Books - "modern first edition"
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A Dead Man in Tangier
First edition, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Constable & Robinson Ltd 2007
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature modern first edition
Poems of War and Peace
First edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG), review slip loosely enclosed; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: F. W. Cheshire 1968
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry modern first edition
Jerusalem Sonnets: Poems For Colin Durning
First edition, octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, Ralph Hotere illus to front cover, unpaginated, VG+ (v light soiling/scuffing & light foxing to covers)
PUBLISHER: University of Otago/Bibliography Room 1970
KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature modern first edition New Zealand James K Baxter Ralph Hotere Colin Durning modern first edition
The Rock Woman: Selected Poems
First edition, uncorrected proof copy, marked secret and confidential, RARE thus, octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 93pp, VG+ (light scuffing to spine, light soiling to rear cover, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping to edges, moderate sun fading to spine, moderate scuffng to covers with some surface loss, light internal tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature modern first edition New Zealand James K Baxter collection anthology modern first edition
Lempriere's Dictionary
first edition 530pp FINE
PUBLISHER: sinclair stevenson london 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first edition limited edition
Lempriere's Dictionary
first edition 530pp FINE
PUBLISHER: sinclair stevenson london 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first edition limited edition
The Apes of God
first edition thus, limited edition of 1000 signed and numbered copies, for subscription only; this is #377, cloth binding 625pp VG+ (spine v sl sunned with v sl rubbing to title, spine creased to the size of actual binding, lower cnrs sl bruised, minor bruise to fore-edge of front board, small booksellers stamp at lower edge of front paste-down, sl browning to ep's, v sl foxing to edges) in GOOD+ d/w (numerous tear repaired on the inside with masking tape!, price clipped, spine sunned, wear and tear to edges)
PUBLISHER: arco publishers london 1955
KEYWORDS: modern first edition limited edition
Angel Pavement
first edition, limited and signed, 613pp VG+ (boards sl rubbed, corners bruised, head and foot edge of boards sl scuffed and bruised, booksellers sticker inside rear board, v sl foxing inside boards, spine faded with sl scuffing to head and foot) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: william heinemann london 1930
KEYWORDS: modern first edition limited edition
Fraulein Else
first edition 157pp very good (fading to boards along top front and spine, corners bruised, boards bumped along extremities, spine rubbed and marked with small tears to head and scuffed foot, boards rubbed, some foxing throughout) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: constable london 1929
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction limited edition
Henry Brocken
his travels & adventures in the rich, strange, scarce-imaginable regions of rome
first edition thus, limited edition of 250 signed & numbered copies of which this is #41, 337pp VG (sunned spine,paper lifting from rear board which has had an unfortunate repair job with sellotape, boards sl rubbed with sunned top edges, minor foxing to inside boards,sl bumped spine head and foot) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: w collins ltd london reprint of 1904 edition
KEYWORDS: modern first edition de la mare travel limited edition signed
One of Norah's Early Days
first edition un-numbered pages very gd+ (boards sl rubbed with minor marking, spine sl sunned with some scuffing, corners bruised and sl scuffed, v sl foxing to endpapers and fore edge) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: grayson & grayson london 1935
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction limited edition
Maiden's Fury
first edition un-numbered pages very gd+ (boards sl rubbed with minor marking, spine sl sunned with some scuffing, corners bruised and sl scuffed, minor foxing throughout) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: grayson & grayson london 1935
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction limited edition
Sparkenbroke
first edition 553pp limited deluxe edition signed by author very gd+ (sl faded spine, v sl marking to leather of boards, some foxing to endpapers)
PUBLISHER: macmillan & co london 1936
KEYWORDS: modern first edition limited edition
The Crocodile Bird
limited numbered edition proof copy 298pp near fine in wraps (review copy stamp on fep)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof limited edition
rising sun
first edition limited numbered proof copy near fine in wraps (sl rubbed,front corners bruised) no.385 in a limited edition of 500
PUBLISHER: century london 1992
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof thriller limited edition
Silent Conversations
first edition limited edition numbered and signed [18/50] 245pp [cover ill.and frontis.by philip byrne] F in F slipcase
PUBLISHER: secker and warburg london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition limited edition alan wall philip byrne
A BREATH OF FRENCH AIR
first edition, 158pp, VG(v.sl.bumped to spine foot, v.sl.edge wear, sl.browned and foxed eps and v.sl.foxed foredges) in VG+(price clipped, v.sl. wear to extrems. with v.sl.chipped spine head and foot, v.sl. tear and crease to lower front corner, sl. sunned spine.)
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph London 1959
KEYWORDS: modern first edition bates h edition
The King's Own
reissue in king's own edition 399pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.w.amateur internal reinforcements to head/foot of spine,lacks ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and cocked)
PUBLISHER: george routledge london 1896
KEYWORDS: modern first edition captain marryat king's own edition
Lost at the South Pole
imperial octavo light card covers, unpaginated, dual texts in english and dutch, (FINE) limited to 40 copies (this being #4) signed by author and printer (John Denny) with Original matching envelope (VG). A delightful example of the fine presswork of the publisher
PUBLISHER: puriri press 1997 auckland
KEYWORDS: new zealand limited edition puriri press john denny carolien scholten literature modern first edition art
Filth
This is the scarce unauthorised pornographic version with the alternative dustwrapper in addition to the standard issue d/w, first edition 392pp MINT in like d/w, signed by author on title page, ltd to 50 numbered copies only
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape (Deviant Press) london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition erotic irvine welsh signed literature