Books - "modern first edition"
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The Sensitive Plant
first edition thus 128pp ills.[b/w/rose w.col.tipped-in plates by charles robinson] VG (green cloth w.black dec.stamps,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,mod.stain to spine and top board,sl.wear to extrems.,ill.eps,school presentation bookplate to ffep,all tissue guards present and all col.plates are clean and bright,contents clean,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry percy bysshe shelley charles robinson
FRAGMENTS OF A JOURNAL
modern first edition 150pp VG (v.sl.cocked,minor bumps to foot and head of spine,corners v.sl.rubbed,owners name stamped on front paste-down and in ink on FEP,minor discolouration to FEP) in VG d/w (minor rubbing and chips to extremities,sl.scuffed,lightly sunned,minor tape mark and stain to front,price clipped,1cm closed tear to top of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1968
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
MURDER IS TOO EXPENSIVE
modern first edition 220pp VG+ (minor bump to head of spine,minor crease to REP,sl.dirty mark to REP,page edges evenly browned due to poor quality paper, boards v sl bowed) in VG d/w (lightly rubbed,v sl creasing to extremities)
PUBLISHER: constable london 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition crime fiction
The Beach.
First edition, trade paperback in illustrated wrappers, 8vo, 438pp, VG- (sl.cocking with minor bruising to corners, rear fep and inside rear wrapper has been scribbled on with ballpoint causing some tearing to fep going through to last page) otherwise internally clean and bright.
PUBLISHER: Viking London 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition trade paperback
The Rainbow Stories
first edition 541pp FINE in NF d/w (minor rubbing, v sl crease to spine head)
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1989
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Waldo and Magic, Inc
first edition 219pp in cloth covered boards VG+ (sl bumped spine head and foot, upper cnrs sl bruised, v sl browning to ep's) in VG- d/w (rubbing, wear and creasing to edges, cnrs rounded, flaps clipped at cnrs, spine sl chipped at extrem., silverfish damage to fore-edge of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: doubleday & co NY 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sf science-fiction
Marabou Stork Nightmares
first edition proof copy NF in wraps (sl marked front cover, minor creasing to fore-edge)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1995
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof
Thirteen Stories and Thirteen Epitaphs
first edition 318pp FINE in NF d/w (v sl rubbing, minor wear to cnrs and spine head)
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Out of This World
first edition proof copy 208pp VG+ in wraps (sl rubbing with minor discoloration, sl creasing to corners)
PUBLISHER: viking london 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof
Ever After
first edition proof copy 261pp VG+ in wraps (top edge has v sl buckling and minor rubbing)
PUBLISHER: picador london 1992
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof
MY BEST MARY
selected letters of mary shelley
ex libris (usual cancellation markings) modern first edition 240pp very good (sl bruising to corners and spine head) in very good d/w (sl creases and tears to extremities, small inkstain to front- so unobtrusive it may as well be part of the design)
PUBLISHER: allan wingate london 1953
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography mary shelley letters literature
PLANET AND GLOW-WORM
a book for the sleepless
modern first edition 82pp G (front and rear boards heavily creased,corners and foot/head of spine bumped,lightly scuffed,paste-downs creased,discolouration to paste-downs and endpapers,owners name in ink on FEP)
PUBLISHER: macmillan and co.ltd london 1944
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Cowboys and Indians
first edition 250pp FINE in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: sinclair stevenson london 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Shipwreck
first edition (8 1/4 X 10 1/4) VG+ (cnrs v sl bruised, small tear to lower edge of front board, minor fading to extrem. of boards, booksellers sticker on lower edge ffep) in VG+ d/w (price clipped, cnrs rounded, wear to spine extrem., sl yellowing, rubbed, small tear to top rear edge)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first edition shipwrecks
Underworld
First edition arc proof 827pp VG+ in wraps
PUBLISHER: Scribners new york 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof
Serenissima
a novel of venice
first edition 225pp super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+)
PUBLISHER: bantam press london 1987
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Doctor Criminale
first edition 343pp fine in VG+ d/w (small tear to top rear edge repaired inside cover with tape, sl rubbing)
PUBLISHER: secker & warburg london 1992
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Age of Longing
first edition 448pp VG- (sl cocked, spine sunned with scuffed head and foot, lower corners sl bruised, front board faded at upper edge by spine, sl foxing to endpapers and half-title page) in VG- d/w (rubbing, discoloration to flaps and rear, corners rounded, spine sunned with sl chipped head and worn foot, front upper edge sl worn with a few small tears)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1951
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Stonor Eagles
first edition 555pp Near Fine (v. sl. soiled edges) in Near Fine d/w (v. sl. edgewear,rear upper flap v. sl. soiled)
PUBLISHER: country life london 1982
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
My Son's Story
first edition 277pp near fine (v sl bumped spine head and foot) in near fine d/w (sl rubbing, v sl creasing to edges of front cover)
PUBLISHER: bloomsbury london 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first edition