Books - "modern first edition"
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Chaos and Night
first UK edition 254pp VG+ (owner's name on ffep, v.sl.sunning to spine, light foxing to ep's/half-title/title & fore-edge, small chip from fore-edge last page) in VG- d/w (rubbed,spine sunned with wear to head & foot,small chip from front cover upper edge,minor tear to upper rear corner,corners sl chipped,creasing and wear to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: weidenfeld and nicolson london 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first edition french literature
Seeds of Time
first edition 73pp VG (spine sunned, boards sl.marked with sunned edges, sl.browning to ep's. faint stamp along foot-edge front paste-down) in GOOD+ d/w (spine head and foot chipped,with 1 cm sq missing from front cover at spine head,2 cm tear on front cover from upper edge,corners sl chipped,minor tears to lower edge of rear cover,rubbed,minor silverfish damage to front edges)
PUBLISHER: sidgwick and jackson london 1921
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry
Ringtime
singularities:1, a science fiction story series
first edition; limited to 975 copies, this being #734, booklet, 40pp FINE in illustrated wrappers
PUBLISHER: toothpaste press usa 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first edition sf science-fiction
The Voluptuaries
first edition 208pp NF (v sl cocked with very light foxing to edges) in VG d/w (rubbed,lower front corner sl chipped,minor scuffing to edges,sl faded spine)
PUBLISHER: anthony gibbs and phillips london 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
No Room for Bears
first edition proof copy 252pp VG+ in plain brown paper wrappers with publisher's blurb stapled to top edge of front (faded pub.stamp on front wrapper, small inscription on rear, v.sl.bruising to lower corners)
PUBLISHER: george allen and unwin ltd london 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof
Maria Fernanda
first english edition 241pp in blue cloth boards, VG- (cocked, boards rubbed and sl.sunned with average shelf wear to extrem., corners bruised, spine sunned and scuffed with small chip at head, bookseller's stamp on front paste-down, owner's inscription on half-title page, v.light foxing; mainly to ep's) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: eyre and spottiswoode london 1931
KEYWORDS: modern first edition spanish literature
Midcentury
a novel of our time
first edition 496pp VG+ (sl.browning & foxing to ep's, sl.discoloration to boards) in VG d/w (rubbed,3 inch tear to rear cover from spine head,2 inch tear to rear cover from upper corner,minor tear to spine foot,sl chipped spine head)
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Midcentury
a novel of our time
first edition 496pp VG (boards discolored, corners bruised, spine head & foot sl bumped, v.sl.browning to ep's) in GOOD d/w (substantial tears to front cover but no paper loss,upper corners sl chipped,spine head and foot creased and worn,spine sl faded,minor tears to rear upper corner and rear upper edge,rubbed)
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Venus Flaring
first edition 358pp FINE in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: flamingo london 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Primavera
first edition from the winner of the Fawcett Society Book Prize 1989, 211pp NF (minor spotting to head-edge by spine) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.rubbing, small tear to lower rear corner)
PUBLISHER: the womens press london 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Midcentury
first edition 496pp VG (boards discolored, corners bruised, sl.bumped spine head, light browning to ep's) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Requiem
First edition 247pp NF (faintest cocking) in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph London 1991
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Plainsong
poems
first edition 60pp NF (v.sl.scuffed spine head) in NF d/w (faint rubbing, sl.crease to spine head)
PUBLISHER: secker and warburg london 1981
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry
Venus Flaring
first edition proof copy near fine in wraps (v sl creasing to spine and rear cover)
PUBLISHER: flamingo london 1996
KEYWORDS: modern first edition proof
The Fifth Law of Hawkins
first edition 346pp FINE in NF d/w (sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: st martins press new york 1990
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
Paris Trout
first edition 334pp, super octavo blue cloth boards, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in VG+ d/w (sl wear to spine extrems, in clear plastic protetive wrap)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1988
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
This Cold Universe
First edition, the Phoenix Living Poets Series, 47pp, VG+ (sl bruised lower corners, small area of sunning at upper front edge by spine, slight foxing) in VG- d/w (spine sunned with 1 open tear from head, upper edge sl.browned with sl.wear)
PUBLISHER: Chatto and Windus with the Hogarth Press Llondon 1964
KEYWORDS: modern first edition poetry
Curtmantle
First edition 99pp VG+ (bookseller's stamp to front paste-down, sl.stain to fore-edge) in VG d/w (price clipped, spine sunned, pencil notation to rear flap, fore-edges sl.sunned and stained)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press London 1961
KEYWORDS: modern first edition play drama
Perfectly Pure and Good
first edition 208pp NF (tiny mark to fore-edge) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbing, spine head sl.creased with v.sl.crimping to top edge)
PUBLISHER: Bantam London 1994
KEYWORDS: modern first edition
A Wilderness of Mirrors
First US edition 304pp VG+ (a little rubbing to paper of boards, owner's inscription at front paste-down, endpapers lightly broowned and foxed) in VG- d/w (rubbing, spine sunned with rather messy open tear to head, sl.rounded corners)
PUBLISHER: Random House New York 1966
KEYWORDS: modern first edition german literature