Modern First Editions and English Literature

Auden (W.H.) The Dance of Death, first edition, original boards, spine chipped at head and backstrip loose, 1933 ¤ Auden (W.H.) and Christopher...

Greene (Graham) The Man Within, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket slightly soiled, particularly to edges, 8vo, 1929. £1500 - 2000

Greene (Graham) Stamboul Train, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket frayed and with tears along upper joint, 8vo, 1932. £1000 - 1500

Greene (Graham) ItÕs a Battlefield, first edition, original cloth, 8vo, 1934. £100 - 150

Greene (Graham) The Bear Fell Free, number 141 of 285 copies signed by the author, illustrations by Joy Lloyd, original cloth, dust-jacket slightly so

Greene (Graham) A Gun for Sale, first edition, original cloth, 8vo, 1936. £150 - 200

Greene (Graham) The Lawless Roads, first edition, endpaper maps, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket slightly frayed at extremities, spine very slight

Greene (Graham) The Ministry of Fear, 1943; The Lost Childhood, 1951; The Quiet American, 1955; Our Man in Havana, 1958; The Potting Shed, 1958; A Bur

Greene (Graham) Nineteen Stories, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, 8vo, 1947. £150 - 200

Greene (Graham) The Heart of the Matter, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket slightly rubbed and frayed at extremities, with original ÒB...

Murdoch (Iris) The Sandcastle, 1957; The Bell, 1958; A Severed Head, 1961; The Unicorn, 1963; The Italian Girl, 1964; The Red and the Green, 1965; The

Wells (H.G.) The Time Machine, first English edition, small stain to half-title, ownership signature to title and first page of text, original printed

Wells (H.G.) The Stolen Bacillus and other Incidents, first edition, half-title, 32pp. advertisements at end dated September 1895, original pictorial

Wells (H.G.) The Island of Doctor Moreau, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, advertisements at end, original pictorial cloth, 8vo, 1896. ...

Wells (H.G.) The Wheels of Chance, first edition, first issue, half-title, frontispiece and plates, 10pp. advertisements at end, original pictorial re

Wells (H.G.) The Invisible Man, first edition, half-title, advertisement leaf at end, slight browning to margins, original red cloth, lettered in gilt

Wells (H.G.) The War of the Worlds, first edition, half-title, 16pp. advertisements at end dated 1897, original grey cloth, 8vo, 1898. £300 - ...

Wells (H.G.) When the Sleeper Wakes, first edition, half-title, 3 plates, slight foxing at beginning, original cloth, spine a little faded, 8vo, Londo

Wells (H.G.) Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human Life and Thought, first edition, half-title preceded by in

Wells (H.G.) The Sea Lady, first edition, first issue, half-title, 40pp. publisherÕs catalogue at end dated July 1902, original red cloth, smal...

Wells (H.G.) The Food of the Gods and How it came to Earth, first edition, half-title, 18pp. advertisements at end dated 20.09.04, spotting to endpape

Wells (H.G.) Kipps, 1905; The Passionate Friends, 1913; Christina AlbertinaÕs Father, 1925; The Anatomy of Frustration, 1936; The Camford Visit...

Wells (H.G.) In the Days of the Comet, first edition, second issue, half-title, 14pp. advertisements at end dated 20.8.06, original cloth, 8vo, 1906.

Wells (H.G.) The War in the Air, first edition, first issue, half-title, 16 plates by A.C.Michael, advertisement leaf at end, inscription on front fre

Wells (H.G.) Ann Veronica first edition, half-title, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, dust-jacket chipped at extremities and faded

Wells (H.G.) Joan and Peter, first edition, first issue, half-title, printerÕs code on final leaf reads F.150.818, original cloth, dust-jacket,...

Wodehouse (P.G.) Meet Mr. Mulliner, 1927; Hot Water, 1932; Thank You, Jeeves, 1934; Laughing Gas, 1936; The Code of the Woosters, 1938; Service with a

Wodehouse (P.G.) The Pothunters, first edition, half-title, 10 plates by R.Noel Pocock, 8pp. advertisements at end, original pictorial cloth (secondar

Black Sparrow Press.- Sparrow 1-12, one of 50 copies signed by the various authors, original boards, Los Angeles, Black Sparrow Press, 1973; Sparrow 1

Bukowski (Charles) Hot Water Music, number 178 of 400 copies signed by the author, portrait, original cloth-backed boards, 8vo, Santa Barbara, Black S

Capote (Truman) The Muses Are Heard, ink inscriptions to endpapers, bookplate of Normand Lareau, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed and a little chip

Conrad (Joseph) The Shadow Line, bookplate removed from front pastedown, original cloth, 1917 ¤ OÕFaolain (Sean) ThereÕs a Birdie In ...

Conrad (Joseph) One Day More, A Play In One Act, number 129 of 274 copies, title printed in red and black, original cloth-backed boards, Beaumont Pres

Conrad (Joseph) Joseph ConradÕs Letters to his Wife, number 176 of 220 copies signed by Jessie Conrad, 2 plates, a couple of ff. slightly creas...

Crane (Stephen) The Monster and other Stories, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, original cloth, a fin

Cummings (E.E.) Eimi, number 776 of 1381 copies signed by the author, original yellow cloth, dust-jacket spine browned, torn along joints and with rep

Dos Passos (John) The Big Money, original cloth, slightly rubbed, dust-jacket, worn, New York, 1936; Adventures of a Young Man, original cloth, a litt

Faulkner (John) Dollar Cotton, original cloth, light soiling, tape adhesive marks (affecting endpapers), dust-jacket, chipped, particularly head of sp

Faulkner (William) Requiem For a Nun, small tape marks to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed and a little chipped, New York, 1951

Faulkner (William) The Town, small stamp to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed and chipped, New York, 1957; Faulkner&...

Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, original boards, dust-jacket, extremities slightly rubbed and chipped, 1962; You Only Live Twice, original boards,

Forster (E.M.) A Passage to India, first edition, 3pp. advertisements at end, light spotting at beginning, original cloth, edge of lower cover slightl

Graves (Robert) The Shout, number 507 of 530 copies signed by the author, original boards, dust-jacket, 8vo, 1929. £100 - 150

Greene (Graham) Our Man In Havana, original boards, dust-jacket, a few small chips and a little marginal darkening to lower cover, 1958; A Burnt Out C

Heller (Joseph) Catch-22, first edition, presentation copy signed by the author on front free endpaper, upper hinge weak, original cloth, slightly bum

Hemingway (Ernest) A Farewell to Arms, first edition, first issue, half-title, original cloth, paper labels mounted on upper cover and spine, 8vo, New

Hemingway (Ernest) A Moveable Feast, first edition, plates, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacke

Hanneman (Audre) Ernest Hemingway, A Comprehensive Bibliography, half-title, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, rubbed and chipped, a

James (Henry) The Awkward Age, bookplate, original cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed, 2 small holes at head of spine, New York, 1899; The Middle Years, por

London (Jack) The Sea-Wolf, first edition, frontispiece and plates by W.J.Aylward, 2 advertisement leaves at end slightly carelessly opened, original

London (Jack) Burning Daylight, 1910; The Little Lady of the Big House, title foxed, 1916; Jerry of the Islands, 1917, all first editions, plates, ori

London (Jack) The Cruise of the Snark, first edition, colour frontispiece, illustrations, original pictorial cloth with inlaid colour illustration on

Mailer (Norman) Ancient Evenings, number 118 of 350 copies, original cloth, slip-case, Boston, 1983; HarlotÕs Ghost, original boards, slip-case...

Nin (Anais) Under a Glass Bell and Other Stories, first edition, signed presentation copy, a few light spots to title, original cloth, light soiling,

OÕFaolain (Sean) Midsummer Night Madness, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket spine slightly faded and head slightly chipped, 8vo, 1932....

OÕFlaherty (Liam) Mr. Gilhooley, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author, gift-tag from the author affixed to front free endpap...

OÕFlaherty (Liam) The Assassin, first edition, original cloth, slightly chipped and frayed dust-jacket, 8vo, 1928. £100 - 150

OÕFlaherty (Liam) The House of Gold, first edition signed by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed, a few small chips, small...

OÕFlaherty (Liam) The Ecstasy of Angus, first edition, number 50 of 350 copies signed by the author, half-title, original cloth, extremities sl...

OÕFlaherty (Liam) The Wild Swan and Other Stories, number 291 of 500 copies signed by the author, original cloth, a couple of small spots to up...

Oates (Joyce Carol) Them, original cloth, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed and chipped, New York, 1969; Wonderland, signed by the author, original cloth,

Oates (Joyce Carol) Miracle Play, first edition, number 9 of 350 copies signed by the author, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, 8vo, Los An

Oates (Joyce Carol) The Step-Father, first edition, number 211 of 300 copies signed £50 - 75

Oates (Joyce Carol) Queen of the Night, first edition, number 182 of 300 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, 8vo, Northridge, L

Oates (Joyce Carol) Luxury of Sin,first edition, letter ÔTÕ of 26 copies signed by the author, original rexine-backed boards, 8vo, Northri...

Pound (Ezra) Pavannes and Divisions, first edition, original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, extremities and gilt lettering at foot of spine sligh

Saroyan (William) The Human Comedy, ink inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed and chipped, New York, 1943 ¤ K...

Sontag (Susan) Against Interpretation, signed by the author, a little light browning, original boards, dust-jacket, New York, 1966; A Susan Sontag Rea

Steinbeck (John) Of Mice and Men, first edition, second issue, original cloth, dust-jacket chipped at spine ends and corners and with three small tape

Steinbeck (John) The Moon is Down, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, slightly rubbed and chipped, lower cover lightly browned, New York, 194

Thomas (Dylan) Twenty-Five Poems, original boards, spine a little faded, 1936; The Map of Love, original cloth, 1939; Quite Early One Morning, origina

Winterson (Jeanette) Oranges are not the only Fruit, first edition, presentation copy signed by the author on title, browning to margins, original pic

Winterson (Jeanette) Boating for Beginners, signed presentation copy, original boards, dust-jacket, spine faded, 1985; Sexing the Cherry, signed prese

Yeats (William Butler) Essays, first edition, original cloth, gilt, dust-jacket torn along upper joint, chipped at extremities and spine slightly dark

Acton (Harold) Cornelian, number 367 of 550 copies signed by the author, original morocco-backed cloth, 8vo, 1928. £60 - 80

Adelphi (The), Vol.I. No.1 - Vol.IV. No.12, 48 vol., June 1923 - June 1927; New Adelphi (The), Vol.I. No.1 - Vol.III. No.4, 13 vol. (1 duplicate), Sep

Albee (Edward) WhoÕs Afraid of Virginia Woolf? A Play, first English edition, ownership signature dates 1964 on front free endpaper, original b...

Aldington (Richard) Death of a Hero, original cloth, 1929; Balls and Another Book for Suppression, original printed wrappers, Blue Moon Booklets, E.La

Amis (Martin) The Rachel Papers, first edition, original boards, slightly bowed, dust-jacket, 8vo, 1973. £180 - 220

Amis (Martin) The Rachel Papers, first edition, slight stain to fore-edge slightly affecting endpapers, original boards, dust-jacket slightly chipped

Amis (Martin) Dead Babies, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, 8vo, 1975. £200 - 250

Amis (Martin) Invasion of the Space Invaders, introduction by Steven Spielberg, numerous illustrations, some colour, original pictorial wrappers, smal

Auden (W.H.) Poems, pencil signature of John P. Moody, occasional minor foxing and marking, original printed wrappers over card, rubbed, spine badly w

Banks (Iain) The Wasp Factory, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, 8vo, 1984. £220 - 280

Barber (Noel) Tanamera, 1981 ¤ Tannahill (Reay) The World, the Flesh and the Devil, 1985 ¤ Rutherfurd (Edward) Sarum, 1987 ¤ Clavell ...

[Bates (H.E.)] How Sleep the Brave and Other Stories by Flying Officer ÓXÓ, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, 8vo, 1943. £...

Behan (Brendan) The Quare Fellow: a Comedy-Drama, first edition, frontispiece, original boards, dust-jacket, 8vo, 1956. £60 - 80

Bogarde (Dirk) Jericho, first edition, 1992; A Short Walk from Harrods, uncorrected proof copy, original wrappers, 1993, signed by the author; and 2 o

Bradbury (Malcolm) The History Man, 1975; Rates of Exchange, 1983; Doctor Criminale, 1992, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets, 8vo (3). &...

Bradley (Marion) The Mists of Avalon, 1983 ¤ Goodkind (Terry) WizardÕs First Rule, uncorrected proof copy, one of 600, original wrappers, ...

Burra (Peter, editor) Farrago, 6 parts in 2 vol. as issued (all published), inscribed presentation copy from the editor to his sister, plates and illu

Burroughs (William S.) The Naked Lunch, first edition, original green printed wrappers, head of spine slightly nicked, dust-jacket head and tail of sp

Byatt (A.S.) Possession, 1990 ¤ Cooper (Jilly) Appassionata, uncorrected proof copy, original wrappers, 1996 ¤ Hornby (Nick) High Fidelity...

Cartland (Barbara) Jig-Saw, first edition, some spotting to margins, original cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1925. £50 - 75

Chatwin (Bruce) In Patagonia, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, 8vo, 1977. £200 - 300

Cornwell (Patricia D.) Body of Evidence, first English edition, 1991; All That Remains, first edition, 1992; and 9 others by the same, fine copies, 8v

Cornwell (Bernard) SharpeÕs Gold, first edition, signed on title by the author, small mark to preliminary f., original boards, dust-jacket, sli...

Cornwell (Bernard) SharpeÕs Honour, first edition, signed by the author, double-page map, signature on facsimile title, as original title lacki...

[Cornwell (Bernard)], ÒSusannah KellsÓ. Coat of Arms, first edition, signed by the author as Susannah Kells, small ink number on verso of ...

Cornwell (Bernard) SharpeÕs Regiment, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, 8vo, 1986. £40 - 60