Books - "modern first edition"
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The Ink Truck
first UK edition 278pp VG+ (upper corners sl.bruised, very faint yellowing to endpaper's) in VG- d/w (rubbing, price clipped, sunned and sl.stained spine with some sl.wear to extrem., corners rounded, sl.wear to edges)
PUBLISHER: macdonald london 1970
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Requiem for a Nun
first edition 247pp,lt.blue paper covered boards, VG+ (spine sl.suned, minorsunning to upper extrem.of boards, owner's name on ffep,v.sl.foxing to ep's/half-title/title/contents) in VG d/w (sl.browning to rear and flaps, corners rounded, spine sl.sunned with some wear to extrem.)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1953
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction southern USA
The Tomorrow- Tamer
short stories
first 243pp +16pp of additional text used at rear; possibly to pad out the binding, in red paper boards, VG+ (small white mark at front foot-edge, faintly sunned spine, upper rear corner sl.bruised, bookseller's stamp at foot-edge ffep, faint foxing throughout) in VG- d/w (rubbing with sl.overall foxing, corners sl.chipped, spine sunnned with sl.wear to head & foot with small tears)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition short stories
The Cotton-Pickers.
First edition, small 8vo, black/gilt to spine, 190pp, a clean and bright copy VG+ (upper front corner sl.bruised with upper edge of boards showing a faint bump, spine has sl.crease, endpapers v.faintly browned) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed, sunned spine with some wear to extremities, sl wear ot edges and corners with some browning to rear of cover)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale London 1956
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
BUFF
First edition, 8vo, red/gilt to spine, 64pp, VG+ (light sunning to extrem. of boards, small bump to head of spine, light browned endpapers and sl.foxing to edges and prelims.) in VG d/w (price clipped, sl.foxing, sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch London 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry
Fletch.
First edition, the first in the series, small 8vo, red/gilt to spine, 197pp, NF (v.sl.cocking with minor bruising to upper corners) in NF yellow d/w (sl.rubbing, spine very sl.sunned with a little creasing to head and foot, corners sl.creased)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz London 1976
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Biggles of the Interpol
FIRST EDITION, octavo, 181pp VG (sl.sunned spine, ep's sl.foxed with light foxing to edges and some sl.foxing to last section) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: brockhampton press leicester 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature adventure
Famous Writers and Their Feuds
first edition xiii plus 202pp VG+ (sl.sunning to spine and extrem.of boards, small bookseller's sticker at lower edge front paste-down, v.sl.bruising to corners) in VG d/w (sl.sunned spine & extrem., minor wear to spine head & foot, acorners rounded)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1963
KEYWORDS: modern first edition writers authors literature feuds
T.V.BABY
poem
first edition booklet in wrappers, VG+ (sl.browning to already brown paper, sl.creasing to corners, minor wear to edges)
PUBLISHER: beach books/ city light books california 1968
KEYWORDS: modern first edition beat poetry
North of Montana
first edition 295pp, blck boards with cloth spine & gilt lettering, Fine in Fine
PUBLISHER: Alfred Knopf NY 1994
KEYWORDS: modern first edition shops
Mary, Mary
first edition, signed by author on title page, in black boards w.silver lettering on spine, brand new copy with red promotional slip around d/w stating unputdownable- or your money back, MINT in MINT d/w
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition thriller signed
The Drowning People
first edition review copy with plate intact on ffep, 310pp in dark red boards w.gilt lettering to spine, FINE in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: michael joseph london 1999
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
London Fields
First edition pre-proof, early photocopy of manuscript, 396pp NF (sl.rubbing in white wrappers.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1989
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy
THE SOPRANOS
First edition proof copy, 325pp FINE in pink wrappers.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy
EVER AFTER
First edition, 8vo, black cloth with gilt lettering to spine and t.e.g., illustrated endpapers, 261pp FINE in FINE d/w.
PUBLISHER: Picador / Macmillan London 1992
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Nocturne
first edition 208pp VG+ (owner's library stamp on ffep with name whited out) iupper edge sl.worn with small tears and creasing, corners rounded, front flap ink marked)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1992
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction
A Simple Plan
First edition, 351pp, white cloth w. silver lettering to spine, VG+ (v.sl.cocked) in NF d/w (a little creasing to spine head and foot)
PUBLISHER: Doubleday London 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction
Shake Hands for Ever
first edition with red promotional wrapper though it is missing front flap portion, black w.gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (sl.cocked, sl.shelf wear, owner's name on ffep. ep's and edges have a little light foxing but text remains clean and bright) in VG d/w (some glue residue & marking to edges from a previous plastic wrapper with tape at edges)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1975
KEYWORDS: modern first edition crime fiction
The King's Breakfast
Second Edition, 4to, 17pp VG+ in pink & black illust. boards with cloth spine, (sl.fading to edges of boards with light foxing, ep's sl.browned, owner's name inside front paste-down, text clean & bright) in VG d/w (sunned with light foxing and a little wear to edges, corners rounded, v.small chip to lower edge by spine, upper edge has 3 small closed tears)
PUBLISHER: Methuen and Co. London & Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew Ltd. London 1926
KEYWORDS: modern first edition music
The Bay of Silence
first edition 163pp VG+ (slightest cocking, minor shelf wear to foot-edge) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbing with minor wear to top edge, spine head sl.creased)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction