Skip to content
AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED | EXPERT ADVICE
AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED

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.

Filters

£
£
  • Songs from the Classics.

    GRINDROD, Charles F.; SPARE, Austin Osman (illustrator).
    Original price £250.00 - Original price £250.00
    Original price £0.00
    £250.00
    £250.00 - £250.00
    Current price £250.00

    The second series of Grindrod's Songs from the Classics, including 'The Riddle of Oedipus' and 'Arachne'. With superb illustrations by Austin Osma...

    View full details
    Original price £250.00 - Original price £250.00
    Original price £0.00
    £250.00
    £250.00 - £250.00
    Current price £250.00
  • The Shadow of the Raggedstone.

    GRINDROD, Charles F.
    Original price £250.00 - Original price £250.00
    Original price £0.00
    £250.00
    £250.00 - £250.00
    Current price £250.00

    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...

    View full details
    Original price £250.00 - Original price £250.00
    Original price £0.00
    £250.00
    £250.00 - £250.00
    Current price £250.00
  • Merry-Go-Down. A Gallery of Gorgeous Drunkards through the Ages.

    [HESELTINE, Philip] NOOLAS, Rab (pseud.); COLLINS, Hal (illustrator).
    Original price £350.00 - Original price £350.00
    Original price £0.00
    £350.00
    £350.00 - £350.00
    Current price £350.00

    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...

    View full details
    Original price £350.00 - Original price £350.00
    Original price £0.00
    £350.00
    £350.00 - £350.00
    Current price £350.00
  • Amorous Fiammetta.

    BOCCACCIO, Giovanni; JOSLING, K.H. (editor); LEONE, M. (illustrator).
    Original price £225.00 - Original price £225.00
    Original price £0.00
    £225.00
    £225.00 - £225.00
    Current price £225.00

    One of 550 copies. A beautifully illustrated edition of Boccaccio's novel, reprinted from the original English translation of Bartholomew Young (15...

    View full details
    Original price £225.00 - Original price £225.00
    Original price £0.00
    £225.00
    £225.00 - £225.00
    Current price £225.00
  • Miss America: Altiora in the Sierra Nevada.

    TURNER, W.J.
    Original price £275.00 - Original price £275.00
    Original price £0.00
    £275.00
    £275.00 - £275.00
    Current price £275.00

    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...

    View full details
    Original price £275.00 - Original price £275.00
    Original price £0.00
    £275.00
    £275.00 - £275.00
    Current price £275.00
  • You Only Live Twice.

    FLEMING, Ian.
    Original price £15,000.00 - Original price £15,000.00
    Original price £0.00
    £15,000.00
    £15,000.00 - £15,000.00
    Current price £15,000.00

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

    View full details
    Original price £15,000.00 - Original price £15,000.00
    Original price £0.00
    £15,000.00
    £15,000.00 - £15,000.00
    Current price £15,000.00
  • The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.

    WOLFE, Tom.
    Original price £450.00 - Original price £450.00
    Original price £0.00
    £450.00
    £450.00 - £450.00
    Current price £450.00

    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...

    View full details
    Original price £450.00 - Original price £450.00
    Original price £0.00
    £450.00
    £450.00 - £450.00
    Current price £450.00
  • In a Green Night. Poems 1948 - 1960.

    WALCOTT, Derek
    Original price £250.00 - Original price £250.00
    Original price £0.00
    £250.00
    £250.00 - £250.00
    Current price £250.00

    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...

    View full details
    Original price £250.00 - Original price £250.00
    Original price £0.00
    £250.00
    £250.00 - £250.00
    Current price £250.00
  • The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies.

    JOYCE, James.
    Original price £975.00 - Original price £975.00
    Original price £0.00
    £975.00
    £975.00 - £975.00
    Current price £975.00

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

    View full details
    Original price £975.00 - Original price £975.00
    Original price £0.00
    £975.00
    £975.00 - £975.00
    Current price £975.00
  • Down and Out in Paris and London.

    ORWELL, George.
    Original price £9,500.00 - Original price £9,500.00
    Original price £0.00
    £9,500.00
    £9,500.00 - £9,500.00
    Current price £9,500.00

    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...

    View full details
    Original price £9,500.00 - Original price £9,500.00
    Original price £0.00
    £9,500.00
    £9,500.00 - £9,500.00
    Current price £9,500.00
  • The Mandrake Booklets:

    [MANDRAKE PRESS]; STEPHENSEN, P.R.; CROWLEY, Aleister [et al.].
    Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00
    Original price £0.00
    £2,500.00
    £2,500.00 - £2,500.00
    Current price £2,500.00

    Complete set of The Mandrake Booklets - with nine presentation copies. The complete set of The Mandrake Booklets in the original dustjackets, publi...

    View full details
    Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00
    Original price £0.00
    £2,500.00
    £2,500.00 - £2,500.00
    Current price £2,500.00
  • The Maze.

    SANDOZ, Maurice; DALI, Salvador (illustrator).
    Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00
    Original price £0.00
    £2,500.00
    £2,500.00 - £2,500.00
    Current price £2,500.00

    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...

    View full details
    Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00
    Original price £0.00
    £2,500.00
    £2,500.00 - £2,500.00
    Current price £2,500.00
  • Where The Wild Things Are.

    SENDAK, Maurice.
    Original price £8,500.00 - Original price £8,500.00
    Original price £0.00
    £8,500.00
    £8,500.00 - £8,500.00
    Current price £8,500.00

    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...

    View full details
    Original price £8,500.00 - Original price £8,500.00
    Original price £0.00
    £8,500.00
    £8,500.00 - £8,500.00
    Current price £8,500.00
  • A Prefect's Uncle.

    WODEHOUSE, P.G.
    Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00
    Original price £0.00
    £1,500.00
    £1,500.00 - £1,500.00
    Current price £1,500.00

    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...

    View full details
    Original price £1,500.00 - Original price £1,500.00
    Original price £0.00
    £1,500.00
    £1,500.00 - £1,500.00
    Current price £1,500.00
  • The Watch Tower and Other Lyrics.

    WHITE, Eric Walter.
    Original price £225.00 - Original price £225.00
    Original price £0.00
    £225.00
    £225.00 - £225.00
    Current price £225.00

    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...

    View full details
    Original price £225.00 - Original price £225.00
    Original price £0.00
    £225.00
    £225.00 - £225.00
    Current price £225.00

You've viewed  of 763 items

Your cart is empty

Continue shopping

Basket