Books - "modern first edition"
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Making Friends with Frankenstein
first edition signed by author 93pp ills.[col.] NF (in laminated boards,sl.soiled,author's sign.to ffep) in NF d/w (v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: walker books london 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature colin mcnaughton signed
The Singing Rose
ex-lib.first edition [colonial edition] 134pp VG+ (teal cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual libr.stamps,dealer's label to front pastedown) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,tape stain to spine,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: edmund ward leicester 1947
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry roger lancelyn green
Josephine Napoleon's Empress
first edition 246pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,dealer's label and owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1925
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography history josephine napoleon forester
Mindbridge
first edition thus signed by author 186pp F in wrappers (author's sign.to half-title)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature joe haldeman signed
Murder in a Dark Room
first edition 192pp NF (blue cloth,eps v.sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.sl.tear to head of spine,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: john long london 1973
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature neill graham
The Story of Rosina and other verses
first edition limited/numbered [204/250] large paper edition 120pp ills.[b/w and tipped-in col.plates by hugh thomson] VG- (cream cloth,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.spine scruffy and missing most of the cloth,previous owner has pasted in some extra ills.by thomson and newspaper cuttings of dobson,ink inscr.to ffep,frontis.relocated but present,prelims.and cuntrimmed content edges sl.foxed,contents and plates clean)
PUBLISHER: kegan paul london 1895
KEYWORDS: arts literature poetry modern first edition austin dobson hugh thomson
Strangers at the Abbey
first edition 256pp [col.frontis.] VG- (green cloth,rubbed and stained,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses,internal stains,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1951
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature elsie oxenham abbey girls
Poems
reprint signed and dated by author 69pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,front cover and flap of d/w cut out and pasted to feps,author's sign.to half-title [1936],prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1935
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry signed stephen spender
The Romance of Modern Sieges
[first edition] 352pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (blue cloth w.gilt/red/white dec.stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.w.80% split to lower hinge,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled/foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: seeley london 1908
KEYWORDS: modern first edition military literature sieges edward gilliat
It Was So Late
and other stories
first edition 112pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1949
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry new zealand john reece cole
Revenge
Limited numbered First edition [180/350], SIGNED by editor, 290pp, black cloth boards, VG- (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing to boards, moderate tanning to eps, light foxing to page edges, small patches of wear with loss to edges of paste downs) in d/w VG- (light scuffing and chipping to extrems, light tanning to spine, light rubbing and soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1940
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature maori new zealand history john white
The Boy's Own Annual
volume 50 1927-1928
768pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG- (brown cloth w.brown/blue/white dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to bevelled edges,3cm split to head of lower hinge,top board shaky w.paper separation at title gutter,final few pp loose but all present,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: boy's own paper london [1927-28]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature boy's own annual pocklington
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
reprint 37pp ills.[b/w by mervyn peake] NF (teal cloth,minor sunning to upper/lower edges) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1985
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts samuel taylor coleridge mervyn peake
Book 9: A Miscellany of Prose Verse & Typography [Short Story Number, Caxton Press]
first edition 48pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (in wrappers,foxed and mod.browned,mod.wear to extrems.,contents browned and mod.foxed)
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1947
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry james baxter maurice duggan
Since Then
first edition 46pp octavo softcover VG (in green wrappers,sl.sunned spine,sl.foxing to content edges) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: mermaid press wellington 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand poetry denis glover
The Huntsman in His Career
first edition 264pp NF (blue cloth,minor soiling to content edges) in VG+ d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: lindsay drummond london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand erik de mauny
Experiment Ten
first edition 52pp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,owner's sign.to front cover,some sl.foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: v.u.w.literary society wellington 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand albert wendt
Walking the Shadows
first edition proof copy 433pp F in wrappers
PUBLISHER: century london 2003
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies donald james
Saturday
first edition proof copy [review copy] 279pp VG+ (in wrappers,review stamp to half-title)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2005
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies ian mcewan
Finding Myself
first edition 425pp F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 2003
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature toby litt