Books - "modern first edition"
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Dead Man's Bay
A Crime Club Novel.
First edition, 160pp, small 8vo, red w. black title to spine, VG+ (previous owner's name on ffep, slight to moderate browning/ foxing to endpapers & prelims.) in VG d/w (moderate wear to spine head & foot, rear cover somewhat sopiled with a small chip to upper corner)
PUBLISHER: Collins London 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition collins crime club
Pursuit Through Time
First edition, 186pp +3pp adverts, VG (owner's lengthy inscription on ffep, upper corners sl.bruised, bookseller's stamp at front paste-down, sl.browning to ep's with light spotting to edges) in VG- d/w (sl.wear to edges with moderate wear to spine head & foot, corners rounded)
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co. London 1956
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Ring in Meiji
First edition, 464pp, thick 8vo, sage green w. gilt to spine, VG (spine foot sl. turned, endpapers & edges moderately browned) in VG- d/w (rubbing, spine sunned and scuffed with sl.chip to foot, corners rounded, sl.wear/creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Peter Owen London 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Waterfront
First edition, 284pp, 8vo, red w. gilt to spine, VG+ (slightest cocking, owners name ffep, v.sl.foxing to endpapers/half title & title) in VG- d/w (partially open 3/4 tear to upper front edge with small chip from spine head, spine sunned with some sl.wear to extrems., corners rounded, front flap creased)
PUBLISHER: Bodley Head London 1956
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
A Story for Europe: A Bloomsbury Quid
First edition, 50pp, 18mo, illus light card covers, NF
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury London 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Let There be Lite
In the beginning there was laughter and God it was good
First edition, only UK hardcover limited to 75 copies; otherwise only published in trade paperback, SIGNED by author on title page. 349pp, tall 8vo, burgundy cloth w. gilt title to spine, FINE in FINE d/w.
PUBLISHER: Bantam London 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed shops
The Grass
First UK edition, proof copy, 216pp in green illust.wrappers, VG+(v.sl.cocked with a sl.creased spine) otherwise a very clean and tidy copy.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy
Idioglossia
first edition SIGNED by author on title page, brand new, FINE in turquoise w. gilt to spine, in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: Doubleday London 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Inshore Squadron
first edition 256pp, 8vo, royal blue with gilt to spine, VG+ (slightly.cocked, small mark to foot-edge rear board, rather heavy handed inscription on half title) in VG+ d/w (v.slightly.wear to spine head)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson London 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first edition maritime
Success to the Brave
first edition 284pp, 8vo, curelean blue with gilt to spine, VG+ (upper rear corner has sl bruise, narrow strip of sunning to foot-edge of boards) in VG+ d/w (faint wear to upper edge with sl.rounded upper corners)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson London 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first edition maritime
Sloop of War
first edition 319pp, ex-library with d/w adhered to boards at flaps (date stamped on rear paste-down ) GD+ (tears to upper edge of d/w)
PUBLISHER: Hitchinson London 1972
KEYWORDS: modern first edition maritime
May Wine on Brooklyn Heights
first edition proof copy, 214pp in green wrappers, VG- (sl.cocked with light soiling to wrappers and a few small scuffs, ffep has large piece cut from it, some wear at foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode London 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy
The Hotel New Hampshire
first UK edition 401pp, 8vo, black/gilt to spine, VG+ (owner's inscription on ffep, small scuff to foot-edge of front board) inVG+ d/w (flaps lightly spotted, sl.creasing to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1981
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Bat-Poet
first UK edition 42pp, tall slim 8vo, green/gilt to spine, VG+ (extrems, of boards sl.sunned, paper sl.browned at edges, owner's name at ffep) in VG+ d/w (light foxing, small closed tear to upper rear edge, spine sl.rubbed, small mark from removal of price label)
PUBLISHER: Kestrel Books UK 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Shadow of the Sequoyah
Social Documents of the Cherokees 1862-1964
first edition 129pp, ex-library (unissued & withdrawn) with stamp at half title and pocket and slip at rear, in excellent condition, FINE if not for library markings. In VG+ d/w (call number at spine which is sl.sunned, 1/2 closed tear to upper rear edge)
PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press Norman 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition cherokees american indian history
The Lost Perception
first edition 189pp, small 8voin red with gilt title at spine, VG/ VG (sl.buckled boards, head edge sl.browned, some light foxing and browning to fore edge and endpapers) d/w (price clipped, moderate wear to spine head, upper front corner has 1/2 tear)
PUBLISHER: Gollancz London 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sf science fiction
Poems 1943-1947
second impression 93pp VG (sl.stained,dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's sign.to ffep,sl.foxing to prelims.and edges,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and stained,sl.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1949
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
A Kind of Loving
first edition 286pp VG (sl.stained,sl.stains to eps w.sl.foxing to edges,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.stained and sunned,sl.bumps and chipping to extrems.,sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: michael joseph london 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Mitsinari
twenty-one years among the papuans
second impression 256pp ills. VG (sl.stained w.sl.bumps to extrems.,maps to eps,sl.foxing to edges,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.stained and sunned,sl.bumps and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: staples press london 1954
KEYWORDS: modern first edition travel anthropology
Bio of an Ogre
an autobiography
first edition 297pp NF (paper boards w.cloth spine,sl.bumps to extrems.w.sl.browning to edges) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed w.spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: ace new york 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography