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Modern First Editions4601. Adams, Richard: The Girl in the Swing. London, Allen Lane 1st edition 1980. 397pp, very good in dustwrapper. The author's 4th major novel. £10.001386. Adams, Richard: The Plague Dogs London Allen Lane 1977 1st ed. 461pp. illus by A Wainwright d.w. v.g. £20.006361. Akunin, Boris: Leviathan. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 2004 First British edition. 236 pp. The new Erast Fandorin mystery. First published in Russia in 1998. Translated by Andrew Bromfield. Near fine in dustwrapper. Akunin is the pseudonym of Grigory Chkhartishvili and these Erast Fandorin mysteries have been a huge success in Russia. £6.001673. Beckwith, Lilian: Beautiful Just! London: Hutchinson, 1st edition 1975. 173pp. Inscription on free endpaper and price cut from dw, otherwise good. £12.00595. Berners, Lord.: The Camel. London, Constable and co. 1936 1st ed. 175 pp. d.w. illus. v.g. £50.004608. Briggs, Raymond: The Bear. London, Random House 1st edition 1994. 37 by 27 cms. 38pp, unpaginated. illustrated in colour, very good in dustwrapper. £10.00200. Burgess, Anthony: Tremor of Intent. London: Heinemann 1966, 1st ed. 240 pp. d.w. v.g. £20.006359. Cox, Josephine: Jinnie. London: Headline 2002. First edition. 308 pp. very good in dustwrapper £6.001359. Doyle Roddy: A Star Called Henry. London: Jonathan Cape 1999 1st ed. 343pp. d.w. v.g. £12.002154. Doyle Roddy: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha . London: Secker & Warburg, 1993 First Edition, ninth reprint. vi + 282pp. V.g. in dw. £12.00211. Drabble, Margaret: The Radiant Way. London: 1978, 1st ed. 396 pp. d.w. signed by author, v.g. £18.001387. Farrell, J.G: The Seige of Krishnapur London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson 1973 1st ed. 344pp. d.w. loss to d.w at foot of spine £35.004613. Forsyth, Fredrick: The Negotiator. London, Bantam Press 1st edition 1989. 448pp, very good in dustwrapper. £10.00220. Golding, William: The Pyramid. London: 1967 ,1st. ed. 217 pp. d.w. v.g. Described by critics as the modern English novelist most likely to survive. £22.001381. Greene, Graham.: The Honorary Consul. London The Bodley Head 1973 1st ed. 334 pp. in very good condition apart from a tear in the d.w. which has been repaired £30.001382. Greene, Graham.: The Human Factor. London The Bodley Head 1st. edition 1978 338 pp. d.w. v.g. £35.004605. Heller, Joseph: Closing Time. London Simon and Schuster 1994. 464pp, very good in dustwrapper. ist U.K. edition. The sequel to Catch 22. £12.004614. Higgins, Jack: Flight of Eagles. London, Michael Joseph 1st edition 1998 339pp, very good in dustwrapper. A thriller of World War II. £10.006357. Hill, Reginald: No Man's Land. London: William Collins 1985 First edition. 351 pp. good in dustwrapper. A powerful evocation of the horrors of war. £12.00229. Hilton, J: So Well Remembered. London 1947 1st ed. 317 pp. d.w. v.g. £20.00230. Hinde, T: The Village. London: 1966 1st ed. 384 pp. d.w. v.g. £20.00234. Hughes, R.: The Fox in the Attic London 1961 1st ed. 353 pp. d.w. A pioneer radio playwright, a novelist of originality and depth. v.g. £20.00235. Huie, W.B: The Klansman London: 1968 1st U.K.ed. 303 pp. d.w. good. £20.00236. Hunter, E.: The Paper Dragon 1st ed. 1957 596 pp. d.w. Evan Hunter is the pseudonym for Ed McBain. v.g. £23.004263. Jackson, Brian Keith: The View From Here. London, Headline 1st UK ed. 1997. 180 pp, d.w. v.g. £15.006358. Kazan, Elia: The Anatolian. London: Hodder and Stoughton 1983. First British edition. 436 pp. very good in dustwrapper. A novel which continues the story from his earlier novel,"America America". £6.00240. Koestler, A.: Arrow in the Blue 1st ed. 1952 307 pp. d.w. v.g. £18.001380. Lee, Laurie.: As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning. London Andre Deutsch First edition 1969 252 pp illustrated by Leonard Rosoman, d.w. v.g. £30.00249. MacKinley Kantor: Andersonville London 1956 1st U.K. ed. 767 pp. d.w. The 1956 Pulitzer prizewinner. . £20.00248. Mailer, N: An American Dream London, Andre Deutsch, 1st ed. 1965 271 pp. d.w. v.g. £25.001384. Maxwell, Gavin: Raven Seek Thy Brother. London: Longmans 1968 1st ed. 210pp. illus. d.w. v.g. £20.001385. Maxwell, Gavin: The Rocks Remain. London: Longmans 1963 1st ed. 186pp.illus. d.w. £25.001119. McBain, Ed: The Big Bad City. London, Hodder & Stoughton 1st edition 1999. pp. 271, d.w. v.g. From the 87th precinct novel series. £15.00253. Morgan, C.: Challenge to Venus 1957 306 pp.Torn dw, ow g. The first edition of his last novel,- a neglected author. £20.001390. O'Flaherty, Liam: Insurrection. London: Gollancz 1950 1st ed. 254pp. no d.w. £15.00257. O'Hara, J.: The Lockwood Concern London 1965 1st ed 407 pp. d.w. ( small tear ) A Burgess described this as the best of his later novels. v.g. £20.001157. O'Hara, John: The Hat on the Bed. London The Cresset press 1964, 1st U.K. edition. 