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Modern First Edition books represents one of the most exciting and dynamic areas of book collecting, attracting collectors of literature across a range of ages and catering to a very broad church of tastes and enthusiasms. Here we have a wide variety of signed, inscribed, and limited editions by the most sought-after authors. Shop now.

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  • The Revolt of the Cockroach People.

    ACOSTA, Oscar Zeta.
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    Presentation copy of the author's first book. Presentation copy of the author's first book, inscribed in black ink to the front pastedown, 'For Nor...

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  • Doctor Sax.

    KEROUAC, Jack.
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    An exceptional copy of one of Kerouac's scarcer titles, written while living with William S. Burroughs in Mexico City.First edition, first hardbac...

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  • The Golden Notebook.

    LESSING, Doris.
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    Signed by the author. Signed first edition of the author's masterpiece, and one of the greatest South African novels of the 20th century. This firs...

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  • The Hostage.

    BEHAN, Brendan.
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    One of 26 copies - specially bound and signed by the author. First US edition of Behan's masterwork, this being copy N of 26 lettered copies specia...

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  • Under the Net.

    MURDOCH, Iris.
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    Presentation copy of the author's first novel. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in black ink to the front free endpaper, 'For Adeline Dan...

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  • The Hostage.

    BEHAN, Brendan.
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    Presentation copy inscribed to Paddy Joyce. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the actor Paddy Joyce in Irish Gaeilge to the front free ...

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  • The Book of Lies.

    [CROWLEY, Aleister] FRATER PERDURABO (pseud).
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    First edition of Crowley's masterwork, consisting of 93 chapters including a question mark, an exclamation mark, poems, rituals, instructions, and...

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  • The Buckminster Fuller Reader.

    MELLER, James (editor).
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    Presentation copy inscribed by Bucky Fuller. Presentation copy, inscribed by Bucky Fuller and dated April 4 1972 in purple ink to the half-title, '...

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  • The Gutenberg Galaxy:

    MCLUHAN, Marshall.
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    Presentation copy inscribed to Bucky Fuller. Presentation copy, lengthily inscribed by the author in blue ink to the front free endpaper, 'For the ...

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  • Poems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8 Story Window.

    BUKOWSKI, Charles.
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    Signed by the author. One of around 400 copies, this copy signed by the author. Contains 'Cows in Art Class' printed lengthwise, alongside a drawin...

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  • Longshot Poems for Broke Players.

    BUKOWSKI, Charles.
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    One of 200 copies. Bukowski's rare third book, published in an edition of approximately 200 copies. Containing 26 poems and 5 illustrations.First e...

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  • Run with the Hunted.

    BUKOWSKI, Charles.
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    One of 300 copies. Bukowski's scarce fourth book, published in an edition of approximately 300 copies. Contains the poem 'Old Man, Dead in a Room'....

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  • Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail.

    BUKOWSKI, Charles.
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    Signed first edition of the author's first book. Signed first edition of the author's rare first book. One of approximately 200 copies.First editio...

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  • Young India 1919-1922.

    GANDHI, Mahatma.
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    Rare in the dustjacket. The first edition in book-form of this important collection of articles by the Indian independence leader, Mahatma Gandhi (...

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  • Animal Farm.

    ORWELL, George.
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    The first edition of Orwell's socio-political classic, intended by the author to serve as a satirical take on the events that led up to the Russia...

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  • Present Indicative.

    COWARD, Noel.
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    This is Coward's first volume of autobiography with his now, famous opening lines: 'I was photographed naked on a cushion very early in life, an i...

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  • Lady Chatterley's Lover.

    LAWRENCE, D.H.
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    One of 1000 copies - signed by the author. This novel shines as an example of Lawrence's finite skill in conveying the nature of relationships and ...

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  • A Girl Like I:

    LOOS, Anita.
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    Presentation copy. Presentation copy to the actress Rosalind Russell and stage manager Charles Forsythe, inscribed by the author on the half-title:...

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  • An Artist of the Floating World.

    ISHIGURO, Kazuo.
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    Signed by the author. The author's second novel. A lovely signed example of the author's breakthrough work.First edition, first issue, signed by th...

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  • The Grapes of Wrath.

    STEINBECK, John.
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    'muscles aching to work, minds aching to create - this is man'. Set during the Great Depression, the novel focuses on the Joads, a poor family of t...

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  • Kiss Kiss.

    DAHL, Roald.
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    Presentation copy. A collection of short-stories by one of the masters of that medium, Kiss Kiss includes the apiologically disconcerting 'Royal Je...

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  • Islands in the Stream.

    HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
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    The first of Hemingway's fictional works to be published posthumously.First edition, first printing; 8vo; internally fine; publisher's green cloth...

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  • Blood Meridian.

    McCARTHY, Cormac.
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    First UK edition of McCarthy's epic novel Blood Meridian. This is McCarthy at his most baroque and apocalyptic.First UK edition; 8vo; slight tonin...

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  • Thoughts on Life and Literature.

    CAMERON, Norman E.
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    Rare first edition by the founder of Guyanese drama, dedicated to 'A New Guiana'.First edition; 8vo; portrait frontispiece, bookshop stamp to vers...

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