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Modern first editions represent one of the most exciting and dynamic areas of book collecting, attracting collectors of literature of all ages and catering to a very broad church of tastes and enthusiasms. Here you’ll find a wide variety of signed, inscribed and limited editions by the most sought-after authors.

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  • First edition of Others: An Anthology of the New Verse (1916), edited by Alfred Kreymborg.
    First edition of Others: An Anthology of the New Verse (1916), edited by Alfred Kreymborg.

    KREYMBORG, Alfred (editor).
    Others: An Anthology of the New Verse. 1916.
    $239.00

  • First edition of Others: An Anthology of the New Verse (1917) edited by Alfred Kreymborg, containing early work by T. S. Eliot.
    First edition of Others: An Anthology of the New Verse (1917) edited by Alfred Kreymborg, containing early work by T. S. Eliot.

    KREYMBORG, Alfred (editor).
    Others: An Anthology of the New Verse. 1917.
    $171.00

  • First edition of The Newark anniversary Poems, published in 1917, with a contribution by Ezra Pound.
    First edition of The Newark anniversary Poems, published in 1917, with a contribution by Ezra Pound.

    [POUND, Ezra].
    The Newark Anniversary Poems: 1917.
    $171.00

  • First edition of The Princesse de Cleves translated by Nancy Mitford, in the scarce dustjacket.
    First edition of The Princesse de Cleves translated by Nancy Mitford, in the scarce dustjacket.

    MITFORD, Nancy (translator); LAFAYETTE, Madame de.
    The Princesse de Clèves. 1950.
    $1,022.00

  • Wyndham Lewis' Blast, together with Blast War Issue, one of the greatest periodicals of the 20th century.
    Wyndham Lewis' Blast, together with Blast War Issue, one of the greatest periodicals of the 20th century.

    LEWIS, Wyndham (editor); POUND, Ezra; ELIOT, T.S. [et al.].
    Blast [and] Blast: War Issue (all published). 1914 & 1915.
    $11,577.00

  • First edition of Wine in Peace and War by Eveleyn Waugh, one of 100 copies signed by the author
    First edition of Wine in Peace and War by Eveleyn Waugh, one of 100 copies signed by the author

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
    Wine in Peace and War. [1947].
    $4,427.00

  • First edition of Scott-King's Modern Europe by Evelyn Waugh, inscribed by the author to Christopher Sykes.
    First edition of Scott-King's Modern Europe by Evelyn Waugh, inscribed by the author to Christopher Sykes.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
    Scott-King's Modern Europe. 1947.
    $3,746.00

  • First edition of Labels by Evelyn Waugh, one of 110 copies signed by the author.
    First edition of Labels by Evelyn Waugh, one of 110 copies signed by the author.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
    Labels. 1930.
    $3,065.00

  • First edition of Edmund Campion by Evelyn Waugh, inscribed by the author.
    First edition of Edmund Campion by Evelyn Waugh, inscribed by the author.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
    Edmund Campion. 1935.
    $4,427.00

  • First edition of Basil Seal Rides Again by Evelyn Waugh, inscribed by the author.
    First edition of Basil Seal Rides Again by Evelyn Waugh, inscribed by the author.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
    Basil Seal Rides Again or The Rake's Regress. 1963.
    $3,746.00

  • First edition of Tactical Exercise by Evelyn Waugh, inscribed by the author.
    First edition of Tactical Exercise by Evelyn Waugh, inscribed by the author.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
    Tactical Exercise. 1954.
    $3,746.00

  • First edition of Helena by Evelyn Waugh, with the original dustjacket and wraparound band.
    First edition of Helena by Evelyn Waugh, with the original dustjacket and wraparound band.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
    Helena. [1950].
    $1,022.00

  • First edition of Mr Loveday's Little Outing by Evelyn Waugh.
    First edition of Mr Loveday's Little Outing by Evelyn Waugh.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
    Mr Loveday's Little Outing 1936.
    $4,086.00

  • First edition of Work Suspended by Evelyn Waugh, twice inscribed by the author.
    First edition of Work Suspended by Evelyn Waugh, twice inscribed by the author.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
    Work Suspended. 1942.
    $2,384.00

  • First edition of Waugh in Abyssinia by Evelyn Waugh, publishe din 1936.
    First edition of Waugh in Abyssinia by Evelyn Waugh, publishe din 1936.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
    Waugh in Abyssinia. 1936.
    $3,405.00

  • First edition of Black Mischief by Evelyn Waugh, signed by the author.
    First edition of Black Mischief by Evelyn Waugh, signed by the author.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
    Black Mischief. 1932.
    $3,405.00

  • First edition of The Shadow over Fairholme by Sefton Kyle.
    First edition of The Shadow over Fairholme by Sefton Kyle.

    [VICKERS, Roy] KYLE, Sefton (pseud.).
    The Shadow over Fairholme. 1940.
    $511.00

  • First edition of Lessinger Laughs Last by Richard Essex, in the original dustjacket.
    First edition of Lessinger Laughs Last by Richard Essex, in the original dustjacket.

