Books - "modern first edition"
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The Lily Hand and Other Stories
first edition proof copy 215pp in blue & white wrappers, VG+ (sl.rubbed with sl.surface loss to upper front corner, spine sl.sunned with sl.scuffing to extrem., small ballpoint comment on front cover, light foxing to edges)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof copy
T. E. LAWRENCE
Great Lives.
First edition, 144pp, red cloth with gilt lettering to spine, VG (average foxing, minor shelf wear to lower corners) in VG- d/w (price clipped and price also cut out of front cover leaving a small circular hole, corners and spine head/foot sl.chipped)
PUBLISHER: Duckworth London 1939
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography
The Story of Bip
First edition, warmly inscribed by author on ffep With All My Heart, Bip, Marcel Marceau, New Zealand '83, pictorial boards, lacks d/w, VG+ (sl.shelf wear to corners and spine extremities, very faint foxing to illust. fep, unobtrusive name stamp from previous owner on ffep & rear paste-down)
PUBLISHER: Harper & Row, NY 1976
KEYWORDS: modern first edition signed copy
Traplines
first UK edition 215pp MINT in wraps
PUBLISHER: abacus london 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Passion Artist
first edition 185pp very gd+ (v sl cocked, v sl marked spine cloth on rear, owners name on half title page, v sl scuffed foot edge and corners) in very gd+ d/w (rubbing, price clipped, corners sl rounded, sl wear to spine head/foot and top front edge, sl discoloration to flaps along edges)
PUBLISHER: harper & row new york 1979
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction
Not for Publication
fifteen stories
first edition 208pp very gd+ (sl bumped spine head and foot, v sl bump to foot edge front board, endpapers sunned, some discoloration inside front boards, owners name on fep) in very gd+ d/w (spine faded, price clipped, sl rubbing, corners sl rounded, minor foxing to rear and flaps, sl creasing to spine head)
PUBLISHER: victor gollancz london 1965
KEYWORDS: modern first edition short stories
Bill the Galactic Hero On the Planet of Zombie Vampires
first edition 217pp VG+ (v sl cocked) in VG+ d/w
PUBLISHER: victor gollancz london 1992
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sf science-fiction
Not to Disturb
first edition proof copy 159pp very good+ in wraps (front cover and spine faded with sl staining to top edge of front, sl creased spine)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1971
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof
The Green Man
first edition 252pp very gd+ (sl cocked, sl fading to spine head/foot and top edge of boards, sl rubbing to foot edge, owner's name on fep) in very gd+ d/w (sl faded spine, rubbing, flaps clipped at corners, sl lamination lifting on front, sl wear to spine head/foot and corners, sl foxing to flaps, front flap creased)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction
Sphinx
first edition 248pp very gd (sl bumped spine head and foot, indentation to rear board, lower corners bruised, foot edge of boards sl bumped) in very gd+ d/w (sl rubbed with sl surface damage to rear, sl creasing to spine head and foot,upper edge sl crimped)
PUBLISHER: victor gollancz london 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction
Ararat
first edition 191pp VG (v sl bumped spine foot) in VG d/w (residue from price sticker on front, sl rubbing, v sl creasing to spine head)
PUBLISHER: victor gollancz london 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction
Where Eagles Dare
first edition, octavo hardcover, VG (light foxing to eps & page edges) in VG d/w (slight creasing & fading, v small closed tears to edges, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature
The Sensitive Plant
first edition thus 128pp ills.[b/w/rose w.col.tipped-in plates by charles robinson] VG (green cloth w.black dec.stamps,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,mod.stain to spine and top board,sl.wear to extrems.,ill.eps,school presentation bookplate to ffep,all tissue guards present and all col.plates are clean and bright,contents clean,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry percy bysshe shelley charles robinson
FRAGMENTS OF A JOURNAL
modern first edition 150pp VG (v.sl.cocked,minor bumps to foot and head of spine,corners v.sl.rubbed,owners name stamped on front paste-down and in ink on FEP,minor discolouration to FEP) in VG d/w (minor rubbing and chips to extremities,sl.scuffed,lightly sunned,minor tape mark and stain to front,price clipped,1cm closed tear to top of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1968
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
MURDER IS TOO EXPENSIVE
modern first edition 220pp VG+ (minor bump to head of spine,minor crease to REP,sl.dirty mark to REP,page edges evenly browned due to poor quality paper, boards v sl bowed) in VG d/w (lightly rubbed,v sl creasing to extremities)
PUBLISHER: constable london 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition crime fiction
The Beach.
First edition, trade paperback in illustrated wrappers, 8vo, 438pp, VG- (sl.cocking with minor bruising to corners, rear fep and inside rear wrapper has been scribbled on with ballpoint causing some tearing to fep going through to last page) otherwise internally clean and bright.
PUBLISHER: Viking London 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition trade paperback
The Rainbow Stories
first edition 541pp FINE in NF d/w (minor rubbing, v sl crease to spine head)
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1989
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Waldo and Magic, Inc
first edition 219pp in cloth covered boards VG+ (sl bumped spine head and foot, upper cnrs sl bruised, v sl browning to ep's) in VG- d/w (rubbing, wear and creasing to edges, cnrs rounded, flaps clipped at cnrs, spine sl chipped at extrem., silverfish damage to fore-edge of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: doubleday & co NY 1950
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sf science-fiction
Marabou Stork Nightmares
first edition proof copy NF in wraps (sl marked front cover, minor creasing to fore-edge)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1995
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof
Thirteen Stories and Thirteen Epitaphs
first edition 318pp FINE in NF d/w (v sl rubbing, minor wear to cnrs and spine head)
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first edition