LESSING, DORIS

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, VG (bookseller's label to fep, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light fadin to spine extrems) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light soiling, tear with 2cm loss reapired with archival tape to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1952

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition

INNES, CHARLES

first edition, third impression, author's first book, octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 318pp + folding map, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to spine, light rbuising to spine extrems & board corners, previous owner's name in ink to fep, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1937

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition

ANDRIC, IVO &

Inscribed & signed by President of Bosnia & Herzegonia Borislav Paravac, First edition thus, octavo, illus boards, 218pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Dereta 2003

KEYWORDS: signed fiction literature modern first edition

TRING, A. STEPHEN

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 188pp, illus, VG (light faing to spine extrems, previous owner's name in ink to fep, light tanning & light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (several small tears with loss to spine extrems, heavy bruising to cover corners, 1cm tear with loss to lower front cover)

PUBLISHER: Oxford university press 1957

KEYWORDS: literature fiction modern first edition

GOODCHILD, GEROGE

First edition, octavo, brown cloth boards with white & yellow lettering to spine, 183pp, VG (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (front french flap nearly detached , light creasing to cover edges, several closed tears to cover edges, light rubbing, light soiling, moderate bruising to cover corners)

PUBLISHER: John Long 1966

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition

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 edition, 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 to fep) 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

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

BURROUGHS, WILLIAM

First edition, octavo, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 215pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to board edges, light foxing to page edges, owners name in ink to fep, booksellers stamp to fep,) in d/w VG- (moderate soiling to front, light creasing to rear, light rubbing with loss to spine, chipping & small tears to spine extrems & flaps, moderate foxing to inner)

PUBLISHER: John Calder 1963

KEYWORDS: literature novel modern first edition

HAYES, ALFRED

First edition, octavo, red boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 175pp, VG+ ( light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderately heavy tanningn to spine, lighter tanning elsewhere, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novel

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