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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 House of the Dead.

    DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor; GARNETT, Constance (translator).
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    First Constance Garnett translation of Dostoevsky's semi-autobiographical novel. A very uncommon and important edition; published as volume five i...

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    Money:

    AMIS, Martin.
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    Presentation copy. First edition of what is widely considered to be Amis' masterpiece, inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, 'To Pete...

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    Asylum Piece.

    KAVAN, Anna.
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    First edition of the author's first book under the name Anna Kavan; a collection of 19 linked short stories marking a radical departure from the a...

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  • 112389_2 112389

    Out of the Shelter.

    LODGE, David.
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    The author's copy. The author's copy of his fourth book. Scarce thus, as it was rapidly pulped by the publishers after a litany of misprints and ot...

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  • 112205_2 112205

    The Naked Civil Servant.

    CRISP, Quentin.
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    Presentation copy. Rare presentation copy of Quentin Crisp's 'early' memoirs, inscribed on the front free endpaper, 'To John McFadden from Quentin ...

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  • 112696_2 112696

    Greek Horizons. Volume 1, No. 1.

    PATMORE, Derek (editor); DURRELL, Lawrence; WARNER, Rex; WALLER, John [et al.] (contributors).
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    Signed by John Waller. The first and only appearance of Greek Horizons, a literary journal founded in Athens in 1946 by British author and war corr...

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  • 112594_2 112594

    Repetition.

    KIERKEGAARD, Søren.
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    The whole of life is a repetition'. Kierkegaard's great philosophical novel exploring the concepts of atonement, and the remembrance of things to c...

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  • 112561_2 112561

    The Harder They Fall.

    SCHULBERG, Budd.
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    Presentation copy. First edition of the author's second book, with his signed presentation inscription in blue ink to the front free endpaper, 'For...

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  • 112604_2 112604

    The Ginger Man.

    DONLEAVY, J.P.
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    First edition of the author's first novel; a debauched comedy set in post-war Dublin, following the misadventures of Sebastian Dangerfield.First e...

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  • 112062_2 112062

    En attendant Godot.

    BECKETT, Samuel.
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    Effectively the earliest obtainable manifestation of Godot.Written between October 1948 and January 1949, the play was not produced until January ...

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  • 112511_2 112511

    Deaths and Entrances.

    THOMAS, Dylan.
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    An exceptional copy of the author's most celebrated collection of poems, which deals with the effects of World War II.First edition, first impress...

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  • 112487_2 112487

    When We Were Here Together.

    PATCHEN, Kenneth.
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    One of 75 copies - hand-painted by the author. One of 75 copies prepared and painted by the author, of which this is number 51.Kenneth Patchen was ...

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  • 112411_2 112411

    The Pump House Gang.

    WOLFE, Tom.
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    First edition of this collection of essays and journalism exploring various aspects of the counterculture of the 1960s.First edition, first impres...

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  • 112409_2 112409

    The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby.

    WOLFE, Tom.
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    First edition of the author's first collected book of essays.First edition, first impression; 8vo; unmarked internally; publisher's white cloth, d...

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  • 112372

    The British Museum is Falling Down.

    LODGE, David.
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    First edition of the author's scarce third novel.First edition, first impression; 8vo; some toning to page stock, else unmarked internally; publis...

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