    [STARR, Richard] ESSEX, Richard.
    Lessinger Laughs Last. 1938.
    $681.00

  • First edition of Dilemmas by A.E.W. Mason, the author's final short story collection.
    First edition of Dilemmas by A.E.W. Mason, the author's final short story collection.

    MASON, A.E.W.
    Dilemmas. 1934.
    $784.00

  • First edition of The Witness for the Defence by A.E.W. Mason, one of his finest mysteries.
    First edition of The Witness for the Defence by A.E.W. Mason, one of his finest mysteries.

    MASON, A.E.W.
    The Witness for the Defence. 1913.
    $1,022.00

  • First edition of No Alibi by Geoffrey Belton Cobb, the author's first book.
    First edition of No Alibi by Geoffrey Belton Cobb, the author's first book.

    COBB, Geoffrey Belton.
    No Alibi. 1936.
    $1,192.00

  • First edition of Trent's Own Case by E.C. Bentley and H. Warren Allen, signed by the author and other icons of the detective genre.
    First edition of Trent's Own Case by E.C. Bentley and H. Warren Allen, signed by the author and other icons of the detective genre.

    BENTLEY, E.C. & ALLEN, H. Warren.
    Trent's Own Case. 1936.
    $6,810.00

  • First edition of Here Comes Everyone by Anthony Burgess.
    First edition of Here Comes Everyone by Anthony Burgess.

    BURGESS, Anthony.
    Here Comes Everyone. 1965.
    $205.00

  • The first edition, first impression of Alvin Bennett's God the Stonebreaker, inscribed by the author.
    The first edition, first impression of Alvin Bennett's God the Stonebreaker, inscribed by the author.

    BENNETT, Alvin.
    God the Stonebreaker. 1964.
    $375.00

  • First edition of Epithalamium by Edith Sitwell, one of 100 copies signed by the author.
    First edition of Epithalamium by Edith Sitwell, one of 100 copies signed by the author.

    SITWELL, Edith.
    Epithalamium. Christmas 1931.
    $511.00

  • First edition of Gold Coast Customs by Edith Sitwell, with the original dustjacket.
    First edition of Gold Coast Customs by Edith Sitwell, with the original dustjacket.

    SITWELL, Edith.
    Gold Coast Customs and Other Poems. 1929.
    $239.00

  • First edition of The Song of the Cold by Edith Sitwell, inscribed by the author to Georgia Sitwell.
    First edition of The Song of the Cold by Edith Sitwell, inscribed by the author to Georgia Sitwell.

    SITWELL, Edith.
    The Song of the Cold. 1945.
    $443.00

  • First edition of Gentle Caesar by R.J. Minney and Osbert Sitwell, inscribed by Sitwell to his brother and Sister-in-law.
    First edition of Gentle Caesar by R.J. Minney and Osbert Sitwell, inscribed by Sitwell to his brother and Sister-in-law.

    MINNEY, R.J.; SITWELL, Osbert.
    Gentle Caesar. 1942.
    $375.00

  • First edition of Canons of Giant Art by Sacheverell Sitwell, inscribed by the author to the poet Edmund Blunden.
    First edition of Canons of Giant Art by Sacheverell Sitwell, inscribed by the author to the poet Edmund Blunden.

    SITWELL, Sacheverell.
    Canons of Giant Art 1933.
    $784.00

  • First edition of Clowns' Houses by Edith Sitwell, inscribed by the author to her governess and companion Helen Rootham.
    First edition of Clowns' Houses by Edith Sitwell, inscribed by the author to her governess and companion Helen Rootham.

    SITWELL, Edith.
    Clowns' Houses. 1918.
    $2,384.00

  • First edition of Street Songs by Edith Sitwell, inscribed by the author to her sister-in-law Georgia Sitwell.
    First edition of Street Songs by Edith Sitwell, inscribed by the author to her sister-in-law Georgia Sitwell.

    SITWELL, Edith.
    Street Songs. 1942.
    $443.00

  • First American edition of Section: Rock Drill 85-95 de los cantares by Ezra Pound.
    First American edition of Section: Rock Drill 85-95 de los cantares by Ezra Pound.

    POUND, Ezra.
    Section: Rock Drill 85-95 de los cantares. 1956.
    $116.00

  • First edition of Cantos LII-LXXI by Ezra Pound, published in 1940.
    First edition of Cantos LII-LXXI by Ezra Pound, published in 1940.

    POUND, Ezra.
    Cantos LII-LXXI. 1940.
    $205.00

  • First edition of Ezra Pound's translation of Women of Trachis by Sophocles.
    First edition of Ezra Pound's translation of Women of Trachis by Sophocles.

    POUND, Ezra.
    Sophokles, Women of Trachis. 1957.
    $171.00

  • First edition of Moscardino by EZra Pound, one of 1000 copies.
    First edition of Moscardino by EZra Pound, one of 1000 copies.

    POUND, Ezra (translator); PEA, Enrico.
    Moscardino. 1956.
    $103.00

  • First edition of De Moribus Brachmanorum by Ezra Pound, published in 1956.
    First edition of De Moribus Brachmanorum by Ezra Pound, published in 1956.

    POUND, Ezra.
    De Moribus Brachmanorum. 1956.
    $171.00

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