PEACOCK, ISABEL M.

first edition, octavo, green cloth boards, black lettering to spine and front board, black line illustration on front board, frontispiece, v+254pp, illus, VG (very tidy; slight bruising to spine extrems; slight rubbing with tiny loss of surface to front board, spine and board corners; light tanning and slight foxing to page edges, eps and prelims)

PUBLISHER: Ward, Locke and Co 1935

KEYWORDS: modern first edition, literature fiction

GIBSON, MICHAEL

First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 128pp, illus, VG (heavy fading to top 3cm of boards & lower spine extrem, light foxing to eps & page edges, tiny bookseller's stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, poor (8x4cm of loss to front, 12x4cm of loss to rear, heavy creasing & chipping)

PUBLISHER: Brockhampton Press Ltd 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction car racing

STEINBECK, JOHN

LACKS D/W, First edition, octavo, turquoise cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, pink eps, 553pp, VG- (moderate staining & rubbing to boards & spine, pencil scribble to spine, moderate bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, moderately heavy foxing to eps & page edges, light tanning, owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, bookseller's stamp to fep, gutter at title page cracked - front board shaky)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann Ltd 1939

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature

ESQUIVEL, LAURA & MESTRE-REED, ERNESTO (trans)

First edition, 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: Atria 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature

MANTEL, HILARY

First edition, 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: Fourth Estate 2014

KEYWORDS: Literature fiction short stories modern first edition

HAMID, MOHSIN

First edition uncorrected proof copy, Octavo softcover (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: Penguin Random House 2017

KEYWORDS: Literature fiction modern first edition

HOLLINGHURST, ALAN

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: Picador 2011

KEYWORDS: Literature fiction modern first edition

RUSHDIE, SALMAN

SIGNED by author, first Australian 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: Jonathan Cape 1995

KEYWORDS: Literature fiction modern first edition signed

MOSLEY, NICHOLAS

First edition, 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: Secker and Warburg 1981

KEYWORDS: Literature fiction modern first edition

MURRAY, JOHN

First edition, super octavo hardcover (Near Fine) 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: HarperCollins 2003

KEYWORDS: modern first edition short stories fiction literature collection anthology

GILBERT, DAVID

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: Fourth Estate 2014

KEYWORDS: literature fiction modern first edition

LENORMAND, H.R. & SMALL, LOTHIAN (trans)

First edition, 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: Thames and Hudson 1952

KEYWORDS: Literature fiction modern first edition

HARSENT, DAVID

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: Viking 1985

KEYWORDS: David Harsent modern literature first edition relationships

RUNYON, DAMON & BENTLEY, NICHOLAS (illus)

first edition, lacks fep, octavo hardcover (scruffy); 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: Constable 1938

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction short stories humour

STEINBECK, JOHN

First edition, octavo hardcover (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: William Heinemann 1954

KEYWORDS: Literature fiction modern first edition

OWEN, LAUREN

First Edition, Uncorrected Proof Copy, super octavo softcover (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: Jonathan Cape 2014

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition proof horror macabre secrets

SELF, WILL

First edition, signed by author, 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: Bloomsbury 1993

KEYWORDS: Literature fiction modern first edition

BRETT, PETER V.

First edition octavo softcover (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: Harper Voyager 2013

KEYWORDS: Literature fiction modern first edition

AMSTUTZ, EVELINE

First edition, 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: Cassell 1969

KEYWORDS: literature ficiton modern first edition

UTTLEY, ALISON & TEMPEST, MARGARET (Illus)

First edition, small octavo hardcover (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: Collins 1963

KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction modern first edition