HOFF, H. S.

First edition uncorrected proof copy, RARE, octavo, yellow light card covers with black lettering, 294pp, VG- / tatty (heavy browning & foxing, owner's name in ink to front cover, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, relevant newspaper review of book glued to title page)

PUBLISHER: WIlliam Heinemann 1935

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novel

ESTRIN, JERRY

First edition, very slim quarto (10cm x 25cm), white light card covers with black lettering to front, stitched, red light card eps, unpaginated but two fold-out pages, VG (slight creasing to cover corners & edges, some foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: De Kooning 1980

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry poems

BARNES, JULIAN

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 2018

KEYWORDS: fiction literature novel romance modern first edition

PERELMAN, S. J.

First edition, super octavo softcover (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: William Heinemann 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature anti-social studies playlets drama collection anthology

KIMBALL, MICHAEL

Octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (nr fine); 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: Alma Books 2008

KEYWORDS: modern first edition novel fiction literature

ADAMS, POPPY

Uncorrected proof copy, limited edition, first edition, super octavo hardcover (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: Virago 2008

KEYWORDS: novel fiction literature modern first edition

FIENNES, WILLIAM

First Australian 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: Picador 2002

KEYWORDS: modern first Australian edition nature ornithology birds geese nature migration travel Arctic

ANDERSEN, JOHANNES C.

First edition, super octavo softcover, light card covers (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: The Phoenix Printing Co (Printer) 1951

KEYWORDS: poems poetry literature Johannes C. Andersen collection anthology modern first edition

DE GOSCINNY & DE TABARY (Illus)

TEXT IN FRENCH, first edition, quarto hardcover (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: Dargaud Editeur 1973

KEYWORDS: children's literature text in French fiction cartoon comic Iznogoud modern first edition

IKEDA, DAISAKU & WILDSMITH, BRIAN (Illus) & MCCAUGHREAN (Trans)

First edition, large quarto hardcover (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: Oxford University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: modern first edition children's literature fiction

LE CARRE, JOHN

First edition thus, Octavo, grey cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, brown illus to front board, grey eps, frontispiece, v + 339pp, illus, Nr Fine in slipcase VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2009

KEYWORDS: literature fiction modern first edition

LLYWELYN, MORGAN

First edition, Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 512pp, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1990

KEYWORDS: modern first edition fiction literature

FINLAYSON, RODERICK

First edition, octavo, heavy card boards, cloth spine with title label, black lettering to front board, blue boat design to front board, 144pp, VG ( light brusing to board corners, light foxing to upper page edges, light soiling to boards, owners name to fep, minor underlining in pencil to a few pages, light rtanning to page edge,) in d/w tatty ( Notoriously brittle d/w Major repairs with archival tape to spine & flap folds & white tape repair to chipped edges,12cm of loss to spine reparied with archival tape, light soiling, light foxing, )

PUBLISHER: The Griffin Press 1952

KEYWORDS: literature New Zealand modern first edition

BAYSTING, ARTHUR

Signed by author, uncommon, first edition, super octavo,cream cloth boards, brown eps, 62pp, VG+ (light foxing to page edges & last few pages, light bruising to lower spine extrem) in d/w, VG(light fading to spine,moderate creasing around spine, v light rubbing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hurricane House 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature modern first edition signed

HENDERSON, PAUL

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards, black lettering to front board, 51pp, VG ( owners name in ink to fep, moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning &foxing to eps) in d/w VG- ( price clipped, heavy fading to spine, light brusing to edges, multiple small tears to upper edge less than 1cm)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press Christchurch 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature modern first edition poems poetry verse

GAINES, ERNEST J.

First UK edition, octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 252pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing & tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges & corners with some surface loss, small water stain to top edge, light tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1973

KEYWORDS: biographical fiction literature novel modern first edition slavery American civil war

CHANDLER, RAYMOND

First edition second impression, octavo, blue cloth boards gilt lettering to spine, xi + 333pp, VG (v small ding to board corners, slight tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing & soiling to eps) in d/w, very scruffy (8cm tatty closed tear to front flap fold, moderately heavy creasing & nicks to edges & spine extrrems & corners, some soiling to rear)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1950

KEYWORDS: literature crime modern first edition

DEAVER, JEFFERY

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 2013

KEYWORDS: fiction literature novel crime thriller modern first edition

SANDFORD, JOHN

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2018

KEYWORDS: fiction literature novel modern first edition

PERRY, TASMINA

First edition, uncorrected proof copy, 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Headline Review 2017

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature novel fiction