WILLIAMS, GEOFFREY & SEARLE, RONALD

First edition, octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 100pp, illus, VG (light foxing to page edges, very slight sporadic foxing to pages) in d/w VG- (light rubbing, light soiling, 2cm tear with loss to upper spine, several small tears with loss to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Max Parrish 1959

KEYWORDS: literature fiction modern first edition

PYNCHON, THOMAS

FIRST UK HARDCOVER EDITION; LACKS FEP & HALF TITLE PAGE. Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, top page edges coloured black, 760pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light bruising to extrems, previous owner's name in ink & previous bookseller's stamp to prelims) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light bruising to spine extrems, moderate chipping to edges, all corners clipped, light foxing to flaps & internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1973

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first UK edition thomas pynchon america american postmodernism

UPDIKE, JOHN

First edition, octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt letering to spine, 307pp, VG (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light foxing to eps & page edges) in d/w VG- (light rubbing, light fading to spine, light bruising to spine extrems & cover corners, 3.5cm tear with loss to lower spine)

PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction litertaure

FITZGERALD, KEVIN

First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light soiling, light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1958

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition

ROBINSON, MARILYNNE

First edition, uncorrected proof copy, Super octavo, light card covers, 324pp, VG (light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light foxing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Virago 2008

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition

PATTINSON, JAMES

First UK edition, octavo, brown cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 192pp, VG ( light foxing to page edges, sporadic fading to boards, light browning & foxing to eps) in d/w VG-( price clipped, light chipping to spine & spine extrems, multiple closed tears >2.5 cm to d/w folds, light soiling & rubbing to front & rear,)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale & Company 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature crime fiction

SHMUELI, ALFRED

First edition, Inscribed, dated & signed by author, octavo, illus light card covers, 268pp, VG (light soiling to cover, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Independent Writers Publications 1993

KEYWORDS: historical fiction literature modern first edition signed

FRASER, JOHN

first edition, purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 244pp, VG (light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light soiling, light bruising to spine)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1969

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition

FOURIE, PIETER

First edition, octavo, grey heavy card boards with red & white lettering to spine & front board, white bird motif to front board, 72pp, VG (some soiling & rubbing to boards, light foxing, bookseller's label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Longman 1976

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature drama play

HAYES, ALFRED

First edition, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, bookseller's stamp to fep, moderately heavy tanning & foxing to upper page edges and lighter to other page edges, some foxing to upper edges of prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate browning to spine, some foxing elsewhere, light creasing & nicks to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novel

LONGRIGG, ROGER

First edition second impression, octavo, green cloth boards with blue lettering to spine, 230pp, VG (moderate fading to spine & board upper edges, some tanning &foxing to page edges, date in ink to fep, v slight tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (heavy tanning to spine, some soiling to rear, some creasing & nicks to spine base)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1956

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novel

STOW, RANDOLPH

First edition, octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, 150pp, VG+ (v light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (some light soiling, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1980

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novel

AINSWORTH, W. HARRISON

First edition (published in France), octavo, brown heavy card boards with brown leather spine, marbled eps, viii + 350pp, VG (most of spine leather missing, book title handwritten in ink to spine, heavy browning to page edges, wear to boards, foxing to some pages)

PUBLISHER: A & W Galignani 1843

KEYWORDS: literature novel modern first edition

EHLE, JOHN

First edition, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 314pp + 2pp adverts, VG+ (moderate foxing to page edges & prelims, light soiling to boards, owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w VG- ( heavy foxing & browning, light chipping to spine extrems, light soiling to front)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1958

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition novel

LEROUX, ETIENNE & STARKE, AMY (trans)

first edition, octavo, light purple cloth boards with purple lettering to spine & front board, purple eps, 175pp, VG (light foxing & light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (price clipped, light rubbing, light soiliing, light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Co.1969

KEYWORDS: literature fiction modern first edition

BRIGGS, K.M.

First edition, Scarce, ex library, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 284pp, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to page edges, light usual library markings, d/w suck down to rear board) in d/w VG- (light rubbing, light soiling, several massive pieces of cover missing, 8cm closed tear to front cover repaired with cellotape, 9cm tear to rear cover repaired with cellotape)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1959

KEYWORDS: Fairies English literature History critics modern first edition

KIRK, JEREMY

first edition, octavo, red cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, 224pp, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (archival tape repair to d/w extremities, light tanning, light soiling, light creasing)

PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1951

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition

BAWDEN, C. R.

First edition, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1968

KEYWORDS: history Mongolia travel first edition culture colonial modern politics socialism

GRACE, A.A.

First edition, one section loose, octavo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 93pp, VG (moderate soiling to covers, rust residue to pages from staples, light bruising to spine extrems & cover corners, archival tape repair to upper spine, light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Gordon & Gotch Proprietary

KEYWORDS: Maori fiction literature modern first edition

BAXTOR, JAMES K. & JOHNSON, LOUIS & VOGT, ANTON

First edition, purple light card covers, 61pp, VG (moderate fading to spine, light foxing to cover, light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1952

KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature modern first edition