Books - "modern first edition"
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The Assize of The Dying
first edition 297pp VG (red cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's stamp and marks to front pastedown,tape stains to ffep w.review loosely inserted,spine cracked and sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1958
KEYWORDS: modern first edition edith pargeter ellis peters
The Witch's Thorn
first edition 209pp VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: houghton mifflin boston 1952
KEYWORDS: modern first edition ruth park
A Better Class of Person
an autobiography 1929-1956
first edition 285pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,eps sl.foxed,cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and creased,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: faber & faber london 1981
KEYWORDS: modern first edition john osborne biography literature
Particular Pleasures
being a personal record of some varied arts and many different artists
first edition 192pp ills.[some col.] VG+ (red cloth,sl.sunned edges,sl.shaky spine) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed w.sl.wear to extrems.incl.1cm closed tear to foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1975
KEYWORDS: modern first edition j.b.priestly arts biography
Damn You,England
collected prose
first edition 264pp NF (minor bumps to extrems.) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed w.sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1994
KEYWORDS: modern first edition john osborne
The English Patient
first edition 307pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled,owner's sign.to ffep,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: bloomsbury london 1992
KEYWORDS: modern first edition michael ondaatje
Anything But a Hero
first edition 518pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.soiled and yellowed,spine sl.sunned,mod.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: barrie and rockliff london [1961]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition rudolf lorenzen
A Musical Chair
first edition 303pp VG+ (salmon cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,dealer's label to front pastedown,edges sl.foxed,te red) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and foxed,browned spine,chipping to extrems.w.6cm closed tear to head of cover,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: chatto and windus london 1939
KEYWORDS: modern first edition compton mackenzie
Eternal Light
first edition 384pp super octavo blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed w.sl.bumps to extrems, spine sunned.)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first edition paul j.mcauley
Lightning
an 87th precinct novel
first edition 304pp NF (blue cloth,sl.bump to fore-edge of contents,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1984
KEYWORDS: modern first edition ed mcbain
McBain's Ladies
the women of the 87th precinct
first uk edition thus 320pp NF (black cloth,contents sl.browned) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition ed mcbain
The Letters of John Middleton Murry to Katherine Mansfield
first edition 394pp VG+ (brown cloth,sl.sunned upper edge,owner's inscr.to ffep,edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed,spine and covers unevenly sunned)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson auckland 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first edition john middleton murry katherine mansfield c.a.hankin biography literature
The Antique Collector
first edition 279pp NF (blue cloth,sl.cocked) in NF d/w (minor wear to extrems.,v.sl.rubbed)
PUBLISHER: simon and schuster london 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first edition glyn hughes
Trimblerigg
a book of revelation
first edition 320pp [col.frontis.] VG (patterned paper boards w.cloth spine,paper title label to spine chipped,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,2x owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,te blue)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1924
KEYWORDS: modern first edition laurence housman
On the Banks of the Amazon
512pp ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth w.black dec.stamps,rubbed and stained w,spine sunned,wear and chipping to extrems.,paper separation to ep gutters,owner's inscr.to ffep,some minor soiling to contents,lacks rfep,spine cracked and shaky,cocked)
PUBLISHER: t.nelson london 1889
KEYWORDS: modern first edition w.h.g.kingston travel geography biography
Katherine Mansfield's Letters to John Middleton Murry 1913-1922
first edition 701pp VG+ (brown cloth,sl.stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's notes to rfep,cocked) in G d/w (sl.soiled,3cm loss to foot of spine,several closed tears and chipping w.some minor losses,external tape repairs to spine)
PUBLISHER: constable london 1951
KEYWORDS: modern first edition katherine mansfield john middleton murry biography literature
Therese
containing therese desqueyroux/therese chez le docteur/therese a l'hotel/la fin de la nuit
first edition thus 330pp VG+ (beige cloth,sl.creasing to spine,eps and edges sl.foxed,cocked) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.several closed tears,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: eyre and spottiswoode london 1947
KEYWORDS: modern first edition francois mauriac
The Right Prospectus
a play for television
first edition 48pp NF (green cloth,sl.stained boards) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1970
KEYWORDS: modern first edition john osborne drama
Get In the Q Annual
first edition 94pp illus, (b/w, photographs and artwork) VG+ (orange dec. paper boards, spine sl sunned, sl paper seperation to title page gutter but binding secure and tight)
PUBLISHER: m & j hobbs/michael joseph london [1980]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature humour cartoons comedy biography milligan spike
The Gaucho Martin Fierro
[limited edition unnumbered, 1 of 2000] 328pp illus, (b/w, drawings by alberto guiraldes w. frontis photograph of author) VG+ (white and brown genuine pigskin hide w. dec illus and titling branded on to front board, edges of boards perforated and woven w. dec. lashing, eps speckled, sl smudging to speckled dec illus on ffep, sl foxing to ffep and frontis reverse sides, sl browning to t.e. of contents and v. sl foxing to other edges) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: editorial pampa buenos aires 1972
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry verse spanish hernandez jose guiraldes alberto