405 pp. d.w. v.g. £10.004594. Priestly, J.B.: Three Men in New Suits. London: William Heinemann 1st ed 1945. 170pp, good in a slightly worn d.w. £8.006360. Pynchon, Thomas: Mason & Dixon. London: Jonathan Cape 1997. First British edition. 773 pp. very good in dustwrapper. A novel centred on Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon the British surveyors who demarcated thre boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania. £6.00275. Runyon, D.: Short Takes with a Memoir of Runyon London 1948 1st ed. 278 pp. d.w. ( tear no loss ) v.g. £15.004604. Rushdie, Salman: The Satanic Verses. London: Viking 1st edition 1988. 547pp, verygood in dustwrapper. £23.006338. Saylor, Steven: The Judgement of Caesar A Mystery of Ancient Rome. London: Constable 1st U.K. edition 2004. 356 pp. very good in dustwrapper. One of Saylor's excellent Roma sub Rosa series featuring Gordianus the Finder. Beautiffully written and entertaining. £10.001400. Sharpe Tom: The Midden London A. Deutsch 1996 1st ed. 245pp, d.w. v.g. £15.004610. Sher, Anthony: Middlepost. London, Chatto and Windus 1st edition 1988. 379 pp, illustrated with five drawings by the author, very good in dustwrapper. £8.001260. Sinclair Upton: O Shepherd Speak. London T. Werner Laurie 1st U.K.ed. 1950 645 pp. d.w. v.g.The Final Volume of the World's End series £10.001259. Sinclair Upton: One Clear Call London T.Werner Laurie 1st U.K.ed. 711 pp. d.w. v.g. The 9th vol of The World's End Series £10.00284. Sitwell, S.: Selected Works London, Robert Hale 1955 1st. ed. 300pp. Illustrated, d.w. £18.00283. Sitwell, S.: Truffle Hunt London, Robert Hale 1953 1st ed. 310pp. illus. d.w. v.g. £18.004612. Smith, Wilbur: The Seventh Scroll. London, Macmillan 1st edition 1995 486pp, good in dustwrapper. £10.00286. Solzhenitsyn, A.: The First Circle London Collins and Harvill Press 1968 The First English Edition 581pp. d.w. g. Translated by Michael Guyton. £25.00287. Spark, M.: The Abbess of Crewe London 1974 1st ed. 128pp. dustwrapper, v. g. £23.006337. Tallis, Frank: Mortal Mischief. London: Century 1st edition. 2005. Volume 1 of the Liebermann papers. 458 pp. endpaper plans of Vienna. A new detective series set in Vienna.Very good in dustwrapper. £8.002205. Trollope, Joanna.: Next of Kin. London, Bloomsbury 1st. ed.. 1996. 248pp. d.w. v.g. autographed by author on title page. £12.00301. White, T.H.: The Godstone and the Blackymor London J. Cape 1959, The 1st ed. 210pp. illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, in a clipped dustwrapper, owners inscription, v. g. a nice copy. £35.00302. White, T.H.: The Scandalmonger. London, J.Cape 1952 The 1st ed. 223pp.. illustrated, top ffep clipped to remove name, minor chipping to d.w. v.g. £25.00303. Wilson, A.: No Laughing Matter London, Secker and Warburg 1967, The 1st ed. 464pp. d.w. good. This first edition is probably the scarcest of the later titles. £20.00304. Wilson, C.: The Age of Defeat London, Gollantz 1959, The 1st ed. 157pp, in a rather worn dustwrapper with minor tears. good. £12.002856. Wodehouse., P.G.: Plum Pie. London, Herbert Jenkins 1st ed. 1966. 285 pp. in very good, near fine condition in a plum coloured d.w. also in v.g. condition apart from sun fading to the spine of the dust wrapper. A late book in the writers works but a nice first edition. £40.003689. Wodehouse., P.G.: The Clicking of Cuthbert London, Herbert Jenkins 1st ed. 1922 256 pp. green boards with golfer vignette. The first of the golfing novels. A little wear to bottom of spine, a tear on final page (no loss)a little wear but generally in good condition £35.002267. Wouk, Herman: Marjorie Morningstar. New York: Doubleday and Co. 1955 1st ed. 472pp. d.w. (some chipping) v.g. £12.00 |
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