SHAN, DARREN

First edition. Signed, inscribed & dated by author to Margaret Mahy. 8vo, pp. 238 + [2 (advts)]; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in green gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & moderate soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2008

KEYWORDS: Darren Shan 21st century children's books book juvenile fiction modern first edition Margaret Mahy

PHILLIPS, TOM

First edition. Foolscap 8vo, pp. [6] + 368 + [8]; purple cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus.; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1980

KEYWORDS: Tom Phillips 20th century literature fiction modern first edition

HAMILTON-PATERSON, JAMES

First editon. 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: Macmillan 1989

KEYWORDS: James Hamilton-Paterson 20th century fiction modern first edition

LEVIN, MEYER

First edition. 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: W. H. Allen 1965

KEYWORDS: Meyer Levin 20th century fiction modern first edition

JOHNSTON, BRET ANTHONY

First edition. Super 8vo, pp. 332; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Random House 2024

KEYWORDS: Bret Anthony Johnston 21st century fiction modern first edition

CHRISTIE, AGATHA

First edition. 8vo, pp. 253; brown heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped).

PUBLISHER: Collins 1974

KEYWORDS: Agatha Christie 20th century crime fiction detective detection Poirot modern first edition

CHRISTIE, AGATHA

First edition. 8vo, pp. 256; red heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership stamp in purple ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing, fading & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; price clipped; light to moderate tanning).

PUBLISHER: The Crime Club 1972

KEYWORDS: Agatha Christie 20th century crime fiction modern first edition

HERGE

First edition. 4to, unpaginated; illus. heavy card boards; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Sundancer 1986

KEYWORDS: Herhe Tintin cartoon sketches comic book books comics modern first edition

LOW, DAVID

First edition. Imp. 8vo, pp. 159; blue heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, foxing & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Collins 1953

KEYWORDS: David Low 20th century cartoons cartoon comics comic strip history modern first edition

SCHWEBLIN, SAMANTA; MCDOWELL, MEGAN (transl)

First edition, uncorrected proof copy. Sm 8vo, pp. [8] + 151; illus. light card covers; VG (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate creasing, tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Oneworld 2017

KEYWORDS: Samanta Schweblin 21st century fiction modern first edition

CARTER, ANGELA; HILL, ROSEMARY

First edition. Sm 8vo, pp. xiv + 108; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning to pg edges; sl tanning; gift inscription to tp in black ink).

PUBLISHER: Profile Books 2015

KEYWORDS: Angela Carter 21st century poetry poet poems modern first edition

CURNOW, ALLEN

First edition, no. 40/75. Sq 12mo, unpaginated; fore & bottom edges deckled, illus. light card covers, french flaps; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: The Holloway Press 1994

KEYWORDS: Allen Curnow 20th century New Zealand poetry poems modern first edition

PRATCHETT, TERRY

FIRST EDITION THUS (REVISED), octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl fading/discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine & edges, sl chafing/wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday 1992

KEYWORDS: modern first editions THUS revised edition fantasy literature novels fiction Terry Pratchett