Books - "modern first edition"
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LIE DOWN IN DARKNESS
First edition 400pp VG (cloth covered boards sl marked with sl scuffed corners, upper corners sl bruised, spine foot sl scuffed, average foxing to endpapers but text untouched, sl cocked) in GOOD+ d/w (rubbed and creased with sl wear to edges, numerous tape repairs to corners and spine head/foot, piece missing from lower edge by spine)
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton London 1952
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction
House of Storm
a crime club novel
first edition 192pp red cloth binding, VG+ (owner's name on ffep, v.faint spots of foxing to ep's, upper corners sl.bruised, spine sl.sunned) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.sunned spine with sl. wear to head and foot, upper corners sl.rounded, minior wear to edges)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1949
KEYWORDS: modern first edition collins crime club
The Body Farm
a Dr. Kay Scarpetta Mystery
first edition proof copy 324pp VG in wraps with photograph of author on front cover (sl. marked wrappers, 1.5 cm tear to rear hinge at foot of spine, v.small stain to fore-edge, corners v.sl.bruised)
PUBLISHER: little brown london 1994
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies
This Side of Brightness
first edition 248pp Fine in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: phoenix house london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Pied Piper's Poison
first edition 298pp NF (v sl bruise to upper front corner else fine) in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: flamingo london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Night in Tunisia
first UK edition 124pp VG+ (endpapers marked by gum marks from tape with v minor foxing) in NF d/w (v sl discoloration at corners and spine head/foot, sl rounded lower rear corner)
PUBLISHER: writers and readers publishing cooperative 1979
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
An Insular Possession
first edition 593pp NF (owners inscription on front fly leaf) in NF d/w (v sl crimping to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: chatto and windus london 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Past
first edition 232pp FINE in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1980
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Sour Sweet
first edition 252pp FINE in NF d/w (price clipped)
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1982
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Sweet Liberty
travels in irish america
first edition 367pp NF (owners name on fep) in VG+ d/w (price sticker on rear, small tear to lower front corner, minor crimping to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: picador london 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Milagro Beanfield War
first UK edition 445pp VG+ (lower edge of boards sl faded and rubbed, front board sl buckled) in VG+ d/w (rear cover sl scuffed, sl creased spine head and foot, price sticker on lower edge of front flap, minor fading to lower edge of spine and front cover, corners v sl rounded)
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Dress Gray
first edition 489pp NF (faintest yellowing to ep's, v sl rubbing to upper extremity of rear board) in VG+ d/w (sl rubbing, corners v sl rounded, v sl lamination lifting at spine head, minor crimping to top edge)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1979
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Confessions of a Spent Youth.
First UK edition 437pp GD+ (sl.cocked, pp344 loose/partially taped in, general rubbing, bruised corners, spine sunned, lengthy inscription on front paste-down, sl.browned ep's) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: W.H. Allen London 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What am I Doing in the Pits?
First edition 203pp VG (sl bruised top corners, foot-edge has small ink scribble, tape marks to endpapers) in VG d/w (sl.sunned spine with a little wear to head & foot, front fore-edge sl.sunned, corners sl.rounded)
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill New York 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first edition humour
An Immaculate Figure
first edition proof copy 233pp VG+ in wraps (small scuff on front cover top edge, sl.bumped spine foot,sl rubbing and marking to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: bloomsbury london 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies
Mzungus Wife
first edition proof copy 192pp NF in wraps (sl smudge on front cover)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies
The Net
first edition 312pp VG (tidy copy but lacks fep)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1912
KEYWORDS: modern first edition rex beach literature
Affliction
first edition proof copy 355pp VG in wraps (sl.cocked, wrappers rubbed with some marks & creasing, corners sl,bruised, sl.smudging to title)
PUBLISHER: picador london 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copies
The Giant's House
First edition, SIGNED by author on title page, tall 8vo, black with cloth spine and gilt title, 259pp, FINE in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: The Dial Press NY 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed
Fall on your Knees.
First edition, paperback original, tall 8vo in photographic illustrated wrappers, 566pp +(2pp), NF (v.sl. sunned edges, spine sl. creased)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition paperback original