Books - "modern first edition"
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Life at the Top.
First edition 288pp VG+ (small bump to spine foot, sl.browning to endpapers with some light foxing to prelims & edges) in VG d/w (corners rounded, 2 small stickers on front cover and spine,foxing to flaps, sl.wear to spine extrem.)
PUBLISHER: Eyre and Spottiswoode London 1962
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Beasts of Tarzan
first edition 337pp in green cloth boards, VG (boards rubbed with some scuffing, shelf wear to edges, spine sunned & scuffed, corners bruised, owner's stamp on ffep and rear paste-down, minimal foxing) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: a.l. burt new york 1916
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fantasy
Robert Burns
a play
first edition 93pp VG- (cloth boards rubbed with some sunning to edges and sl.marking to front, corners bruised, small bumps to fore-edge, ep's browned, small tear to head-edge of half-title) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: sidgwick and jackson london 1925
KEYWORDS: modern first edition play drama
The Hostage of Zir
first edition 213pp VG+ (boards sl warped) in VG+ d/w (corners rounded, sl.wear to spine extrem.)
PUBLISHER: berkley usa 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sf science-fiction
Pstalemate
first edition 190pp NF (minor sunning to upper extrem.of boards, light foxing to head-edge) in NF d/w (sl.sunned spine with minor wear to head)
PUBLISHER: victor gollancz london 1972
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sf science-fiction
The Saint and the Fiction Makers
first UK edition 189pp in light blue paper boards, VG+ (spine sl.sunned,small gum-stain on fep, some light foxing to fore-edge & hlaf-title) in VG d/w (price clipped, sl.sunned spine with some minor wear to extrem., corners rounded, edges sl worn with a v.small chip from upper rear of wrapper)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition crime saint
Bird in Hand
a play in three acts
first edition 96pp in red cloth boards, VG- sl.sunning to extrem.of boards and spine, lower corners sl.bruised, ep's browned, fore-edge bruised causing some creasing and marking to some pages at outer margin) in GOOD d/w (corners chipped with sl tears,spine head and foot chipped with 1 inch missing from both,tear and minor scuff on spine causing minor surface loss,edges creased and worn,rubbed)
PUBLISHER: sidgwick and jackson london 1927
KEYWORDS: modern first edition play drama
The Victim
proof copy of 1965 edition 264pp GOOD in wraps (front cover separated,spine badly chipped and creased,rubbed,foxing)
PUBLISHER: weidenfeld and nicolson uk 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof
Calm October
essays
first edition 226pp VG (boards sl.sunned at foot-edge, spine sl.sunned, small bump to foot-edge front board, faint foxing to ep's and paste-downs,owner's name on ffep,owners notes occasionally throughout) in VG d/w (rubbing with wear to edges, corners sl.chipped. small tear to upper front edge, spine sunned with sl.chipped head, owner's notes on rear flap)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Not All the Suns
poems 1917-1944
first edition 51pp VG (sl rubbing to cloth of boards with average shelf wear and some sunning to edges, spine sunned with sl.bumped foot, lower corners sl.bruised, upper front corner creased) in VG d/w (sm tear and crease to spine foot, some wear to edges and spine extrem., crnrs.rounded, rubbed)
PUBLISHER: nicholson and watson london 1944
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry
Gilbert the Man Who Was G.K. Chesterton
first edition proof 261pp NF in wraps (v minor scuffing to spine head and foot)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof chesterton
Fail Safe
first edition 256pp VG (cocked, corners bruised, spine head and foot sl.sunned, owner's name on ffep, ep's sl. foxed) in VG- d/w (lamination on front cover lifting,corners and spine foot chipped,1 inch tear upper edge of rear cover near spine head,rubbed)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Universe 7
First edition 184pp VG+ (v.sl.shelf wear to lower edge of boards, edges spotted with foxing, small bump to fore-edge front board) in VG- d/w (rubbed, sl.suned spine with sl.wear to extrem., corners rounded)
PUBLISHER: Doubleday New York 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sf science-fiction
Driving West
first edition 46pp VG+ in wraps (sunned spine and wrappers)
PUBLISHER: victor gollancz london 1975
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry
The Man on the Cliff
first edition 173pp fine in VG+ d/w (rubbing,price sticker on front flap)
PUBLISHER: robert hale london 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition crime
A Very Private War
first edition proof copy 276pp VG in wraps (sl cocked,sm gum spot on front cover, small bump & chip to spine head,corners sl bruised,rubbed)
PUBLISHER: collins sydney 1980
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof
Stumbling on Melons
first edition proof copy 215pp near fine in wraps (sl sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof
The Innocent Libertine
first edition 214pp VG (some shelf wear to edges of boards with some sunning to top edges, owner's inscription on ffep, sl.foxed fore-edge & ep's) in VG- d/w (corners chipped,1 inch chip out of upper edge of front cover near spine head,crease along upper rear cover,rubbed,minor tears to spine head and foot,foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: secker and warburg london 1968
KEYWORDS: modern first edition french literature
Small Moments
first edition 182pp ex-library with stamps on paste-downs and rear ep, VG (ffep missing, shelf wear to foot-edge & corners, light foxing to prelim.pp.& rear ep) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Regeneration
A very scarce advance proof copy, 252pp in white wrappers with beige illustration, NF (minor crease to front cover and sl.rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Viking London 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy