Books - "modern first edition"
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This Way to the Tomb
a play
first edition 99pp in yellow cloth boards, VG+ (some sl.disc.to edges of boards, spine sunned at head and foot, sl foxing to ep's,owners inscription unobtrusive on ffep) in VG- (spine head and corners chipped,rear upper edge worn and creased,sl silverfish damage,rubbed)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1956
KEYWORDS: modern first edition play drama
Loon Lake
first UK edition 258pp VG+ (owners name on title page) in VG+ d/w (spine suned with minor wear to head)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan London 1980
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Chaos and Night
first UK edition 254pp VG+ (owner's name on ffep, v.sl.sunning to spine, light foxing to ep's/half-title/title & fore-edge, small chip from fore-edge last page) in VG- d/w (rubbed,spine sunned with wear to head & foot,small chip from front cover upper edge,minor tear to upper rear corner,corners sl chipped,creasing and wear to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: weidenfeld and nicolson london 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first edition french literature
Seeds of Time
first edition 73pp VG (spine sunned, boards sl.marked with sunned edges, sl.browning to ep's. faint stamp along foot-edge front paste-down) in GOOD+ d/w (spine head and foot chipped,with 1 cm sq missing from front cover at spine head,2 cm tear on front cover from upper edge,corners sl chipped,minor tears to lower edge of rear cover,rubbed,minor silverfish damage to front edges)
PUBLISHER: sidgwick and jackson london 1921
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry
Ringtime
singularities:1, a science fiction story series
first edition; limited to 975 copies, this being #734, booklet, 40pp FINE in illustrated wrappers
PUBLISHER: toothpaste press usa 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sf science-fiction
The Voluptuaries
first edition 208pp NF (v sl cocked with very light foxing to edges) in VG d/w (rubbed,lower front corner sl chipped,minor scuffing to edges,sl faded spine)
PUBLISHER: anthony gibbs and phillips london 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
No Room for Bears
first edition proof copy 252pp VG+ in plain brown paper wrappers with publisher's blurb stapled to top edge of front (faded pub.stamp on front wrapper, small inscription on rear, v.sl.bruising to lower corners)
PUBLISHER: george allen and unwin ltd london 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof
Maria Fernanda
first english edition 241pp in blue cloth boards, VG- (cocked, boards rubbed and sl.sunned with average shelf wear to extrem., corners bruised, spine sunned and scuffed with small chip at head, bookseller's stamp on front paste-down, owner's inscription on half-title page, v.light foxing; mainly to ep's) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: eyre and spottiswoode london 1931
KEYWORDS: modern first edition spanish literature
Two Stories and a Memory.
With a ontroduction by E.M.Forster.
First UK edition, blue cloth, illustrated, 128pp VG- (corners bruised, sl.shelf wear, owner's name and inscriptionto top edge ffep) in VG- d/w (several repaired closed and open tears to covers and spine, previously repaired tear to spine coming away again, light tanning and foxing)
PUBLISHER: Collins and Harvill London 1962
KEYWORDS: modern first edition italian literature
Midcentury
a novel of our time
first edition 496pp VG+ (sl.browning & foxing to ep's, sl.discoloration to boards) in VG d/w (rubbed,3 inch tear to rear cover from spine head,2 inch tear to rear cover from upper corner,minor tear to spine foot,sl chipped spine head)
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Midcentury
a novel of our time
first edition 496pp VG (boards discolored, corners bruised, spine head & foot sl bumped, v.sl.browning to ep's) in GOOD d/w (substantial tears to front cover but no paper loss,upper corners sl chipped,spine head and foot creased and worn,spine sl faded,minor tears to rear upper corner and rear upper edge,rubbed)
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Venus Flaring
first edition 358pp FINE in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: flamingo london 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Quake, Quake, Quake
a leaden treasury of english verse
first edition 109pp VG (sl cocked, sl foxed ep's, upper edges of boards sl.disc.) in VG+ d/w (price clipped, sl.foxing, corners rounded, some wear to edges, sl.sunned spine with wear to extrem.)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry humour nuclear
Primavera
first edition from the winner of the Fawcett Society Book Prize 1989, 211pp NF (minor spotting to head-edge by spine) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.rubbing, small tear to lower rear corner)
PUBLISHER: the womens press london 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Midcentury
first edition 496pp VG (boards discolored, corners bruised, sl.bumped spine head, light browning to ep's) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Requiem
First edition 247pp NF (faintest cocking) in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph London 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Selected Poems
First edition 132pp VG+ (sl.shelf wear with lower corners sl.bruised, lightly foxed endpapers with a little sporadic light foxing throughout text) in VG- d/w (spine sunned and sl.chipped, corners sl.chipped, sl.foxing)
PUBLISHER: Chatto and Windus London 1968
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry
Plainsong
poems
first edition 60pp NF (v.sl.scuffed spine head) in NF d/w (faint rubbing, sl.crease to spine head)
PUBLISHER: secker and warburg london 1981
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry
Venus Flaring
first edition proof copy near fine in wraps (v sl creasing to spine and rear cover)
PUBLISHER: flamingo london 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof
The Fifth Law of Hawkins
first edition 346pp FINE in NF d/w (sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: st martins press new york 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first edition