LEWIS, SINCLAIR:

first edition, black cloth, 249pp, VG( sl stained spine, v sl edgewear, v sl soiled boards) d/w VG(v sl wear & tears to extrems with sl chipped spine head, sl rubbed & soiled)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann Melbourne 1951

KEYWORDS: modern first edition sinclair lewis

TURNER, ETHEL S.:

Early printing, red cloth, gilt and black decorations and titles to cover and spine, 236pp + 20pp ads, textual illus & plates, G+ (cocked, some textual illus coloured in by child's hand, internal separation at joints, binding holding only just, all plates present, boards mod sl soiled & rubbed, prev owner inscription to half title) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock and Co., London, n.d. (ca. 1903)

KEYWORDS: modern first edition

WESTERMAN, J. F. C.:

Early printing, blue cloth, 218pp, frontis illus, VG- (sl edge wear, sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl foxed edges and spasmodically throughout, contents v sl browned) d/w VG (v sl chipped spine head & foot, v sl creases wear & tears to extrems, sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Children's Press, London, n.d.

KEYWORDS: modern first edition j f c westerman

REID, META MAYNE:

First edition, brown cloth, 165pp, illus, VG+ (v sl cocked, v sl edge wear, v sl foxed eps & edges, prev owner sign to ffep) d/w VG+ (price clipped, v sl creases wear & tears to extrems, v sl sunned soiled & rubbed)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber, London, 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first edition meta mayne reid

REID, META MAYNE:

First edition, brown cloth, 216pp, illus, VG+ (v sl cocked, v sl edge wear, v sl sunned spine, prev owner sign to ffep) d/w VG+ (v sl creases & wear to extrems, v sl sunned soiled & rubbed)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber, London, 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first edition meta mayne reid

REID, META MAYNE:

First edition, blue cloth, 188pp, illus, VG+ (v sl cocked, v sl bumped spine head & foot prev owner sign to ffep, v sl paste action & foxing to to eps) d/w VG+ (v sl wear to extrems, v sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber, London, 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first edition meta mayne reid

STYLES, SHOWELL:

First edition, red cloth, 284pp, VG+ (v sl cocked, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl paste action to eps, v sl foxed eps & edges & spasmodically throughout) d/w VG+ (NOT price clipped, v sl wear to extrems, v sl soiled & rubbed, mod sunned, v sl internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber, London, 1956

KEYWORDS: modern first edition showell styles

DICKENS, MONICA:

First edition, green cloth, 290pp, VG+ (inscribed by author to title page, v sl cocked, v sl edge wear, v sl foxed eps & edges & spasmodically throughout) d/w VG+ (price clipped, v sl wear to extrems, v sl sunned soiled & rubbed)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann, London, 1964

KEYWORDS: modern first edition monica dickens

SANDYS, MICHAEL:

First edition, green cloth, 252pp, VG (v sl cocked, v sl edge wear, v sl foxed edges, v sl sunned soiled & rubbed)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber, London, 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first edition michael sandys

O'NEILL, DESMOND:

First edition, red cloth, 208pp, VG- (v sl cocked, v sl edge wear, sl foxed eps & edges, sl sunned soiled & rubbed)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz, London, 1959

KEYWORDS: modern first edition desmond o'neill

MARSHALL, BRUCE:

First edition, brown cloth, 184pp, G+ (v sl cocked, v sl edge wear, sl foxed eps & edges and spasmodically throughout, sl soiled & rubbed) d/w G+ (v sl creases wear & tear to extrems, mod internal foxing, v sl sunned soiled & rubbed)

PUBLISHER: Constable, London, 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first edition bruce marshall

KURTZ, KATHERINE:

This vol only, first UK edition, vol1, black cloth, 508pp, VG (spine head mod bumped, contents v sl browned) d/w VG+ (sl creases to top extrems, v sl soiled & rubbed)

PUBLISHER: Century, London, 1981

KEYWORDS: modern first edition katherine kurtz

LANGSFORD, A. E.:

First edition, blue cloth, 238p, VG+ (v sl cocked, sl edge wear, contents v sl browned) d/w NF (v sl creases & wear to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Barrie & Jenkins, London, 1989

KEYWORDS: modern first edition a e langsford

MOORE, BRIAN:

First edition, blue cloth, 196pp, inscribed by author, VG+ (v sl edge wear, v sl rubbed & soiled) d/w VG+ (v sl creases & wear to extrems, v sl rubbed & soiled)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury, London, 1990

KEYWORDS: modern first edition brian moore

RHODES, RICHARD:

First edition, super octavo, blue cloth spine and cream card boards, 174pp, VG (light bruising and soiling to spine extrems and board edges, moderate foxing to upper page edges, prev owners name in ink to fep) in d/w VG (light creasing to spine extrems and flap corners, light soiling and rubbing, old price sticker to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster, New York, 1992

KEYWORDS: modern first edition richard rhodes

ESQUIVEL, LAURA:

first edition uncorrected proof, in red glossy wrappers, 234pp, FINE

PUBLISHER: Doubleday London 2001

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof laura esquivel

SHIRLEY, HENRY:

first edition in cream wrappers, 192pp, VG(v sl wear to extrems with 4cm tear to rear cover, sl sunned rubbed & soiled, v sl foxing to ep's & edges, prev owners inscr to title page)

PUBLISHER: Price Publications Auckland 1971

KEYWORDS: modern first edition henry shirley

DUNCAN, PAMELA:

first edition uncorrected proof, in glossy pictorial wrappers, 324pp, VG+(v sl creased lower rear corner, review copy stamp to title page & fore edge)

PUBLISHER: Judy Piatkus London 2001

KEYWORDS: modern first edition pamela duncan

SMITH, JOHN:

first edition, inscribed & signed by author, pinkpaper boards, 47pp, v sl wear & scuffing to edges, v sl bumped spine head & foot, sl sunned spine, sl foxing to ep's & v sl spasmodically throughout) bd/w G(seperated at spine, sl wear & tears to extrems with v sl chipped, sl sunned rubbed & soiled)

PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press London 1952

KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry john smith

BLOOM, URSULA:

first edition, ex lib with library stamps & remains of stickers to ep's, blue cloth, 256pp, sl cocked, sl edgewear, v sl sunned spine, sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG-(sl wear to extrems with v sl chipped spine head & foot & corners, all extrems internally reinforced with tape, sl rubbed sunned & soiled)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co London 1951

KEYWORDS: modern first edition ursula bloom