MATHESON, RICHARD

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

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MANDER, JANE

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

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SARTRE, JEAN-PAUL & ALEXANDER, LLOYD (Trans)

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

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DUNN, SUZANNAH

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

AIKEN, JOAN & MARRIOTT, PAT (Illus)

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

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SHIELDS, CAROL

FIRST EDITION, 242pp FINE in FINE d/w.

PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 1994

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature

STEEN, MARGUERITE

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

WALKER, ALICE

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

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PARK, DAVID

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

REILLY, MATTHEW

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

MARTIN, GEORGE R. R.

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

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FITZGERALD, F. SCOTT

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

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MAITLAND, BARRY

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

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NICHOLL, CHARLES

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

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DOYLE, RODDY

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

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WHITE, JANE

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

YANOVSKY, V.S. & AUDEN, W.H. (fore)

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

RENDELL, RUTH

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

KAYE, M. M.

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

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GORDON, MARY

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

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