AMATO, RENATO:

First edition, b&w speckled boards, 135pp, VG+ (v sl wear to corners and spine foot, v sl foxed eps and edges) d/w VG+ (v sl creasing & wear to extrems, v sl sunned soiled & rubbed)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs, Auckland, 1967

KEYWORDS: modern first edition renato amato

PETIT, CHRIS:

Proof copy, glossy paper wraps, 408pp, VG+ (v sl edge wear, v sl soiled & rubbed, v sl creases to title page)

PUBLISHER: Scribner, London, 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first edition chris petit

GAVRON, JEREMY:

Proof copy, white paper wraps, 280pp, VG+ (unread, covers sl soiled & creased)

PUBLISHER: Scribner, London, 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first edition jeremy gavron

GIOVINAZZO, BUDDY:

Proof copy, decorated glossy paper wraps, 260pp, VG (contents excellent, covers sl soiled & creased)

PUBLISHER: No Exit Press, London, n.d. (pre April 2004)

KEYWORDS: modern first edition buddy giovinazzo

UPDIKE, JOHN:

First UK edition later printing, black boards, 492pp, NF (v sl wear to front board edge, text edges v sl soiled) d/w VG+ (v sl creased extrems, v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton, London, 1996

KEYWORDS: modern first edition john updike

BARKER, PAT:

First edition later impression, black boards, 308pp, VG+ (v sl cocked, v sl wear to front board edge, text edges v sl soiled) d/w NF (v sl rubbed, gumstains to front perh from removal of price label)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton, London, 2003

KEYWORDS: modern first edition pat barker

WALLACE, EDGAR:

Reprint, red boards, 256pp, VG- (v sl cocked, v sl edge wear, sl soiled & rubbed, v sl foxed eps & edges, contents v sl browned, prev owner sign to ffep) d/w VG (v sl creases wear & tears to extrems, v sl soiled & rubbed, price clipped, v sl internal foxing, mod sunned spine and rest sl sunned)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1951

KEYWORDS: modern first edition edgar wallace

WALLACE, EDGAR:

Reprint, 28th impression, blue boards, 320pp, VG- (v sl cocked, v sl edge wear, sl soiled & rubbed, v sl foxed eps & edges, contents v sl browned, v sl paste action to feps, prev owner sign to ffep) d/w VG (v sl creases wear & tears to extrems, v sl sunned soiled & rubbed, price clipped, v sl internal foxing, v sl soiled & rubbed, mod sunned spine and rest sl sunned)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1950

KEYWORDS: modern first edition edgar wallace

WALLACE, EDGAR:

Reprint, blue boards, 192pp, VG- (v sl cocked, v sl edge wear, sl soiled & rubbed, contents v sl browned, prev owner sign to ffep) d/w VG (v sl creases wear & tears to extrems, v sl soiled & rubbed, mod sunned spine and rest sl sunned)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1952

KEYWORDS: modern first edition edgar wallace

WALLACE, EDGAR:

Reprint, blue boards, 190pp, VG- (v sl cocked, v sl edge wear, sl soiled & rubbed, contents v sl browned, v sl foxed eps & edges, prev owner sign to ffep) d/w VG (v sl creases wear & tears to extrems, v sl soiled & rubbed, mod sunned spine and rest sl sunned)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1951

KEYWORDS: modern first edition edgar wallace

WALLACE, EDGAR:

Reprint, 22nd impression, blue boards, 320pp, VG- (v sl cocked, v sl edge wear, sl soiled & rubbed, contents v sl browned, v sl foxed eps & edges, prev owner sign to ffep, price clipped) d/w VG (v sl creases wear & tears to extrems, v sl soiled & rubbed, mod sunned spine and rest sl sunned)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1951

KEYWORDS: modern first edition edgar wallace

WALLACE, EDGAR:

Later edition, grey boards, 256pp, VG- (v sl cocked, v sl edge wear, sl soiled & rubbed, contents v sl browned, v sl foxed eps & edges, prev owner sign to ffep, price clipped) d/w VG (v sl creases wear & tears to extrems, v sl soiled & rubbed, mod sunned spine and rest sl sunned)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton, London, n.d.

KEYWORDS: modern first edition edgar wallace

SACCO, JOE:

First edition, pictorial wraps, 105pp, MINT.

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape, London, 2004

KEYWORDS: modern first edition joe sacco

PAPILLON, T. L. & HAIGH, M. A.:

Two vols, red boards, vol 1. 350pp + 16pp ads unopened (pencilled marginalia and underlining to pages containing introduction), vol 2 395pp + 8pp ads, both vols VG (corners sl scuffed, spine sl bumped head & foot with v sl surface loss, sl rubbing and v sl surface loss to boards with sl bumped edges, v sl sunned & soiled, sl paste action and foxing to eps, fomer owner inscript to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1892

KEYWORDS: modern first edition papillon haigh virgil p vergili maronis opera biography poetry

WOLFE, TOM

first edition, black paper boards & cloth spine, 291pp, VG+ in d/w VG with v sl rubbed & soiled

PUBLISHER: Farrar Straus Giroux New York 2000

KEYWORDS: modern first edition tom wolfe

SOAMES, HENRIETTA:

first edition, ex lib with stamp to fore edge & ffep, green cloth, 184pp, VG(sl cocked, v sl gum stains to boards, v sl edgewear) d/w VG+(price clipped, v sl rubbed & soiled)

PUBLISHER: Headline London 1996

KEYWORDS: modern first edition henrietta soames

PARK, RUTH:

first aust edition, beige cloth, 217pp, VG (some tanning, some foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (tape reinforcements to d/w interior, foxing, chipping, 3cm tear). All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost. Photos available upon request

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson Sydney 1953

KEYWORDS: modern first edition ruth park

STEPHENSON, NEAL:

first edition uncorrected proof, in black illus wrappers, 927pp, FINE

PUBLISHER: Willaim Heinemann London 2003

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof neal stephenson

STACEY, LYNDON:

first edition uncorrected proof, in glossy pictorial wrappers, 'Cut Throat' 422pp, 'Blind Fold' 360pp, FINE

PUBLISHER: Arrow Books London 2003

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof lyndon stacey

AMIS, MARTIN:

first edition uncorrected proof, octavo, in glossy yellow wrappers, 340pp, VG+ (light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 2003

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof martin amis