Books - "modern first edition"
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Star Dancer
first edition 504pp NF (blue cloth,content edges sl.browned) in NF d/w (sl.rubbed)
PUBLISHER: headline london 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fay sampson scifi
Bearing the Burden
speech delivered in the house of commons on thursday,january 18th,1945
first edition 20pp NF (paper wrappers,covers sl.unevenly browned o/w contents clean and tidy)
PUBLISHER: berne press department [1945]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition winston s.churchill politics military history biography
Saint Maybe
proof copy 359pp VG+ (glossy wrappers,sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,'proof' in handwritten ink to front cover,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies anne tyler
The Forest of Wild Thyme
a tale for children under ninety
first edition 82pp ills.[col.plates by claude a.shepperson] VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.browned,sl.bumps to extrems.,contents sl.foxed but plates are clean,teg)
PUBLISHER: william blackwood london 1911
KEYWORDS: modern first edition alfred noyes
Mrs Shakespeare
the complete works
first edition 216pp NF (tan cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in NF d/w (sl.rubbed w.minor wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: sinclair-stevenson london 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition robert nye shakespeare
Buxton Spice
first edition 170pp F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: phoenix house london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition oonya kempadoo
Emmanuel Burden
first edition [ads.at rear also dated 1904] 312pp+ads.ills.[b/w by g.k.chesterton] VG- (green cloth,rubbed and soiled and sl.sunned,sl.stain to head edge of top board,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and untrimmed edges mod.foxed,some ills.loose,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1904
KEYWORDS: modern first edition hilaire belloc g.k.chesterton
Man in the Cellar
short stories
first edition 160pp NF (red cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep [nz author steven stratford],te sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed w.sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first edition julia o'faolain
The Post Office
a memoir of his father
first edition 55pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,minor wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to prelim.)
PUBLISHER: grey fox press bolinas [1975]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition charles olson biography
Pal Joey
first edition 125pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,sml.ink price to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,mod.browned spine,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: cresset press london 1952
KEYWORDS: modern first edition john o'hara
A Nest of Simple Folk
first edition 413pp VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.sunned w.spine mod.sunned,sl.chipping to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and cocked)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1933
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sean o'faolain
The Stories of Sean O'Faolain
first edition 385pp VG+ (black cloth,dealer's stamp and owner's sign.to ffep,content edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,minor wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hart-davis london 1958
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sean o'faolain
Songs of Glen Na Mona
second edition 111pp VG+ (in paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's long inscr.to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked w.separation starting at final section)
PUBLISHER: brian o'higgins dublin [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition brian o'higgins
Adventure Bound
first edition 118pp ills.[b/w by douglas relf] VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.uneven sunning,sl.bumps to extrems.,2x owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: thomas nelson london 1955
KEYWORDS: modern first edition w.e.johns
Biggles Flies North
first edition thus [pyramid edition] 256pp ills.[by howard leigh] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,minor bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,owner's sign.to title,edges sl.soiled o/w contents clean and tight,sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: oxford univ.press london 1939
KEYWORDS: modern first edition w.e.johns biggles
St.Mark's Rest
the history of venice;includes first and second supplements bound-in
first edition 160/46/38pp+index VG (dk.green cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,paste action to eps,many sheets uncut so contents are clean and tight)
PUBLISHER: george allen london 1884 [supplements dated 1877/1879]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition john ruskin history geography venice travel italy
Doctor Dolittle's Zoo
first edition 320pp ills.[b/w by author] VG- (grey cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.browned spine,mod.chipping to extrems.,shaky binding barely attached at both ep gutters,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor soiling to contents,spine cracked and shaky) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1926
KEYWORDS: modern first edition hugh lofting doctor dolittle
A Rose for Virtue
proof copy 285pp VG (in paper wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.w.creasing to spine,contents clean but cocked)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1971
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies norah lofts
LULLABY
An 87th Precinct Novel
first edition, grey paper & blue cloth, VG+(boards sl soiled) d/w VG(sl wear & creasing to extrems with vsl tears to spine head & foot)
PUBLISHER: William Morrow & Co New York 1989
KEYWORDS: modern first edition ed mcbain
AVERY'S MISSION
first edition, green cloth, 222pp, VG+(spine head & foot v sl bumped, v sl sunned board edges, sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG+(v sl internal foxing, v sl wear to extrems, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz London 1971
KEYWORDS: modern first edition j stewart