JONES, TERRY

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (Near FINE); 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: Unbound 2011

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition fantasy science fiction Terry Jones

KELLERMAN, JONATHAN

FIRST UK 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: Little, Brown & Co 2000

KEYWORDS: literature alex delaware crime modern first edition

GEE, H. L.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi+160pp, VG (age approp. wear & tear, moderate tanning/foxing to page edges, slight foxing throughout, slight tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (age approp. wear & tear, light-moderate foxing, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: The Epworth Press 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature short stories anecdotes

BLACKBURNE, LIVIA

SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, white heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 394pp, VG+ (light brusing to spine extrems, board corners & edges, light scuffing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extresm, corners & edges)

PUBLISHER: Hyperion 2017

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature romance fantasy historical fiction

MASTERMAN, BECKY

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in d/w (Near FINE); 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: Minotaur 2013

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature thriller crime

WARD, ANDREW

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: Andre Deutsch 1985

KEYWORDS: literature india modern first edition

SPARKS, NICHOLAS

AUSTRALIAN 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: Bantam 1998

KEYWORDS: literature love romance modern first edition

THOMAS, PAUL

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: Balck Swan 2006

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature mid life crisis

GRASS, GUNTER & MANHEIM, RAPLH (transl.)

Octavo grey cloth boards, silver lettering & design to spine, 592pp, VG (moderate wear & scuffing to boards esp. spine, tanning to edges, soiling to edges, prev. owner's name to fep.), lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1962

KEYWORDS: literature modern first german edition surrealist surrealism postmodern postmodernism

CATTON, ELEANOR

TRUE FIRST EDITION, SCARCE octavo cream cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus. endpapers, 832pp VG (moderate foxing & tanning to edges, light foxing inside, v. sl. soiling to spine) in d/w VG+ (v. sl. scuffing & soiling, light foxing to reverse, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical literature Booker Prize modern first edition scarce

HEYERDAHL, THOR

FIRST EDITION octavo hardover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1978

KEYWORDS: Modern first edition ocean oceans sea culture navigation sociology east island polynesia polynesian maritime history anthropology Pacific Atlantic voyage voyaging

LOMBARD-HOBSON, SAM & MONSARRAT, ANN (foreword)

FIRSTE 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press 1983

KEYWORDS: modern first edition maritime naval navy history royal world war 2 ww2 military nicolas monsarrat dunkirk mediterranean

SACKVILLE-WEST, V.

FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION octavo brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 56pp+advertisments, VG (light scuffing and fading, soiling to boards; light tanning; light to moderate foxing within (heaviest to endpapers), prev. owner's bookplate)

PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1939 (second impression)

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature womens virginia woolf poetry british english

DAVIN, DAN

FIRST EDITION octavo dark green cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 350pp VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light foxing and tanning to edges and contents, fep. clipped) in d/w VG- (moderate scuffing, soiling and rubbing, 4cm closed tear to cover, light foxing and tanning)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale & Company 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature modern first edition

GEE, MAURICE

FIRST EDITION, navy blue cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 171pp., VG+ (light scuffing to boards, light foxing and tanning to edges & contents) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, contemporary price sticker to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature modern first edition

BROOKS-DALTON, LILY

FIRST EDITION octavo purple/blue boards, silver lettering to spine, 256pp VG+ (would be nr. FINE save for light scuffing to boards) in d/w VG+ (ditto)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition united states america american US USA science fiction SF sci fi sci-fi

TOMPKINS, JANE & WIESE, KURT (illus.)

FIRST EDITION, lacks fep., 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne & Co. [n/d., stated first edition]

KEYWORDS: childrens literature illustrated modern first edition

SHATTUCK, JESSICA

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Zaffre 2017

KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy literature world war 2 two second historical

HUXLEY, ELSPETH

FIRST EDITION, octavo yellow cloth boards, viii+405pp+black&white photograpghs at rear, illus., VG- (light soiling and scuffing to boards, light fading and creasing to spine, moderate tanning and foxing to edges, light tanning & foxing within, moderate insect damge to fep. and heavy insect damge to last blank page (does NOT affect text/photograpghs), pen scribble and prev. bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, lacks d/w)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1939

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature photography Kikiyu Africa African Kenya Kenyan

MAWER, SIMON

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: Little Brown 2012

KEYWORDS: Literature modern first edition