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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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    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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    The Descent of Man,

    DARWIN, Charles.
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    First published use of 'evolution'. The first US edition, first impression of Darwin's second work of genius, containing his earliest published use...

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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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  • 111806_2 111806

    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 te...

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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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    Green Days by the River.

    ANTHONY, Michael.
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    Presentation copy. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in blue ink to the dedication page: 'To John La Rose / from / Michael Anthony / April...

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    Some Spanish Ballads.

    MERWIN, W.S.
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    A collection of Spanish poems translated from the Spanish by Merwin and dedicated to Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.First edition, first printing; 8v...

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    The Naked Lunch.

    BURROUGHS, William.
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    First edition of Burroughs masterpiece, one of the triumphs of the Beat movement.First edition, first impression; 8vo; one or two small marks to t...

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  • 111802_2 111802

    One Hundred Years of Solitude.

    MÁRQUEZ, Gabriel García.
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    Regarded as Garcia Marquez's masterpiece (the novel was originally published in 1967 as Cien Años De Solidad) which won the author worldwide recog...

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    Another Roadside Attraction.

    ROBBINS, Tom.
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    The author's first book - with a signed photograph. Uncommon first UK edition of the author's first book. Together with a photograph signed by the ...

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    Tamarind Season.

    GOODISON, Lorna.
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    First edition of the author's first book.'One of Goodison's achievements is that her poetry inscribes the Jamaican sensibility and culture on the ...

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    Woman's Tongue.

    CAMPBELL, Hazel D.
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    Campbell's second collection of stories, published following the success of her first collection, The rag doll and other stories.First edition, fi...

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    Twenty Poems of César Vallejo.

    VALLEJO, César.
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    Translated from the Spanish by John Knoepfle, James Wright and Robert Bly.First edition in English; 8vo; portrait frontispiece by Zamorano, unmark...

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    The Truthful Lie:

    JEYIFO, Biodun.
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    Scarce hardback issue of Jeyifo's collection of essays on African drama.First edition, hardback issue; 8vo; slight toning to text block, else unma...

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