Books - "modern first edition"
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The Dark Night
first edition 190pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,v.sl.soiled w.sl.sunning to head/foot of spine,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.1cm loss to foot of spine,sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1953
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature sydney horler
Tail End Charlie
first edition 191pp VG (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to front pastedown,contents and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: lutterworth london 1946
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature denis clark
I Am England
first edition 398pp VG+ (green cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,minor foxing to eps w.content edges sl.browned,spine cracked but tight) in NF d/w (sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1987
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature patricia wright
The Rain Bird
ex-lib.first edition 327pp VG (black cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,usual stamps and labels,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.chipping and tape stains to upper/lower edges,tape stains to flaps,rear flap trimmed)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature sara lidman
The Spire
first edition 223pp VG+ (purple cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,minor foxing to content edges,v.sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.spine sl.browned,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature william golding
The Pride and the Anguish
first edition 320pp VG+ (blue cloth,tape stains to eps w.owner's inscr.to ffep,v.minor foxing to content edges) in NF d/w (tape stains to flaps,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1968
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature douglas reeman
Songs of the Sea
from rudyard kipling's verse
first edition 99pp ills.[col.plates by donald maxwell] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,dealer's stamp to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,plates clean and bright,spine cracked but tight) in G+ d/w (in 2 pieces separated at upper hinge,lacks 80% of spine,mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1927
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry rudyard kipling donald maxwell
Silence and Shadows
first edition 310pp NF (black cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,sl.cocked) in NF d/w (sl.bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: harpercollins london 2001
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature james long
Left Hand Right Hand!/Great Morning/Laughter in the Next Room/The Scarlet Tree
4 vols.
reprints 4 vols.in slipcase VG (fawn cloth,eps and content edges lightly foxed, top edges mauve) in VG d/ws (light creasing and bumps to extrems.) in scruffy slipcase (plain grey card,mod.rubbed and foxed, tape repairs to all edges)
PUBLISHER: reprint society london 1949/1950/1951
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography osbert sitwell
Lion Boy
first edition proof copy 336pp NF (in glossy wrappers,minor bumps to extrems.w.v.minor crease to spine but not cracked)
PUBLISHER: puffin london 2003
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies zizou corder
Sally Seal's Summer
first edition unpaginated ills.[col.by val biro] NF (col.ill.paper boards,sl.wear to extrems.) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.owner's sign.in red crayon to front cover,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,2x owner's price stickers to front flap)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature joan drake val biro
LOVE ON THE SUN
scarce first edition signed by author, blue cloth with gilt to spine, 380pp, VG(v sl bruised lower corners, sl bumped board fore edges, v sl bumped spine head, sunned spine, v sl rubbed & sunned boards, foxing to ep's & edges with v sl to first part text)
PUBLISHER: Collins London 1939
KEYWORDS: modern first edition leo walmsley signed
THE DREAM
scarce true first edition, red cloth with black title to spine, 320pp, VG-(sl cocked, v sl bruised & scuffed corners, sl sunned & worn spine, v sl bumped apine head & foot with v sl tears, vsl rubbed & soiled boards, ep's browned, prev owners sign to ffep, ffep clipped, ink writing to rear fep, v sl foxing to ep's & edges)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1924
KEYWORDS: modern first edition h g wells
T S ELIOT THE MAN AND HIS WORK
first edition, blue cloth, 397pp illus, VG(v sl bruised corners, sl rubbed with v sl surface loss, v sl bumped board edges, v sl sunned spine, v sl soiled, prev owners sign to ffep, ex libris bookplate to ffep, prev owners sign to title page, v sl foxing to ep's & edges)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus London 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography t s eliot
PETER IBBETSON
preface by Daphne Du Maurier
first edition thus, grey striped paper boards with grey cloth spine, 344pp illus, NF with v sl foxing to ep's & edges
PUBLISHER: The Heritage Press New York 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition george du maurier
THE COLLECTED PLAYS OF JACK B YEATS
Edited with an Introduction by Robin Skelton
first edition, blue cloth, 382pp illus, VG+(v sl wear & sunning to board edges, v sl paste action to ep's, v sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG(v sl wear to extrems, sl sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg London 1971
KEYWORDS: modern first edition jack b yeaats plays
LOVE LET ME NOT HUNGER
first edition, green cloth, 313pp, VG(vs l bruised corners, vsl soiled boards, sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG-(sl wear to extrems with tears to spine head & foot internally repaired, sl rubbed sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Heinemann London 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition paul gallico
THE GREAT PORT
A Passage through New York
first edition, blue cloth, 223 illus, VG+(v sl edgewear, v sl paste action to ep's, v sl foxing to edges) d/w VG+(v sl wear to extrems, vs l sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber London 1970
KEYWORDS: modern first edition james morris
EAST IS WEST
Reprint, green cloth, 218pp, illus, VG- (v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl sunned & rubbed, v sl foxed eps & edges & spasmodically throughout contents, prev owner inscript to ffep, bookseller stamp unobtrusive to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: John Murray, London, 1946
KEYWORDS: modern first edition freya stark arabia aden egypt palestine syria transjordan iraq
THE DIVIDING LINE
First edition, brown boards, cream cloth spine, 359pp, VG+ (v sl rubbed, v sl foxed edges) d/w VG+ (v sl creased extrems, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Penguin, New York, 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition richard parrish