Books - "modern first edition"
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A Test to Destruction
first edition 461pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: macdonald london 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature henry williamson
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
first edition thus [facsimile of 1786 kilmarnock edition] VG+ (in blue-grey paper wrappers,sl.browned,owner's inscr.to ffep,untrimmed content edges sl.soiled,folding col.map of burns country loosely inserted) in G box (folding-bow w.hinged lid,grey-blue card boards w.cream paper spine,rubbed and foxed/browned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.6cm loss to fore-edge)
PUBLISHER: brown kilmarnock [1909]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry robert burns
White Gold Wielder
first UK edition inscribed by author 509pp NF (black cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed,author's inscr.to title page) in NF d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature stephen donaldson signed
Alaeddin and the Enchanted Lamp
first edition thus 250pp [b/w frontis.] VG (tan cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,untrimmed content edges sl.soiled/browned)
PUBLISHER: printed for subscribers only london 1914
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature john payne mythology
Cambria's Chieftain
[first edition] 384pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth w.red/black/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: thomas nelson london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature everett-green
The Incredible Adam Spark
first edition proof copy 242pp NF (in glossy wrappers,publisher's labels to front cover and inside of front cover)
PUBLISHER: review headline london 2005
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies alan bissett
The Tale of Despereaux
first edition 270pp ills.[b/w by timothy basil ering] NF (ill.paper boards,minor shelf wear) in NF d/w (isbn sticker to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: candlewick press cambridge 2003
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature arts kate di camillo timothy ering
Rule Britannia
first edition 318pp NF (peach cloth,minor soiling to content edges) in VG+ d/w (sl.sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1972
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature daphne du maurier
The Dying Trade
first edition 341pp NF (blue cloth,minor shelf wear) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature david donachie
Collected Poems 1947-1981
first edition 108pp NF (tan cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: alister taylor martinborough 1981
KEYWORDS: new zealand poetry literature modern first edition alistair campbell
The Pipes O' Pan and other Short Stories
first edition 106pp+ads. VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,sl.chipping to head/foot of spine,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,4cm cut to fore-edge of ffep and half-title) in VG- d/w (rubbed and stained/foxed,spine browned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.losses to head/foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: edwards dunlop sydney 1939
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature agnes littlejohn
Sole Survivor
first edition 192pp VG+ (black cloth,content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: robert hale london 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature gavin holt
A Spot of Bother
first edition proof copy 390pp NF (in wrappers,minor soiling to fore-edge)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 2006
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies mark haddon
The Captain and the Enemy
first edition 189pp VG+ (green cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,creased flaps,dealer's label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: reinhardt books london 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature graham greene
The Comedians
FIRST EDITION, octavo, 313pp VG+ (green cloth,owner's inscr.to front pastedown and ffep,spine cracked but tight) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,1cm loss to head of spine,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature graham greene
The Border Legion
second impression [F-Q; june 1916] 366pp ills.[3x b/w w.col.frontis.] VG- (green cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,sl.wear to extrems.,contente edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky,one plate detached but present)
PUBLISHER: harper & brothers new york may 1916
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature zane grey western
Wildfire
first edition [A-R january 1917] 321pp ills.[4x b/w] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.and stamps to feps,sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: harper new york 1917
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature western zane grey
The Thundering Herd
first edition [L-Y november 1924] 400pp ills.[4x b/w] VG- (tan cloth w.black stamps to top board,rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,binding shaky w.paper separation at half-title gutter,content edges sl.soiled/foxed)
PUBLISHER: harper new york 1925
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature zane grey
William's House
first edition 247pp NF (burgundy cloth,remainder spot to foot edge of text block) in NF d/w (v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: barrie & jenkins london 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature rita goldberg
Tobacco Smoke
first edition inscribed by author 71pp NF (green cloth,minor foxing to prelims.,author's inscr.to title page - inscribed to nz author una platts,t.l.s. loosely inserted) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: stockwell ilfracombe [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry bickford una platts signed new zealand