Books - "modern first edition"
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BEYOND HUMAN KEN
first edition, green cloth, 240pp, VG+(bookseller stamp to fep, ep's browned with gum residue, v sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG+(v sl wear to extrems, v sl rubbed & sunned, flaps sl browned)
PUBLISHER: Grayson & Grayson London 1953
KEYWORDS: modern first edition judith merril
THE LAST HURRAH OF THE GOLDEN HORDE
first UK edition, blue cloth, 215pp, NF with v sl bumped lower edges, d/w VG+( price clipped,v sl foxing, v sl soiled & rubbed v sl sunned, v sl wear to extrems)
PUBLISHER: MacDonald Science Fiction 1971
KEYWORDS: modern first edition norman spinrad
THE GOLDEN BIRD
first edition, black cloth, 481pp, NF with browned edges of text, d/w NF (v sl wear to extrems.,mod.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: Collins London 1987
KEYWORDS: modern first edition edwin mullins
CLANCY
first edition, blue cloth, 443pp, VG+(v sl bruised corners, v sl foxing to edges) d/w VG+(sl internal foxing, v sl wear to extrems, v sl sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis London 1971
KEYWORDS: modern first edition frederic mullally
THE FETISH
A Volume of Stories
first edition, ocatvo, blue cloth boards, 285pp, VG (v sl cocked, light scuffing to spine extrems and board corners, light foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to eps) in d/w VG- (moderate to heavy soiling, moderate foxing to spine, light foxing and scuffing to covers, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg London 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first edition alberto moravia
VERSUS
first edition, blue cloth, 169pp, VG+( v sl cocked, sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG-(v sl wear to extrems with sl chipped & tears to spine head & foot, sl internal & external foxing, v sl sunned)
PUBLISHER: J.M. Dent & Sons London 1949
KEYWORDS: modern first edition ogden nash
Jill's Magic Island
and other stories
first edition 177pp illus, (b/w photography incl frontis) VG (brown cloth boards w. green cloth spine, sl chipping to head and foot of spine w. mod split to upper edge of lower hinge though attached at head and holding, sl soiling and marks to boards inc sl pen marks to rear board, small pen marking to ffep, internal paper seperation to reverse of rear fep gutter and detaching at head and foot, sl wobbly but stitching and webbing holding firm) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: thomas nelson london 1934
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature childrens stories acting costume fables fairy tales ballet jelf ernest arthur
Houndsditch Day By Day
[first edition] 200pp +ads VG (red cloth w. gilt, black and red dec stamp and black titling, sl rubbed and soiled w sl scuffing along part of fore edge of front board, spine sl browned and stained w. sl fading to other boards, spine sl cocked and cracked, internal paper seperation to ffep gutter w. binding firm and webbing secure, ffep detaching sl at lower edge, pencil owners inscription to head of leaf, sl foxing to prelims, sl to top corner of rear fep, edges of contents browned w. fore edge untrimmed)
PUBLISHER: sands & company london 1899
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature popular novels history journalism pitcher binstead, arthur m
THE GRAND COMPLICATION
first edition, octavo, illus light card covers, 359pp, fine, signed by author
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann London 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first edition allen kurzwell signed
THE BLACK ROOM
first edition, blue cloth, 348pp, NF with sl foxing to ep's & edges, in d/w VG+(v sl wear to extrems with sl tear to lower & upper front , v sl sunned, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson London 1971
KEYWORDS: modern first edition colin wilson
NEXT OF KIN
first edition, navy blue cloth, 248pp, NF with v sl bruised upper corners & v sl browned fore edge, in d/w FINE
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury London 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition joanna trollpoe
HOUSE OF LEAVES
Very scarce UK hardcover first edition (less than 300 in total produced) issued concurrent with the UK paperback. The dustwrapper is quite different to the US ediiton. Cased & stitched. 709pp. new NEAR FINE in like d/w. PLEASE NOTE: The whole colophon is full of misinformation: the first editions all state "2nd edition", with the fictional "privately distributed" edition that the "editors" of the Foreword allude to being the (fictional) "first edition"
PUBLISHER: Anchor London/ Hard Echo Press NZ 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition mark danielewski
HOUSE OF LEAVES
Very scarce UK hardcover first edition (50 copies) issued concurrent with the UK paperback. With gold 'Z' embossed to front board, SIGNED 'Z' and dated by author. The dustwrapper is quite different to the US edition. Cased and stitched. 709pp, new NEAR FINE in like d/w. PLEASE NOTE: The whole colophon is full of misinformation: the first editions all state "2nd edition", with the fictional "privately distributed" edition that the "editors" of the Foreword allude to being the (fictional) "first edition"
PUBLISHER: Anchor London / Hard Echo Press NZ 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition mark danielewski literature novel
COMEDIES
first edition, tan cloth, 353pp, NF with v sl bumped spine head & foot, in NF d/w with v sl wear to lower extrems
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson London 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first edition john wain
THE BLIND ROSE
limited first edition #175, signed by author, stone cloth, with label to spine, 140pp, VG(sl sunned spine & v sl bruised corners, v sl soiled boards, ep's browned) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz London 1928
KEYWORDS: modern first edition humbert wolfe
WORLDS END
And Other Stories
first edition, blue cloth, 211pp, FINE in NF d/w with v sl sunning
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton London 1980
KEYWORDS: modern first edition paul theroux
THE SATANIST
first edition, pictorial black & white boards, 447pp, VG+(v sl edgewear, sl foxing to ep's) d/w VG(sl wear/tears to extrems with foxing internally & to flaps, sl rubbed with sl surface loss, v sl sunned)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson London 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first edition dennis wheatley
FARNOR
Part One of Nightfall
first edition, green cloth, 378pp, NF with v sl bumped spine head, in NF d/w with v sl rubbing
PUBLISHER: HeadlineLondon 1992
KEYWORDS: modern first edition roger taylor
RETURN OF THE STRANGER
First edition, green cloth, 376pp, FINE in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: Orion London 1995
KEYWORDS: modern first edition reay tannahill
CHICAGO LOOP
first edition, black cloth, 183pp, NF with v sl dent to upper front board & v sl foxing to fore edge, in NF d/w with vsl wear to upper extrems
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton London 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first edition paul theroux