

Modern First Editions
PULLMAN, Philip
The Amber Spyglass
London: Scholastic, 2000
8vo, pp. 550. Original black boards, lettered in gold on front panel and spine.
First edition.
The third book in Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy.
SETH, Vikram
The Golden Gate
London: Faber, 1986
8vo, pp. 307. Original grey boards, lettered in gilt on spine.
First edition of the author's first book, a novel written entirely in... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
ISHIGURO, Kazuo
An Artist Of The Floating World
London: Faber, 1986
8vo, pp. 206. Original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine.
First edition, second issue (printed by Richard Clay). Winner of the Whitbread... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
INNES, Hammond
Levkas Man
New York: Knopf, 1971
8vo, pp. 319. Original off-white boards, lettered in gilt on spine. Bull device to front panel. Leading edge uncut. Top edge stained... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
BURNS, John Horne
A Cry Of Children
New York: Harper & Bros., 1952
8vo, pp. 276. Original grey and blue three-quarter cloth, lettered in white on spine.
First edition.
Published a year before Burns' death in Florence of a cerebral haemorrhage,... [more]
WILLINGHAM, Calder
End As A Man
New York: Vanguard Press, 1947
8vo, pp. 240. Original blue boards, lettered in gilt on spine.
First UK edition of the author's first book, in a striking dustjacket designed by Roy Sanford.
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[pseud. CONNOLLY, Cyril] PALINURUS
The Unquiet Grave
London: Horizon, 1944
8vo., pp. 107. Original stiff paper wrappers.
First edition, no. 419 of 1000 copies.
HOLLINGHURST, Alan
The Line Of Beauty
London: Picador, 2004
8vo, pp. 501. Original black boards, lettered in silver on spine. Illustrated dustwrapper.
First edition, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Winner of the ... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
FLEMING, Ian
The Diamond Smugglers
London: Cape, 1957
8vo, pp. 160. Original black boards, lettered in white to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper.
First edition. Introduction by 'John Blaize' --... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
GREENE, Graham
The Comedians
London: Bodley Head, 1966
8vo, pp. 313. Original green boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper.
First edition.
Filmed a year after... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
O'BRIAN, Patrick
Blue At The Mizzen
London: Harper Collins, 1999
8vo, pp. 262. Original blue boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, small promotional sticker to front... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
SPARK, Muriel
A Hundred and Eleven Years Without A Chauffeur
London: Colophon Press, 2001
Large 8vo, pp. 15. Original oversize blue stiff paper wrappers. Title label to front panel. Sewn gatherings.
First edition in book... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
FORESTER, C.S.
Hornblower In The West Indies
London: Michael Joseph, 1958
8vo, pp. 283. Original blue boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, photographic portrait of the author to rear... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
FRASER, George Macdonald
Flashman at the Charge
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1973
8vo, pp. 286. Original light red boards, lettered in silver to spine. Maps to endpapers.
First edition.
The fourth... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
FRASER, George Macdonald
Flashman's Lady
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1977
8vo, pp. 328. Original light red boards, lettered in silver to spine. Maps to endpapers.
First edition.
The sixth... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
NORTON, Mary
Are All The Giants Dead?
London: Dent, 1975
8vo, pp. 119. Original maroon cloth, lettered in gilt to front panel and spine.
First edition. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR TIPPED IN TO FRONT ... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
GRAVES, Robert
Life Of The Poet Gnaeus Robertulus Gravesa
Deya: New Seizin Press, 1990
Small octavo, pp. 16. Original vellum boards, lettered in red on front panel. Pale green leaf of advice on preserving the vellum tipped... [please click on the image or book title for more details]
GREENE, Graham
The Honorary Consul
London: Bodley Head, 1973
8vo, pp. 335. Original green boards, lettered in gilt to spine.
First edition.
A very nice copy.
