Books - "modern first edition"
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The Highest Tide
FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, hardcover (nr FINE) in d/w (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, com plete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2005
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature teenage historical fiction rachel carson tides marine
Nights at the Circus
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, fuschia pink boards, gilt lettering to spine, 295pp, VG+ (sl. scuffing to extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page egdes) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light foxing to front flap & internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus/Hogarth Press 1984
KEYWORDS: fiction literature modern first edition
A Man and His Wife
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, yellow cloth boards, red lettering to spine & front board, 113pp, VG- (light bruising to board extrems, moderate to heavy fading to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, 2x 1cmx9cm sections removed from fep edges, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1940
KEYWORDS: New Zealand modern first edition literature Frank Sargeson
Biggles Takes Charge
A 'Biggles of the Air Police' Adventure
FIRST EDITION, small octavo, red heavy card boards, black lettering & decoration to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, VG (light chafing & discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm. inscription in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy chipping to edges, moderate chafing & scuffing to covers, moderate foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Brockhampton Press 1956
KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction Biggles Johns adventure modern first edition
The Edge of the Alphabet
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 224pp, VG (sl discolouration & bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to rear cover, sl chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1962
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Janet Frame New Zealand
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
FIRST UK EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 416pp, VG- (moderate bruising to boards/spine extrems, light staining to board edges & spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & top corner removed to fep, date stamp in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Tom Wolfe
Let the Spacemen beware!
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: Ace / Dobson 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature science fiction scifi
Dinner with Persephone
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: Pantheon Books 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature greece
Maori Boy: A Memoir of Childhood
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 382pp, illus, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Vintage/Random House 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Witi Ihimaera modern first edition signed memoir autobiography illustrated
The Parrot and Other Poems
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 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry poems prose
27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays
FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo, hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy); 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: John Lehmann 1949
KEYWORDS: modern first edition play playscript theatre collection one-act plays
Murder in the Collective
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, hardcover (nr FINE) 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: The Women's Press Ltd 1984
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature murder crime mystery
Nexus (The Rosy Crucifixion)
FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 359pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing to page egdes, sm brown stain to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to covers)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature Henry Miller
Hollywood : A Novel of the Twenties
UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY. FIRST EDITION. 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: Andre Deutsch 1989
KEYWORDS: modern first edition prood copy literature
Their Very Own & Golden City : Play in Two Acts and Twenty Nine Scenes
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 Ltd 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature play script
Going After Cacciato
FIRST EDITION THUS. 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: Collins 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature memoir vietnam war historical fiction
The Missolonghi Manuscript
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: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux Inc 1968
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography lord byron
Season in Purgatory
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: Collins 1976
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature historical fiction
The Old Gringo
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: Andre Deutsch 1986
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature historical fiction
The New Inspector Saltfleet Mystery : The Janus Murder Case
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: Granada 1984
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature murder crime mystery