DERVAL, PAUL:

first uk edition, super octavo,blue cloth boards, 147pp illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, prev owners name in ink to fep, prev booksellers stamp to fep, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (archival repairs to spine extrems, moderate scuffing and chipping to edges and flap hinges, moderate soiling and rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co London 1955

KEYWORDS: modern first edition paul derval

GORDIMER, NADINE:

first edition, grey cloth, 396pp, NF with v sl edgewear & review copy stamp to tilte page, in VG+ d/w( v sl foxing internaly & to flaps, v sl sunned spine, v sl wear to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1987

KEYWORDS: modern first edition nadine gordimer

FRAYN, MICHAEL:

first edition, in green cloth, 223pp, VG(gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl bumped spine foot, v sl bruised rear corners, v sl foxing to edges) d/w VG( gum stains to extrems & flaps, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Collins London 1973

KEYWORDS: modern first edition michael frayn

WAIN, JOHN:

first edition, olive patterned boards, 45pp, ep's browned with sl foxing) d/w VG(sl wear, tears & creasing to extrems, v sl internal foxing, sl soiled, v sl sunned spine)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co London 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first edition john wain

PARSONS, JULIE:

first edition, signed by author, black cloth, 376pp, VG+(v sl bumped spine foot, front pastedown & ep sl torn at lower edge) d/w NF with v sl wear to lower edge

PUBLISHER: MacMillan London 1998

KEYWORDS: modern first edition julie parsons

DOYLE, MOGUE:

first edition book proof, in white picotrial glossy wrappers, 253pp, FINE

PUBLISHER: Bantam Press London 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof mogue doyle

GRAVES, WALLACE:

first edition, red cloth, 333pp, VG(v sl bruised corners, v sl soiled boards with sl stain to upper front & front pastedown, light foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG+(sl internal stain, v sl wear to extrems, sl foxing to flaps, v sl soiled)

PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch London 1970

KEYWORDS: modern first edition wallace graves

WHITE, PATRICK:

first edition, pink cloth, 316pp, VG+(sl edgewear & sl soiling to boards & lower text edge, ffep clipped, v sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG+(price clipped, v sl foxing to flaps, v sl wear to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode London 1966

KEYWORDS: modern first edition patrick white

BROOKES, EWART:

first edition, black cloth, 255pp, VG(v sl cocked, v sl bruised corners, sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl bumped spine head & foot with v sl tear to spine head, v sl internal seperation to front hingev sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG(sl wear to extrems with v sl chipped spine head & foot, v sl tear to spine head internally repaires with tape, corners v sl scuffed, sl sunned & v sl soiled)

PUBLISHER: Jarrolds London 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first edition ewart brookes

TWAIN, MARK:

first edition, blue paper with cream cloth spine, 93pp illus, G+(corenrs scuffed & boards rubbed & soiled with some surface loss, edges bumped & worn, spine sunned & foxed, prev owners stamp to front pastedown, v sl foxing to ep's & edges)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers Publishers New York 1952

KEYWORDS: modern first edition mark twain

DR. SEUSS

first uk edition, quarto blue glossy pictorial boards, unpaginated illus, VG (lacks d/w)

PUBLISHER: Collins London 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first edition dr seuss childrens book

FORREST,ANTHONY

first edition 298pp VG+ (white cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: allen lane london 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first edition anthony forrest

NICHOLS,RUTH

first edition 343pp F in NF d/w (sl.rubbed)

PUBLISHER: headline london 1992

KEYWORDS: modern first edition ruth nichols philip sidney

ELLISON,RALPH

first edition 368pp F in F d/w

PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1999

KEYWORDS: modern first edition ralph ellison

MACKESY,SERENA

proof copy [review copy] 460pp NF (in glossy wrappers,review stamp to half-title and title)

PUBLISHER: arrow london 2000

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies serena mackesy

GITTINGS,ROBERT

first edition 71pp VG+ (green cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.foxed,browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1953

KEYWORDS: modern first edition robert gittings poetry

ILES,GREG

proof copy [review copy] 388pp VG+ (in glossy wrappers,publ.label to front cover,sl.creasing to corners,review label to inside front cover,sl.bump to foot corner of early section)

PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies greg iles

GRANT,JAMES RUSSELL

first edition 32pp NF (marbled paper boards w.black cloth spine,minor bumps to corners,eps and edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: putnam london 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first edition james russell grant poetry

RICKWORD,EDGELL

first edition 92pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.soiled w.shadows from d/w on boards,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.browned,mod.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1947

KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry edgell rickword

YOUNG,ELIZABETH

first edition 32pp NF (marbled paper boards w.black cloth spine,paste action to eps,long owner's inscr.to half-title verso) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.spine browned,sl.wear to extrems.,sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: putnam london 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry elizabeth young