Books - "modern first edition"
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A Stir of Echoes
FIRST UK EDITION THUS, octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 158pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & light soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: David Bruce & Watson 1973
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature horror ghosts
The Story of a New Zealand River
FIRST EDITION, Ex-Library, octavo, green cloth boards, black letteringt to spine, 432pp, scruffy (moderate cracking to both hinges with moderate rubbing where is still attached, 1cm open tear with loss on spine, moderate soiling to boards & spine, board corners reinforced with cellotape - this has left heavy tape staining to pastedowns, usual library stamps/markings to prelims and rear eps, light soiling & tanning to pg edges, paper residue from borrowing envelope to rear pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1938
KEYWORDS: modern first edition new zealand literature jane mander
Intimacy and Other Stories
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 234pp, VG- (moderate bruising to extems, light discolouration & soiling to spine & boards, spine cocked, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name in ink to fep, 4cm crack to rear gutter, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout) in d/w, scruffy (v heavy chipping & closed tearing to edges with heavy clear tape repairs & reinforcements, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Peter Neville Ltd 1949
KEYWORDS: modern first edition short stories literature collection anthology omnibus
Venus Flaring
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: Flamingo/HarperCollins 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature
All You've Ever Wanted and Other Stories
FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, unicorn illus to boards, frontispiece, 190pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light foxing to boards & page edges/eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to spine & covers, all corners clipped, moderate to heavy tanning to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1953
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature short stories collection anthology
Various Miracles
FIRST EDITION, 242pp FINE in FINE d/w.
PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 1994
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature
Unicorn
FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering & publishers logo to spine, 391pp, VG+ ( light tanning to eps, old price in pencil - now erased but still indented, slight bruising to spine extems) in d/w VG+ (slight fading to spine, slight chipping to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: The Falcon Press 1953
KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition
The Color Purple
FIRST UK HARDCOVER EDITION, super octavo, black heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 245pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, ligth scuffing & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: The Women's Press 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first UK edition literature deep south discrimination race
Travelling in a Strange Land
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 165pp, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light tanning to page egdes) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, bookseller's price label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Publishing 2018
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature
The Tournament
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: Macmillan 2013
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature historical fiction
A Dance with Dragons
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: HarperCollins 2011
KEYWORDS: game of thrones modern first edition
The Great Gatsby
FIRST UK EDITION, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 164pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name in ink to fep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to covers)
PUBLISHER: The Grey Walls Press 1948
KEYWORDS: literature modern first UK edition F Scott Fitzgerald
The Verge Practice: A Brock & Kolla Mystery
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: Allen & Unwin 2003
KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition crime mystery
Borderlines: A Journey in Thailand and Burma
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 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition travel memoir
The Dead Republic
Uncorrected proof copy FIRST EDITION super octavo softcover (VG); front cover corner clipped, 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 2010
KEYWORDS: Literature modern first edition
Comet
FIRST EDITION octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); front cover corner clipped, 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: Hamish Hamilton 1975
KEYWORDS: Literature modern first edition
No Man's Time
FIRST EDITION, ex library octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-); front cover corner clipped, 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: Chatto and Windus 1967
KEYWORDS: Literature modern first edition
A Sleeping Life
FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); front cover corner clipped, 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: Hutchinson & Co 1978
KEYWORDS: Literature modern first edition
The Far Pavilions
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: Allen lane/Penguin 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature historical
The Other Side
FIRST EDITION, 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: Bloomsbury 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Mary Gordon