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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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    The Shadow of the Raggedstone.

    GRINDROD, Charles F.
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    Originally published in 1887, this is the first edition with the much sought after cover art by Austin Osman Spare.First edition thus; 8vo; slight...

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  • 109868_2 109868

    Merry-Go-Down. A Gallery of Gorgeous Drunkards through the Ages.

    [HESELTINE, Philip] NOOLAS, Rab (pseud.); COLLINS, Hal (illustrator).
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    One of 600 copies. Limited to 600 numbered copies, of which this is number 133. With contributions from Genesis through Pliny, Plato, Seneca and Pe...

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  • 109867_2 109867

    Amorous Fiammetta.

    BOCCACCIO, Giovanni; JOSLING, K.H. (editor); LEONE, M. (illustrator).
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    One of 550 copies. A beautifully illustrated edition of Boccaccio's novel, reprinted from the original English translation of Bartholomew Young (15...

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  • 109863_2 109863

    Miss America: Altiora in the Sierra Nevada.

    TURNER, W.J.
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    One of 500 copies - signed by the author. One of 500 copies on Japanese vellum, signed and numbered by the author. Signed limited edition of Walter...

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  • 108812_2 108812

    You Only Live Twice.

    FLEMING, Ian.
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    Presentation copy. With the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, 'To Jonathan from Ian'. The identity of Jonathan h...

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  • 108972_2 108972

    The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.

    WOLFE, Tom.
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    First edition, published a year before the UK edition, of this remarkable record of the 1960s 'tune in, turn on, drop out' culture that defined th...

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  • 109814_2 109814

    In a Green Night. Poems 1948 - 1960.

    WALCOTT, Derek
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    The Nobel Laureate's first book to be published in the UK.First edition, first impression; 8vo; Publisher's cream cloth-backed green boards, title...

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  • 106163_2 106163

    The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies.

    JOYCE, James.
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    A beautiful piece of Dutch book production, with Lucia's characteristic illustrations. Prints a famous section of Finnegans Wake (the known as Wor...

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  • 109407_2 109407

    Down and Out in Paris and London.

    ORWELL, George.
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    First edition of the author's first book. Orwell's first book was printed in a run of just 1500 copies many of which sold to the circulating librar...

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  • 109639_2 109639

    The Mandrake Booklets:

    [MANDRAKE PRESS]; STEPHENSEN, P.R.; CROWLEY, Aleister [et al.].
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    Complete set of The Mandrake Booklets - with nine presentation copies. The complete set of The Mandrake Booklets in the original dustjackets, publi...

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  • The Maze.

    SANDOZ, Maurice; DALI, Salvador (illustrator).
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    Signed by the illustrator. An attractive first edition, signed by Salvador Dali on the front free endpaper.A macabre tale by the pioneering Swiss f...

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  • 109057_2 109057

    Where The Wild Things Are.

    SENDAK, Maurice.
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    The true first edition. The true first edition with the correct first state dustjacket. A fine, well-preserved copy of what is perhaps the best-lov...

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  • A Prefect's Uncle.

    WODEHOUSE, P.G.
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    The author's uncommon second book, here in the earliest issue.First edition, first impression, first issue of the author's second book (with adver...

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  • The Watch Tower and Other Lyrics.

    WHITE, Eric Walter.
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    The author's copy. Limited edition of 100 copies, of which this is number 99, from the collection of Eric Walter White.Limited edition, number 99 o...

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