MILLER, JAMES

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED BY AUTHOR. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [8] + 275; illus. light card covers; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown 2008

KEYWORDS: James Miller 21st century fiction modern first edition

SHUTE, NEVIL

FIRST EDITION. 8vo hardcover (VG-) lacking ffep & 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: William Heinemann 1945

KEYWORDS: Nevil Shute modern first edition fiction 20th century

MITCHELL, DAVID

LIMITED NUMBERED FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Super 8vo, heavy card bds; in slipcase; F (in original packaging).

PUBLISHER: Sceptre

KEYWORDS: David Mitchell 21st century fiction modern first edition

GROSSMAN, DAVID; ROSENBERG, BETSY

FIRST EDITION. Super 8vo, pp. [6] + 458; green heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- ( moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1990

KEYWORDS: David Grossman Jewish Hebrew literature fiction novel 20th century modern first edition

BOYNE, JOHN

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, pp. [6] + 166; white heavy card bds, spine lettered in black; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping).

PUBLISHER: Doubleday 2023

KEYWORDS: John Boyne 21st century fiction modern first edition

HULSE, MICHAEL

FIRST EDITION. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. 8vo, pp. 113; brown heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).

PUBLISHER: Arc Publications 2009

KEYWORDS: Michael Hulse 21st century poetry poems poet modern first edition

DAVIN, DAN

Pencil annotation to eps by Helen Shaw. First edition. Crown 8vo, pp. 254; cream cl bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing, soiling, tanning & foxing to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; heavy annotation to feps, moderate tanning & foxing throughout); in d/w, G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; lg open tears along spine with heavy archival repairs; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1949

KEYWORDS: Dan Davin New Zealand author 20th century fiction modern first edition

HULME, KERI

First edition. Signed & inscribed by author. Booker Prize winner's first book. 8vo, pp. 55; illus. light card covers; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stamp in purple ink to ht).

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: Keri Hulme 20th century New Zealand poet poetry poems literature modern first edition

ENSING, RIEMKE

First edition. Holograph letter signed & inscribed by author to Helen Shaw loosely enclosed. Super 8vo, unpaginated, [14] ll.; illus. light card covers; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate to heavy bruising, creasing & curling to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; light annotation to contents pg., light tanning, foxing & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: The Lowry Press 1982

KEYWORDS: 20th century New Zealand poet poetry literature poems modern first edition

PEARCE, BRIAN LOUIS

Limited numbered first edition, no. 178/320. Sm 8vo, unpaginated, [18] ll.; illus. stapled light card covers; illus. tp; VG (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: The Quarto Press 1970

KEYWORDS: 20th century poety literature poems Brian Louis Pearce poet modern first edition

DAVIN, DAN

First edition. Crown 8vo, pp. 216; blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to hinges; light to moderate tanning & foxing throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Nicholson & Watson 1947

KEYWORDS: Dan Davin 20th century New Zealand literature fiction novel modern first edition

ENSING, RIEMKE

Association copy, first edition. Signed & inscribed by author to Helen Shaw; signed holograph letter tipped to tp from the author to Helen Shaw. 8vo, pp. unpaginated, [4] ll.; illus. stab stitched light card covers; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: Brick Row Publishing Co. 1980

KEYWORDS: Riemke Ensing 20th century New Zealand poetry poet poems modern first edition

DIBBERN, GEORGE

First US edition. Demy 8vo, pp. 421; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in blue; VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep; adhesive residue to feps; light cracking to rear hinge; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head 1941

KEYWORDS: George Dibbern 20th century fiction literature modern first edition

CHARTERIS, LESLIE

First edition. Crown 8vo, pp. 255; red buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in black; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters; moderate tanning & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co. n/d

KEYWORDS: Leslie Charteris 20th century fiction novel modern first edition

MCMURTY, LARRY

First edition. Super 8vo 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: Simon & Schuster 1995

KEYWORDS: Larry McMurty 20th century fiction novel modern first edition

ROSS, P; PENETITO, C (illus.)

First edition, reprint. Super 8vo, pp. 23; illus. heavy card covers; spine & front board lettered in blue & black; illus. tp, illus; VG- (moderate scuffing, tanning, foxing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light to moderate tanning & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Longman Paul 1970

KEYWORDS: P Ross C Penetito New Zealand children's book juvenile fiction modern first edition

THOMAS, R S

First edition. 8vo 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: Macmillan 1981

KEYWORDS: R S Thomas 20th century poet poetry poems modern first edition

CHILD, LEE

First edition. Super 8vo 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: Delacorte Press 2017

KEYWORDS: Lee Child Jack Reacher modern first edition 21st century fiction

ROY, JACQUELINE

First edition. Super 8vo 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: Simon & Schuster 2021

KEYWORDS: Jacqueline Roy 21st century fiction modern first edition

GRAVES, ROBERT

First US edition. 8vo 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: Random House 1941

KEYWORDS: Robert Graves 20th century fiction modern first edition