Books - "modern first edition"
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THE SUNDERING FLOOD
Volume 2
Volume 2 only, pocket edition, blind embossed green boards, gilt title & decorations to spine, top edge gilt, 158pp, VG+ (v sl foxed edges) d/w VG+ (sl sunned spine, otherwise near fine condition)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co., London, 1914
KEYWORDS: modern first edition william morris
SIZZLING PLATTER
First edition, blue boards, 120pp, bw cartoons, VG (v sl edge wear, v sl rubbed & soiled, contents excellent, v sl foxed eps & edges) d/w VG- (v sl creases & wear to extrems, large chip to lower front 6x4cm, sl soiled & rubbed)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale, London, n.d.
KEYWORDS: modern first edition peter arno
THE SEA
ITS HISTORY AND ROMANCE
First edition, 4 volumes by the author of Ships for All, bound in watered silk with gilt decoration and titles, illus col & b/w plates, eps professionally replaced and each volume has binder's label at foot edge of front pastedown, vol1 to 1697, 308pp, VG+ (sl sunned spine with some wear, sl scuffing to extrems, corners v sl runned, foot board edges have very minor shelf wear, minimal foxing confined to rear ep and last page) vol2 1698-1783 284pp VG+ (sl sunned spine, sl scuffed extrems, minimal rubbing to covers, sl foxed rear section) vol3 1784-1814, 289pp, VG+ (spine sl sunned with sl scuffed extrems, minimal shelf wear to foot edge, v sl rubbed corners, sl foxing confined to last section and feps) vol4 1815-1875, 290pp, VG+ (spine sl sunned with sl scuffed extrems, corners sl rubbed, v sl foxing confined to rear ep and index pages and verso front illus plate)
PUBLISHER: Halton & Truscott Smith Ltd, London, n.d.
KEYWORDS: modern first edition frank bowen
Angels All Over Town
ex-lib.first edition 292pp VG+ (blue paper boards w.lilac quarter cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,usual stamps and labels,edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (libr.label to spine,tape stains to upper/lower edges w.spine sl.sunned,4cm cut to front cover)
PUBLISHER: atheneum new york 1985
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature luanne rice
Fortune Like the Moon
first edition 242pp F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 1999
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature alys clare
Biggles and The Plot That Failed
first edition 184pp VG+ (dk.pink cloth,minor soiling w.minor sunning to upper/lower edges,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.paste action to eps w.minor ink number to ffep,v.minor paper separation starting at head of fep gutter,eps and edges v.sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine mod.sunned,wear and chipping to extrems.w.some creasing and minor closed tears,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: brockhampton press leicester 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature w.e.johns biggles
The Ship of Fools
first edition proof copy 278pp NF (in pictorial wrappers,sl.soiled w.minor wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton sceptre london 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies gregory norminton
Budge and Betty at the North Pole
[first edition] unpaginated ills.[b/w w.3 col.plates] VG- (ill.paper boards w.red cloth spine,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.lower hinge split full length,wear and chipping to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some soiling to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: renwick of otley london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ernest protheroe budge betty
THE ISLE OF BATTLE
Book Two of The Swans War
first ediiton, black cloth, 464pp, FINE in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: Orbit Books London 2002
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sean russell
BLACK DOG
first edition, black cloth, 243pp, NF with prev owners & publishers stamp to ffep, in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: Constable London 2004
KEYWORDS: modern first edition thomas laird
THE BIONIC WOMAN
A Question of Life
first edition, blue cloth, 158pp, v sl bruised corners & board edges, v sl foxing to edges) d/w VG+( vsl wear & creasing to extrems with 1cm tear to top front, sl rubbed & soiled with v sl sunning)
PUBLISHER: Allan Wingate London 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first edition maud willis
HALF ANGEL
first edition, blue cloth, 126pp, illus, VG+(v sl cocked, sl sunned spine foot, v sl edgewear, v sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG-(price clipped, v sl wear & tearse to extrems, foxed, sunned spine, sl rubbed sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: J M Dent London 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first edition barbara jefferis
QUOTH THE RAVEN
An Unofficial History of the War
first edition, pictorial card covers, 60pp illus, VG-(boards rubbed with sl surface loss, sl sunned & soiled, sl edgewear, v sl foxing to ep's & edges)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co London 1919
KEYWORDS: modern first edition e v l
THE QUEENS TUMBLER
first edition, light blue cloth, 161pp, illus, VG-(v sl cocked, vsl soiled fornt board, vsl sunned spine head & foot, sl gum stains to ep's, prev owners inscr inked out to ffep, v sl paste action to ep's, sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG-(internal foxing & browning, v sl wear to extrems with v sl tears to spine head internally repaired with tape, sl foxing to flaps & rear cover, v sl sunned & rubbed)
PUBLISHER: Heinemann London 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition hilda cummings price
SKIPPER AND THE HEADLAND FOUR
first edition, green cloth, 119pp illus, VG-(sl cocked, sl edgewear, sunned & sl foxed spine, ffep clipped, foxing to ep's & edges & v sl spasmodically throughout) d/w VG( price clipped, v sl wear tears & chipped extrems with sl creasing, tears internally repaired with tape to spine head, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Brockhampton Press Leicester 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first edition judith m berrisford
FUGITIVE FROM FEAR
scarce first edition, green cloth with gilt to spine, 159pp, VG+( v sl bruised top front corner, v sl bumped spine foot, vs l foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG-(price clipped, sl internal foxing, v sl stain & tear to rear cover, sl rubbed & soiled with v sl sunning)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton London 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first edition william colt macdonald
BETTER TO TRUST
first edition, light blue cloth, 272pp, VG-(v sl cocked, v sl wear & sunning to edges, sl gum stains to ep's & boards, prev owners inscr to ffep, sl foxing to ep's with v sl to edges) d/w VG-(gum stains to extrems & flaps, sl wear with v sl tears to extrems, sl rubbed & soiled, rear flap trimmed)
PUBLISHER: chapman & Hall London 1956
KEYWORDS: modern first edition rosemary rees
FLIGHT TO FREEDOM
revised edition, grey cloth, 184pp, VG+(v sl cocked, v sl bruised top corners, prev owners bookplate & booksellers stamp to ffep, v sl soiled fore edge) d/w VG-(price clipped, sl wear & tears to extrems, v sl rubbed sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: CSSM London 1958
KEYWORDS: modern first edition constance savery
JUNGLE DOCTOR HUNTS BIG GAME
first edition, green cloth, 119pp illus, VG+(v sl bruised corners, booksellers stamp to ffep, v sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG(price clipped, sl wear & tears to extrems with tear to spine head internally repaired with tape, sl internal foxing & staining, sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: The Paternoster Press London 1956
KEYWORDS: modern first edition paul white
THE SQUARE WITHIN
scarce frist edition, red cloth with gilt to spine, 298pp, VG+(v sl bruised lower corners, v sl wear & sunning to board edges, sl paste action to ep's, prev owners inscr to ffep, vs l foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG-(sl wear tears & insect holes to extrems, v sl creasing, v sl foxing, sl rubbed sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Neville Spearman London 1959
KEYWORDS: modern first edition bruce oliver