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We guarantee the authenticity and completeness of all items (unless otherwise described), and are happy to provide a certificate to this effect. All items can be assumed to be in good condition, with any defects being described in our description. 

Modern First Editions

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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  • Inside the Whale.

    ORWELL, George.
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    First edition of this uncommon collection of Orwell essays, consisting of 3 lengthy pieces: 'Charles Dickens', 'Boys' Weeklies' and 'Inside the Wh...

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  • Wrapped Book Modern Art

    CHRISTO & JEANNE-CLAUDE; SCHELLMANN, Jorg.
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    One of 120 copies - signed by Christo. The book Modern Art by Sam Hunter and John Jacobus wrapped in transparent polyethylene with light natural fi...

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  • This Side of Paradise; The Beautiful and Damned; The Great Gatsby; Tender is the Night; The Last Tycoon.

    FITZGERALD, F. Scott.
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    Superb set of five first editions. A superb set of first editions by one of the leading authorial voices of the Jazz Age, uniformly bound in an att...

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  • The Man Without Qualities:

    MUSIL, Robert.
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    One of the most prestigious novels of the 20th century'. A very pleasing near-fine set of the Austrian writer's masterpiece. The Man Without Qualit...

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  • 109349_2 109349

    Out of Africa.

    BLIXEN, Karen.
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    The UK edition precedes the much more common Random House printing. Memorably filmed. This is by far the best copy we have handled.Out of Africa i...

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  • 109335_2 109335

    A Burnt-Out Case.

    GREENE, Graham.
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    Presentation copy. The first English language edition, preceded by a translation in Swedish published by P.A. Norstedt & Soners in the previous...

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  • 109316_2 109316

    Alfie.

    NAUGHTON, Bill.
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    Presentation copy. Warmly inscribed by the author to the actor Alfred Marks: 'To Alfred Marks with affection and respect from Bill Naughton - and w...

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  • 109296_2 109296

    Roger Fry. A Biography.

    WOOLF, Virginia.
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    An unusually well-preserved copy of the author's sole book-length biography, written at the request of the family of the famous painter and member...

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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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  • 109281_2 109281

    Ninety-Two Days.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
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    Presentation copy to Juliet Duff. An account of Waugh's travels in British Guiana and Brazil. Inscribed by the author to Lady Juliet Duff (1881-196...

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  • 109268_2 109268

    Sonnets for Caresse.

    CROSBY, Harry.
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    One of 100 copies - inscribed by the poet. Inscribed by the poet in green ink to the first blank: '"Il erre, éveillant les échos, / et ses pas, son...

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  • 109255_2 109255

    The Naked Lunch.

    BURROUGHS, William.
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    One of the triumphs of the Beat movement. An exceptional copy of Burroughs masterpiece, one of the triumphs of the Beat movement. Not common in thi...

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  • 109148_2 109148

    This is Tomorrow

    HAMILTON, Richard; CROSBY, Theo (editor).
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    Pioneering multi-disciplinary exhibition which radically affected architectural and artistic practice in the 1950s. Scarce catalogue for the landma...

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  • 102656_3 102656

    Summer Moonshine.

    WODEHOUSE, P.G.
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    First issue dust-jacket. An impressive example of the first U.K. printing of Summer Moonshine in the correct first issue dust-jacket. Former big-ga...

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  • The Fat Woman's Joke [with] The Fat Woman's Joke 1966 typescript.

    WELDON, Fay.
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    Presentation copy - with signed 1966 typescript. First edition inscribed twice by the author in ink to the front free endpaper, together with the s...

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