Books - "modern first edition"
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Shank
Advance Uncorrected Typescript, preceds the prrof copy and includes manuscript corrections. 471pp, thick 8vo in white wrappers, VG (sl.cocked, wrappers sl.soiled, small pen notation at top front corner)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury London 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof
The Man Who Rode His 10-Speed Bicycle to the Moon
First edition 93pp, tall 8vo, green paper boards with cerise cloth spine and edges blue, FINE in NF d/w (sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton London 1979, printed USA
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Beyond the Fall of Night
First edition 298pp, black cloth spine/blue paper boards, VG+ (sl shadowing of title to front board) in VG+ d/w (rubbing, v.sl.wear to edges)
PUBLISHER: Ace/Putnam New York 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first edition science fiction sf
The Secret Life of Laszlo, Count Dracula
First edition, proof copy, 550pp, in white and green wrappers, VG+ (small scuff at foot of spine, v. light smudging to wraps)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbuty London 1994
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy
The Inscrutable Charlie Muffin
First edition, 192pp, 8vo, blue with gilt to spine and top edge tinted red, FINE in VG+d/w (sl.glue residue to front, price clipped with price sticker also at front flap)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1979
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Sleep of Reason
First edition, 163pp, small 8vo, yellow w. brown title to spine, VG (light spotting/discoloration to boaards, small bookseller's sticker at front paste-down, endpapers & half title sl.browned with average foxing to edges) in VG- d/w (price clipped, browning to rear, corners rounded, sl wear to upper edge and spine head)
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg London 1956
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
High Stakes
First edition, 238pp, small 8vo, black w. silver title to spine, VG+ (sl.bruise to lower front corner, a few faint spots to head edge and rear fep) in VG+ d/w (price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph London 1975
KEYWORDS: modern first edition dick francis
Dead Man's Bay
A Crime Club Novel.
First edition, 160pp, small 8vo, red w. black title to spine, VG+ (previous owner's name on ffep, slight to moderate browning/ foxing to endpapers & prelims.) in VG d/w (moderate wear to spine head & foot, rear cover somewhat sopiled with a small chip to upper corner)
PUBLISHER: Collins London 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition collins crime club
Pursuit Through Time
First edition, 186pp +3pp adverts, VG (owner's lengthy inscription on ffep, upper corners sl.bruised, bookseller's stamp at front paste-down, sl.browning to ep's with light spotting to edges) in VG- d/w (sl.wear to edges with moderate wear to spine head & foot, corners rounded)
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co. London 1956
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Ring in Meiji
First edition, 464pp, thick 8vo, sage green w. gilt to spine, VG (spine foot sl. turned, endpapers & edges moderately browned) in VG- d/w (rubbing, spine sunned and scuffed with sl.chip to foot, corners rounded, sl.wear/creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Peter Owen London 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Waterfront
First edition, 284pp, 8vo, red w. gilt to spine, VG+ (slightest cocking, owners name ffep, v.sl.foxing to endpapers/half title & title) in VG- d/w (partially open 3/4 tear to upper front edge with small chip from spine head, spine sunned with some sl.wear to extrems., corners rounded, front flap creased)
PUBLISHER: Bodley Head London 1956
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
A Story for Europe: A Bloomsbury Quid
First edition, 50pp, 18mo, illus light card covers, NF
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury London 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Let There be Lite
In the beginning there was laughter and God it was good
First edition, only UK hardcover limited to 75 copies; otherwise only published in trade paperback, SIGNED by author on title page. 349pp, tall 8vo, burgundy cloth w. gilt title to spine, FINE in FINE d/w.
PUBLISHER: Bantam London 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed shops
The Grass
First UK edition, proof copy, 216pp in green illust.wrappers, VG+(v.sl.cocked with a sl.creased spine) otherwise a very clean and tidy copy.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy
Idioglossia
first edition SIGNED by author on title page, brand new, FINE in turquoise w. gilt to spine, in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: Doubleday London 2000
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
May Wine on Brooklyn Heights
first edition proof copy, 214pp in green wrappers, VG- (sl.cocked with light soiling to wrappers and a few small scuffs, ffep has large piece cut from it, some wear at foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode London 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy
The Hotel New Hampshire
first UK edition 401pp, 8vo, black/gilt to spine, VG+ (owner's inscription on ffep, small scuff to foot-edge of front board) inVG+ d/w (flaps lightly spotted, sl.creasing to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1981
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Bat-Poet
first UK edition 42pp, tall slim 8vo, green/gilt to spine, VG+ (extrems, of boards sl.sunned, paper sl.browned at edges, owner's name at ffep) in VG+ d/w (light foxing, small closed tear to upper rear edge, spine sl.rubbed, small mark from removal of price label)
PUBLISHER: Kestrel Books UK 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Shadow of the Sequoyah
Social Documents of the Cherokees 1862-1964
first edition 129pp, ex-library (unissued & withdrawn) with stamp at half title and pocket and slip at rear, in excellent condition, FINE if not for library markings. In VG+ d/w (call number at spine which is sl.sunned, 1/2 closed tear to upper rear edge)
PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press Norman 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition cherokees american indian history
The Lost Perception
first edition 189pp, small 8voin red with gilt title at spine, VG/ VG (sl.buckled boards, head edge sl.browned, some light foxing and browning to fore edge and endpapers) d/w (price clipped, moderate wear to spine head, upper front corner has 1/2 tear)
PUBLISHER: Gollancz London 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sf science fiction