Books - "modern first edition"
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The Desert of Wheat
first edition 376pp VG- (sl cocked with shaky spine, boards rubbed and marked, corners bruised and scuffed, spine sl faded and scuffed with bumped/scuffed head and foot, endpapers sunned, some foxing throughout, silverfish damage to inside front page, fep and half title page) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: harper & bros new york 1919
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
I'm Dying Laughing
the humourist
first edition 447pp VG (spine damaged; the book has been dropped causing spine to become shaky, spine foot bumped, small tear to rear edge or spine, lower edge of rear board bumped, markedreview copy on title page) in VG+ d/w (sl faded spine, sl rubbing. spine sl creased, sl crimping to edges)
PUBLISHER: virago london 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction
A Perfect Woman
first edition 199pp fine in VG+ d/w (sl rubbing, sl fading to spine and rear, spine head sl worn)
PUBLISHER: allen lane london 1984
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Banquet
first edition 188pp VG (cocked, corners sl bruised, spine foot sl bumped, foot-edge of boards sl bumped, sl discoloration to boards along edges, owners name on fep, v sl foxing to fep) in VG+ d/w (sl rubbing, corners sl rounded, flaps sl foxed with crease to front, sl wear to edges, upper edge of rear flap sl crimped)
PUBLISHER: allen lane london 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The U P Trail
first edition 408pp VG- (cocked with sl shaky spine, boards rubbed and marked with scuffed edges, corners bruised and scuffed, spine sunned and scuffed with sl chipping to head,sl foxing throughout, silverfish damage to fore-edge and foot-edge of pages, 2 tear to foot-edge of title page along spine, spine starting at hinge between half title and front plate) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: harper & bros new york 1918
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Daughters of Nijo
a romance of japan
first reprint (same month as first edition) 397pp VG_ (cocked, boards rubbed with some scuffing to edges, corners bruised and scuffed, spine sunned and scuffed with bumped/scuffed head and foot, residue from sticker inside front board, sl marking/discloloration to inside boards and endpapers, half title page has been sl scribbled on with orange crayon, pages sl marked, corner torn from prelim. page) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: the macmillan co new york 1904
KEYWORDS: modern first edition japan
Horse Heaven Hill
first edition 190pp VG+ (spine head sl bumped, foot-edge of front board sl bumped, owners inscription inside front board, endpapers sl discolored, minor foxing to head-edge) in VG d/w (rubbing with sl foxing to flaps, corners sl rounded, price inked out on front flap, spine head creased, top edge sl creased and worn)
PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 1959
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Tales From Bernard Shaw
first edition 215pp VG (boards rubbed with some sunning along upper edge and by spine, spine sunned with scuffed head and foot, corners bruised and scuffed, sl cocked with sl shaky spine, fep marked by erasing of owners name, endpapers sl sunned, v minor foxing) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: george g harrap london 1929
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Breath Eyes Memory
first edition 234pp FINE in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: soho new york 1994
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Krik? Krak!
stories
first edition proof 31pp FINE in wraps
PUBLISHER: soho new york 1995
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof
The Denton Welch Journals
first edition 268pp VG+ (v sl cocked, minor bump to spine foot, unobtrusive booksellers stamp on lower edge of inside front board, v sl discoloration to endpapers, v faint foxing to half-title and title pages) in VG d/w (rubbing with a few small areas of scuffing to spine, corners rounded, spine worn at head and foot with v small tears, sl wear to edges)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1952
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Hungry Ghosts
Seven Allusive Comedies
modern first edition 200pp in wraps VG+( sl scuffing to rear cover, sm stain to front cover, cnrs sl bruised, upper edge sl crimped, minor foxing to fore-edge, v sl fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: black sparrow press los angeles 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Hunk of Skin
modern first edition in wraps 40pp (owner's inscrip on fep, sl scuffing and fading to spine and cvrs, remains of price sticker on rear cvr, imperfections in print)
PUBLISHER: city lights books san francisco 1968
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry
The Dead King
modern first edition octavo softcover pages not numbered VG-
PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 1910
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry
Control
first edition proof copy 305pp VG in wraps (cocked, sl faded edges and spine with some staining to rear, some smudging to title ink, corners v sl bruised)
PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 1982
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof
The Rover
First Overseas Edition 317pp VG (v sl cocked sp slightly sunned with sl scuffing to head and foot, boards rubbed and sl marked w sm stain to front, cnrs sl bruised, front hinge sl loose w two sm tears, endpapers sl discoloured, minor foxing) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: T.Fisher Unwin Ltd London 1923
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Novel On Yellow Paper
work it out for yourself
first edition 252pp VG+ (v sl cocked, spine sl bumped at foot, sl discoloration to endpapers, minor silverfish damage to rear endpaper, minimal foxing) in VG d/w (rubbing with some marking, price clipped, areas of silverfish damage on front cover and along rear flap-edge, corners rounded, spine sunned with sl chipped head and foot, upper edge worn)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1936
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Cockatoos
Shorter Novels and Stories
first edition 307 pp VG+ (tight, clean copy w some fading and discoloration to head edge, owner's name on fep, verso rubbed) (minor fading to spine of d/w, cnrs sl rubbed, 1cm tear to front)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Shooting Elvis
confessions of an accidental tourist
first UK edition 309pp FINE in NF d/w (sl marking from price sticker on front cover else fine)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Monkey Wrench
first edition 219pp FINE in NF d/w (minor crimping to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1994
KEYWORDS: modern first edition