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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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  • 112495_2 112495

    Poem-Scapes.

    PATCHEN, Kenneth.
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    One of 75 copies - hand-painted by the author. One of 75 copies prepared and painted by the author, of which this is number 30.Kenneth Patchen was ...

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  • 112463_2 112463

    Troubles.

    FARRELL, J.G.
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    Winner of the 'lost' Booker Prize. The winner of the so-called 'lost' Booker Prize, a special edition of the Booker Prize awarded after a decisive ...

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  • 112381_2 112381

    The Picturegoers.

    LODGE, David.
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    The author's copy. The author's copy of his first book, with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper and annotations throughout.First ed...

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  • 112285_2 112285

    [Frank Dawley Trilogy:] The Death of William Posters; A Tree on Fire; The Flame of Life.

    SILLITOE, Alan.
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    Signed by the author. First edition of the Frank Dawley trilogy, following the anarchist Nottingham factory-worker Frank Dawley. Signed by the auth...

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  • 112252_2 112252

    The Tailor of Panama.

    LE CARRÉ, John.
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    Signed by the author. 'It was a perfectly ordinary Friday afternoon in tropical Panama until Andrew Osnard barged into Harry Pendel's shop asking t...

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  • 112413_2 112413

    The Bonfire of the Vanities.

    WOLFE, Tom.
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    Uncorrected proof copy. Uncorrected proof copy. One of Tom Wolfe's most well-known novels, allowing his journalistic instincts and insight to bear ...

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  • 112249_2 112249

    A Small Town in Germany.

    LE CARRÉ, John.
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    Signed by the author. 'Only the Foreign Officer; a junior diplomat remarks, "could have sent a bull to catch a matador". The bull is Alan Turner, a...

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  • 112483_2 112483

    Wintering Out.

    HEANEY, Seamus.
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    The true first edition of Heaney's third collection of poetry, preceding the hardback edition by a year. 'Though Seamus Heaney is now back in his ...

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  • 112465_2 112465

    Finnegans Wake.

    JOYCE, James.
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    Joyce's last and most innovative prose work. One of 3,400 sets of sheets for the trade edition of Finnegans Wake which were printed for Faber. Of t...

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  • 112303_2 112303

    The 4-Dimensional Nightmare.

    BALLARD, J.G.
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    Ballard's second Gollancz publication and uncommon in this first issue binding. So normally this book comes in the standard Gollancz red boards. A...

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  • 112074_2 112074

    Femmes Damnées.

    LARKIN, Philip.
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    One of 400 copies - inscribed by the author to Bruce Montgomery with ALS. A superb association copy, inscribed by the author to his close friend Br...

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  • 111659_2 111659

    Responses.

    HEANEY, Seamus (Contributor).
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    First edition, with contributions from Seamus Heaney ('Servant Boy'), D. J. Enright, Jon Silkin, among others.First edition, unnumbered issue; 4to...

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  • 112299_2 112299

    They Asked for a Paper.

    LEWIS, C.S.
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    The first edition of this thought-provoking collection of essays on religious themes by C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), author of the acclaimed Narnia ser...

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  • 112239_2

    This Sporting Life.

    STOREY, David.
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    When originally published this was described as an exceptional first novel because the characters are concerned with expressing themselves in phys...

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