Books - "modern first edition"
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The Hound of Heaven
first edition thus 25pp VG (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,contents sl.foxed,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: the grail london [1936]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts francis thompson
The Collected Poems of Richard Spender
first edition 77pp [b/w frontis.] VG+ (purple cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's stamp to ffep,content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and foxed,browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: sidgwick & jackson london 1944
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry richard spender
Penthesperon
[first edition] 168pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,eps browned,content edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london [nd,c.1938]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry christopher hassall
Collected Poems 1929-1933
transitional poem from feathers to iron the magnet
first edition 156pp VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.browned spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: hogarth press london 1935
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry c.day lewis
Poems of This War By Younger Poets
first edition 99pp VG (red cloth w.paper title label to spine,sl.stain to upper edge of boards,eps and edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: cambridge university press london 1942
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry patricia ledward colin strang
The Queen's Garland
being chosen lyrics of the reign of queen elizabet
[first edition] 105pp ills.[b/w] VG (beige paper boards w.gilt stamp to top board,rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,untrimmed edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: duffield new york 1906
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry fitzroy carrington
Voice Across the Sea
ex-lib.first edition 220pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,libr.mark to spine w.sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps,labels removed from reps) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: muller london 1958
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arthur c.clarke nautical history
The Cocktail Party
first edition 168pp VG+ (green cloth,uneven sunning to boards w.squashed insect to rear board,eps and edges v.sl.soiled) in G+ d/w (lacks lower half of spine and rear cover,rubbed and soiled and sunned,chipping w.losses)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts t.s.eliot
Poems
second edition 69pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's pencil notes to ffep,eps and edges sl.foxed,d/w rear flap loosely inserted)
PUBLISHER: faber & faber london 1934
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry stephen spender
Britannia Victrix
first edition unpaginated VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,indentations to contents)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1918
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry robert bridges
Intercepted Post
first edition 152pp [b/w frontis.] NF (red cloth,eps and edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.w.10cm closed tear to rear cover repaired externally w.tape,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1956
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature donald nichols history
Collected Essays Papers &c.
first edition 29pp VG+ (grey paper boards w.blue cloth spine,paper title label to spine,mod.soiled w.spine browned,edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1927
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry robert bridges
The Hundred and One Harlequins
first edition 96pp VG+ (red/white marl cloth,spine browned w.surface losses due to insects,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown,paste action to eps,edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: grant richards london 1922
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry sacheverell sitwell
Closing Time
first edition proof copy 464pp NF (in glossy wrappers,v.sl.soiled,number 0149 stamped on inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: simon & schuster new york 1994
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies joseph heller
The Marzipan Pig
first edition unpaginated ills.[b/w by quentin blake] NF (in laminated boards,sl.sunned spine and hinge area)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts russell hoban quentin blake
Letters from Conrad 1895 to 1924
first edition thus limited and numbered [87/925] 335pp [b/w frontis.] VG (burgundy cloth,rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,sl.sunning towards edges of boards,paste action to eps,teg rubbed,untrimmed fore and lower edges soiled,minor foxing to contents,tight)
PUBLISHER: nonesuch press london 1928
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature letters joseph conrad edward garnett
A Time to Dance and other poems
first edition 64pp VG+ (red cloth,v.sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,some minor foxing to contents,spine cracked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hogarth press london 1935
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry literature c.day lewis
Doctor Donne & Gargantua
the first six cantos
first edition 80pp VG+ (pale blue cloth,stains to upper edge of boards,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,browned,insect nibbles and holes to covers w.loss to foot of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: duckworth london 1930
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry john donne sacheverell sitwell
The Collected Poems of Roy Campbell
first edition proof copy 291pp VG (in paper wrappers w.publisher's label to front cover,mod.rubbed and soiled,typewritten label on cover is dated 29.10.48,sl.wear to extrems.incl.hinges and edges of label,content edges v.sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london [1949]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies poetry roy campbell
The Wayzgoose
a south african satire
first edition 61pp VG+ (tan cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,owner's sign.to front pastedown,insect holes to head of ffep) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,chipping and wear to extrems.incl.hinges,1cm loss to foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1928
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry roy campbell