Books - "modern first edition"
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this other eden
first edition 344pp VG+(boards sl. soiled,edgewear, textedges sl.sunned) VG+ d/w (sl rubbed,minor creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: simon and schuster london 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Memoirs of a Geisha
first UK edition trade paperback 434pp FINE in wraps
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1997
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Giles Goat-Boy
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, 710pp VG (sl rubbing, foxing to inside covers and end papers, sl bruised corners) in VG- d/w (lamination lifting in places,corners chipped,1 inch tear on front cover from spine head,chipped spine head,scuffed lower edges, moderate foxing to internal sides, heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges)
PUBLISHER: secker and warburg london 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
A Question of Guilt
first edition 224pp NF (owners name unobtrusive on ffep, sl mark on title page) in NF d/w (sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: Pocket Books NY 1989
KEYWORDS: modern first edition crime
RAMAGE AND THE FREEBOOTERS
First edition 384pp VG+ (minor disc. to spine extremities, unobtrusive number at top inside corner of ffep.) in VG d/w (price clipped, numerous tears to lower edge that have been repaired with library tape, some wear to spine at extrem., lamination lifting along rear fore-edge)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson London 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition maritime
RAMAGE AND THE DRUM BEAT
a novel
First edition 270pp FINE in VG d/w (price clipped, edges and extrem. of spine have sl wear, spine has vertical crease from folding, faint disc.to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson London 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition maritime
ALL RISKS MORTALITY
First edition 303pp VG+ (v sl cocking, some yellowing to pages at extrem., small bump to spine head) in VG d/w (rubbed with some creasing to spine extrem., edges sl crimped, minor rounding to upper corners, faint foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph London 1987
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
FOR LOVE
First edition 301pp VG (quarter cloth with white paper boards which are sl stained and rubbed, corners have v sl bruising, sl scuffing to cloth of spine) in VG+ d/w (v sl rubbing with sl crimping to top edge, rear cover sl creased at top corner, spine extrem. sl creased)
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins NY 1993
KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction
BARBARY SHORE
First edition 286pp in blue paper binding with silver title, VG+ (owner's name and bookseller's stamp on ffep, else fine) in VG+ d/w (price clipped, corners rounded, spine sl sunned with small tears to head and v sl wear to foot)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1952
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
GO TO THE WIDOW-MAKER
First edition 575pp VG+ (unobtrusive owner's name on front paste-down, very faintest foxing to fep's and edges) in VG d/w (some rubbing, corners sl rounded, spine v sl sunned with some wear and small tears to head and foot, some disc. to rear, lower edge sl creased with v small closed tear to front)
PUBLISHER: Collins London 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
THE FORTY SECOND PARALLEL
First edition 406pp burgundy cloth covered boards, VG (boards have sl rubbing to extrem., spine sunned with sl scuffing to head and foot, sl browning to ep.'s and paste-downs, some foxing to half title and title with minimal foxing to edges) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: Constable & Company London 1930
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Tiny Tears
First edition, slim 8vo, blue with red title to spine, VG+ (minor shelf wear with small bump to spine head, faint spots of foxing to endpapers with sl.spotting to head edge of paper) in NF d/w (price clipped, sl.wear to spine head)
PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch London 1973
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry
Daniel Martin
First edition, 8vo, brown with gilt title at spine and top edge tinted, 704pp, VG+ (minor bump to lower edge rear board, edges are very faintly spotted with sl.damp staining to lower corner which is contained to the outer extremity of the paper and only sl.marks the ffep with a 1/4 stain) in FINE d/w.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Mantissa
First edition 192pp VG (sl.marking to baords at lower edges, upper rear corner bruised, owner's name on ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.sunned spine, some wear to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1982
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Passionella
And Other Stories
First edition, illust. boards, VG+ in d/w VG+ octavo hardcover
PUBLISHER: Collins London 1960
KEYWORDS: modern first edition humour
Curtmantle.
A Play
First edition 99pp VG+ (cloth of rear cover sl.rubbed, faint bookseller's stamp at ffep) in VG d/w (price clipped, sl.sunning and foxing to spine and fore-edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press London 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition play drama
The Carnal Island.
First edition, 157pp, VG+ (sl.cocked, minor shelf wear to foot edge of boards with upper corners sl.bruised) in VG+ d/w (price clipped, a little light marking to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch London 1970
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Long Pig
First edition 294pp VG+ (corners sl.bruised, sl.foxing to edges) in VG- d/w (spine sunned with small chip to head and repaired tear to foot, corners rounded )
PUBLISHER: Heinemann London 1959
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sailing fiji
Mantissa
First edition 192pp octavo hardcover VG+ in VG+ d/w (sl. sunned spine, faint foxing)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1982
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
The Family Reunion
a play
first edition with first issue d/w in cloth boards with red lettering, 136pp VG (bruised lower corners,some sunning to spine and extrem.of boards, sl.scuffing to spine head & foot, light foxing to ep's) in VG- d/w (rubbed,foxed, sunned spine with scuffing and sl.chipping, sl.chipped, rear cover browned, some wear and creasing to upper edge, flaps clipped at corners)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1939
KEYWORDS: modern first edition plays drama