Books - "modern first edition"
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The Assumption of the Rogues & Rascals
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction love women
The March of the Musicians
FIRST ENG EDITION. 8vo, heavy red card boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, 256 pp., VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to boards/edges, light bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & v sl foxing to pg edges, prev owner's inscription in black ink to ffep, light tanning & foxing throughout) in d/w VG (light scuffing & soiling, light creasing & bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Collins 1985
KEYWORDS: modern first edition translation Swedish Sweden fiction literature Per Olov Enquist
The London Scene: Five Essays by Virginia Woolf
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, heavy brown card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 44 pp., NF (light fading to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, sl soiling & tanning to pg edges) in d/w VG+ (light tanning to spine & fading to cover, v minor bruising to extrems).
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1982
KEYWORDS: modern first edition Virginia Woolf 20th century author novel novelist essays Bloomsbury Group
Witchfinder
FIRST EDITION. Super 8vo, heavy black card bds, copper gilt lettering to spine, xi + 466 pp., NF (light bruising to spine extrems & top front board edge, v sl tanning to pg edges), in d/w VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping, sl creasing & soiling).
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 2019
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction novel popular literature thriller crime 1960s 20th century espionage spy spies MI5 secret service police
Aunt Julia and the Script-Writer
FIRST US EDITION. Super 8vo, orange heavy card board, purple cl spine lettered in gilt, [8] + 374 pp., VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to eg edges, sl tanning to eps), in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & tanning, moderate tanning to edges, sl bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Farrar/Straus/Grioux 1982
KEYWORDS: modern first edition Mario Vargas Llosa 20th century 1950s fiction
The Cubs and Other Stories
FIRST US EDITION. 8vo, blue heavy card bds, brown cl spine lettered in gilt, front board stamped in blind, xviii + 139 pp., VG+ (light scuffing to bds & spine, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges & eps), in d/w, VG+ (sl scuffing, light to moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: Harper & Row 1979
KEYWORDS: modern first edition Mario Vargas Llosa 20th century short stories novella fiction
Who Killed Palomino Molero?
FIRST US EDITION. 8vo, grey heavy card boards, green cl spine lettered in gilt, [6] + 151 pp., VG+ (light scuffing/soiling & fading to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light soiling to pg edges), in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing, light bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling).
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1987
KEYWORDS: modern first edition Mario Vargas Llosa 20th century fiction
Making Waves
FIRST US EDITION. Super 8vo, orange heavy card bds, black cl spine lettered in gilt, xxi + 338 pp., VG+ (light scuffing to bds, light wear & soiling to spine, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, sl tanning & foxing to pg edges), in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing & creasing, light bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition Mario Vargas Llosa 20th century fiction
Death in the Andes
FIRST US EDITION. Super 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1996
KEYWORDS: Mario Vargas Llosa 20th century fiction Peru politics social conflict modern first edition
The Language of Passtion: Selected COmmentary
FIRST US EDITION. Super 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2003
KEYWORDS: Mario Vargas Llosa newspaper journalism periodical criticism Latin American social politics commentary modern first edition
Letters to a Young Novelist
FIRST US 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2002
KEYWORDS: Mario Vargas Llosa modern first edition 20th century letters criticism literary comentary literature fiction conversation
The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta
FIRST EDITION. Super 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1986
KEYWORDS: Mario Vargas Llosa modern first edition 20th century Latin America 20th century revolution
Captain Pantoja and the Special Service
FIRST US EDITION. Super 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1978
KEYWORDS: Mario Vargas Llosa modern first edition 20th century military letters correspondence social history criticism
The Way to Paradise
FIRST US EDITION. Super 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2003
KEYWORDS: Mario Vargas Llosa modern first edition 20th century 19th century Latin America life lives portrait colonialism
The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto
FIRST UK EDITION. Super 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1998
KEYWORDS: Mario Vargas Llosa modern first edition 20th century Lima
Pipe Dreams in Ponsonby
FIRST EDITION. Imp. 8vo, black light card covers, front cover lettered in white, photograph to rear cover, unpaginated, illus., VG- (light to moderate scuffing to covers, archival repairs to spine, moderate bruising & creasing to edges/joints & extrems, moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges & prelims.terminals, light to moderate cracking to front gutter).
PUBLISHER: The Association of Orientally Flavoured Syndics 1972
KEYWORDS: David Mitchell New Zealan author poet poetry literature 20th century modern first edition
The Shapira Affair
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, black cl bds, spine lettered in yellow/red & white, fore edge deckled, 139 pp., VG+ (sl soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to pg edges & eps), in d/w, VG (moderate to heavy scuffing & rubbing with some loss of colour, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping, 2 cm closed tear to front upper edge, light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Doubleday & Company 1965
KEYWORDS: John Marco Allegro modern first edition 19th century creative nonfiction archaeology Dead Sea
Liar's Poker: Two Cities, True Greed
FIRST EDITION. black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, 224 pp., VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to pg edges, light tanning to prelims/terminals), in d/w, VG+ (light soiling, light bruising to edges & extrems, in archival protective wrapper).
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1989
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction 20th century literature Michael Lewis
Specimen Days
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2005
KEYWORDS: modern first edition novels fiction literature Michael Cunningham
A Home at the End of the World
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first edition novels fiction literature Michael Cunningham