Books - "modern first edition"
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Tyrants Destroyed and Other Stories
FIRST EDITION, ex-library. Super octavo, hard cover (VG-) in d/w (VG-): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, com plete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld Nicolson 1975
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature short stories vladimir nobokov russian lit
Look at the Harlequins
FIRST EDITION, ex-library. Super octavo, hard cover (VG) in d/w (VG-): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, com plete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld Nicolson 1974
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature russian lit vladimir nobokov
The Children Act
FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION. octavo, hard cover (VG+) in d/w (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, com plete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2014
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novelist ian mckewan
The Thundering Herd
FIRST EDITION (L-Y). Super octavo, hard cover (VG) in d/w (VG-): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, com plete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1925
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature western
Mr Sammler's Planet
FIRST UK EDITION. Super octavo, hard cover (VG+) in d/w (VG-): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, com plete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld Nicolson 1970
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature jewish lit holocaust
Mosby's Memoirs & other stories
FIRST UK EDITION. Super octavo, hard cover (VG) in d/w (VG-): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, com plete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld Nicolson 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature americana short stories
Wizards Worlds
FRIST EDITION. Super octavo, hard cover (VG+) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, com plete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates 1989
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature science fiction sci fi fantasy
The Night Listener
FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, hard cover (VG+) in half d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, com plete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature armistead maupin
Shalimar the Clown
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, com plete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2005
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature salman rushdie historical fiction magical realism india
Doctor's Rock
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, hard cover (VG+) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, com plete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Caveman Press, Dunedin 1976
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry peter olds nzlit
The Highest Tide
FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, hardcover (nr FINE) in d/w (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, com plete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2005
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature teenage historical fiction rachel carson tides marine
Nights at the Circus
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, fuschia pink boards, gilt lettering to spine, 295pp, VG+ (sl. scuffing to extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page egdes) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light foxing to front flap & internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus/Hogarth Press 1984
KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition
A Man and His Wife
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, yellow cloth boards, red lettering to spine & front board, 113pp, VG- (light bruising to board extrems, moderate to heavy fading to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, 2x 1cmx9cm sections removed from fep edges, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1940
KEYWORDS: New Zealand modern first edition literature Frank Sargeson
Biggles Takes Charge
A 'Biggles of the Air Police' Adventure
FIRST EDITION, small octavo, red heavy card boards, black lettering & decoration to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, VG (light chafing & discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm. inscription in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy chipping to edges, moderate chafing & scuffing to covers, moderate foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Brockhampton Press 1956
KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction Biggles Johns adventure modern first edition
The Edge of the Alphabet
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 224pp, VG (sl discolouration & bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to rear cover, sl chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1962
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Janet Frame New Zealand
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
FIRST UK EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 416pp, VG- (moderate bruising to boards/spine extrems, light staining to board edges & spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & top corner removed to fep, date stamp in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Tom Wolfe
Let the Spacemen beware!
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Ace / Dobson 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature science fiction scifi
Dinner with Persephone
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Pantheon Books 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature greece
The Trowenna Sea
FIRST EDITION, WARMLY INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, cream lettering to spine, 528pp, VG (light curling to covers, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Raupo/Penguin 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Witi Ihimaera modern first edition signed
Maori Boy: A Memoir of Childhood
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 382pp, illus, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Vintage/Random House 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Witi Ihimaera modern first edition signed memoir autobiography illustrated