] 216pp NF (red cloth,minor soiling to content edges) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine and upper edge of front cover sl.sunned)

PUBLISHER: ep publishing wakefield 1973

KEYWORDS: law history literature alderson foote

WELSH,IRVINE

first edition signed by author 391pp MINT (author's sign.to title) in MINT d/w

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2007

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature signed irvine welsh

WODEHOUSE,P.G.

first edition 314pp VG (green cloth w.black dec.stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,spine cracked but tight) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london 1926

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature wodehouse

PILGER,JOHN

first edition proof copy 286pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled w.owner's stamps to front cover,owner's inscr.to inside front cover and stamp to half-title)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1989

KEYWORDS: john pilger biography history proof copies literature

LAVATER,WARJA

[first edition] unpaginated [text in french] ills.[col.by warja lavater] VG+ (ill.paper boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,accordion-style folding of contents from a single sheet,contents clean and bright)

PUBLISHER: adrien maeght paris [1968]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts warja lavater hasard

SUE,EUGENE;ROCHFORD,CHARLES [TRANSL.]

533pp ills.[b/w by t.onwhyn incl.frontis.portrait and ill.title] G+ (rebind in burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine sunned w.boards sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,some sl.foxing to contents,plates are heavily foxed and browned,speckled edges)

PUBLISHER: charles daly london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature eugene sue

BLYTON,ENID;OPENSHAW,OLIVE F.[ILLS.]

first edition unpaginated ills.[b/w/yellow by olive openshaw] VG+ (ill.wrappers w.black cloth spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,creasing to front cover,sl.foxing to rear cover,minor soiling to contents)

PUBLISHER: brockhampton leicester [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature mary mouse enid blyton olive openshaw

BIRNEY,EARLE

first edition inscribed by author 52pp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,author's inscr.to nz author helen shaw on inside front cover,compliments slip pasted to title)

PUBLISHER: new books trumansburg [1968]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry earle birney

KEMP,GENE

first edition proof copy 112pp ills.[b/w] VG (in paper wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies gene kemp

ANDERSON-DARGATZ,GAIL

first edition thus proof copy 319pp NF (in glossy wrappers,publisher's label to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: virago london 2003

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature gail anderson-dargatz proof copies

BEAR,GREG

first edition 452pp VG+ in d/w VG+

PUBLISHER: legend london 1993

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature greg bear

BRADLEY,MARION ZIMMER

first edition 559pp NF (black cloth,contents sl.browned w.edges sl.soiled) in NF d/w (minor soiling)

PUBLISHER: michael joseph london 1988

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature marion zimmer bradley

BRODKEY,HAROLD

first uk edition proof copy unpaginated VG+ (in glossy wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,crease to rear cover and last few pp,photocopy of us publication title page bound in)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1994

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copy harold brodkey