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Modern First Editions 2023

We are pleased to announce the release of our latest catalogue. This meticulously curated collection showcases an extensive array of exceptional modern first editions, encompassing signed, inscribed, limited, and association copies that are not to be overlooked.

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  • The Mystery and the Charity of Charles Peguy.

    HILL, Geoffrey.
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    One of 100 copies - signed and inscribed by the author. A superb association copy with the author's signed presentation inscription to his publishe...

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  • Scoop.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
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    There are two states of the first impression dust jacket for Scoop. Originally the tromp l'oiel newspaper image had the partial banner 'aily Beas'...

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  • Honourable Estate.

    BRITTAIN, Vera.
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    Signed by the author. A major novel by the great Vera Brittain, signed by her on the title page.First edition, first impression, signed by the auth...

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  • Lucky Jim.

    AMIS, Kingsley.
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    Amis' first novel - signed. Amis' first and best-loved novel, rare signed and in its jacket.An attractive example of Amis' first novel; it features...

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  • A Distant Prospect.

    BERNERS, [Gerald] Lord.
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    Presentation copy. A superb association copy with Berners' presentation inscription to the front free endpaper. The recipient was Clarissa Spencer...

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  • The Mother and Other Poems.

    SITWELL, Edith.
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    Presentation copy of the author's first book. First edition of the author's first book. Of the 500 copies printed, around 200 are believed to have ...

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  • The Devil's Devices

    PEPLER, Douglas; GILL, Eric (illustrator).
    Original price $640.00 - Original price $640.00
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    Inscribed by the author. Inscribed by the author after half-title, 'M.D.S. [?] H.D.C.P. auct / post hoc Whitsuntide 1944'. The Devil's Devices was ...

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  • Continual Dew. A Little Book of Bourgeois Verse.

    BETJEMAN, John.
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    First edition of Betjeman's second volume of poetry in the original dust jacket, comprising thirty-three poems with numerous illustrations through...

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  • Leda.

    HUXLEY, Aldous; GILL, Eric (illustrator).
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    One of 361 copies - signed by the author. Aldous Huxley was one of the most prolific 20th-century authors, primarily known for his dystopian novel ...

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  • Poolreflection.

    MACPHERSON, Kenneth.
    Original price $480.00 - Original price $480.00
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    One the author's three novels and distinctly uncommon. Printed by Darantiere in Dijon (who had, of course printed the first edition of Ulysses) an...

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  • Lolita.

    NABOKOV, Vladimir.
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    Nabokov's controversial novel was rejected by American publishers, but was finally accepted by the avant-garde Olympia Press in Paris and publishe...

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  • The Chinese Puzzle.

    RANSOME, Arthur.
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    Presentation copy. Presentation copy of Ransome's reworked journalistic dispatches from China from the author to his friend, the poet and critic La...

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  • Dead Souls.

    GOGOL, Nikolay Vasilievich.
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    Scarce in the dust jackets. A fine example of the first edition of Constance Garnett's translation of Dead Souls, with the incredibly scarce dust j...

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  • The Hoofmarks of the Faun.

    RANSOME, Arthur.
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    Roger Senhouse (1899-1970) was a publisher and translator on the fringes of the Bloomsbury Group, the last lover of Lytton Strachey. Senhouse too...

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  • 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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