ALIGHIERI, DANTE; DORE, GUSTAVE

4 volumes ills.[b/w plates by gustave dore] G+ (green textured cloth w.gilt decoration to spines,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,text pp of contents sl.foxed,plates are generally clean,spines cracked w.some sections loosening and some plates detached but all present)

PUBLISHER: cassell london [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature dante alighieri gustave dore arts poetry

BLACK,HERMINA

first edition 192pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's sign.to ffep,spine cracked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london [1958]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature hermina black

PUDNEY,JOHN

first edition 246pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,content edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: michael joseph london 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature john pudney

DE KOCK,PAUL

5 volumes [text in french] ills.[b/w] VG (marbled paper boards w.green half leather,gilt-on-red title labels to spines w.raised bands,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and sl.chipping to extrems.,some surface scuffing and losses,vol.4 has red paper pasted over marbled top board,some sl.foxing to contents,vol.4 has been damp at fore-edge so board and contents are sl.wrinkled,sl.stain to fore-edge of contents of vol.4,speckled edges)

PUBLISHER: gustave barba paris [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature paul de kock

BLYTON,ENID

first edition [little book no.4] 48pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG (in ill.wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's sign.to title and inside front cover whited-out,minor soiling to contents)

PUBLISHER: brockhampton press leicester [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature enid blyton

GLOVER,MIRANDA

first edition proof copy 383pp F in glossy wrappers

PUBLISHER: bantam london 2005

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies miranda glover

SWARUP,VIKAS

first edition octavo hardcover signed by author 303pp FINE in FINE d/w (author's sign.to title) scarce signed true first edition of the book now made into the movie Slum Dog Millionaire

PUBLISHER: doubleday london 2005

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature signed vikas swarup

MYERSON,JULIE

first edition proof copy 312pp F in ill.wrappers

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies julie myerson

DOYLE,RODDY

first edition proof copy 277pp F in glossy wrappers

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies roddy doyle

SAMPSON,KEVIN

first edition proof copy 246pp NF in wrappers (ink date to upper edge of contents)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies kevin sampson

SHEEHAN,JAMES

first edition proof copy 420pp F in glossy wrappers

PUBLISHER: bantam london 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies james sheehan

KERRIGAN,GENE

first edition proof copy 342pp NF (in wrappers,ink date to upper edge)

PUBLISHER: harvill secker london 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies gene kerrigan

ACKROYD,PETER

first edition proof copy 213pp F in glossy wrappers

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 2000

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies peter ackroyd

JACOBSON,HOWARD

first edition proof copy 470pp NF (in wrappers,ink date to upper edge)

PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies howard jacobson

DUCKWORTH,MARILYN

first edition proof copy 231pp NF (spiral bound galley proofs,title sl.sunned/soiled)

PUBLISHER: vintage auckland 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies marilyn duckworth new zealand

KENT,ALEXANDER

first edition 256pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,maps to eps,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.spine mod.sunned)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1978

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature alexander kent

JONES,RAYMOND F.

first edition thus 34pp VG (in col.ill.wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)

PUBLISHER: malian press sydney [nd]

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature science fiction raymond jones

JEFFERS,JO

first edition 190pp VG+ (tan cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,content edges v.sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and mod.chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: robert hale london 1965

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jo jeffers

POPE,DUDLEY

first edition 258pp VG+ (salmon cloth,minor shelf wear) in NF d/w (sl.sunned spine)

PUBLISHER: alison press/secker & warburg london 1986

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature dudley pope

PIRIE,DAVID

first edition 360pp NF (black cloth,v.sl.cocked) in NF d/w (v.sl.soiled,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: century london 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature david pirie