Books - "modern first edition"
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Lenin
the novel
first edition 703pp VG+ (bruised corners, some shelf wear to foot-edge) in VG+ d/w (chipped upper corners,sl rubbing on rear, sl.sunned spine with sl.wear to extrem.)
PUBLISHER: secker and warburg london 1987
KEYWORDS: modern first edition lenin
Femininity
first edition 270pp NF (sl.shelf wear) in VG+ d/w (sunned spine and front wrapper, glue residue from removal of sticker on front)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1984
KEYWORDS: modern first edition feminism
Love and Marriage
three stories
first edition 95pp VG+ (minor shelf wear, v.faint foxing to ep's & half-title) in VG d/w (small mark to front cover from removal of sticker, corners rounded with small chip to upper front, spine sunned with some wear to head & foot, rear wrapper has stain and some scuffing to fore-edge, small closed tear to lower rear edge).All sounds worse than it looks.
PUBLISHER: rupert hart-davis london 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition childrens illustrated steadman
The Greenlander
first edition 278pp VG+ (some shelf wear to edges and spine head & foot, lower corners sl.bruised, light tanning) in VG+ d/w (sl scuffing to edges and spine extrem., sl foxing on rear flyleaf)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first edition nautical whaling
Sons of the Morning
first edition 380pp NF (front board is very sl.buckled at fore-edge) in NF d/w (sl rubbed,v sl chip to upper rear corner)
PUBLISHER: bantam press london 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first edition thriller
Echoes of the War
first edition 168pp VG (boards rubbed with some marking, shelf wear to edges, corners bruised, spine sunned, book plate attached to front paste-down, owner's inscription on half title page, crayon mark inside rear cover and on rear ep) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1918
KEYWORDS: modern first edition play drama
Life at the Top.
First edition 288pp VG+ (small bump to spine foot, sl.browning to endpapers with some light foxing to prelims & edges) in VG d/w (corners rounded, 2 small stickers on front cover and spine,foxing to flaps, sl.wear to spine extrem.)
PUBLISHER: Eyre and Spottiswoode London 1962
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Beasts of Tarzan
first edition 337pp in green cloth boards, VG (boards rubbed with some scuffing, shelf wear to edges, spine sunned & scuffed, corners bruised, owner's stamp on ffep and rear paste-down, minimal foxing) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: a.l. burt new york 1916
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fantasy
Robert Burns
a play
first edition 93pp VG- (cloth boards rubbed with some sunning to edges and sl.marking to front, corners bruised, small bumps to fore-edge, ep's browned, small tear to head-edge of half-title) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: sidgwick and jackson london 1925
KEYWORDS: modern first edition play drama
The Hostage of Zir
first edition 213pp VG+ (boards sl warped) in VG+ d/w (corners rounded, sl.wear to spine extrem.)
PUBLISHER: berkley usa 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sf science-fiction
Pstalemate
first edition 190pp NF (minor sunning to upper extrem.of boards, light foxing to head-edge) in NF d/w (sl.sunned spine with minor wear to head)
PUBLISHER: victor gollancz london 1972
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sf science-fiction
The Saint and the Fiction Makers
first UK edition 189pp in light blue paper boards, VG+ (spine sl.sunned,small gum-stain on fep, some light foxing to fore-edge & hlaf-title) in VG d/w (price clipped, sl.sunned spine with some minor wear to extrem., corners rounded, edges sl worn with a v.small chip from upper rear of wrapper)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition crime saint
Bird in Hand
a play in three acts
first edition 96pp in red cloth boards, VG- sl.sunning to extrem.of boards and spine, lower corners sl.bruised, ep's browned, fore-edge bruised causing some creasing and marking to some pages at outer margin) in GOOD d/w (corners chipped with sl tears,spine head and foot chipped with 1 inch missing from both,tear and minor scuff on spine causing minor surface loss,edges creased and worn,rubbed)
PUBLISHER: sidgwick and jackson london 1927
KEYWORDS: modern first edition play drama
The Victim
proof copy of 1965 edition 264pp GOOD in wraps (front cover separated,spine badly chipped and creased,rubbed,foxing)
PUBLISHER: weidenfeld and nicolson uk 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof
Calm October
essays
first edition 226pp VG (boards sl.sunned at foot-edge, spine sl.sunned, small bump to foot-edge front board, faint foxing to ep's and paste-downs,owner's name on ffep,owners notes occasionally throughout) in VG d/w (rubbing with wear to edges, corners sl.chipped. small tear to upper front edge, spine sunned with sl.chipped head, owner's notes on rear flap)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Not All the Suns
poems 1917-1944
first edition 51pp VG (sl rubbing to cloth of boards with average shelf wear and some sunning to edges, spine sunned with sl.bumped foot, lower corners sl.bruised, upper front corner creased) in VG d/w (sm tear and crease to spine foot, some wear to edges and spine extrem., crnrs.rounded, rubbed)
PUBLISHER: nicholson and watson london 1944
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry
Gilbert the Man Who Was G.K. Chesterton
first edition proof 261pp NF in wraps (v minor scuffing to spine head and foot)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof chesterton
Fail Safe
first edition 256pp VG (cocked, corners bruised, spine head and foot sl.sunned, owner's name on ffep, ep's sl. foxed) in VG- d/w (lamination on front cover lifting,corners and spine foot chipped,1 inch tear upper edge of rear cover near spine head,rubbed)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Universe 7
First edition 184pp VG+ (v.sl.shelf wear to lower edge of boards, edges spotted with foxing, small bump to fore-edge front board) in VG- d/w (rubbed, sl.suned spine with sl.wear to extrem., corners rounded)
PUBLISHER: Doubleday New York 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sf science-fiction
Driving West
first edition 46pp VG+ in wraps (sunned spine and wrappers)
PUBLISHER: victor gollancz london 1975
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry