MAY,PHIL

first edition 64pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (in wrappers,lacks rear cover,mod.rubbed/stained/browned,chipping to extrems.incl.spine,contents sl.foxed,shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: gowans & gray london 1907

KEYWORDS: modern first edition humour phil may

MAUGHAM,W.SOMERSET

first edition 165pp ills.[few b/w] VG+ (red cloth,sl.stained w.sunned spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1951

KEYWORDS: modern first edition w.somerset maugham

MULLOY,PATRICK;HARDEE,H.J.(ILLS.)

[first edition] 125pp ills.[col.by h.j.hardee] VG+ (paper boards w.cloth spine,sl.soiled w.sl.surface chip to rear cover,minor wear to extrems.,contents incl.eps have been bound in upside-down,sl.surface scratching to title o/w contents clean and bright,edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.chipping and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: thames publ.london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition patrick mulloy h.j.hardee

MACKENZIE,COMPTON

proof copy 319pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in paper wrappers,sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.incl.hinges,sl.chipping to head/foot of spine,owner's sign.to half-title o/w contents clean,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first edition compton mackenzie biography proof copies

JOHNS,W.E.

first edition (second issue - medium thickness, 35mm) 255pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG (blue cloth w.black dec.stamps,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine v.sl.browned,sl.bumps to extrems.w.head/foot of external lower hinge starting,lacks ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed o/w contents clean,cocked) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: oxford univ.press london 1940

KEYWORDS: modern first edition w.e.johns biggles

MORLEY,ROBERT

proof copy 159pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in paper wrappers,contents printed on recto side only,sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,content edges sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: weidenfeld and nicolson london 1978

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies robert morley

BLYTON,ENID

first edition 88pp ills.[b/w by ruth gervis] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine mod.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,contents sl.foxed,sl.cocked) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: lutterworth press london 1950

KEYWORDS: modern first edition enid blyton

BLYTON,ENID

first edition 96pp ills.[b/w by dorothy wheeler] VG (red cloth,sl.soiled w.spine browned,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's stamp and owner's inscr.to ffep,some minor foxing to contents,shaky spine) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: george newnes london 1947

KEYWORDS: modern first edition enid blyton

SHIELDS, JODY:

First edition, super octavo, illus light card covers, 273pp, FINE

PUBLISHER: Doubleday London 2000

KEYWORDS: modern first edition jody shields

BROWN, DIANE:

first edition,in pictorial wrappers, 235pp, NF with v sl soiled covers

PUBLISHER: Tandem Press Auckland 1999

KEYWORDS: modern first edition diane brown

LAING, ALEXANDER:

frist edition, red cloth, 430pp, G+(water stained front board fore edge with discolouring, sl soiled, v sl cocked, v sl sunned spine, corners sl bruised & scuffed, spinehead & foot v sl bumped & worn, ep's browned & sl soiled, sl foxing to ep's & edges, booksellers stamp to rear pastedown) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: Thornton Butterworth London 1933

KEYWORDS: modern first edition alexander laing

SELF, WILL:

scarce first edition hardcover signed by author, pictorial boards, 287pp, FINE

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Publishing London 1994

KEYWORDS: modern first edition will self

PACKER, JOY:

first edition, blue cloth, 256pp, VG+(sl bruised corners, v sl foxing to ep's & edgs, prev owners inscr to fep) d/w VG+(v sl wear & tears to extrems with v sl foxing internally & to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Eyre Methuen London 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first edition joy packer

MILN, LOUISE JORDAN:

first edition, gld cloth, 312pp, G+(corners bruised & scuffed, sl soiled, spine sl sunned, prev owners inscr to fep, ep's browned, sl foxing to ep's & edges, sl internal seperation at front, sl cocked, spine head & foot sl bumped with v sl tears)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton London 1928

KEYWORDS: modern first edition louise miln

GOTCHI, IRIS:

first edition, blue cloth, 158pp NF with prev owners inscr tofront pastedown, in FINE d/w

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury London 1989

KEYWORDS: modern first edition iris gotchi

KOONTZ, DEAN R:

first thus edition, black cloth, 334pp, NF with v sl soiled boards & v sl sunned edges, in FINE d/w

PUBLISHER: Headline London 1991

KEYWORDS: modern first edition dean koontz

KOONTZ, DEAN R:

first thus edition, black cloth, 351pp, NF with v sl sunned edges, in NF d/w with v sl wear to extrems & 1cm closed tear to lower front corner

PUBLISHER: Headline London 1990

KEYWORDS: modern first edition dean koontz

CRUISE, JENNIFER:

uncorrected proof, in coloured wrappers, 322pp, VG+(sl stains to edges)

PUBLISHER: Pan Books London 1998

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof jennifer cruise

HESSE, HERMANN:

first edition, grey cloth, 197pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems and board corners, prev owners name in ink to fep, v sl soiled fore edge & upper edge) in VG+ d/w (sl wear to upper edges & lightly sunned spine, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1977

KEYWORDS: modern first edition hermann hesse

ALLENDE, ISABEL:

first edition, light green paper & brown cloth, 382pp, Nfwith v sl bumped spine head & prev owners stamp to fep, in NF d/w NF with vsl wear to extrems

PUBLISHER: Harper Collins New York 1993

KEYWORDS: modern first edition isabel allende