JOY, WILLIAM & PRIOR, TOM

First edition, ex-library, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); 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: Shakespeare Head Press 1963

KEYWORDS: history Australia modern first edition colony bushrangers culture

JEROME, JEROME K.

First edition, Octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & rule to front board, 360pp + 16pp adverts, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep, light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett 1898

KEYWORDS: short stories literature modern first edition

FOWLES, JOHN

First edition uncorrected proof copy, octavo, yellow light card covers with black lettering, 309pp, VG (some foxing to page edges and spine, slight tanning to eps, lower corners of first few pages folded over) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing and closed tears to spin extrems, some bruising to edges, wear to flap folds, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1974

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition

STOCKETT, KATHRYN

First edition, signed, super octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, 451pp, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Fig Tree Penguin 2010

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature

HASSEL, SVEN & O'HANLON, I (Trans)

First edtion, octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, 287pp, VG (owner's name in ink to front pastedown, some light foxing & tanning to page edges and eps)

PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press Ltd (1959

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature

JIMENEZ, JUAN RAMON & ROACH, ELOISE (Trans) & DOWNS, JO ALYS (Illus)

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); 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: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1958

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature fiction novel

WILSON, GUTHRIE

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); 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: Hutchinson 1959

KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature novel

CARGILL, C. ROBERT

Uncorrected proof copy, first edition, super octavo softcover (VG+); 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: Gollancz 2017

KEYWORDS: fiction modern first edition novel literature

AIKEN, JOAN & PIENKOWSKI, JAN

First edition, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); 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: Jonathan Cape 1989

KEYWORDS: modern first edition short stories pictorial literature fiction art collection anthology

FURST, ALAN

First edition, uncorrected proof copy, super octavo softcover (VG+); 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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2016

KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature novel thriller espionage

BAXTER, JAMES K. & MCNAUGHTON, HOWARD (Ed)

First edition, super octavo, mottled blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 336pp, VG (slight tanning & foxing to page edgews & eps) in d/w, VG (small closed tear to rear upper edge, light bruising to spine head, some fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University PRess 1982

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature plays drama

RUSHDIE, SALMAN

First edition, super octavo, brown heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine, 370pp, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing to spine extrems small stain to front)

PUBLISHER: Penguin Hamish Hamilton 2017

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition

BLACK, BENJAMIN

First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 331pp, VG+ (light tanning to page edges, slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, nr fine (v slight creasing to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin Random House 2017

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition

O'BRIEN, FLANN

First edition, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 157pp, VG ( light brusing to spine extrems, moderate foxing to page edges, light foxing to pages & eps) in d/w Tatty ( 4cm closed tear to front flap fold, chipping to spine extrems, heavy soiling, surface loss to spine & flap folds, moderate tanning)

PUBLISHER: Macgibbon & Kee 1961

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition novel comedy comic humour

GOLDING, WILLIAM

First edition, octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 223pp, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, slight tanning to eps, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling, light creasing to edges, 2x3cm tape stain to front)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1964

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition

BANKS, IAIN

Limited numbered (143/150) signed first edition uncorrected proof copy, super octavo, cream light card covers with red & black lettering, 357pp, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown 2012

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature

CURNOW, ALLEN

First edition, limited to 75 numbered copies, signed by author, small square duodecimo, patterned light card covers, blue light card eps, unpaginated, nr fine

PUBLISHER: The Holloway Press 1994

KEYWORDS: signed modern first edition New Zealand literature poetry poems

DUN, AIDAN ANDREW

First edition, signed by author, imperial octavo, white light card covers with no lettering, 163pp, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (v slight creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Goldmark Uppingham Rutland 2010

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature epic poem poetry

HIGGINS, AIDAN

First edition, octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, 271pp, VG (moderate tanning & foxing) in tatty d/w, (4cm x 8cm portion missing from lower spine/rear, heavy creasing & nicks to edges, some soiing & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Calder & BOyars 1966

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novel

HOUSMAN, LAURENCE

First edition, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, teg, 103pp, VG (light browning to spine, bookseller's label to front pastedown, owner's name in pencil to fep, moderately heavy foxing to prelims & terminals & page edges)

PUBLISHER: F Sidgwick 1908

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature drama play