FARGUES, NICOLAS

first edition octavo illus light card covers with french flaps, 179pp inscribed, dated and SIGNED by author; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: pushkin press 2006

KEYWORDS: literature signed modern first edition nicolas fargues

KOED, THOMAS PORS

first edition octavo illus light card covers, 185pp FINE dated and SIGNED by author ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: titus books 2015

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature thomas pors koed

VIRTUE, NOEL

first edition octavo illus light card covers, 400pp VG+ dated inscribed and SIGNED by the author to fellow NZ Author Rex Pilgrim; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: vintage 1999

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature modern first edition signed

KUNDERA, MILAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo black cloth boards, 311pp VG (light tanning) in VG d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: faber and faber 1986

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition milan kundera

HUEFFER, FORD MADOX

first edition octavo red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 307pp + 34pp adverts (dated february 1910) VG- (fading to spine, speckled staining to front cover edge, bookplate to fep which is attached to front pastedown, stamp to title page, light soiling and tanning)

PUBLISHER: methuen colonial library 1910

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature ford madox hueffer

LAWRENCE, D.H.

First edition, octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 312pp + 6pp adverts, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning & light soxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Martin Secker 1922

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition

LESSING, DORIS

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, VG (bookseller's label to fep, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light fadin to spine extrems) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light soiling, tear with 2cm loss reapired with archival tape to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1952

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition

INNES, CHARLES

first edition, third impression, author's first book, octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 318pp + folding map, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to spine, light rbuising to spine extrems & board corners, previous owner's name in ink to fep, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1937

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition

ANDRIC, IVO &

Inscribed & signed by President of Bosnia & Herzegonia Borislav Paravac, First edition thus, octavo, illus boards, 218pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Dereta 2003

KEYWORDS: signed fiction literature modern first edition

TRING, A. STEPHEN

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 188pp, illus, VG (light faing to spine extrems, previous owner's name in ink to fep, light tanning & light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (several small tears with loss to spine extrems, heavy bruising to cover corners, 1cm tear with loss to lower front cover)

PUBLISHER: Oxford university press 1957

KEYWORDS: literature fiction modern first edition

GOODCHILD, GEROGE

First edition, octavo, brown cloth boards with white & yellow lettering to spine, 183pp, VG (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (front french flap nearly detached , light creasing to cover edges, several closed tears to cover edges, light rubbing, light soiling, moderate bruising to cover corners)

PUBLISHER: John Long 1966

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition

WILLIAMS, GEOFFREY & SEARLE, RONALD

First edition, octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 100pp, illus, VG (light foxing to page edges, very slight sporadic foxing to pages) in d/w VG- (light rubbing, light soiling, 2cm tear with loss to upper spine, several small tears with loss to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Max Parrish 1959

KEYWORDS: literature fiction modern first edition

PYNCHON, THOMAS

First UK edition, Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, top page edges coloured black, 760pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light bruising to extrems, previous owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light bruising to spine extrems, moderate chipping to edges, all corners clipped, light foxing to flaps & internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1973

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first UK edition

UPDIKE, JOHN

First edition, octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt letering to spine, 307pp, VG (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light foxing to eps & page edges) in d/w VG- (light rubbing, light fading to spine, light bruising to spine extrems & cover corners, 3.5cm tear with loss to lower spine)

PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch 1961

KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction litertaure

FITZGERALD, KEVIN

First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light soiling, light bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1958

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition

ROBINSON, MARILYNNE

First edition, uncorrected proof copy, Super octavo, light card covers, 324pp, VG (light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light foxing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Virago 2008

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition

PATTINSON, JAMES

First UK edition, octavo, brown cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 192pp, VG ( light foxing to page edges, sporadic fading to boards, light browning & foxing to eps) in d/w VG-( price clipped, light chipping to spine & spine extrems, multiple closed tears >2.5 cm to d/w folds, light soiling & rubbing to front & rear,)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale & Company 1972

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature crime fiction

SHMUELI, ALFRED

First edition, Inscribed, dated & signed by author, octavo, illus light card covers, 268pp, VG (light soiling to cover, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Independent Writers Publications 1993

KEYWORDS: historical fiction literature modern first edition signed

FRASER, JOHN

first edition, purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 244pp, VG (light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light soiling, light bruising to spine)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1969

KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition

FOURIE, PIETER

First edition, octavo, grey heavy card boards with red & white lettering to spine & front board, white bird motif to front board, 72pp, VG (some soiling & rubbing to boards, light foxing, bookseller's label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Longman 1976

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature drama play