BERCKMAN, EVELYN

First edition. 8vo, pp. 256; green heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate tanning).

PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1968

KEYWORDS: Evelyn Berckman 20th century fiction modern first edition

HOBAN, RUSSELL; HOBAN, BROM (illus.)

First edition. 8vo, pp. 48; brown heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light scuffing; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling; price clipped).

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1972

KEYWORDS: Russel Brom Hoban 20th century children's books book juvenile fiction modern first edition

SHAN, DARREN

First edition. Signed, inscribed & dated by author to Margaret Mahy. 8vo, pp. 238 + [2 (advts)]; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in green gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & moderate soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2008

KEYWORDS: Darren Shan 21st century children's books book juvenile fiction modern first edition Margaret Mahy

PHILLIPS, TOM

First edition. Foolscap 8vo, pp. [6] + 368 + [8]; purple cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus.; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1980

KEYWORDS: Tom Phillips 20th century literature fiction modern first edition

HAMILTON-PATERSON, JAMES

First editon. 8vo 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: Macmillan 1989

KEYWORDS: James Hamilton-Paterson 20th century fiction modern first edition

LEVIN, MEYER

First edition. 8vo 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: W. H. Allen 1965

KEYWORDS: Meyer Levin 20th century fiction modern first edition

JOHNSTON, BRET ANTHONY

First edition. Super 8vo, pp. 332; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Random House 2024

KEYWORDS: Bret Anthony Johnston 21st century fiction modern first edition

CHRISTIE, AGATHA

First edition. 8vo, pp. 256; red heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership stamp in purple ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing, fading & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; price clipped; light to moderate tanning).

PUBLISHER: The Crime Club 1972

KEYWORDS: Agatha Christie 20th century crime fiction modern first edition

HERGE

First edition. 4to, unpaginated; illus. heavy card boards; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Sundancer 1986

KEYWORDS: Herhe Tintin cartoon sketches comic book books comics modern first edition

LOW, DAVID

First edition. Imp. 8vo, pp. 159; blue heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, foxing & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Collins 1953

KEYWORDS: David Low 20th century cartoons cartoon comics comic strip history modern first edition

SCHWEBLIN, SAMANTA; MCDOWELL, MEGAN (transl)

First edition, uncorrected proof copy. Sm 8vo, pp. [8] + 151; illus. light card covers; VG (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate creasing, tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Oneworld 2017

KEYWORDS: Samanta Schweblin 21st century fiction modern first edition

CARTER, ANGELA; HILL, ROSEMARY

First edition. Sm 8vo, pp. xiv + 108; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning to pg edges; sl tanning; gift inscription to tp in black ink).

PUBLISHER: Profile Books 2015

KEYWORDS: Angela Carter 21st century poetry poet poems modern first edition

CURNOW, ALLEN

First edition, no. 40/75. Sq 12mo, unpaginated; fore & bottom edges deckled, illus. light card covers, french flaps; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: The Holloway Press 1994

KEYWORDS: Allen Curnow 20th century New Zealand poetry poems modern first edition

GARDNER, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 222pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & extrems, spine sl. cocked, sl soiling t page edges, prev owners name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape / Hodder & Stoughton 1984

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature modern first edition James Bond John Gardner espionage spy thrillers

TRANTER, NIGEL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 188pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light to moderate tannin gto spine & edges, light soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1968

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novels fiction Nigel Tranter

KINGSOLVER, BARBARA

FIRST EDITION, SPECIAL EDITION WITH EXCLUSIVE CONTENT, super octavo, mustard yellow heavy boards, black lettering to spine, patterned eps, unpaginated prelims + 559pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 2022

KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature special edition modern first editions Barbara Kingsolver

HIMES, CHESTER

FIRST UK EDITION, ex-library, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edegs stained red, 240pp, VG- (usual library markings, moderate rubbing & tape residue to board edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & staining to page edges, moderate to heavy tape staining to front & rear eps, minor foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (in plastic protective cover- edges likely stained & damaged, moderate tape staining & tanning/foxing/soiling to flaps, other generalised soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1969

KEYWORDS: modern first UK edition crime thrillers fiction novels literature Chester Himes

GAARDER, JOSTEIN & ANDERSON, JAMES (trans)

FIRST UK 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: Weidenfeld & Nicholson / Poheonix House 2004

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition

DICKENS, CHARLES & KINSLEY, JAMES (Ed)

FIRST EDITION THUS, CLARENDON EDITION, DEFINITIVE TEXT, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, civ + 898pp + map of London to rear, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps, occasional light pencil markings to margins) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling, light fading to spine, minor annotation to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS Clarendon edition definitive text classic English literature novels fiction Charles Dickens

DICKENS, CHARLES & HORSMAN, ALAN (Ed)

FIRST EDITION THUS, CLARENDON EDITION, DEFINITIVE TEXT, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, lx + 871pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light soiling & foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, sl fading & 1cm scuff to spine, light general soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS Clarendon edition definitive text classic English literature novels fiction Charles Dickens