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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.
  • The Lord of the Rings.

    TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
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    At first, Tolkien intended The Lord of the Rings to be a children's tale in the style of The Hobbit but it quickly grew darker and more serious in...

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  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

    ROWLING, J.K.
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    Published on 21st June 2003.First edition, first impression, ownership insscription to upper fly-leaf dated ' 21 June 2003', the date of publicati...

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  • Robbery Under the Law: The Mexican Object Lesson.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
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    Presentation copy. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in black ink to the front free endpaper, 'Frederick Godber, with kindest regards from...

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  • Wine in Peace and War.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
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    One of 100 copies - numbered & signed by the author. First edition of this essay commissioned by Evelyn Waugh's London vintners Saccone & S...

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  • Noblesse Oblige.

    MITFORD, Nancy (editor); LANCASTER, Osbert (illustrator).
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    Presentation copy inscribed by Evelyn Waugh. Presentation copy of the first edition of this 'great tease', with pieces on 'U' and 'Non-U,' inscribe...

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  • Scott-King's Modern Europe.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
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    Presentation copy. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in pencil to the front free endpaper, 'For Christopher / with love from / Evelyn / Ch...

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  • A Tourist in Africa.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
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    First edition, documenting Waugh's voyage to East Africa in 1959.First edition, first impression; 8vo; black and white illustrations, including fr...

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  • The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
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    First edition, trade issue, of Waugh's semi-autobiographical work based on the hallucinations he endured from bromide poisoning while self-medicat...

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  • Midnight's Children.

    RUSHDIE, Salman.
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    'An extraordinary novel. One of the most important to come out of the English-speaking world in this generation.' (Robert Towers, The New York Tim...

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  • Labels.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
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    One of 110 copies - numbered & signed by the author. Number 13 of 110 copies, signed by the author. With an original manuscript leaf bound in, ...

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  • Edmund Campion.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
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    Presentation copy. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in black in to the front free endpaper, 'E.A. Chapman-Andrews O.B.E / with best wishe...

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  • Basil Seal Rides Again or The Rake's Regress.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
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    Presentation copy. First edition limited to 750 copies, this being an out-of-series presentation copy with limitation crossed out and inscribed by ...

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  • Tactical Exercise.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
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    Presentation copy. Presentation copy of this first edition of short stories, for which there is no British equivalent, inscribed by the author to t...

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  • Helena.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
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    Evelyn Waugh's personal favourite of his novels and 'a superlatively well done book' (Chicago Tribune) set in the age of Emperor Constantine.First...

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  • Mr Loveday's Little Outing and other Sad Stories.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
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    First edition of Waugh's first collection of short stories. The title story was the basis for Sam Hopkinson's 2006 film of the same name, starring...

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  • Work Suspended.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
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    Presentation copy - twice inscribed by the author. Presentation copy, twice inscribed by the author, of this first edition of Waugh's unfinished wo...

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  • Waugh in Abyssinia.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
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    First edition, with the printed overslip on the front flap of the dustjacket correcting the blurb that the author had originally objected to. Copi...

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  • Black Mischief.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
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    One of 250 copies - signed & numbered by the author. Waugh's third novel, written whilst staying at Madresfield Court, Worcestershire as the gu...

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  • The Shadow over Fairholme.

    [VICKERS, Roy] KYLE, Sefton (pseud.).
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    First edition of this mystery novel.First edition; 8vo; light spotting to prelims, light partial toning to half-title, some splitting at foot of g...

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  • Lessinger Laughs Last.

    [STARR, Richard] ESSEX, Richard.
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    First edition of this detective novel following the suave Lessinger. 'The best Lessinger story Mr. Essex has given us since Slade of the Yard.' (b...

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  • Dilemmas.

    MASON, A.E.W.
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    First edition of Mason's final short story collection.First edition; 8vo; minor offsetting to endpapers, else unmarked internally; publisher's blu...

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  • The Witness for the Defence.

    MASON, A.E.W.
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    First edition of one of Mason's finest mysteries.First edition; 8vo; ownership signature to front free endpaper, spotting to prelims and edges, so...

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  • Top Storey Murder.

    BERKELEY, Anthony.
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    Publisher's file copy. The publisher's file copy of this murder mystery featuring gentleman sleuth and crime novelist Roger Sheringham.First editio...

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  • No Alibi.

    COBB, Geoffrey Belton.
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    First edition of the author's first book. A lovely copy of the first edition of the author's first book, in which he introduces the detective Chevi...

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